EBELING?

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20362, 20 July 1934, Page 1

EBELING?

WILL HE BE INCLUDED IN TEST TEAM?

Dry Wicket Expected.

KIPPAX AND CHIPPERFIELD ENJOY PRACTICE.

I'j.itetl Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received July 20, 10 40 am.) LONDON, July 19. The Australian Press Association says that, with the exception of Oldfield and Grimmett. who are resting.

all the Australians practised at Leeds on soft wickets. Kippax and Chipperfield enjoyed their first knock since their illness. The Test wicket is expected to dry out in good time, unless there is further rain. Apart from the erection of a new stand to replace the one destroyed by fire, the dismal ground has

not improved since 1930. The outfielcl is rough and there is only one sight screen. While it is generally admitted that Ebeling would be a most welcome addition to the bowling strength, there is some doubt among the team whether the selectors will risk altering the batting, though impartial observers consider that Ebeling’s claim is undeniable.

Lb E. Jardine, writing in the “ Standard,” says: “It does not seem that \Y oodfull will have any option but to include Ebeling. in view of the marked inefficiency of Grimmett and Wall at #Manchester. If onlv England could master O’Reilly as they have done Grimmett, the final deciding Test at the Oval need have no terrors for England.” *

ALL AUSTRALIANS FIT. Anticipating Test in Good Spirits. (Received July 20. 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, July 19. The Australian Press Association says that, as this is one of the few occasions of the tour when the whole sixteen men are fit, the Australians are anticipating the Test in good spirits. O’Reilly is in the pink of condition. Kippax, Fleetwood-Smith and Barnett are certain to be omitted from the team. Bromley probably will be twelfth man. THE TEST WICKET. Top Inch Yields Slightly After Rain. LONDON. July 19. The groundsman at Leeds was noncommittal regarding the effect of Wednesday’s rainstorm, which partly flooded the Test pitch. The surface afterwards proved to be slightly yielding, but an inch below was still a hard as iron.