ENGLANDS SOLID BATTING

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19326, 29 October 1932, Page 17

ENGLANDS SOLID BATTING

SEVEN WICKETS FOR j FIVE HUNDRED HOME TEAM’S VIGOROUS REPLY United Press Association —By Electric Teiegraub—Copyright (Received October 28, 10.30 p.m.) PERTH, October 28. The weather was fine but cloudy and threatening. Solid but featureless batting before lunch marked the continuance of England’s innings against the Combined team. The weather was overclouded in the afternoon, a light shower stopping play i for five minutes. The attendance reached 12,040, and the gate totalled £BB6. England's play suggested using the match as a quiet batting practice. Play generally was solid and largely I dreary. The fielding of the local team was poor, but the inter-State players were brilliant. Bradman shone as a fieldsman and bowler, breaking up the chief partnership. Ames fell to a ball brushing his pads and the bails. He <i'd not consider himself out. but he bowed to the umpire's decision. Hetook 53 minutes to make 23. The Hammond and Jardine partnership was an exhibition of solid batting. They were not hustled by the cries of the crowd for action. They were twice counted out. Hammond showed masterly and finished footwork. He scored slowly, under a run a minute, but brightened up later, when he was clean bowled by the Combined captain for 77 scored in 92 minutes. He had one sixer and six fours. Allen, although never appearing comfortable, infused some life into two fours in succession. With 500 runs made in 458 minutes, Bradman was given the ball. In his second over he got Allen, who made 17 runs in forty-two minutes. Paynter, who was making his Australian debut,

was unfortunate. A shower caused a short delay. Jardine, who had been solidly ii • creasing the score, in the last over before tea, when two off the century, placed an easy catch to McCabe fro.'r Bradman at mid on. His score included eleven fours. He batted 16C minutes. It was an unattractive innings generally. Paynter was giving the spectators a lively display with Verity, who shapes attractively, when Jardine declared with 583 compiled v.i 520 minutes. The wicket held well. Home Team’s Fast Scoring. The Combined team opened with Fingleton and Richardson, to the fast bowler Allen. The seventh ball brought a thrill, and apparently hit Richardson's pad, but the appeal was unsuccessful. Contrasting with England's play nineteen runs were posted in the fir si lour minutes; forty runs in !6 minutes, and 50 in 25 minutes. The light became troublesome, and play was stopped with no wickets down for 59. Rain started afterwards, promisin a wet night. Following were the score.s: ENGLAND. First Innings. Leyland, lbw, b McCabe : Sutcliffe, c Inverarity, b Evans .. 169 Pataudi, c Evans, b Halcombe .. . . 129 Hammond, b Bryant 77 Jardine, c McCabe, b Bradman .. 93 Ames, lbw, b McCabe 23 Allen, lbw, b Bradman -IE Paynter, not out 32 Verity, not out 14 Extras 23 Total for seven wickets tdeclared* 583 COMBINED TEAM. First Innings. Richardson, not out 21 Fingleton. not out 28 Extras 10 Total for no wickets 59 FIRST SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCH WOODFULL CLEAN BOWLED BY SCHOOL BOY. United Press Association By Electric Telegraph —Copyright (Received October 28, 9.55 p.m.) BRISBANE, October 28. The first Sheffield Shield match was opened to-day between Queensland and Victoria. The weather was ideal. Woodfull won the toss, and Victoria batted. Woodfull fell a victim, when 35. to a school boy bowler. J. Govan, who later accounted for Rigg at 13. It i a long time since Woodfull has been clean bowled. However, the following batsmen took the score to big figures. Victoria, in the first innings, made 582 for three wickets iPonsford 9«, Darling 116 not out, O'Brien 105 not