SENSATIONAL PLAY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 277, 23 November 1936, Page 8

SENSATIONAL PLAY

CRICKET AT SYDNEY ' ENGLISH WICKETS FALL | CHIPPERFIELD'S EIGHT BRADMAN'S BREEZY KNOCK Telegraph-Press Association— Copyright! Received Nov. 22, 7.5 p.m. SYDNEY’, Nov. 22. Conditions were again unpleasant when the match between England and i the Australian eleven was resumed. The sky was leaden and a bitterly cold wind was blowing. The wicket was good. The attendance was 36,The early play was sensational, the remaining five English batsmen being dismissed in less than half an hour . for the addition of only 14 runs. j Chipperfield to-day took four wickets for 9 funs, and finished with the re- 1 markable average of eight for 66. Leyland and Robins were the not- • out batsmen and two quick boundar- I ies caused the latter to pass his 50 in , 90 minutes’ play, but he was then | bowled by an in-swinger. Leyland j soon followed. He batted, in all, 156 i minutes and hit five fours. The • Robins - Leyland partnership had ■ yielded 106 runs. The remaining batsmen lost their | wickets in quick succession, being i completely nonplussed by Chipper- j field’s slows. He certainly bowled t well, but the Englishmen rather flat- i tered him. England’s innings occu- j pied 323 minutes. With the Australians at the wickets excitement continued. Duckworth made two vociferous appeals against ' Fingleton in Voce’s over, and Brown gave a chance in the slips in Fames’ second over. The Australian opening batsmen then batted steadily until lunch. They scored more freely after the adjournment, raising 103 in quick time. Fingleton being out ■ leg before. Bradman came in and ; immediately attacked the bowling, • playing strokes, many of them most I unorthodox, to all parts of the ' ground. Brown, meanwhile, had become very quiet, taking 148 minutes ' to reach 50. Bradman passed his half-century in 73 minutes, and then overtook Brown. , whom he conceded 38 start. Brown ! was only picking up an occasional single, but Bradman was hitting I vigorously at almost every ball. Eventually, in attempting to hook an off-break, he had his leg stump knocked back. Eight fours were included in his total, which was compiled in his usual dashing style. The partnership for the second wicket was worth 91 runs. Badcock opened with two fours and thus carried the total to 200 after 204 minutes. Brown's batting was so tedious that he was ironically cheered when he notched a couple after a long period without scoring. The batsmen made no attempt t? force the pace in the last hour, and at stumps, which were drawn at 5.10 owing to the bad light, the Australians were within striking distance of England’s total with eight wickets in hand. Verity was most impressive of the English bowlers. Scores were: — England First Innings. Fagg, c Brown, b Chipperfield 49 Worthington, c Robinson, b Waite 6 Ames, c Brown, b Chipperfield 76 Leyland, c and b Chipperfield So Hardstaff, c Tallon, b Chipperfield 12 Fishlock, st. Tallon, b Chiperfield o Robins, b Ebeling Verity, c Tallon, b Chipperfield 0 Voce, c Bradman, b Chipperfield 4 Duckworth, not out fames, c Brown, b Chipperfield 0 Extras Total -38 Bowling: Ebeling, one for 71; Chipperfield, eight for 66; Waile, one for 48; Gregory, none for 61; Ryan, none for 31. Australian Eleven First Innings. Fingleton, 1.b.w., h Verity 56 Brown, not out 66 Bradman, b Worthington 63 Badcock, not out 2” Extras Total, two for 221 fowling: Fames, none for 61: Voce, none for 39; Robins, none for 37; Verity, one for 43; Worthington, one for 35. ENGLAND'S DISASTER McCARTNEY'S COMM ENT. CRITICISM OF FARNES. Received Nov. 22. 11.50 p.m. SYDNEY, Nov. 22. C. G. Macartney, commenting on the game, says: “Once again the slow bowling bogey was responsible for England’s disaster. Although the wicket was entirely in favour of the batsman Chipperfield maintained accurate length but he was not playable. Ebeling’s figures did not reflect the quality of his bowling. Fames permitted Fingleton an i Brown to watch too many balls pass by, which Larwood would not have done. Th? latter would have made the men play every ball. Voce gave the appearance of being a danger in the first few overs. Verity was the same placid, accurate, steady bowler of the 1932-33 season but, mainly owing to Brown'.' fine defence, he was not sufficiently tested. Worthington provided useful relief. Robins was unable to do himself justice owing to a damaged finger. but gave the opening batsmen a few unhappy overs. Fingleton showed that the bowling could be scored from, but Brown evidently found the attack too hostile.” WARD DECLINES NOT LEAVING AUSTRALIA Received Nov. 22, 7.5 p.m. SYDNEY, Nov. 22. The Sunday Sun’s Adelaide correspondent reports that the promising slow bowler Frank Ward has decided not to join Sir Julian Cahn's team. He will remain in Australia.

