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The housewives are symbolic of the unpre- cedented way the Australian public has sentimen- tally rallied behind this star-crossed English team and turned against an Australian team which could not, in the three closing hours on Saturday, produce one scintilla of adventure against a half crippled attack.

Our team, cruelly deprived of Bailey's bowling and probably of Wright's, will need all the handsomest quirks from a sticky wicket that the weather can provide as compensation for its sadistic behaviour in the Brisbane Test,

There was a heavy downpour Wright's bowling in the current after a thunderstorm this evening Test are small, he is having a followed by steady rainfall for medical test this morning be-

A definite decision another half hour but, as Denis fore Compton said gloomily when it taken.

but it's ceased, "It's welcome nol

We want much enough. more rain." more

If the pitch is affected our cut-down sufficiently for attack to bundle out the Aus- tralians cheaply it will be poetic justice against Lindsay Hassett and Ken Archer for one of the least imaginative exhibitions at batting tactics in all the long

of

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all- the

Failing choice rounder like Bill Edrich, obvious candidates 1OT the bowling vacancy are Leslie Jackson, the Derbyshire pace

Laker, Jim

the bowler, Surrey spinner who is at pre- the Commonwealth sent with team in India. But Roy Lancashire off spinner, would be

or

Tattersall, the

of sterile modern Testa "valuable acquisition to this side if at enough and available

ruslied here quickly

It will also thumb noses atto the Australian Selectors, for the enough. inside story of the Australiens

Followng this Test the tourists changed batting order, which led go to Tasmania for 10 easy days to Hasselt's unilluminating dis- and then have a minor match play, is that the Australiant Benmark and Adelaide before Selectors used their Influence the fourth Test at Adelaide on to have Harvey and Miller. Aus-Feb. 28.

two most tralia's

attacking

stroke players, demoted in the batting list.

batting displays were

TODAY'S PROSPECT

Sydney, Jan. 7. Rain fell steadily for nearly

The theory was that Austwo hours here today but the trulia's recent disappointing general opinion is that the pitch caused for the third day of the third and between England by these stroke makers having Test

true Australia will roll to face the new ball 400 soon. As a

out new

and heavier rain result Hassett decided to go in unless more one wicket down himself, this falls during the night or early time to face a completely new morning. bail as luckless Arthur Morris, who left his leg stump fatally ex- posed, this time

did not even survive a single over from

Wh

Bedsør,

Australia's

Hero of England's side in the first two days of the Third Test match was undoubtedly their skipper Freddie Brown. Courageous batting earned him the topscore of 79 in England's first innings, when runs

were badly needed. With Bailey and Wright injured, he bore the brunt of the bowling and bowled 18 overs on the second day, conceding only 42 runs.

HOCKEY TRIAL

PROBABLE INTERPORT XI

HELD TO A DRAW

(By "OBSERVER")

Lindsay Hassett, captain, of course can ask for the pitch to be rolled 10 minutes any time before the start in Two-goals-all was the score of the Third Interport. addition to the normal seven hockey trial held yesterday between the Colony's probable The new experiment then minutes' rolling just before the "A" and "B" teams, which did not speak much of Hong- proved a failure in the special resumption of play. circumstances because although This rule only applies to kong's prospects of bringing back the "Spalding" Inter- Hasselt did as planned to pre-Australia, South Africa and Newport cup from Macao. vent any rot selling in his Zealand. methods

were almost as con- With Trevor Bailey and Doug Still, it was the best match of the trial series so far, stricted as Archer's and with Wright injured on Saturday, and the time spent was at least not wasted. Some under- less personal

England go into the third day of

team's play, young Archer's place in the the match with an attack con- standing was seen creeping into the "A"

sisting of only three men-Alee which, however was still on the whole, disjointed.

excuse

because

Test side is still not con- solidated.

PUZZLING INNINGS Hassell's 02, tediously com"

Bedser, John Warr and Freddie Brown-who can be classed 05 regular bowlers.

They cannot be expected to 16th Jan. piled in 10 minutes short of keep go

going all

day in spite of 27th Jan. three hours, was puzzling in the natural anxiety to use him view of the obvious urgency of ns little as possible because of getting as many of England's his knee, Brown is almost sure moderate 200 total knocked off to call upon Denis Compton. before anything could happen

Compton could take a

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The main failure of the "A" | angular shot from just inside the team yesterday was the forward "D" into the far corner of the line, which bore a strong ten-goal. deney to individual play. Both

The following players took the side's goals were scored by Gardner, and they were both part in the trial: Colours: J. C. from sole efforis and not from Capt Dudley,

Koh; Capt Stubbs, F/LA Wilson, any cohesive movement among. Walker (Fraser in second Capt Fitzgibbon, the forwards. to the dream wicket. As it hap-off the shoulders of the others

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Both Peler Rull and Mac-Collaco in second half), S. served his side better if the orthodox left-arm slows instead were hardworkers, but did not Xavier.

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