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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1932.
TEST BATTLE TO-DAY: ENGLAND'S BIG CHANCE
Who's Who in the Teams
ENGLAND.
AUSTRALIA.
D. I. Jardine (Captain)....Burn_on W. M. Woodfull Australia's
October 23, 1900, Jar- dine started hin cricket ing career at an early ago. He enjoyed auc Cuaca nt Winchester School and subsequent ly went up to Oxford, and gained hin Blue in 1023. He secured a pinco as a batsman in tho Surroy county eleven, and haa. tn-; joyed a fair amount of Auccess. Last year hui played innings and averaged 50.75 runs..
This Benson ho led the
in
ho
captain
and opening batsman hails from Victoria. He is also captain of his State'n Sheffield Shield team. Solid atyle, batting
noverthe- leas imaginative and resourceful when faced with a difficult pro- blem. Woodfull ́han always been popular with his own team And opponents alike.
Therein lies the nocret
of much of his site. でごちる。
Surrey side and has "B" Pounford in privato life is a
been in brilliant form.)
He made his first_ap-|
pearance against Aus-
tralia in 1928-20, play- ing in all five Tests. He is a fine forcing bat
great nad
tactician.
R. E. S. Wyntt Although a nativoj of Surrey, this fino cricketer, first seeing the light of day on May 2, 1901, qualified by re-
aidence for Warwick-
shire, and has been onu
of their finest post-1
war all-rounders.
Jo
journalist and
therefore the only
member of the team
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with permission to write about bia col- tenguer.
He la un open-{
with ing batsmen vigorous stylu and has been piling up big Rcores in the fater. stato competition this year.
Lhe:
W.M. WOODFULL
The Australlao Skipper."
THE OLDEST AND
YOUNGEST
Ponsford held world's record ucora in first-grade) H. Ironmonger is the oldest of Australian leam, the fast cricket until Bruilmon the
tonk it away from bowler being 45. Clarrie Grimmett | him.
is 40, and the youngest is McCabe
has captained the ohio W. A. Oldfield has been Australia's
Hinco 1930. His intro:
duction to Test cricket
Against Australia in 1930 caused a sensa- tion when 10 Wau choren
A.P.F. over Chapman to captain) the English team
in the deciding match, when Australis won,! A stylish bat when Het ind
Useful
chango bowler, hot should do well during the tour.
Nawab of Pataudi
markablo for his experience Englund has
miast ro- cricketer agn nu
thuti ¿12- Test!
cluded in
for Leam
many years. He enjoyed n brilliant caroor at the game at Oxford, and this last season has been in superb) form with the bat.) He is more likely to maka runs than any ather member of the, English aide. Ele
Kant, in style, but powerful in atroko equipment, his finest ahots are made in front of the wicket, which is a new fent ture for modern batemen,
6.0. Allen.... Described before ha
first appearance against;
4. Nagel
Australia in 1928 anj1.. O'Reilly "possibly one of Eng
land's
Allen,
bowler
new the
hopes,"
Middlesex somewhat Justified the Hugges
Jon, and This year has been in exceptionally; ino ferm, whilst he has already met with some
иссека on the present! Lour. Is an improved batsman and competenti fieldlaman,
F. R. Brown.The "discovery" of W. Fingleton
11. Sutcliffe
the year. Or rather this
In the popular conception)
of thio Surrey
spin
bowler, Bat actually ho discovered himself in 1931, ant is now merely) reallaing the promine ho gave then. Can also! bat when the aplrit moves him.
.Never hus Englund had such a reliable bats- minn na Herbort Sutcliffo
of Yorkshire. Holler of
many first class cricket!
records, including Test,
moat brilliant opening)
batsman England huo
over hnd, it la upon this) Klant of the willow that tha Mother country
wicket-keeper since Carter
retired. He
á ge
rst came into pro- minence with A.LF.
H. Ironmonger
45
C. Grimmett
44
the
Y. V. Richardson
W. M. Woodfull
35
W. A. Oldßeld
36
!
