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CHINA MAIL, JULY 19, 1988.

LESSONS OF SECOND TEST

NEITHER SIDE

HAD BOWLER WHO COULD PRESS HOME ADVANTAGE

Careless Fielding Was Most Pronounced AUSTRALIA'S BIG WEAKNESS

(By AIR MAIL)`'

London, July 3.

The second Test match at Lord's was remarkable for its fluc- tuations, advantages on both sides being lost and then retrieved. Early in the match England lost the advantage of the toss by the rapid dismissal of Barnett, Hutton, and Edrich, but made a splendid recovery by the association of Hammond and Paynter, and later of Hammond and Ames.

Australia, in her turn, was saved by Brown, with the assistance first of Hassett, and later of O'Reilly and Fleetwood-Smith, after the valuable wickets of Bradman and McCabe had gone comparative- ly cheaply.

Then came Compton to pull his, side out of a critical situation with the help of Paynter and Wellard, while in the fourth in- nings Bradman, not to be denied, robbed England of any possible chance of victory-not that the danger was great at any time.

·HIS BEST

Hammond was seen in an innings which must rank as the best he has ever played. His assurance was amazing, and at no time did he give the slightest appearance of being in difficulty to any bowler. His stroke play in aggression and defence was well nigh perfect, as also were his timing and placing.

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ENGLAND v. AUSTRALIA:

SPECIAL TRANSMISSION

From 2 p.m. to 5.40 p.m. on Friday, July 22, and Saturday, July 28, a ball-by-ball description of the Test Match at Headingley, Leeds, will be radiated from Da- ventry, simultaneously with Trans- mission 8, on the following fre quencies:

23.30 p.m. (G.M.T. (approx.) GSP....

..15.31 Mc/s, 19.60 metres 3.45--5.40 p.m. G.M.T. (approx.) GSD. .11.75 Mc/s, 25.58 metres

Mc-

and

Ham-ertness; and in Test cricket one mond may equal that performance in is entitled to expect well-nigh perfec- the future, but he will not better it. tion. One must not forget, however, Brown's innings was not up to the to pay tribute to. the wonder- standard of Hammond's but its value ful catch by Verity which sent to Australia can hardly be calculated. Cabe back when that batsman was in Brown's polished and gifted batsman- a particularly dangerous mood, ship has never been questioned, and he the value of which it would be diffi gave of his best on this occasion, but cult to assess. the pleasure in his general work would Be enhanced if he played more innings of the same type, rather than indulging in the overdone defence to which he has become too prone.

COMPTON'S VALUE In view of the position into which England had fallen at the end of the third day, the display by Compton must rank particularly high in the matter of value. He played a re- markably good innings, made greater, of course, by circumstances. Compton has a wonderful future as an interna- tional player, and experience must add to his ability and judgment.

Bradman played a characteristic innings,h his aggression against the speed attack and defence against Verity, who promised trouble from a spot made by the bowlers' footmarks. being of the quality one would anti- cipate from a confident and unques tioned master.

VITAL FACT

One of the chief facts emerging from the Test is that neither side pos- sesses the bowlers able to drive home any advantage gained. Of the Eng land team, Wellard was not able to give the

necessary assistance to Farnes, who is obviously being bowl ed out, while Wright is not rendering to the side the services which his class of bowling should supply in forming the necessary variety. Ham- mond was unable to bowl at the time when he would have been most use ful; consequently, too much work fell on the shoulders of Farnes and Verity for them to carry.

The Australian spin attack failed, with the exception of O'Reilly;

and

AMES'S SUCCESSOR Edrich, no doubt, will come under ́a serious discussion for omission, but mistake will be made if such a cap- able batsman has to stand down. His quality is unquestioned, but his im- petuosity must be curbed if he is to be a real success in Test cricket. The

MIDDLESEX TROUNCE YORKSHIRE

Wooller In Form For Glamorgan

London, To-day.

"REVIEWER'S" SPORTS COMMENTARY

P. A. Gibb's Batting Position

IT seems to be taken for granted that

P. A. Gibb, England's new wicket- will figure keeper, if he plays Middlesex fully avenged their seventh in the batting list against the Australians at Leeds. It will come as defeat at the hands of Yorkshire, no surprise to me if he is sent in in last year's challenge match for sooner. Consider what he has done as the County Cricket Championship, a batsman.

He opens for Scotland and Cam- when they beat the champions by bridge University. Although it was not his first innings in first-class cric- 8 wickets at Lord's yesterday.

Bowes, the England and York-ket-he had played for the Cantabs on his shire Test bowler, who is one of before he made a century

initial appearance in the Yorkshire 13 players invited to attend the senior eleven. This season, he has a Leeds ground for the Fourth Test, chance of treading on W. R. Ham- which commences on Friday, cap-mond's heels in the batting averages. For both the Cambridge and Gentle- men of England sides against the tured 5 wickets for 67 runs.

At Cardiff, Wilfred Wooller, the Australians, he came out top scorer in famous Welsh International Rugby innings in which other batsmen were star, was in magnificent form with seen in bad light. the ball and helped Glamorgan beat Somersetshire by 6 wickets, taking 10 wickets for 86 runs in the course of the two innings.

