ENGLAND V. AUSTRALIA

Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18797, 19 November 1932, Page 9

ENGLAND V. AUSTRALIA

A DULL DISPLAY. VISITORS AT THE WICKETS. SCORE 238 IN THE DAY. United Press Assn.' —Elec. Tel. Copyrlght. MELBOURNE, Nov. 18. The cricket match England versus an Australian eleven was begun to-day at Melbourne in One, cool weather. The wicket was in good condition. There were 23,000 spectators and Hie receipts totalled £I2OO. lho teams were:— England.— Wyatt (captain), Allen, Brown, Pataudi, Sutcliffe, Leyland, Bowes, Paynter, Duckworth, Larwood and Voce, with Mitchell as 12th. man Australia. Woodfull (captain. , Bradman, Oldfield, Oxenham, Les, Ironmonger, Darling, Riff!?, Nagel, Nash and Barnett with O’Brien as 12th. man. Wyatt won the toss and England batted. The game opened brightly, Wyatt scoring fours off Nash's first two deliveries. Play then became dull, one hour only yielding 39 runs. A Saroastlo Crowd. Nagel was in particularly good form. He bowled nine overs for seven runs. As In the Victorian match Wyatt was dismissed leg before in the last over before luncheon. He had batted 87* minutes for his 29. The side s total at the luncheon interval was only SG, and the crowd was sarcastio. Sutcliffe gave a poor display. Ha made several lucky snicks and also gave a chance when he had made 29 to Oxenham at leg off Ironmonger. In two hours 20 minutes Sutcliffe only scored 36. The crowd then oheered every stroke ironically. The first century took 145 minutes to compile. Two runs had been added when Pataudi was clean bowled by Nash. He had batted an hour for 23 and hit two boundaries. Runs oame at a funereal pace. Sutcliffe was labouring dreadfully as in the Adelaide game. The score was 150 after 195 minutes’ play, and a section of the crowd commenced to count out Sutcliffe.

At 182 Leyland mis-hit one to midoff and was caught by Darling off Ironmonger. Ho had batted 77 minutes for 38 a it'd hit four boundaries. Sutcliffe Dismissed. The score had not been altered when Sutcliffe skied a ball from ironmonger to Bradman at cover point and was easily caught. He batted 214 minutes for 87 ami hit five fours. Wickets then fell quickly. The batsmen attempted to force matters, but Oxenham was bowling well. Brown brightened mailers up by clean hitting. He halted 19 minutes for 27, including six fours. Oxenham turned the ball well. He bowled 20 overs, six of which were maidens, for 47 runs and five wickets. When stumps were drawn England had lost eight wickets for 238. Details of the score are:— ENGLAND.—First Innings. Wyatt, lbw, b Oxenham 29 Sutcliffe, c Bradman, b Ironmonger 87 Pataudi, b Nash 23 Leyland, c Darling, b Ironmonger 38 Allen, not out 12 Paynter, c Barnett, b Oxenham . 6 Larwood, c Darling, b Oxenham 2 Brown, b Oxenham 27 Voce, lbw", 1) Oxenham o Duckworth, not out . 3 Extras 11 Total for eight wickets .. 238