A. Kippax
II. Ponsford
team which toured England many years ago. First with Mailey and later with Grizamett hu hus made up a combina-} tion that has sentį many an Englishman batsman back to the pavilion wondering by what fiendish cunning: the pair contrived to deprive him of his wicket. Oldfield is also a safe bataman, good for fifty or more any time.
is one of the new-
T. Wall...
D. G. Bradman.
I. Nagel
W. Fingleton J. O'Reilly B. J. McCabe
CURSORY CULLINGS
comers wito has yet Mosquitoes and English
Players; Jardine's
to win test match honours. For the past
few years he has been
ย
consistent bowler!
for Melbourne in the Pennant competition. Tall of stature he
Psychology
The precautions taken by the Eng- terror of the terrible Queensland mosquitoes
hurd and is a terror link cricketers against the vanlaughts
of a drying wicket live and a gloomy effect on some of What he is capable the Sydney Journnis, One of them, of, was revealed the commenting on the deadly menace to other day when he cricketers visiting Bananaland, teils bagged eight English how Howell of the 1924-25 English wickets for 32 runs. team had his feet so affected that he A different talo may could not even wear Maurice Tate's be told when he facts boots,
and then ends up with the Englishmen on cheerful reflection that Ave of that
tho
the famous Sydney team have since died-presumably as wicket.
now replaces McCabe
as the baby of the Little can be team. said about him, ex-
a result of visiting Brisbane.
JARDINE CRITICISED.
The present English cricket team
cept that he has done will probably go down to history as astonishingly well in having inspired more fatuous blither the Shefeld Shield) in the bellow press than any of its competition. Hisora asserts the Sydney Bull Gret
Its arrival at Perth was fol-
appearance
in this, the highest lowed by rapturous references to the Krude of Australian chunge in Jardine's psychology since cricket, saw him take his last visit. Then he was described six wickets for very as a sort of cricketing Dean Inge, few runs.
gloomy, aloof, disdainful. He re-
is the third newcomer turned
to these shores bubbling
to Australia's list of affability itself, throwing himself
SYDNEY CRICKET GROUND-TO DAY'S ARENA
JARDINE LEADING A POWERFUL SIDE
DON BRADMAN NOT PLAYING: EVE| OF MATCH SENSATION
VISITORS' VARIED ATTACK MAY DOMINATE MATCH
(By "Veritas".)
'THE GREAT TEST MATCH ADVENTURE STARTS TO-DAY WHEN ON THE FAMOUS SYDNEY GROUND ENGLAND'S AND
AUS- TRALIA'S SELECTED CRICKET TEAMS WILL MEET, THE ONE IN AN ENDEAVOUR TO REGAIN THAT WHICH WAS LOST, AND THE OTHER TO RETAIN THAT WHICH HAS BEEN WON.
An eve of the match sensation has been caused by the announcement that Don Bradman, Australia's lead- ing batsman, will not be taking part in the first Test. Following upon his bout of influenza, which attacked! him during the N.S.W, v M.C.C. game this week, the doctors have declared that he is not fit to participate in to-day's match. It is a tremendous blow to the holders of the Ashes, whose hopes were largely placed in the scoring ability of their favourite "Don"."
THE final selection of the teams is not to hand but will
be made from the following:
ENGLAND.
D. R. Jardine (Capt.)
R. E. S. Wyatt
G. O. Allen
F. R. Brown
II. Sutcliffe
W, R. Hammond
L. E. G. Ames
E. Paynter M. Leyland W. E. Bowen
W. Voce
M. W. Tate
H. Larwood
G. Duckworth
T. B. Mitchell
H. Verity
AUSTRALIA.
M. W. Woodfull (Capt.) A. F. Kippax
S. McCabe
T. Wall
W. II. Ponsford
W. Fingleton C. V. Grimmett HI. Ironmonger
L. Nagel -W.. A. Oldfield
L. O'Reilly
V. Y. Richardson
SUTCLIFFE'S SPLENDID, FORM
On their displays since lunding can be accounted for under 50
test match players into the arms of every pressman who in Australia nearly two months runs, and therein
they have a
For the past few approached him. At least, that was ago, England wl probably shart decidedly morale advantage. years, this New South the impression conveyed; but it didn't to-day favourites for the match. Welahunan has been laat long- He gave great The feature of the team so far,
a thorn in the sides offence, at least in one quarter, by quite apart from the fact that
appears to be at the have it on the Thursday. top of his form. Cen-
tury after century
hos been written
ngainst his namo int
Sydney club cricket.
"Good-by
to
GRIMMETT INJURED,
F
a
D. R. JARDINE, the man who will lead the England side to-day in the first of the Test Match series. His selection as captain of the visiting aide aroused unanaal in torost and no little controversy, it being considerad by many loading opinions that A. P. F. Chapman was
the man for the job.
