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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1936.
WHEN ENGLAND BECAME IN COMMAND
IN THE FIRST TEST MATCH
ASTONISHING AUSTRALIAN BATTING
AGAINST SLOW BOWLERS
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as England's a week or so ago against Mudge and others,
Ward made a reflex action at Allen, and
It was a apmetuele which would have"goadedj be in time next innings. This was one of Charles Macartney to acts of violence, turn-i the suddent Austrailan route have ing him livid with rags. A stranger coming known, one without fight or the old rearguard into the ground would have been exeuyed it, counter-attack let of old by Carter. Hugh he had thought Australia's two fast men Trombie, and good old Bill Howell, were in with als handred needed for victory with most admirable spirit Au- will lose the rubber if the te weing tralia bowled and fielded hard when, is be thele, altitude whenever flradman and England went in again. The stoutest McCabe fall to make centuries. nerve and bats were needed to hold up the raily: this was an Australian XI, all right.
ENGLAND ON TOP
Bolton found a nicely arched Jength in ana Whatever the result of the present over to vingicion, and casper terribly close la · avanurina him leg before. The umpire encounter we seem to be in for a struggle in the rubber which for band low and look hand and work
cut some menial geometry before ha evuldj evenness of power and uf sportsman- decide. In the bataman's favour. Then Chip ship will make history and give all perfield went a danger bit is Allen from tobins to the off. The batting was no les of us the palpitations.
resoluta, that I thought the allly point ind; killy mid-on were too deep.
ALLEN'S DARING
With every need at the day's nutart to keep the situation tense and the net laut round MeCabe und Fingleton, Allen daringly put Bovine on a one of als opening bowlers, fle himself attacked from the pavilion end. Robine in liable to bowl Tong hops, but on thia cession, he got the ball three parte the way of its journey before pitching it. The Jerurth struck terror in my beurt all the sime. 1 expecled boundaries each bull.
Allen himself was erratic, and MeCabe -drove him straight and out' him swift and in
the best
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Hardstat exught him at willy mid-on falling ater, to fit a stroke, not hit far enough for him to reach without an effort.
It was neemweary for McCormick to nume i with runner, whose services were not elaborately wanted, for O'Reily hopelessly · pushed a catch to Lerland," who also had to roll and reach.
Thus ended the sad and surprising tale of ** In we Elght wickets fell today for noorly, three hours.
HOSTILE BAND
The Eneland Eleven were, as the man in Charles Dickens sayu, transmogrified: It was The England team were ng much in ebm-j a hostile band of brothem, mand of the game technically and percho- | Voce was riperbi no short stuff, no modern logically that even if they do not win this | theories, but corrrel length and much pase match, the lemon of this morning will not be off the plich, and the deadly ball that leaver forgotten. When Barnes and Foeler won the the bat fust a little. rubber in Austraila, the first match war lovt, but the other four were won because the viciary wrote on the wail an fronte message.
On the stroke of tunch Voce ngulo achieved a magnificent ofakio ball, and Chipperfield andekes it fatally without wishing to have anything to, da with it.
Verity and Hobim fumped to their chances and performed a bluff aweet enough to make the parition cắt laugh, it seemed all loo gnol to be true or too bad, according to one's point of vision.
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position to the luck which inevitably attends these matches. This is not to take away from the Englishmen the credit which rightly belongs to them for making the utmost of the advantages; for the luck of the game con go either way. So far, in both Tests played, it has been with Eng- land. Twice Allen has won the toss Chicago, Illinois. to give his men the privilege of bat- Max Baer, the former heavy-ting on ideal wickets, and twice Aus- weight champion of the world, who tralia has had to go out and try, to. will visit England sometime in make runs on a pitch ruined by February to fight Waller Neusel, weather. But one has only to read German who recently out-the delalled reports of the first Test wanted Ben Ford, British and which are printed in this issue to Empire heavyweight champion, is realise that bad wicket or no bad going to spend Christmas at his wicket the English bowlers have per- home in Livermore, California. formed magnificently and have kept He said he was homesick.
the Australians well in check. Take Muxie's sudden bout of nostalgia Brisbane. Neville Cardus, the bril
That first innings of Australia at As the Australien innings subalded in the cut short the come-back campaign llant commentator, makes no mention and trusting, I thought. of pasure in the he has been waging in the hopes of of an afflicted wicket when Voce, diary of Samuel Pepys want to Charing regaining the heavyweight crown Robins, Verity and Allen turned back Cross to see Major-General Harrison hanged. he last to James J. Braddock in the entire Australian eleven for a drawn, and quartered, which was done there,
mere 234 runs. It was due, accord- he looking as cheerful as any man could do June, 1935. In that condition,"
Baer's tour, which ended sudden-ng to him, firally to the excellence
and keenness of
the English attack ly after a night in Toronto, Canada, (notably Voce who made them awing (Mrs. G, H. Sheldoni) Was not the howling success that away in disconcerting fashion), and Joca England's second Innings began with the the "Livermore Larruper" had hoped secondly to the timidity of the Aus- As querier to three Fingleton turned) ennfrene which confidence begete, until Robins to the on for a single and reached Worthington seemed le become stumped off it would be.
tralians. The fact is the English his century, a worthy crown for hours of the wicketkeeper's boots. The Deritrenée
In fact, He sudden termination bowlers have been doing magnificent patient devoted batting, sli for hia sida, never escaped the eternal vigilance of the Piyasa box: of Baer's bid for a comeback was work; they have made use of every showy pe vain, but sheer steadfastness and i none of us know exactly how, Worthington
halted not so much for his long-advantage offered, but even shrewd skill; not
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* pleture inningsman, had got out. The main thing was that be
when Ing for his native Callfornia innings for the accountancy of crithet rather was our
as conditions were apparently more in The battle ww than for the art of the game, but hone the
bitter, The Australian for the description of the fight by favour of the batsmen than the is an innings to be proud of, a conquest by fielding shot out the old fierce opportunlar,
Mr. Mitchell F. Hepburn, the pre- bowlers, they continued to bowl character as well as by crafi.
