BATTING COLLAPSE AT LORDS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19835, 26 June 1934, Page 9

BATTING COLLAPSE AT LORDS

SUCCESS OF ENGLISH BOWLERS

AUSTRALIA COMPELLED TO FOLLOW ON

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received June 26, 1.15 p.m.) , LONDON, June 25. There was a mist and a semi-foggy atmosphere with a soup grey sky and more rain threatening as the players walked out for the resumption of play in the second test match, England v. Australia. An appeal against the light was upheld before a ball was bowled. A drizzle began and the players returned to the pavilion. Play, however, was resumed a quarter of an hour later. Bowes, bowling medium paced oilbreaks, opened to McCabe, the wicket being damp, and the slow bowlers were soon requisitioned. McCabe, who was shaping confidently, raised 200 in 195 minutes. The pitch quickly showed the effect of the bowlers’ spikes. Bowes began to bowl faster and Brown in the third over snicked a ball straight into the hands of Ames. He hit fourteen fours and gave two difficult chances in a polished display on Saturday. He was less comfortable to-day. Verity got Darling with the last ball of his third over. Darling, in attempting to turn an off-break to leg, was easily caught by Sutcliffe on the leg side. The light was extremely poor in the first ten minutes, but it was slightly better when Chipperfield entered. A run later, Verity, who was clearly profiting by the conditions, turned a ball sharply from leg and made it rise quickly. McCabe was badly baffled and snicked it into Hammond's hands in the slips. Five wickets were down for 205. Verity had six leg side fieldsmen for Bromley, who cocked the first ball just out of their reach. He then nicely straight drove a ball for four. The wicket was difficult enough without the sunshine which now began to break fitfully through the clouds. Bromley fell the same way as Darling, giving an easy catch to Geary at fine leg. Six wickets were down for 218. Thus in a disastrous 15 minutes Australia had lost four wickets for 26 runs. Verity’s figures were three wickets for 12 runs. Oldfield was almost out in the first over, when he chopped Verity just clear of the stumps. The gates were closed at 11.45, all the unreserved seats having been taken. His Majesty arrived at 12.30 and the play was interrupted. The teams lined up in two rows facing each other, Woodfull introducing the Australians. The King stopped and conversed with Oldfield and Bradman. Wyatt then introduced the Englishmen. When play was resumed, Chipperfield and Oldfield carried on merrily despite the difficult wicket. Oldfield with several fine shots powerfully cut Verity and Leyland, scoring faster than Chipperfield, who was painfully struck in the stomach off Hammond, and play was held up for five minutes. Two hundred and fifty runs took 275 minutes to compile. The plucky partnership held out tiil lunch in the hope of having a follow-on. Shortly after lunch the Australians were all out for 284 and had to follow on. The score in the second innings at the tea adjournment (3.10 a.m. New Zealand time) was three wickets for 75 rims. The following are the scores:—

ENGLAND. First Innings. Sutcliffe, lbw, b Chipperfield .. Walters, c Bromley, b O’Reilly .. Hammond, c and b Chipperfield .. H®ndren, c McCabe, b Wall .. Wyatt, c Oldfield b Chipperfield Leyland, b Wall Ames, c Oldfield, b McCabe Geary, c Chipperfield, b Wall .. Verity, st. Oldfield, b Grimmett .. Fames, b Wall Bowes, not out 20 82 2 13 33 109 120 9 29 1 10 Total 440 Fall of wickets.—One for 70, two for 78, three for 99; four for 130, five for 182, six for 311, seven for 359, eight for 409, nine for 410, ten for 440 Bowling Analysis. O. M. R. W. Wall 49 5 108 4 McCabe .. 18 3 38 1 Grimmett .. 53.3 13 102 1 O’Reilly .... 38 15 70 1 Chipperfield 34 10 91 3 Darling .... t> 2 19 0 AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Woodfull, b Bowes 22 Brown, c Ames, b Bowes 105 Bradman, c and b Verity 36 McCabe, c Hammond, b Verity .. 34 Darling, c Sutcliffe, b Verity .. .. 0 Bromley, c Geary, b Verity .. .. 4 Chipperfield, not out 37 Oldfield, c Sutcliffe, b Verity .. .. 23 Grimmett. b Bowes 9 O’Reilly, b Verity 4 Wall, lbw .b Verity 0 Extras 10 'T’otal 284 Second Innings. Brown, c Walters, b Bowes 2 Woodfull, not out .. .. 28 McCabe, c Hendren, b Verity .. .. 19 Bradman, c Ames, b Verity .. .. 13 Darling, not out 9 Extras 3 Total for three wickets .. 75