THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 3, 1937.
AUSTRALIA COLLAPSE ON BRADMAN'S DISMISSAL
Four Wickets Fall For Eleven Runs
ENGLAND
SET
392 RUNS TO WIN
BRADMAN GETS A DOUBLE CENTURY
FINE PLAY BEFORE LUNCH
Adelaide, To-day. England require 392 runs on a wearing wic- ket to win the Ashes.
This morning's play was full of incident, a brilliant throw-in from 60 yards by Barnett caus- ing Gregory downfall after stand of 135 runs and mencing the Australian collapse -their remaining 6 wickets fell for only 92 runs.
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Don Bradman scored 212 în 437 minutes to register his eleventh Test Century against · England-Jack Hobbs holds the record of twelve-and thus improve on his own record of four double centuries, exclud- ing two treble centuries! Brad- man scored his 212 out of 401. Four wickets fell after lunch for eleven runs.
WICKET WEARING A crowd of 20,000 was present in sultry and cloudy weather when Bradman (174) and Gregory (36) resumed Australia's innings at 341 for 4 this morning on a wicket that was showing signs of wear.
With the game safe for Austra lia, Bradman opened up very vigor- ously, but he nearly played on when facing Farnes's first over.
The pair added 31 runs before Gregory was run out by Barnett. who threw down the wicket from 60 yards. 372-5-50.
Gregory batted for three hours and hit one boundary and took part in a stand of 135.
BRADMAN OUT Bradman and Chipperfield then raised the fourth century after 466 minutes, but 22 runs later Brad- man, who had completed his 200 after 424 minutes, was deceived by Hammond'e change of pace with the new ball and was caught and bowled. 422-6 212,
Bradman, who batted for 437
minutes and hit 14 boundaries, played the greatest innings of his
THE SCORES
Australia England
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W. A. Brown e Ames
AUSTRALIA-2nd Inningu
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For
Don Bradman, the incomparable, pats one away to the boundary.
SENOR CABALLERO'S HUMOUR
Berlin, To-day. Senor Caballero declared that An "untimely jest" is the de-the Valencia Government would scription applied by the "Deutsche consent to the territory held by the Diplomatische Politische Korres- Burgos Government being placed pondenz” to the statement by Senor under the proposed system of su- Largo Caballero, Premier of thepervision... Valencia Government in "Parlia ment."
KAMCHUK RAPID
DISASTER
Manager Reported Detained
Canton, To-day. The Canton Government has de- tained the manager, Mr. Chen Shao chuan, and the properties of
career, clearly revealing that he is becoming more patient and ortho- dor
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A sit-down striker in one of the Fisher factories has tele-- graphed to Governor Frank Murphy: "We have decided to stay in the plants. We have no delusions about the sacrifices which the decision entails and we fully expect that if a vio- lent effort is made to oust us many of us will be killed.” Union headquarters say that Mr. Murphy at red them that troops will not be used to eject the strikers by force-Reuter.
TEA. ENGLAND, 55 for 2.
LA PASSIONATA RETURNS TO SPAIN
Paris, To-day...
The General Secretary of the French Communist Party, M. Maurice Thorez, has arrived in Barcelona accompanied by the Com- munist Deputy, M. Dutileul.
After being received by Senor Companys, M. Thorez addressed a mass meeting yesterday evening. on the platform was the "roman- tic" Spanish woman Leftist, - "La Passionata."
According to a report appearing The "Korrespondenz" attacks the statement by saying that it may in "Le Jour" a group of French throw back the work of the non-politicians will follow the example intervention committee in London, of British Members of Parliament and again stresses the necessity of and will pay a visit to the confining the civil war to Spain areas. They are due to arrive at Trans-Ocean.
Barcelona to-day Trans-Ocean.
War
"BOY" WHO HAD REACHED
END OF HIS TETHER
the Kang Sheung Shipping. Co., A successful appeal for leniency that defendant had been support- owners of the Man Chuk Ferry, was made by Mr. Elden Potter on ing a grandmother, his mother and owing to the disaster at the Kam-behalf of his office boy Pau Kon, two unemployed brothers
besides chuk Rapid. It is learned that aged 29, who was charged before his wife and children. He had Mr. Chen will be handed over to Mr. W. Schofield at the Central reached breaking point and gone the Canton District Court for legal Magistracy this morning with the wrong. In view of his past re- procedure.
theft of $350 while in the employ cord Mr. Potter asked that he be of Mr. E. Potter. The boy tried to given a chance. cover the theft by alleging he had Mr. Potter said he was willing been robbed and stabbed. by anito sign a bond on defendant's be unknown Chinese...
half. Mr. Schofield agreed, but said Inspector A E. Carey said de- he would require another from a fendant was given a cheque for $350 relative or friend.
Defendant was remanded for 24 The remaining four wickets fell to cash. At a quarter past twelve during the first half hour after he was found in Prince's Building hours in Police custody for a lunch for the addition of only 11 lying face downwards, with three curity to be found. runs, the Australian innings clos-wounds on his left chest and two Mr. Potter paid a tribute to the ing for 433.
wounds on the leg. A few yards Police, and especially to Inspector England now requires 392 to win away a pocket knife was found. AA E. Carey, for the speed in which the fourth Test and the "Ashes" doctor was immediately sent for a solution was found.
Lunch was taken at this Chipperfield being 28.
COLLAPSE
total,
- England won the first Test by and his wounds dressed. Defendant an irmings 22 runs and the se- said he was pushed into the lava-
runs, while Australia tory, stabbed and robbed
Hammond
32
cond by won the
D. G. Bradman, e and b. Hammond 212 |
S. J. McCabe, c Wyatt, b Robbi
R. Gregory, rm
K. Rigg, e Hammond,
A. G. Chipperfield,
Total (for 6 wkts) Clu
551
Fall of the wickets: 1.
for 24; 2-(Brown) for 88; 3-
for 19754 (Rigg) for 237; 5 (Gregory) for 372; 6 (Bradman) 422,
212
131
129
Later: Australis 433 all out -Reuter.
mazing Test
Defen
dant was admitted to the ~ G.CH. and discharged yesterday.
Later he confessed that he had injured himself. The money hé had concealed in a cupboard.
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Mr. E Potter said the case was one where justice could be temper- ed with mercy Defendant had been' in
för over 15 years, ever since he was a boy. He had been in the habit of cashing
Printe prietors cheques for a long while and there
Ltd, by had never been anything wrong Wyndham After the incident, Mr. Potter found Kong,
Hong