ENGLISH TEST BOWLERS SHOW SPLENDID FORM.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 193, 15 August 1931, Page 1

ENGLISH TEST BOWLERS SHOW SPLENDID FORM.

Weather Prospects Poor for Third Match at Manchester. Special to the Press Association. (Received August 15. 10.5 a.m.) MANCHESTER, August 14. The weather outlook for the third test is decidedly unpromising. Rain has been falling at Manchester /or | twentg-four hours and the weather shows no signs of \ breaking. The rain continued all day and to-night the i outfield was flooded. Prospects for a punctual start to- | morrow are dismal. The New Zealanders are all fit and are disappointed at the weather, as the entire team is keen to avenge their defeat at the Oval. London critics generally consider that England should win. They are encouraged by the bowling successes in county matches yesterday of Larwood, \Zenty, ! Brown and Hammond. They admit that Dempster will i make a great improvement in the New,Zealand batting. Arrangements have been made ipr Mr Neville Card us t to broadcast a description of the match each evening.

STRONG ENGLISH ATTACK

Uncertain Outlook for New Zealanders. DEPENDING ON DEMPSTER (Written for the “ Star.”) As the great day at Manchester approaches, so do the collective spirits of the English critics rise. Allowing for some pleasant exaggeration of the bowling strength of England, there is little doubt that the New Zealanders are facing one of the best attacking sides in the world. Verity, Brown and Hammond they know, but Larwood, now at the top of his form, is an uncertain quantity. The writers admit that Dempster will help the tourists along, but he has a great responsibility to bear; a big score from his bat would have a wonderful psychological effect on the following batsmen. England's Team. The English team will be as follows : D. R. Jardine (Surrey) captain, K. S. Duleepsinhji (Sussex), G. O. Allen (Middlesex), I. A. R. Peebles (Middlesex), F. R. Brown (Cambridge University), H. Sutcliffe (Yorkshire), W. R. Hammond (Gloucestershire), H. Larwood (Notts), L. E. G. Ames (Kent), H. Verity (Yorkshire), E. Paynter (Lancashire). Twelfth man: J. Iddon (Lancashire). The prospects for New Zealand do not look over-promising with English bowlers securing the following figures in the last county matches:—Verity, five for 62; Hammond, five for 68; Larwood, six for 49, and Brown also doing well. Added to these trundlers are Peebles, with many New Zealand wickets in his bag, and Allen, who was responsible for the tourists’ downfall in the second test. Then with batting it would be hard to find a side to make more runs than Jardine, Duleepsinhji, Allen, Brown, Sutcliffe, Hammond, Ames and Paynter. Larwood, also, has been responsible for more than one century. England One Up. The results of the first two tests were as follows: First test—Drawn. England: 454 (Ames 137, Allen 122) and 146 for five wickets. New Zealand: 224 and 469 for nine, declared (Dempster 120, Page 104). Second test—England won by an innings and 26 runs. England: 416 for four wickets declared (Sutcliffe 117, Duleepsinhji 109, Hammond 100 not out). New Zealand: 193 and 197. A great effort will be required from the tourists, as on figures the Englishmen have put up ferformances much superior to those of our men. The standard of bowling had given the Home critics some concern but the results of the English team’s trundling are infinitely better than those by the New Zealanders. With the best bowling average 30.66 runs per wicket, for tests, the tourists’ standard looks poor indeed. English Averages. ' The averages of the Englishmen in the two test are as follows:

Wireless Summary. Arrangements have been completed for the broadcasting of a daily summary of play. As on the previous occasions, the radio-telephone will be used, linked up with Manchester. The first rebroadcast by the YA stations will take place to-morrow morning, and others will follow on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings of next week. Each morning 3YA will be on the air at 7.30 With Neville Cardus, author of “Days in the Sun” and many other delightful cricket books, at the other end of the wireless telephone, the broadcast should be worth listening to, atmospherics permitting.

YORKSHIRE’S BIG LEAD.

More Rain Interferes with County Matches. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received August 15. 9.55 a.m.) LONDON, August 14. Rain continues to spoil county cricket. Yorkshire, with 261 points and four matches in hand, need only two additional points to make their championship position unassailable. Results:— Nottingham v. Gloucestershire. Nottingham: 189. Gloucestershire: 187. Middlesex v. Warwickshire. Middlesex.—First innings seven for 408 (Killick 206, Stevens 117) v. Warwickshire. The match was drawn. Nort haute v. Somerset.

Noi thants.—First innings 99, Wellard four for 33; second innings 164, White six for 79. Somerset. —First innings 235, Matthews six for 30; second innings one for 29. Somerset won by nine wickets. Yorkshire v. Glamorgan. Yorkshire.—First innings 378 (Robinson not out 77). Glamorgan.—First innings 105, Verity five for 62, and followed on second innings 153, Bowes seven for 71. Yorkshire won by an innings and 120 runs. Kent v. Hampshire. Kent.—First innings 235; second innings 214. Hampshire.—First innings 118; second innings 218, Marriott five for 64. Kent won by 113 runs. Surrey v. Worcestershire. Surrey.—First innings 238 (Squires 70), Brook five for 79. Worcestershire. —First innings 185. Surrey won on the first innings. Gloucestershire v. Sussex. Gloucestershire. —First innings 104, Wensley eight for 53. Sussex. —First innings 173, Hammond five for 68. Sussex won on the first innings. Notts v. Leicestershire. Notts. —First innings 269; second innings seven for 171. Leicestershire. —-First innings 129, Larwood six for 49. Notts won on the first innings.

B&tt&nff. Inn. N.O. H.S. Total Av'pe Allen 1 0 122 122 122.00 Sutcliffe ..1 0 117 117 117.00 Ames 3 1 137 195 97.50 Hammond . 3 1 100* 153 76.50 Duleepsinhji 3 0 109 145 48.33 Jardine 3 2 38 45 45.00 Woolley .. 2 0 80 89 44.50 Bakewell . . 3 * 0 40 70 25.33 Arnold 2 0 34 34 17 00 Robins 10 12 12 12.00 Voce 1 1 1* 5 Brown, Tate and Verity did not bat. Bowling. Wkts. Runs. Av'ge. Tate 4 37 9.25 Allen 8 129 16.12 Verity 4 85 21.25 Peebles 13 325 25.00 Brown 3 90 30.00 Robins 5 164 32.80 Hammond . . 2 68 34.00 Voce 0 100