WOODFULL REBUKES WARNER.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 662, 16 January 1933, Page 1

WOODFULL REBUKES WARNER.

Englishmen Not Playing the Game, Says Australian Captain. INSATIONAL DRESSING-ROOM INCIDENT.

(United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received January 16, 12.40 p.m.) SYDNEY, January 16.

Woodful! then rebuked Warner conning the tactics of the English team, •ing that they were not playing cket, and that the leg theory policy the bowlers was unfair. “ Cricket too great to be spoilt by the tactics »ich your team is adopting,” said oodfull. “ I do not approve of them, d never will. If they are persevered th it may be better if I do not play e game. The matter is in vour nds. Mr Warner, and I have nothing rther to say to you.”

?32 RUNS NEEDED.

Australia Well Behind in Third Test. PAYNTER ENGLAND'S HERO. ADELAIDE, January 15. Australia were 232 behind England's st innings score at the close of the :ond day’s play in the third Test on turday. After a start as unpromising England’s had been, the stumps ore was Australia 109 for four wickets, igland, when they resumed on Satury morning, carried their score from S to 341. Paynter was the hero of e innings. He made 77 by forceful d confident batting. Both the weather and the wicket :re perfect when Paynter and Verity sumed England’s first innings before crowd of 50,962 spectators, a South istralian record. Paynter quickly ttled down, disaying artistry ith strokes on the g side and through e covers. He eated all the bowis alike. He esped being run out nen 26, Fingleton’s row-in being unue. Verity was spasodic and unenterising. Paynter, with a autiful hit to uare leg. brought s score up to 50 in 118 minutes. He id hit six fours. Verity, when 16, put a ball from Irononger sharply to O’Reilly in the ps. who touched the ball but could it hold it. In return, a couple of rers later, Verity hit two successive urs through the covers off Irononger. bringing his own total to 28. he batsmen were plainly on top. Woodfull was making repeated ranges in the bowling, but Paynter, e midget, continued his vigorous hitig. reaching the sixties with a grand ur off Grimmett. Three hundred came up in 370 min:es. Verity was solid, waiting patiently r loose ones, while Paynter was ilsating with versatility and resourceilness. At lunch the pair had taken »e score to 315 (Paynter 72, Verity >). After lunch Verity was missed by ;Cabe, at first slip, at 38. The chance as a hard one. Paynter added five when he made a is-hit to short leg, giving Fingleton an isy catch. He had hit nine fours and is innings had lasted 185 minutes. It ad been marked with wonderful ispness and surety. Voce was uneasy when facing Wall, ho scattered his wicket when he had lade 8. Verity had an escape at 44, Richard>n dropping him at mid-off off ’Reilly. In the next over from Wall, owever, Richardson made amends, alching Verity at .square leg. Verity ad played a solid useful innings. The remaining wickets fell cheaply 3 Wall and England were all out for #l. Woodfull and Fingleton opened for iUstralia.

Fifty-one runs' with the loss of th lur best batsmen was the demoralisinj

REBUKED by the Australian captain, Woodfull, who alleged that the English team were not playing cricket, Mr P. ! F. Warner, one of the managers j of the English side, walked out of the Australian dressing-room on Saturday without making any defence to ttie charge levelled against his team. Subsequently, he refused to make any comment. Woodfull was on the table in the hands of doctors and masseurs when Mr Warner entered and inquired how he felt, but received the abrupt reply from Woodfull that he did not wish to speak to the visitor. Mr Warner left the room without i replying. Later he declined to com- ! ment. The newspapers, which are featuring the incident, say that Mr Warner is now in an awkward position, as he previously had expressed decided objections to the bowling of the leg theory. The “ Daily Telegraph ” publishes articles by Warner which were pubi lished in the “ Morning Post ”, criticising Bowes for bowling bumpers and I the leg theory. | position confronting Australia after the ! first hour in their first innings. Woodfull Hurt. The crowd was continually on its toes demonstrating its hostility to Lar wood, who hit Woodfull severely on the chest. Woodfull was rattled for a time. Fingleton dodged Larwood’s highflyers and then tipped Allen’s third ball to Ames, who accepted it smartly. (One : for 3). Fingleton had not scored. Bradman filled the vacancy and Australia’s hopes were raised, as the chamr pion started vigorously hitting a nice ’ four to leg, off Allen. The jubilation was short lived, consternation taking ’ its place when, with the addition of i only 4, Bradman, with a simple shot to silly-leg, off Larwood, was taken by Allen. The spectators were dumfounded. (Two for 18). M’Cabe, who was greeted with an encouraging cheer, was destined to make no more than Bradman, hitting up a ball from Larwood close to Jardine, who took it. (Three for 34). It was an unpromising start, j Larwood had taken two wickets for i S runs in 7 overs. j Woodfull was playing stodgily and . was feeling the effects of Larwood’s knock. A double change was made in the bowling. Voce and Verity coming on, when Ponsford joined the captain. Ponsford nearly added to the devastation, but was missed by Hammond at first slip, off Larwood. The ball went into Hammond’s hands. Eighty min- ■ utes’ play had produced 51 runs. Woodfull went out to Allen, who , took the captain’s middle stump with a j dazzling delivery, to which Woodfull • played back. Australia’s position was really precarious. Richardson, however, heartened the disappointed crowd, his first scoring shot being to mid-off for three, off Allen. Ponsford also got busy, after a ball from Larwood had struck his back when he attempted to dodge it. Ponsford drove Verity powerfully for four, all of which were run, and followed with a square-cut for four and a clever late cut for four off Larwood. Larwood, at one stage of the afternoon, was bowling with only three men on the off-side, cover, fine-slip and deep third man. Richardson and Ponsford proved a dogged partnership, adding 42 runs quickly when they were badly needed. Then Richardson, with a crisp late cut for four, off Allen, brought up the century for Australia. The pair remained in the ascendancy until stumps were drawn. Ponsford’s display was a convincing argument against the critics. He demonstrated forcibly again that English shock tactics cannot be trifled with, the field being too sure and well placed for risks when hitting. The dismissals of Bradman and M’Cabe were tragedies. Australia are left 232 i behind England's first innings score. There are prospects that the weather will be good for several days. y The gate was £5410. Scores:— ENGLAND. First Innings.