At Nottingham, the Australians are well set for another big victory against the County.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Scores as câbled by Reuter, were: At Lord's, Middlesex beat Yorkshire by 8 wickets.

Yorks: 144 and 103.

Middlesex: 205 (Bowes 5 for 67)

4.43 for 2,

and

Last season, he played in only two games for Yorkshire, against New Zealand and Hampshire, but, on each occasion, the county of broad acres, sent him in first. Against the tour- ists he showed admirable form in an opening stand of 116, contributing 52 himself, while Hutton went on to get a century. He had 22 in the second innings, while men like Hutton, Mit- chell, Turner, and Smailes scored les- ser amounts.

Against Hampshire, his first innings effort was 75, and he helped to add

164 for the third Yorkshire wicket. The value of his contribution is not

fully understood until it is pointed out that Mitchell, Barber, J. A, Richard- son, and Verity each failed to score, and Smailes, F. Wilkinson, Robinson, and Bowes made respectively 8, 4, 1, 5 for 48, and 6.

At Cardiff, Glamorganshire beat Somersetshire by 6 wickets. Somerset: 150 (W., Wooller 5 for 38)

and 164 (W. Wooller Mercer 4 for 59). Glamorgan: 158 (Wellard 6 for 62, An-

drews 4 for 69) and 159 for 4).

IN PLAY

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At Nottingham: Australians: 243 (D. G. Bradman 56. S. F. Barnes 58, C. B. Harris 4 for 60) and 244 for 2. Notts:-147.-

CALL OVER FOR STEWARD'S CUP

London, To-day,

Sandwich "Open

Incidents

HERE were one or two unusual in-. T

cidents in the qualifying_play_in_ the Open Golf Championship, at Sand- wich, and one which struck everyone as being well out of the ordinary run - took place on the Royal St. George's

course,

most serious blow England has sus- tained is the injury to Ames, which

Robert Sandow, who is entered from Alcester and who is: a nephew of the will probably keep him out of the next two Tests. His successor has

famous "strong man," did not return a card when playing over Prince's. now to be found, and three names sug

Evidently he did not find any better gest themselves--P. A. Gibb, of Cam- bridge; T. N. McCorkell, of Hamp- The following is the latest call over when the weather was absolutely at form on St. George's. He was out shire; and J. Farrimond, of Lan- for the Steward's Cup, which will be its worst, and when he reached the cashire. On the form he displayed at run at Goodwood on July 28 over 6 fur-thirteenth hole Sandow apparently felt Lord's in the Gentlemen of England longs: --- engagement, Gibb seems a good selec tion; but McCorkell is a keeper and a batsman.

Much depends on the fitness of Chipperfield as to the disposition of the Australian side. It is essential to maintain the spin attack, which is its chief asset, and with Chipperfield in- cluded, the batting strength is pre- served as well as the fielding. Should he be unavailable, however, it is pos sible that Ward may return to the eleven, but his bowling is not as ac curate as one would like for such an important engagement. Fleetwood- Smith, on whom so much depends as an effective unit, showed himself un- dependable in the recent Test match; and unless he can reach a satisfac tory standard, Australia is faced with a manifest bowling weakness which her batting may not find easy to coun- ter balance. S

PURE MISFORTUNE

C. L. Badcock has not enjoyed any

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Jovial Lad 25 to 1 o, 28 to 1 ti Roviresco 25 to 1:0, 33 to 1 t..

Reuter..

U.S.R.C. BEAT L.R.G. IN MIXED

even though McCormick performed measure of success in the Test, but DOUBLES LEAGUE

that he had had enough. He naked his partner if he minded him walking in, and the partner indicated that he could please himself.

Sandow promptly made tracks for the comfort of the clubhouse, and the ' partner, accompanied by the marker,. completed the round. One does not - recall anything of this nature having happened in any previous championship. Another man who brought the lime- light upon himself was W. Shankland the Haydock Park professional, who, when playing: a bunker stroke on Mon- day, fractured one of his fingers. In spite of that, Shankland returned a

and playing with the injured finger turned a 75 to give him an easy en- trance into the list of qualifiers. **When the weather was at its worst, young. J. H. Crapper, the son of the well known English professional, was sheltering his marker underneath hia umbrella during his round on Prince's when the umbrella was struck by light-

10 laster the following day, he re-

ning Grapper was not injured, but

he naturally suffered from some shock, holes.

remarkably well during a couple of his failure at Lord's last week was periods, his effort was not sustained purely a cricketer's misfortune, and suficiently to maintain an advantage. by no means a true reflection of his Playing on their own courts, the and took 18 strokes to the next two O'Reilly is the one bowler or whom capabilities. Badcock is both capable United Services Recreation Club beat Australia can consistently reyard and plucky, and unlikely to be affected the Ladies' Recreation Club by nine he cannot carry the burden indefinite- by his recent fallures. If he wore sets to nil in the Mixed Doubles Lawn

`omitted, the only possible substitute Tennis League. MISTAKES IN THE FIELD would be Barnos, and he, may not be Scorest The fielding on both sides was not in the necessary form to: 1 the post- L. Goldman

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