CRICKET

Wairarapa Daily Times, 18 January 1933, Page 5

CRICKET

THE THIRD TEST SLOW SCORING. Press Association Electric TelegraDh—CopvrigllS ADELAIDE, Tuesday. •Conditions were perfect all round today for the continuation of the third Test match, England v. Australia. The wicket was easy. England continued the second innings, and was at the wickets all day. The score was carried to 296 for six.

Recognising their immense responsibility, Jardine 'and Wyatt, the not-out men, resumed cautiously. The captain was subjected to incessant barracking for the slowness of liis batting; he was extremely unenterprising.

With 91 up, O’Reilly’s doggedness was rewarded, Wyatt turning one low. Wall dived and made a magnificent one-handed catch a few inches from the ground. Wyatt occasionally hit hard during the 133 minutes he was batting. Allen followed, and scored his first four past point off Ironmonger. O’Reilly’s superb length pegged Jardine down to the crease. Wall had heaps of jicp, but the captain, with a relentless straight bat, ran to 32, making some virile drives at this stage. O’Reilly had then bowled eight overs for seven runs and secured one wicket. The batsmen’s dcsultoriness continued. Allen was tangled up by Grimmett on the /fifth attempt to smother the ball with his pads. Three wickets for 123.

At the luncheon adjournment, Jardine wag 46, Hammond 1, and the score was three wickets for 130,

On resuming, O ’Reilly beat Hammond, skimming his bails. Hammond brought off two forceful drives. Then the batsmen played back to the fast bowler monotonously, not attempting to score. The first worthwhile stroke by Jardine for an hour was a leg glance for one. Jardine was now 52, gained -by straight-driving Ironmonger. He then treated O’Reilly similarly for 4. Four runs later Ironmonger secured the captain leg-before. He had batted for 4 hours 15 minutes, liiting two fours and scoring 56. Leyland brightened play, hitting Grimmett to square leg and also getting him to the on boundary by a similar powerful pull. Hammond continued stodgily. Leyland brought up 182 by a forward square-leg hit for 4 off Ironmonger.

England was now 300 in front of Australia, Leyland raising the double century by turning McCabe to square leg for a single after 5 houils 11 minutes batting. At the tea. adjournment the score was four wickets for 203 runs.

The bowlers kept an excellent length, and the batsmen had to earn every run.

Leyland’s useful innings ended at 42, after 108 minutes’ batting. He attempted to pull Ironmonger. The ball travelled high, and Wall made a smart running catch at mid-on. Hammond was then 57, the score being five for 274. . ' ; ' i; - -;- 5 /* -"v ' ‘ The' Hammond-Leyland partnership added 91, which was invaluable to England. Two hundred and fifty took 371 minutes to compile, or fit the rate of forty runs an hour. Ames joined! Hammond, but the runs were mostly singles. Hammond’s most attractive shot was a neat four through the covers off Ironmonger, which made him 68. Btolidness still characterised the batsmen, who were intent on keeping the wicket intact. They patted easy singles, alternating with lifeless play. Hammond went to 74 by lightly tapping O’Reilly. 'Ames’s best shot was square-cutting Ironmonger to the boundar}', making him 12. . . Wall came back at 279. Hammond increased his score to 83 by getting a 4 and four singles. Ames reached 18 by hitting O’Reilly high to fine leg in the last ball of the over.

Bradman’s first .ball was a full toss, and scattered Hammond’s stumps. It was a sensational ending to a defensive innings of 85, made in 241 minutes. He hit eight fours. The attendance was 19,821, and the takings £1538. The following are the scores: —

ENGLAND. First Innings 341 Second Innings. Sutcjiffe, e O’Brien, b Wall 7 Jardine, Ibw, b Ironmonger 56 Wyatt, e Wall, b O’Reilly 49 Allen, Ibw, b Grimmett 15 Hammond, b Bradman 85 Leyland, c Wall, b Ironmonger ...... 42 Ames, not out 18 Extras 24 Total for six wickets 206 AUSTRALIA. First Innings 222 yr\ “RUMOURS OF WAR.” (LONDON, Tuesday. The Warner-Woodfull controversy ranks with the actual play as the most important Adelaide news in the “Evening Standard,” which says:—“Amid all this war and rumour of further war, there is also some actual cricket.”

Warner told Harris, the “Standard” correspondent, that the Woodfull incident was now closed. “Woodfull having expressed regret, in a very nice manner, we are now the best of friends. TT

Harris adds: “'Present appearances indicate that the choice lies between winning the Ashes and leaving soreness in Australia, or risking defeat in the* interests of friendship by modifying the leg theory. The authorities at Lord’s cannot ignore the position. Jardine has pluck and captained the side magnificently at Adelaide, despite liis unpopularity With the crowd.” Giving his opinion regarding body bowling, 11. Gilligan said it was “disgraceful that the newspapers had turned cricket into a sort of circus game.” Sir Julieu Calm, speaking at a London dinner, said: “I do not believe much of this Test controversy. I have entertained all the Australian teams. They are all good fellows. I am not going to have anything said aga’.nst Larwood, because he belongs to my club.”

(•Sir Julien Calm is a member of the committee of the Notts County Cricket Club:)

BODY-LINE BOWLING. ROUNDLY CONDEMNED. (Received Wednesday, 10.40 a.m.) LONDON, Tuesday. A slashing attack on body-line bowling is made by the Very Rev. L. E. Parsons, Vicar of Coleman's Hatch, -who when interviewed, said: “What I predicted is happening in Australia, and I do not think it is finished yet. I fear some one will be dangerously hurt and then something will be done to stop it. This bouncing of the ball, half-way, just outside the leg stump' and straight at the batsman's head, with a leg side field to stop shots is not only definitely dangerous, as the present series of Tests is proving, but is spoiling cricket as a spectacle, by eliminating all the glorious shots of first-class batsmen. A spirit of misunderstanding and hatred is being created in Australia, at a time when a call for closer reltaionsliip is so essential." The “Sketch" says: “The whole question of leg theory bowling must be seriously and officially considered.” OLDFIELD’S CONDITION. ADELAIDE, Tuesday. Mr Jeanes, a member of the Australian Board of Control, declined to say whether a protest was contemplated against the body line of attack to the Marylebone 'Cricket dub. Oldfield is still suffering severely from his knock. AUSTRALIA’S HURDLE. (By “The Bowler.") What a hurdle the Australians will have in the fourth innings! They already have to make 415 runs, and this, of course, will be increased, as England have still four wickets to fall. The record score for a fourth innings is 411 runs, by England, at Sydney, in 1924-5.

This is the only fourth innings to reach 400 runs.