Total for four wickets .... 109

ARE NOT YET BEATEN.

M’Cabe Still Has Hope of Victory. SYDNEY, January 15. Broadcasting his opinion of the progress of the test match last night, S. J. M Cabe said that though the odds were in favour of England, Australia was not yet beaten. Ponsford and Richardson were both batting confidently and could make heavy scores. Our hopes rest on Monday’s conditions,” he said. . M. Woodfull, the Australian captain, paid a tribute to E. Paynter’s fine work for England. D. G. Bradman says that the match thus far is remarkable for the manner in which the wickets have fallen. A. F. Kippax says that the life has gone out of the wicket, which is now giving the bowlers no assistance whatever.

HUNT FOR HINKLER.

Captain Hope to Comb Alps for Flyer. ENGLISH AIRMAN HOPS OFF. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received January 16, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, January 15. Captain W. L. Hope, the well-known English pilot, and winner of the King’s Cup, left this morning at 9 o’clock for Basle, from where he will begin a wide search of the Matterhorn Yalley and the surrounding alpine regions, in the hope of tracing Hinkler. Captain Hope expects to reach Basle at 1 p.m., and will begin the search immediately if possible. He is flying a Hawk Moth, and is accompanied by a mechanic. He is also carrying radio. His headquarters will be at Basle, from where he will make daily sorties. The “ Morning Post,” in an editorial, asks why no concerted and systematic measures have been taken to trace and. if possible, relieve Mr Bert Hinkler, the noted Australian airman, who has been missing since he took off from England on an attempt to lower the air record to Australia. After recalling that Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Mr Ulm were rescued from the Australian bush after twelve days and that Commander Franco was picked up after drifting in the, Atlantic for ten days, the newspaper says: “ It may not be too late to succour Mr Hinkler. If he has met disaster, it will be a tragic loss to British flying prowess, and if no prompt and effective effort is made to find him it will be a blot on the national escutcheon.

WAS HINKLER SEEN?

British Alpinist Reports Seeing Plane , ! (Received January 16, 12.30 p.m.V BASLE, January 15. | Captain Hope has received through i the Air Ministry a telegram from a British tourist saying that while 7000 feet up on a mountain near Morgins he saw a plane flying east-south-east which might have been Hinkler’s. He was apparently heading for the Simplon. Captain Hope thinks that Hinkler may have lost his way and possibly has crashed on a mountain wall.

CAPTAIN HOPE ARRIVES.

(Received LONDON, January 15. A message from Basle says that the airman, Captain Hope, has arrived there.

Jardine, b Wall Sutcliffe, c Wall b O’Reillv . 9 Hammond, c Oldfield b Wall o Ames, b Ironmonger .. 3 Ley-land, b O’Reilly ... S3 Wyatt, c Richardson b Grimmett 78 Paynter, c Fingleton b Wall 77 Allen, lbw b Grimmett 15 Verity, c Richardson b Wall . 45 Voce, b Wall Larwood, not out .... Extras r Total 341 Bowling. O. M. R. w. W all 34 1 10 72 5 O Reillv 50 19 82 2 Ironmonger .. 20 0 .50 1 Grimmett .... 28 6 94 2 M'Cabe 14 3 28

AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Woodfull, b Allen Fingleton, c Ames b Alien Bradman, c: Allen b Larwood ... .. ■ 8 M'Cabe, c Jardine b Larwood ... 8 Ponsford, not out Richardson, not out Extras