AVERAGE AGE OF 29
The following shows the ages of the English players, with Sutcliffe the oldest at $8 and Patands and Brown the "babice" at 22. The average age of the M.C.C. team ie 29.
H. Sutcliffe AL. W. Tale
M. Leyland
D. B. Jardine
R. E. S. Wyalt
G. Duckworth
T. B. Mitchell
E. Faynter
G. O. Allen
W. R. Hammond
H. Larwood
H. Verity
L. E. G. Ames W. E. BowcH W. Voce Nawab of Pataudi
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AS YET UNBEATEN
Three Innings Victories
for the M.C.C.
have so far played alx matches of the tour, re- main unbeaten, and have three wins] to their credit.
The M.C.C. tourists
TEST TIT-BITS
won
AUSTRALIA have 50 Test
matches as compared with 47 by England. Of the 124 Tosts play- ed to date, 27 have been left denwn. In Australia, England have won 29 matches, and Australia 37 with two drawn, and in Eugland, Australia have won 13, England 10 and 25 have been left drawt.
UNDER the captaincy of A. P.
F. Chapman, England ro gained the "Ashes" for one year, after Australia had held them for 16 years, including the War period.
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TATE to-day makes his 21st
pearance in Australian v Eng- Iand Text mintches, and his eleventh such representative gamo in Aur- tralla, It will be Sutcliffo's 19th match against tho Australians, whilst Ilanimond and Larwood have ench played ten times against the "Aussien.
NE
釁
JEITHER T. B. Mitchell, Paynter,
Vority, Bowen, Voce, Nawab
of Patuudi nor F. R. Brown havo pre.
viously played against Australia in a Test Anteli.
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THE biggest aggregate ever puf
together by an English Teat team against Australia is 634, com- piled at Sydney in 1928-0, and Aus tralia's biggest total against England in 729 for 8 wickets mado at Lord's in 1030. In the same year at the Oval the visitors compiled 695, when 1. G. Bradman and A. A. Jackson n new established
wicket 4th record of 243.
DURING 1928-9-30, D. G. Bradman,
the Australian "wonder" bata- man was concerned in three now re- cord partnerships. With Kippax he put on 229 for the third wicket at Leeds in 1930, with Jackson 243 for the 4th at the Oval in 1930, and with at Fairfax 183 for the 6th wicket Melbourne in 1928-0.
THE last record partnership in
Tests to bo obtained for Eng- land was in 1030, when Sutclife and Wyatt at the Oval added 170 for the 6th wicket.
WALTER
*
Нав Hammond achieved the most out standing Engllah performance in Test cricket. In 1928-9 he scored four centuries in three conseen. tive Tests, his innings being 251 at Sydney, 200 and 72 at Mel- bourne, and 119 not out and 177 at Adelaide.
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The complete record of the games DON Bradman established the fo
to date follows:
Western Australia At Porth.
(October 21-24)
Match Drawn
M.C.C. 334 for 8 dec (Nawab of
Pataudi 166, Sutcliffe 64, Leyland 16) and 152 for 6 (Leyland 69).
West Australia 135 (F. R. Brown 3-49 Brown 3-49, Larwood 2-17, T. H. Mitchell 2-19, H. Verity 2-20).
♥ Combined XI at Parth. October 27-29)
Match Drawn
at
lowing remarkable batting ro cord in 1930-8 and 131 at Notting- ham, 24. und 1 at Lord's, 034 Leeds, 14 at Manchester and 232 at the Oval,
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MAURICE Tate holds the record
for the greatest number of wickets in one rubber, when in 1924-
5 in Australia he took 38. A. A. Malley, is the leading Australian with 34 wickets in 1920-21.
HE Sydney ground, where to-day's THE
match is being played, has seen England victorious eleven times in 27 games, but at Melbourne, the Englishmen have been more success- M.C.C. 583 for 7 dee. (Sutcliffe 160,ful and of the 28 Teats played, have won 12 and drawn two. On the Pataudi 120, Jardine 08, Hammond Adelaide enclosure, the M.C.C. have 77, Anies 15, Leyland 2).
won four out of eleven matches.
Combined XI 150 (Vority 7-37, D.
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and at Lord's he scored 13 and 90,
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SUTCLIFFE'S FORM.
