"A FIELDING CLASSIC”

Taranaki Daily News, 13 March 1933, Page 11

"A FIELDING CLASSIC”

BRADMAN NOT ONLY A BATSMAN.

What a famous Australian captain of the past described as a. fielding classic was witnessed in the. Test match at the Sydney ground recently. Don Bradman was the fieldsman concerned. Ames was batting to Alexander, and he placed a ball round near square leg. Richardson chased it out from close in at leg, and at the same time Bradman raced round the boundary from deep fine leg. It was a close race between the two fieldsmen, and spectators watched eagerly to see which would win. When a few feet from it, however, Richardson drew aside and left it to Bradman, evidently realising that, with his wonderful throwing prowess, . the champion would have a better chance of running one. of the batsmen out. '

The batsmen were on their second run, when Bradman swooped on the ball arid gathered it in while . running at top speed. He was on his wrong side for the throw, but, swinging round sharply, he sent the ball like a shot straight into Oldfield’s hands, and the ’keeper had the bails off a fraction of a second before Ames reached the crease. ■ It’ was a wonderful bit of fielding that fairly brought down the house, Richardson at once- ran oyer and shook his young comrade’s hand heartily.