YESTERDAY’ PLAY.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 661, 14 January 1933, Page 11

YESTERDAY’ PLAY.

Leyland and Wyatt Prevent Collapse. FIFTH WICKET STAND. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. ADELAIDE, January 13. Until Leyland and Wyatt made a fifth wicket stand England were i» a most dangerous plight in the third Test to-day. England’s opening batsmen, including the great Sutcliffe, went cheaply and four wickets were down for 37. Leyland (83) and Wyatt (78), however, saved the situation and when stumps were drawn England had compiled the respectable total of 236 runs for seven wickets. Wall’s bowling was the principal destructive agent in the early stages, but Leyland and Wyatt had the mastery of all the bowlers, particularly Grimmett. The Australian fielding was excellent. The weather was ideal and the wicket was easy. “I have never seen Wall bowl so fast as he did in his opening overs to-day,” said Clem Hill, the well-known cricket writer. The Australian team was the same as that for the second test, except that Ponsford was included and O’Brien was twelfth man. In the English team, Paynter replaced Pataudi, Verity, the Yorkshire slow bowler, replaced Bowes and Brown was twelfth man. Exceptional interest was taken in the match by the public and there was an attendance of 30,000 by eleven o’clock, when play started. Jardine called to the toss and won. England batted, Jardine and Sutcliffe opening. The Play. Wall was the hero . of England's disastrous start. Jardine lasted for twenty minutes, during which he scored only 3. Wall completely beat him. Until then Sutcliffe had not scored. He was playing a very scratchy innings. His first effective shot was to square leg for two, Ponsford saving a few feet from the boundary. Sutcliffe then snicked three off O’Reilly. Wall had Hammond, who had followed Jardine, guessing with his pacy deliveries. A no-ball kicked up at him, but Hammond, dodging, fluked a single. However, he tipped the next, which Oldfield safely held. He had scored 2. That was the last ball of Wall’s sixth over and his figures were then two wickets for 16 runs. England was thus in a parlous position. A further sensation immediately followed, O’Reilly making a confident appeal for leg before against Sutcliffe, which was disallowed. Sutcliffe was playing very tamely, scoring only nine in forty-five minutes. He got no further, Wail at mid-on effecting a brilliant catch off O’Reilly. He was stretched on the ground at full length with the ball barely off the grass. It was an amazing effort. Leyland then joined Ames and hit the first four of the match, swinging an easy one to the leg side off O’Reilly. Ames, when attempting a similar hit off a no-ball, knocked his own wicket down. Ironmonger then replaced Wall when the score was 26 for three. At the second ball of his fourth over, Ames played over a short pitched one, which took his middle stump. Grimmett’s first over was a maiden, but in the next Leyland drove him hard to the off side, through Ponsford’s hands, for four. At lunch the score stood at 37 for four wickets. Wall’s figures were 12 overs, 5 maidens, 12 runs, 2 wickets.