G. Bradman 3) and 139 for 4 (Brad-ENGLAND have never yet won all five matches in a Test, rubber, Little criticism can be levelled man 10, J. H. Fingleton 53 not out). of the other Eastern returning an icy negative to a cool they have been undefeated in six at the
and Australia have accomplished it State. Ho loser no suggestion that he should pick his
batting displays of the,
• South Australia at Adelaide. only once, in 1920-21, when the late time in going for the team against the Westralians in time matches, and have won the other M.C.C. team to date. Sutcliffe
(November 4-8)
J. W. H. T. Douglas was skipper of bowling and this year to let the Sydney afternoon papers three In most convincing style, found hia form immediately on
the losing aide, the matches being has been the manner In which arrival, and when it in realised
M.C.C, won Inus & 128 runs, played in Australia. The following overy member has 'come ofT."
that the tour has so far produced
year Macdonald and Gregory broko M.C.C. 634 for 9 dec (Sutcliffe 154, down the English batting with their This has been particularly no-him scores
such as 54 against Leyland 127, Pataudi O, Jardins 108 terrific speed bowling, Frank Wool- Over in Adelaide they have been ticeable with the attack, every West Australia, 169 against nursing a horrible skeleton in their member of which has accomplish Combined XI, 164 against South, Wyatt 61, Larwad 81, Grimmett ley was the only British batsman capable of handling such an attack for 170). and with 3. B. Hobbs the 11. Ironmonger should soon be saying heroms-excuse me if I seem to mixed something of note, R.Australia (in successive matches),
all the metaphorn, but agitation may Brown took 3 for 49 against West 87 against an Australian XI and S. Australia 290 (K. Nitsche 69, Y. that." He is the he excused writes a carrete der Australia, 1 for 81 and 2 for 60 182 against New South Wales. V. Richardsun 134, F. R. Brown 4-81, BRADMAN enjoys holding the re- oldest member of the in short. Clarrio Grimmett has against South Australia and 2 for there need be no cause for des- Verity 3-15) and 216 (Catchlove 65, Australian team und crook leg. Somehow or other he has his place parsly slipped under the wheel of his motor-19 against New South Wales. pendency in the English camp. Verity 5 for 42; Bowen 2-47, Drown
Tremendouh faith is being put 2-88). because of his mar car when it was moving, and the Voco .captured 4 for 55 against velinus bowling con-wheel went over one foot. The mat Victoria, 2 for 55 against an in the youthful Nawab of Patauds, for 85 and he looks as though he is go- Recogniter was kept very dark, but the truth Australian XI and G tlon came to this Vic. leaked out when Clarrie could not against New South Wales.ing to justify it. Already he has toriaa late in his play in the opening round of club Verity's figures have been: 7 for made a couple of centuries in ad-
TT is interesting to recall that ono cricketing life. There cricket.
37 v Combined XI. 5 for 42 vdition to a bright 61 against Victoria 231 (IL Oakley 83, Wood- of the first representative mat- are grave doubts as
for South Australia, 2
N.SW, and judging from accounts full 5, Allen 4-46, Voce 4-66) and 04ches in which the Nawab of Pataudi Victoria and 2 for 20 v ing will make a great, In the Intervals of trying to pick Australia. G. 0. Allen has come Jardine, Hammond, and Wyatt
Weat his batting has been brilliant. (Woodfull 26, Allen 1-21, Verity 2-10, over appeared was in 1928 year
Hammond 2-8),
before going up to Oxford, when he Impression оп tho
turned out for the Tunbridge Wells the winner of the Melbourne Cup: right up to expectations securing have been displaying consistent croam
M.C.C. 408 for 9 dec (Allen 15, and District XV against Frank Wool- of England's batsmen. Ironmonger
I have been Aguring out what
Payntor 37, Ironmonger 3-02).
pincée much of her hopes, to-day and in the future
Tenta. Already ho has shown that ho la in dazz ling form and Australia will probably have more cause to foar him than any other of the appool- tion.
W.R. Hammond
.Another of those natural batamon whoi mako the art of driv-! ing fast bowling to
W. R. HAMMOND.
English Batting "[lope”
sistency.
to whether his bowl.
THE AUSTRALIAN ATTACK,
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▾ Victoria at Melbourne. (November 11-15)
M.C.C. won inns, & 183 runa
aggregate runa scored
in Test Matches. In 1930 he totalled 074 for an average of 130.14. Ham- mond in 1928-29 hit up 905 for an average of 113.12.
