ENGLAND V THE REST.

Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16817, 8 June 1926, Page 5

ENGLAND V THE REST.

'■"TRY OUT" FOR TESTS. ENGLAND V THE REST. FORMER MAKE 250. Received Juno S, 12.45 p.m. LONDON, June 7. The attendance was 10,000. Jupp and Larwooil were bowling very accurately. N'iilhcr Ilobbs or liendren had the slightest inclination to hit. Larwood, by clever work at mid-off, ran out liendren, whose, partnership with Ilobbs yielded 'ih in 55 minutes. Jlohbs hit llor/nie strongly. Chapman reciprocated and made some nice cuts and chops before being dismissed. Ilo'jObs continued lo play well. He pullod Jupp to tho, boundary. Allen also got Jupp away, but scoring was difT/eult against Larwood. Ilobbs was

clf/verly caught by Hcarnc on the run. Judged by Ins usual high standard, l.lobbs was stodgy, and was never really comfortable against the fast bowlers, particularly Larwood. He hit six i's. The board then read 171 for six wickets.

Allen and Kilner played brightly. Kilner was brilliantly caught at point. The partnership had added 64 runs. Allen was always sound, and gave no chance. Some big hitting marked the opening of the Best's second strike. A quarter of an hour produced 21 runs. Sandham was confident and overdrove Tate and turned Kilner to the leg boundary. Hallows was straight, driving powerfully, especially against MacAuley. The bowling was chauged frequently, but the batsmen were not perturbed, anil continued lo make steady progress. When the total was 8G Hallows was dismissed after 80 minutes' solid play. Sandham and llearne thereafter quietly played out time. England in their first innings made 250 runs. Details arc:— ENGLAND —First Innings. Woolley. c Fender, b Larwood . 21 Carr, b Larwood n liendren, run out 20 Ilobbs, o llearne, b Fender .... 85 Chapman, c Strudwick, b Fender 11 Allen, c Strudwick, b Durston .. 44 Kilner, c Dulcep Singhi, b Jupp . . 37 Smith, b Jupp I Tale, c Strudwick, b Durston .. 10 Macaulay, not out 5 Holmes, b Larwood 3 Extras 13 Total 250 REST OF ENGLAND —Second Innings. Hallows, lbw, b Kilner -i:l Sandham, not out 40 llearne, not out 0 Extras 0 One wicket for 102 SLOW MOTION PLAYERS." A DISAPPOINTING EXHIBITION. (Bcceived June 8, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, June 7. After two days of the Lords " tryout," responsible critics are unanimous in deploring the grotesque excess of safety play among potential lest batsmen, who are described as " England's slow motion players."

Clem Hill, in a striking newspaper article asks: "What ails English batting'?" and says players are dull and slow, and quite foreign lo the brand compared witli what he knew on previous visits.

Others support Clem Hill's view that if the Lord's display indicates the spirit that is going to animate the tests it will take a week instead of three, days to secure a result. All are unanimous in insisting upon the necessity for discovering and encouraging forcing batsmen of" the type of Chapman, Fender and Duleep Singhi, who are able to forget averages. Even ilobbs was over leisurely, and took over three hours to score 85.

Sandham even refused to take risks when Kilner tempted him witli full pitches to leg. He look 2J hours to score 34.

Tyldcsley and Hallows were both more than an hour scoring 17. Jupp bowled for long periods without a man in the long-field, yet liobbs and Hendren did not attempt lo exploit the opportunity. Though Hendren at present heads the British averages his form at Lords suggests that he is not fit for anything higher than county cricket owing to his grotesque caution. Kilner alone displayed clean, confident hilling and the crowd was genuinely disappointed when Duleep Singhi's brilliant catch sent him back. Clem Hill says that for two days he has been watching the cream of England's balsmanship, but with the exception of Duleep Singhi, liobbs, and perhaps Kilner, there was not a single innings that sparkled. At no time had the batsmen taken command. Although the bowling was accurate, there was not so much devil in it that batsmen could not have taken a risk in jumping out and hitting it to the outfield. Perhaps the shadow of Trent Bridge affected all. liobbs is not the attacking player lie was in Australia in 1925. but he lias a tremendous responsibility to carry. Chapman is not far from being the best batsman in England." Kclleway, in the Daily Express, adds a trenchant attack to the geneial chorus of disapproval, lie points out that as an Australian he wants Australia to win, but the interests of the game would be better served if England is successful, lie describes liobbs' display as simply .unworthy of England's greatest batsman. Kcllaway says: "I do not forget that 1 have rarely been accused of being reckless myself, but 1 have always tried to suit my play to the slate of the game. This lias not been done in England in any match this season."

Kclleway suggests that Carr is depending upon slow batting and bat wickets lo win the tests, and remarks: " Tliis is wrong. Each game should be played with the intention of forcing a win. England must learn to go out for a win from the first minute of play."