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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 260, 2 November 1928, Page 4

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■SEtbA'ilUtiAL BOWLING IN VitiOKiAN MAiCril LARWOOD TAKES otvEN WIUKLIStUK ENGLAND * Aucuuiian i rebs . Received Nov. 1, 9.15 p.m. MELBOURNE, Nuv. 1. There was muggv, threateuiug weather fur the cricket mutch, Englund, v. Victoria inc wicket was gouu Wood-1 lull won the toss Sensational bowling by Larwood, who was swinging the bail, took three wickets tor 3± runs at lunch, ivfieu the total was 60 fur three wickets Tate also snowed glimpses of his best form. Rain lell uuring the luncheon interval and the captains agreed that the v. ickct should be covered. The game was resumed at 3 p.iu. wlu’u there was more sensational buwi ing by Larwood, who 'ook three wick ets iu four balls iu a maiden over. Woodfull was batting defiantly, but scoring was. difficult. All the bowlers had a good length. Soon after the tea adjournment Larwood gut his seventh wicket, Blackie making a poor strokeRain fell at 4.30 p-m. and caused anotner adjournment, the players being off the field fur half an hour. The weather turned very cold. Woodfull scored 50 in 150 minute.-. Although hampered by a greasy ball, for some time the bowlers were very accurate, and scoring was dUiicult. Ironmonger made the omy sixer. Larwood was in Hue fettle and was faster than at Adelaide, swerving deceptively. Woodfull was not well. Victoria’s first hundred came in 92 minutes. Details of the scores are as follows: — \ , Victoria. (First Innings.)

FOR THE SHEFFIELD SHIELD NEW SOUTH WALES DEFEAT QUEENSLAND. BRADMAN’S DOUBLE CENTURY. [Australian Press Assn.] Received Nov. 1, 11-25 p.m. BRISBANE, Nov. 1. In the Sheffield Shield match New South Wales in the second innings, lost four wickets for 410 runs and defeated Queensland by six wickets and three runs. Bradman made 133 not out. Nothling took two wickets for 45 and Thurlow one for 94. The feature of the match was Bradman’s double century, played beautifully. The wicket was ideal. BACK FROM ENGLAND PROFESSIONAL COACHES [ Fer Press Association 1 WELLINGTON, Nov. 1. Looking fit and well after the English season the two noted English professional cricketers, Messrs J. Newman (Hampshire) and L. C. Eastman (Essex) arrived by the Mataroa today to resume their engagements as coaches in the Dominion.

Mr Newman coaches the players of Canterbury while Mr Eastman ininstructs the Otago payers. Mr Eastman was confident that England would retain ‘‘The Ashes’* in the following scries of tests against Australia, but the Hampshire professional was not so sanguine. “It will bo a heavy scoring .campaign,” Mr Newman said. “This was forecasted by the p'ay in the match at Adelaide. England’s Hopes “England’s hopes are centred in Larwood, the fast bowler, and a groat responsibility will rest upon his shoulders,’’ he conlpnued. Freeman, the Kent slow bowler, has yet to prove a success on Australian wickets, white Grimmett has already done so upon both Australian and English pitches. Grimmett is a wonderful bowler and his performance in securing six wickets for 109 in an innings of 528 at Adelaide was a pnenomcnal one. White, the English slow lefthunder, is probabily tho best length bowler in the game to-day. He is certainly the best length bowler I have ever played against. It remains to be seen whether he will be able to flight the ball as we'l in Australia as he has been doing in Engand. Hammond also commands an excellent length and comes very fast off the pitch, but he is only dangerous with a new ball and Tate and, Larwood will be the men who will operate with the new balls.

Tate has not been bowing anything like as well as he did four or five years ago ami it will be interesting to see whether he will prove as dangerous on Australian wickets as he did on his -ast visit to that country. .Staples is another bowler on the English side )\ho can peg away with an immaculate length all day if necessary. Taking into consideration, however, I think that some phenonicnal y heavy scoring will be done in the tests this season and that they will resolve themselves into endurance tests.” Asked as to how he personally had fared in Eng and, Mr Newman said: “Oh, 1 again managed to secure the cricketer’s double, as 1 notched about 1500 runs an»l took over a hundred wickets for Hampshire in the County championship matches. It was tho best, summer we have enjoyed since 1927 and several other players also notched the double. Air Eastman did well for Essex at times, but he did not enjoy the best of health and broke down more than once.”

Woodfull, nut uut (id Ponsford, b Larwood .. It Hcndrv b Larwood Hyder, b Larwood Hartkopf, b Larwood . 13 fScaife, c White, b Larwood .. . d Ellis, c Chapman, b Larwood .. 0 Blackie, c Chapman, b Larwood 3 Ebeling, st. Buckworth, b White 4 .Morton, c Duckworth, b Tate .. . 14 ironmonger, not out . 16 Total, 9 wickets for .. . 1G3