DOING WELL

Wairarapa Age, 13 March 1929, Page 5

DOING WELL

AUSTRALIA MAKE 367 FOR FOUR WICKETS. WOODFULL’S INNINGSSBNDS SENSATIONALLY'' 1 BRADMAN REACHES CENTURY United Press Association--By Electric Telegraph-Copyright. (Received Tuesday;,. 8.10 p.m.) MELBOURNE, March 12. The weathei- was much warmer when play was resumed tn the fifth Test match between Australia and England, the conditions being still greatly in favour of the batting side. The batsmqn opened cautiously and ' runs iitere .digicult to get owing to accurate-' B3fs®mg and S a well-placed The ffTsK break >, in dull play was.,the scoring of 3 eight off one Of> WhlttPßljwOvers. r When Ryder had three he had scored' a thoiftand s runs in Test cricket. s After batting for 112 minutes Bydier 3 went for a big hit. ; ball t and was easily' Just J after lunch there -Wsr-'' i Woodfull play&Ta. Ml'w&tarfNp slips, Geary taking the ball low down and claiming a catch. Woodfull refused to leave until he was given out. He then went, evidently very dissatisfied; Bradman commenced confidently and Fairfax solidly. The batsmen after the . tea interval, but the . pace. The third brought ’ up in 449 minutes, . wls ' greatly excited at the change which had come over the there was a great demonstration when Bradman reached his century which is his see- ; and in Tes* cricket. An appeal against ; the light was granted at 5.47 pan. The j lattendnnee was 20,700. Following are 1 the scores:— AUSTRALIA l( Ihr-st Inningsu Woodfull c Geary, b Larwood ..... 102 Jackson, run out .. ........ 30 Kippax, c Duckworth, b White .. 38 Ryder, c Tate, b Hammond .... 30 Bradman, not out I .. .. 109 Fairfax, not out .. 50 .. 8 Total for four wiickets .. .. 367 —(Australian Press 1 Association.) (England made 510 in the first innings.)