THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 2, 1937.
AUSTRALIA MAKE GRAND
BID FOR ASCENDANCY BRADMAN WELL SET FOR
ANOTHER CENTURY
ENGLAND LOSE GRIP ON GAME
-ADELAIDE, TO-DAY.
AUSTRALIA ARE NOW IN A VERY SATISFACTORY POSI- TION IN THE FOURTH TEST MATCH AT LUNCH TO-DAY THEY HELD A LEAD OF 115 RUNS WITH EIGHT SECOND INNINGS WICKETS IN HAND.
The wicket is playing well at, the moment, but there is one soot that is likely to trouble the English batsmen in the fourth inn- ings. McCormick and O'Reilly are the right bowlers for such a situation
Bradman appears set for his eleventh Test century against England, being undefeated with 70 to his credit at lunch. It is interesting to note that the record for this series is held by Jack Hobbs, who hit 12 centuries.
A crowd of 25,000 was present in The 100 was hoisted after 141; sunny but cool weather when Don minutes and Bradman reached his Bradman (26) and Brown (23) re-50 after 105 minutes, having hit sumed Australia's second innings only one boundary, lack of boun- at 61 for 1.-
daries showing his disciplined cor- rectitude.
The wicket is still good, al- though a wearing patch at one end of the wicket is likely to prove dangerous in the fourth innings.
When he was 53 Bradman reach- ed his 1.000 runs for the season.
McCabe very nearly played on a ball from Farnes when he was nine. The paid added 50 runs in 50 minutes.
Bradman and McCabe in all add-i
before lunch, which
The pair added 27 runs before Brown, in attempting to glance a fast one from Voce, was perfectly taken low down on the leg side by ed 69 runs Ames, the English wicket-keeper. was taken with the score at 157 for 88--2--32-
2. Bradman being 70 and McCabe 35.-Reuter.
Brown, who had been associated in a stand that produced 67 runs, batted stolidly for 127 minutes, hitting only one boundary.
VOCE FIT AGAIN
THE SCORES
Australia England
288 330)
AUSTRALIA-2nd Innings
J. H. Fingleton, lbw, b Hammond 12 W. A. Brown, e Ames, b Voce
D. G. Bradman, not out
S. J. McCabe, not out
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Total (for 2 whts.)
TO
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157
Fall of the wickets: 1 (Fingleton) for 21; 2 (Brown) for 88.
SCHOOL FEE "WAR”
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attendance, the cost is over 9 times?
And with reference to the statement of the Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary in this Council on the 7th October, 1936, in regard to the reduction of 10) per cent.-in the capitation grants to English Grant Schools, (Han-) sard, page 266), and to the state- ment of the Honourable the At- torney General in this Council on the 30th December, 1936, to the effect that revenue during 1936 would
exceed expenditure by about $80,000, will Government consider: utilising part of such surplus in restoring such 10 per cént. reduction?
LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST
London, Yesterday-The Premier the depression has moved north east- The Royal Observatory reports that!
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Australia 159 for 2.
262 for Tes
Bradman:-136 N.O.
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