HUTTON Gets There--Jolly
GoodBatsman;
Hardstaff, Too. Our Score Goes On And On
C. B. FRY Says--
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C. B. Fry, the well known authority on international cricket, tinues his series of comments on the England-Australia Test matches, on the third day's play in the Fifth Test match.
When Hutton 300 not out and Hardstaffe 40 not out resumed England's innings on the third day of the Fifth Test match, England's score stood at 634 for the loss of 5 wickets.
Oval, August, 23. There is a touch of September. in the air; one recalls the smell of the roots and the dew on the bright first morning after the partridges.
cloud
The sort of day that may over and dissolve into grey rain. But as yet the sun shines, and waves of summer shadows are passing over the green turf.
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To save misunderstanding this Knnington Oval on the third day of the fifth Test match between England and Australia.
The important question seems to be whether Leonard Hutton of Yorkshire and beat will score 35 more runs Don Bradman's record for the highest individual score in a match such as this.
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As he has already made 300, one supposes he is likely to make another Nothing he did during his 35 runs. last eleven hours at the wicket sug- to- gests that he will not be there morrow morning-unless gues fail him.
Capped At Last
Arthur Wood, the Yorkshire wicket-keeper playing for England in the final Test, has been given his England cap at last.
When the caps were handed out on Saturday there was not one to fit Wood, who has a small head, smaller, apparently than anyone who had played for England be- fore.
Now one has been made espe- oially for him. It was handed him when he arrived at ground 'to-day.
the
Fleetwood-what
O'Reilly 'and pair of stayers. They were bowling as well last night at six, as at noon on the first day. Especially O'Reil
A great feat of endurance and ly.. his colleaequanimity.
The O'Reilly is thoroughly on the He has too much grey spot again. matter in his rook's nest young Joe.
He appears, to use the Australian epithet of eminence, to be quite functional batsman.
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Joe makes lovely scoring but his attitudes of defence just frigh:
And I'm tough; after But the real question is whether ten me.
runs. Had I've seen these last few years. we have made enough
naughty Maurice not run himself out. I say in all seriousness that we should probably have scored a thousand. And even after Maurice's self sacrifice the Australians may be rated lucky
Edrich. Paynter and be quit of Compton for 13 runs.
This trio are worth at least between them.
Turf Is Faster
to
150
I say the real question because, as you remember, we once made 425 at Lord's, to which the Australians re- plied with 729 for six: then we made 375, and they beat us by seven wickets.
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Two-Paced
all
I know what Joe will tell me (and a nicer lad you never met); he will tell me there is dew on the turf and the ball is coming along at two paces. Agreed, perhaps.
But why behave like a with an extra squiggle and shove out an interrogatory crutch in search of an unseen ball?
Leyland, the England and Yorkshire lefthander who scored 187 against the Australians in the Fifth Test, hits Fleetwood-Smith to leg. (Copy right, Fox, By Air Mail).
half
his, mm
has collected Hutton deficit on Don. He is being circums- not occur pect. The chance may
again and he's Yorkshire.
Yes; Joe Hardstaff is another boy Fine now the schoolmaster is away strokes all over the field. In fact, he looks rather like making his century.
Punching O'Reilly
runs comes
to Hutton having added 20
the his overnight 300, back schoolmaster. And would you believe it, Joe Hardstaff punches his first ball straight; it hits the pavilion with a resounding thud. -
rails
That's the stuff to give the troops. Joe has now 77 on the board. Grand total 694.
Waite is
bowling well.
takes a single in front of short leg. Joe ditto.
You are watching the hatching of a world's record.
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800
The Oval score-board came near the end of its resources this after- noon when Hardstaff brought up England's 800.
There was no big figure eight available in the hundreds column.
A tiny half-size eight appeared in its stead.
The attendance rose with the score to-day. There were 31,000.
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has 344, Joe has 78, and the total is. 719.
B. young Joe is now playing like
old school- late. country squire of the
and all The ball streaks Lord Frederick Beauclerk,
of Hutton cuts Waite ever so Timed to a tick. snakily to the rails. He now needs that O'Reilly and Fleetwood are
score letter Zten to beat the Don's record:
no account. He has time to his high-bred century before luncheon."
off; McCabe is But O'Reilly is Joe has now to face O'Reilly. A maiden.
And bowling leg-breaks from our end with a scattered array of fieldsmen. he is pulling our young squire into safety play.
Barnes Moreover, we have S. G. silly.
also bowling leg-breaks, or something slow, from Vauxhall.
But Joe certainly can show lovely his. half- strokes, and has topped century. I won't be hard on him; L played with his father.
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This first half hour has not been the batsmen. Even in favour of Hutton has had to mind his method. The bowling is excellent.