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rarely aenda. down bowlers Australla has to meet the /4 total of 7 for 66 against Victoria form, and Leslie Ames came into Pataudi 6. Wyatt 74, Hammond 203, loy's Kent eleven in a charity match.
Larwood's match of distinction His por Englishmon observen an Australian and for 121 against New Walce. own In the fat Ame
loose ball.
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• Australian XI at Melbourne.
(November 18-22)
If auch matches as those with feet and conalstant writer.
XI the Combined XI, An Australian length has been re-
Of course, there le Grimmett, was against an Australian sponsible for all his but his successes have become a when he took a total of 6 for 59. XI. and New South Wales are to algnificance, then опо positive bore. Besides, though he Tate was seen to effect in the first have any Or "The Little Napoleon" ns he was christen-may never die, like all old soldiers innings of Now South Walce when must conclude that England ap-| od during the last series of test at any game, ho is bound to fado ho obtained d victims for 58 runs. pear to have a much more power-Layland 38, Allen 48, R. K. Oxenham ·
Stan McCabe,
BUCCIAK.
800лег or later.
More
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Match Drawi M.C.C. 282 (Wyatt 29, Sutcliffe 87, ful team than Australia. There -68, Nash 8-30) and 60 (Wyatt 3, matches in England, is the most away
BRADMAN BOGEY GOES. is greater variety in attack and Sutcliffe 10, Loyland 6, Allen 0, Payn- dashing batsman in a hard. venerable than Grimmett in Iron-1
certainly as much batting strength. ter 12. Larwood 0, Nagal 8-32, hitting team. Like Bradman, monger, who wants a sticky pitch
These are undeniably impres
Oxenham 2-4). McCabe graduated to first class to distinguish him as a Test-match
BLOW TO AUSTRALIA. cricket from the country whore bowler from an easy mark for sive records and indicate the
Australian XI 218 (O'Brien 46, potentialities of the English at- his reputation as an all-rounder Sunday-school picnic batsmen,
Flelding their strongest team pos-Bradman 86; Larwood 4-54, Bowes 8- made him the idòl of his home There is not a fast bowler in tack. The fact that these bowlers sible, Austrella to-day could not en-103, Voce 2-65) and 10 for 2 (Wood. town. McCabe has been popu lar wherever he has gone with sight who looks really dangerous have dismissed Bradman on six ter the arena with more than an even full 0, Bradman 18. Larwood 2-6), touring teams, Ile is a good save the Queensland abo. Gilbert, occasions in the course of theseance bet of winning, bat robbed an
New South Wales at Sydney.
(November 25-20) dancer and in the most de Since he holds no substantivo royal games for less than 50 runs can- they have been of the services of Bradman, the "Aussies" have some mocratis circles of democratic rank, as do some of the members not be overlooked.
M.C.C. won Inns, & 44 rans It invites the question, to Brad cause to regard the probablo outcome of the encounter with some trepida- Australia in forover "one of the of the
bo comiting side, ho can hardly
as eligible to repre- man the wonder batsman that he ilon. boys".
M.C.O. 580 (Butelie 182, Wyatt 78, Donald G. Bradman
Ins had sent his native land, though doubt was af 19307 Or is it that the Bradman has, undoubtedly, been a about him. less he is a descendant of kings.
English bowlers have at laat die-soures of inspiration to the Australia Pataudi 01, Amen 60, Voce, 16, 9. Hird After the Australians' Inst Much has been made in English covered the ball with which to Test teams over since he made his G-185. J. O'Reilly 4-80).
N.S.W. 279 (Bradman 18, J. H. triumphal tour of England, he papers of Bowen's ability to "Trigh-beat. him? Whichever
International of these dramatic entry into
Fingleton 110 not, McCabe 67, Allen landed back in his native land ten 'em out." Gilbert Is woll up it is, the Engilah bowlers will cricket in 1026. His batting achieve 5-69, Tate 4-53) and 213 (Cummins to the strains of "Our Don
Hero worship has to that job, as we saw in the cane enter the Arena at Sydney heart-ments have been phenomenal, sur 71, Bradman 38, Voca B-56, Allen 2-62,
oned by the knowledge that he
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Brown 2-10).
der
He was then studying the game un- Frank Woollog, and twelvo months later he went up to Oxford to make cricket history.
CLARRIE GRIMMETT.
Australia's Chiefs Trundler