ENGLAND’S DISPLAY REDEEMING FEATURES AMES IN CONFIDENT FORM tßy J. B. Hobbs—Copyright in all Countries —Reproduction in whole or part forbidden.) SYDNEY, Nov. 21. There was somewhat happier news to report of Englan's batting to-day at the start of the match with the Australian eleven, which conta ned several young batsmen and a wicketkeeper on trial for their country. To-day’s display, however, still gives us cause for uneasiness. We ought to be able to produce better cricket than this, though it had its redeeming feature in that Fagg got runs. Leyland played a typical innings. It is just as well we had h m there when things went wrong. The failures of Hardstaff and Fishlock placed us in a serious position for some time with five wickets down for 178. The vexed question of the opening batsmen is not settled yet. Fagg got a good deal of practice. If he had had soemone like Barnett to stay in with him, it would not have mattered about his being slow, but two men in all day batting at lis pace would lead us nowhere Worthington was the victim of an in-swinger that came through quickly and got up a bit. I was surprised to see the ball carried to short leg as deep as the umpire when playing a defensive stroke, and from this we may consider him a bit unlucky. He or Fagg will have to go in first. At one time I thought Fishlock was the lirst-wicket batsman. I am not sure he would not be better there now. as he has shaped badly at this leg-break stuff, and was stumped to-day when playing a walking shot. Hardstaff is far from convincing at the moment. Credit for Chipperfield. i The enigma has been the slow bowlin'. Ch pperfield was the bogyman i to-day. lie never put a foot wrong; his length was perfect, and he was (able to make the ball turn. A slow I start puts a big strain on the rest of I the team, but with Barnett in we i should see a big difference. One reason for the slowness was Ryan bowlling a negative leg theory. The batsman, especially when out of form, cannot be blamed for leaving alone balls on the leg side. Another feature : the crowd lost sight of that kept scoring down was the placing of the field. The Australians can teach us a lesson in th s respect, and they have always I done so. Moreover, their bowlers I bowl to their field. j In so far as he batted nearly three * hours, Fagg had a useful bit of practice, but he was dreadfully slow. He batted so correctly that many of the I best strokes went straight to the j i fieldsman. He might have been 'caught at the wicket when 6, and he I was beaten by a fast yorker from Waites when 26. It was getting towards tea and he was 49 when he allowed himself to be worried out by a crowd who had begun to murmur at his slowness. He jumped out to Chipperfield, hit against the spin of a 'leg break, and skied the balk Ames Confident. j Ames batted extremely well. His I confidence in making strokes amazed I me, especially considering he has been I ill for so long and this was his second I | match, practically his second innings lof the tour. Despite a slow start forc|ed on him because we had lost our (first wicket nt 12, he scored at ihe Irate of 40 an hour, which was good; going. He hit the ball hard to alii (parts of the field, neglecting only the (straight drive. He had a couple of (snicks, but these were small blemishes in a really good innings. It was left Ito Robins to put some sparks into the I cricket with his unorthodoxy. He had I the crowd expecting him to go out 'every ball at the beginning. There are not many men able to get their (left leg further flown the wickets to the pitch o’ th? ball. Ebeling bowled (well enough to get three or four [wickets. I am keen to waten Tallon. fbecau-! I naa heard so much about ,him being a probable successor to Old [field. He did not keep badly, but was ! a n/. snatchy, an<- has mum to learn Ibe' r.' d’ dicing Be? - i? That L not 'disparaging, because Oldfield is in a class by himself. The ground fielding was brilliant, as it should be from these youngsters. The sixth-wicket stand of 96 saved ;o’.r fates, and put a different complex:.m or the game. Without it we should have been in queen street. FREEMAN SURPRISED I -BOMBSHELL” FROM KENT WELL-KNOWN BOWLER DROPPED. Received Nov. 22, 7.5 p.m. LONDON, Nov. 20. i Kent has decided not to rel engage Freeman in 1937. In view of • his “exceptional services” the club i is granting him £250 and his wages i are being continued until next sumi mer. I The club states that it, wishes to I give the younger players a chance. i Freeman said: “The news comes as a bombshell. I have no intention of I retiring yet.”