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Next over from Vauxhall is from Fleetwood to Hutton. The Don arranges his field and goes to point. But young Hutton that latent hook of his, and takes a Six runs wanted hard hit for four.
now.
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⚫uncovers
A lovely late cut for a single. Five to make.
Fleet
for
more Meanwhile Joe deals with He is wood. So Hutton has O'Reilly
the next over; he stands at 331.
More rearrangement of the field. The Don again sitting at silly point. Off O'Reilly,[" Everyone Tense
To-day the turf is drier and faster, I doubt if it has any worn patches. Martin does not think it has shed its cendowed perfection. He is out there, with round as a big brown
I have it.. Young Joe has five satellites, his medium roller,
grey matter than I thought. pail of whitewash and a crystallised trying to kid the Australians that the wicket is playing tricky. And mean- best The water is to damp the holes to while he has made one of the insert the stumps.
late cuts you ever saw. too. The youth of Australia is out at practice in front of the pavilion rails; Billy Brown is exercising them at catches in the deep. And appropriate ly. Hutton is exercising himself own. with that bat of his, aided by Verity I do not think Hutton, and Wood. whatever else he does, will be caught in the deep.
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The Oval is tense. The fielders are O'Reilly is fettled up to save his captain's record.
But I won't have Joe's forward defensive stroke against O'Reilly's tense. dragged ball, not if he offers me his curly head of golden hair all for my
He has now made a lovely flick boundary. This past cover to the
de- boy is a curio. I suppose his fence is better than I allow. All in,
I hear that J. H. Fingleton will not he is a powerful, attractive batsman, be able to bat to-day. I am sorry; with a fringe of fancy tinsel.
the rest will But I hope none of either. No time limit; no mercy.
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No Forcing Hooks At last, after 40 minutes of pati- Good-nows is that McCabe has ence, young Hutton gets away with quite recovered from the severe blow a fine hook off Flestwood. This lad upon what the B.B.C. calls his thigh. does not force his stroke All the same, he is walking a bit erroneous manner of some proppy.
Hero And Hardstaff Here is the hero, and here is Hard staff. Hardstaff takes first Over from O'Reilly, and he reproduces his customary callisthenics, does Dead Leye Joo. But he survivės.
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Record Total, Too Consequently the record total score, 729 for 6, for proper Test matches, is lowered. Joe did the needful with a glide off Barnes. Joe has scored 86; Hutton 350. Pretty work.
Too much is I really must pause. happening.
Joe needs eleven for his century. not Barnes and McCabe are still bowling.
Behind me, Arthur Mailey is
the
even looking on; he is reading
Joe has turned the corner into the life of Don Bradman in a green cover. on its 90's. He remains spotlessly elegant.
Fleetwood. His
a neat quick push. Joe runs the run Hutton takes a single to cover with like a gazelle with a squib tail.
Now HuttonTM has score is 882.
Joo has driven Barnes straight for has That makes him 98. -He two. placed him for a single and · made Hutton is coolly anxious. The Aus-the partnership worth 200 runs. He tralians are hunting him to death. I has persuaded a ball to leg off Mc- did not know they so loved their Don. Cabe, making him -95. And again he
pushes McCabe for a single, But it is natural.
Bravo! A grand cut off Fleetwood. A boundary into the gasometer corner,
Down goes the great record.
in the Hutton is still there, of our only
prolifice youngsters; he hooks the properly short ball.
The score is 671, Hutton has 815 have and Hardstaff 80; the pair added 116 runs together. And now we have a new ball introducing Mc- Cabe and Waite.
The last new ball was at 480. I wonder when the next will arrivo.
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I forgot to give the minor detail that the total is now 711.
Jolly Good Batsman Handshakes. Resounding cheers. loudly and musically, (for the Oval) And in the gasometer corner. they affirm that Leonard Hutton is a jolly good fellow.
He is a jolly good batsman, what-
Young Hutton, the hero, rosumes his graceful stance, eased at the knees, after scratching his guard Needless to say, now that the In- over they sing. mark, with a careful buckskin boot quisitor is resting, Joe Hardstaff is. toe. And he takes a single off Fleet blossoming into. ( generous freedom. Let us pause and draw a long
e?: Hutton ÷nowi There are wood's first ball. No sign of stiffness. Certainly a very
player.
ath, Au",
Four for his century, but that was the last over.
The Pavilion rises in honour of the record-holder.
After the interval Joe made no bones about banking Fleetwood for an off-drive to complete his century. We- all like Joe now; he has spared our frayed nerves.
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Joe has tried to do the same,
esca boing stumped. His effort of recover O'Reilly, and has narrowly
his thigh. landed him on what the B.B.C. call
Chester has brushed off the red .marl.
We need 80 for our 800 and Hut-
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