CLEAN-BOWLED

Taranaki Daily News, 13 February 1933, Page 7

CLEAN-BOWLED

BRADMAN AND PONSFORD LARWOOD’S GREAT EFFORTS RESPONDS MAGNIFICENTLY AUSTRALIA CLOSE FOR 340 ENGLAND COMMENCE WELL By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 6.30 p.m. Brisbane, Feb. 12. Clean bowling Bradman and Ponsford, Larwood put an end to Australia’s heavy scoring on the second day of the cricket Test match with England and the Australian innings closed for 340. Jardine and Sutcliffe gave England a good start by scoring 99 for no wickets.

With the cricket ground conditions all in favour of the batsmen and the terrific heat a decided handicap to the fieldsmen, a capacity crowd on the Brisbane cricket ground anticipated a big increase in the Australian total, but cricket’s glorious uncertainty asserted itself and at lunch Australia had lost four good wickets with the addition of only 16 runs.

Jardine’s captaincy played a great part in this collapse. He used the attack so as to maintain it at the peak of venom. He took a sporting risk, banking everything on Larwood’s opening session, and the gallant express bowler rose to the occasion magnificently, clean bowling Bradman and Ponsford with the addition of 34 runs.

The Australian colts, Darling and Bromley, then became associated in a bright partnership until Darling was caught behind the wickets. When Love went leg before wicket to Mitchell, Wall’s appearance marked the commencement of Australia’s tail, but at lunch Bromley and Wall were still together with the score seven for 317. Bromley played one hectic over from Larwood, getting twelve runs by daring, if risky, shots. Without addition to the total Bromley fell into a leg trap. After lunch, while the remaining three offered little resistance, though Ironmonger succeeded in making his highest test score of eight, the innings closed at 2.40 p.m. for 340 runs, having taken 411 minutes. Australia’s initial advantage was therefore minimised when Sutcliffe and Jardine opened for England. They must have had one eye on the weather, _ for the storm clouds were gathering. This did not inspire faster scoring, however, the first hour yielding 43. Jardine was brighter than usual. After Wall, O’Reilly and Ironmonger had been tried Woodfull brought on McCabe to the attack in the last over before tea, but Jardine played a maiden over. England had scored 43 runs without loss, made in 65 minutes. .7 During the tea adjournment a misunderstanding regarding a short ran by Sutcliffe was cleared up, one rup.being added to the batsman’s total. BOWLERS SCARCELY DANGEROUS. Wall and O’Reilly resumed the attack, but, though they were accurate, they were scarcely dangerous. The weather was considerably cooler after tea. Fifty was passed in 79 minutes. The next ball from Wall Sutcliffie snicked dangerously between the wicketkeeper and first slip. Had Wall been quicker Jardine would have been ran out when he was 24, but Wall thought no ran was being attempted. The ‘batsmen adopted painfully slow tactics and hundreds left the ground at 5.30 o'clock. O’Reilly had been bowling with real hostility and Sutcliffe survived a confident appeal for leg before from this bowler. Bromley was given a turn with the ball at 90 and bowled a maiden to Jardine. Sutcliffe reached his half-century in 145 minutes, including four fours, by sweeping O’Reilly to the leg boundary. Jardine was then 40. Bromley troubled Sutcliffe, but a confident appeal from behind the wicket was disallowed. At a quarter to six appeals against the light started and stumps were drawn at 5.50. ; Jardine and Sutcliffe, despite snail pace batting, had made a fighting reply, but in view of the likelihood of rain and the wicket crumbling, it was thought they might have forced, the pace a little. O’Reilly’s hostility from the grandstand end suggested the wicket might be wearing. It had been a bad day for Australia. ’ • ' ' The official attendance was nearly 30,000 and. the gate receipts were £3027. The scores are:— AUSTRALIA. First Innings.

“GRIM FIGHT” PREDICTED. “CONFIDENT BRADMAN MENACE.” London, Feb. 10. A. P. F. Chapman, in the Daily Mail, says: “Woodfull and Richardson’s mastery of th® bowling shows that there is nothing in the, English attack to prevent the game being played in the real; sense. There is a grim fight ahead; the menace of the confident Bradman cannot be over-estimated ”<> ’ ' H. Gilligan,' writing in the NewsChronicle, says: “I am still confident, although we must not let the Australians get too many .in the first innings.” Posters 1 reading, “Leg Theory Mastered,” “Australia Well Away,” surprised crowds going to work, as the cricket

writers previous insistence thatAuirtr*lia could not play fast bowling led to the expectation, of modest , scoring. Some Of the papers attempt to soften the disappointment by emphasising the effect of the pitiless heat. • They 1 are perturbed not only by Australia’s score but by the prospect of a crumbling fourth

Richardson, st Ames, b Hammond .4 83 Woodfull, b Mitchell 67 Bradman, b Larwood ..... 76 McCabe, c" Jardine, b Allen ... 20 Ponsford, b Larwood ..... 19 Darling, c Ames, b Allen •17 Bromley, c Verity, b Larwood • • •• 26 Love, l.b.w., b Mitchell . ..... 5 O’Reilly, c Hammond, b Larwood .. 6 ,8 Ironmonger, st Ames, b Hammond .. 7 —“• lotal 340 Fall of wickets: One for 133, two for 200. three for 233, four for 264, five for 267, six for 292, seven for 315, eight for 317, nine for 329, ten for 340, . / " Bowling. 0. M. R. W. Larwdod 31 7 101 4 Allen 24 4 83 2 Hammond 23 5 61 2 Mitchell ............ 16 5 49 2 Verity 27 12 39 0 ENGLAND. Fix it Innings. 41 Jardine, not out Sutcliffe, no; out .. . .... • * • * • 51 Extras .. .............. 1 *— Total (for no wickets) . •; . 99 Bowling. 0. M. r.: W. Wall 9.3 1 20 0 O’Reilly 20 7 35 0 Ironmonger ........ 11 3 23,0 McCabe • -7 3 9 0 Bromley 3 1 5 0