O'Reilly bowled with all his strength and
Audirallanı | #k!!). The
-mier of Ontario. were fighting in
finely enough to outwit the opposi- "A fake, flasco and a disgrace to ilon. It is well then, while admit- redeem an evil day. Every ball bowled way a challenge; we could foil at the edge of the sport," sald Mr. Hepburn. ting that Austraila has suffered the the Geld the strain and ordral through which
"bad breaks", to realise that England the players were paŠTE,
has been full value for her successes.
able. Too oon, from England's point of view, were the balamen off the mark, Allen obvioul shared the palpable Kira, for he retired, in favour of Voce, who at once put England ahead by ksen bowing to the off alde, beautiful in length, and with only Allen at abort leg. one, and McCabe nought to hook a short Barnett caught him st deep mid-on).
McCabe on Baturday was warned with a dream book's precision of how he would lose ble wicket to a dark handsome man, which i ressonably good description of Voer,
HAMMOND'S CATCH
Firgisier Hit Rodina to the off, a grand shot with the back foot the propelier, and pulled Robins rather rhetorically peat Worthington at forward mid-on.
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FINGLETON'S CENTURY After lunch Alien baffled us beesuse he did not claim the new ball after all for the rested and match winning Voce. In fact, after two over be took Voce off and trusted to Robina and Verlly, a dangerously experi mental procedure in spite of one ball by Verity which span and jumped delightfully and slenificantly.
· Fingirton had no poder acknowledged the crowd's applause than he was bowled by Verity. The bali came with Verity's arm and kept low. Allen's luck was with Him-ndeed are better than abstract theory,
Voco's next over saw the passing of Robin- son, who sightleadly put out his bat to a rare outlawinger and went a low extch an elos the ground almost as a swallow skimming, water. Hammond took it with marvellous ease and grace at fine slip.. At first, Robins most confess that I was astonished at mon did not realise he was out, and, there the Australian batting winst the klow | was an aguslaed pause before he knew where bowling. Vuce's attack obviously commanded he ww or where he wa ■bout to severe watchfulnom, but on a hard ground Presumably he received sentence on a m
Verity was allowed to bowl six consecutive Deal,
maidens, and Kollar, at the other end, was samplelously regarded. Both these slow bowlers were akiitut, but they were allowel to display their arts at will few, it any efforts were made to hit them in front of the wicket, Robins, who would be the first is agree that he is no length bowler, could afford to leave his feid vacant behind him. Are quick-footed strokes gradually paming out of Australian batsmen also?
Thus the wheel of the match once more awung England's way. Fingleton was the Australian kope now, with his bat straight guardsman and his mind cool and
protective.
AUSTRALIA, DEWARE
I was interestel in Allen's leadership now. Robins did not let him down (helped by the fact that neither Fingleton nor Chipperfield lean expert at the rut), and he took off Voce, changed Robins over, and at the other nd relied on Verity. The basic principle of the more was, we thought, a rest for Voce before the new ball was used at the two handral
Varity's silly point and silly mid-on wer so close to the block hole that I half expected to see one of them obstruet the ball's "fight.
company of a crowd that had been so happy |
BITTER BATTLE
Telow was Barnett beaten, oney by War, once by O'Reilly. The England Inlages looki ed insecure Just now, and Ward was bowling his best this time, with fight and spin. We are in for tomato, death-grip, goodne know. And no men yet can say what will be the end.
COFFIN NAILS
A half-hour or so of painful, uninspiring
kept guard xguinst the axe of O'Reilly and the skeleton key of Ward. Every hall we
Borland's or Australia's,
tention happened while Barnell and Far
know now was a nail in somebody's comin,
Faz a Kaliantly dour and watchful, but we could sew Barnett chaing in the cordon
2nd ROUND KO.
This fight, which resulted in a second round knockout victory for Max Baer, has precipitated on all round shake up in the Ontario Athletic Commission by the
pre- mier.
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Japan TATA of Australia's counter attack. At last hest. 2 lbs., a good 10 lbs. overweight,
T.T. India made an attempt to escape, He hit freely had no comment to make on
U. B. Sousa; L. Sousa, V. F. Costa; T.T. USA. and beautifully to leg. only to be caught Toronto bout, but Benny Ray, a Delgado; C. Marques, C. Santos, B.
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Batavie member of the ex-champion's en- Gosano, J. Gomes and L. Fernandes. T.T. Salgon tourage, said that the Toronto pro- Reserves:-E. Marques, V. Marques, T.T. France moters had wanted a $400 opponent H. Remedios, I. Sousa and A. M. T.T. Germany for Baer "and that's what they got." Alves.
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Bikers defended well enough, bet you ran tell his perial-pest war. Oldfeld for a while stemmed the Australian landslide with Blevers until he fell another victim to Voce's quick outswinger. He like McCabe, only in another way, did not heed the Olney's warning, and another dark handsome man. name of Ames, told his doom
A SAD ROUT
With protly off-drive, Yaze greeted Hammond, Daasting Belding pouneed Then Blevers was bowled by Allen, playing Hammond'a whole game it for the gods at very late, so late that the stroke will aimbat lant, slow but charged with fatally.
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