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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

TEST BATTLE TO-DAY:

Who's Who in the Teams

ENGLAND.

AUSTRALIA.

D. R. Jardine (Captain). Born on W. 31. Woodfull Australia's

October 23, 1900, Jar-

dine started his cricket- log career at on carly arc. He enjoyed suc- Ceases, nt Winchester School and subsequent ly went up to Oxford, and gained his Blue in 1023. He secured place an batsmann in tho

Surroy county cleven, and has en- Juyed a fair amount of success. Last year be played innings and averaged 50.70 runs.

This season ho led the

captain

and opening batsman hails from Victoria, He is also captain of

his State's Sheffield Shield team.

batting

in

Solld style, ho Is neverthe less Imaginative and resourceful when faced with a difficult pro- blem. Woodfull has always been popular with his own team and opponents alike, Therein lies the secret of much of his suc-

Surrey side and has "Bill" Ponsford in private life is a

been fa brilliant form,

Ile made his first ap- pearance against Aus-

italia in 1928-20, play- ing in all fiva Testa. He is a line foreing but and

↑ great tactician.

R. E. B. Wyatt...Although a native

of Surrey, this fine

cricketer, rat accing

the light of day on May

2, 1901, qualified by re

dence for Warwick-

shire, and has been one

of their finest post-

war all-rounders.

He

journalist and Іл therefore the only member of the team: with permission to write about hin col- leagues. He i

is an open-

ing batsmen with a vigorous style and has been piling up big scores in the inter- state competition this year. Ponsford held the world's record

score in first-grade

W.M. WOODFULL

The Australinn Skipper.

THE OLDEST AND

YOUNGEST

H. Ironmonger in the oldest of cricket until Bradmqu the Australian team, the fast Clarrie Grimmett took it away from bowler bring 45.

him,

han captained the elde W. 4. Oldfield has been Australia's

since 1030. His intro-

duction to Test cricket

against Australia in

WAR

1936 exused in sunsa-

when tion

ho chosen

A.P.F. over Chapman to captain;

English team

the

in the deciding match, when Australia won.

a

he

A stylish bat when utt

Useful and

bowler, changu should do well during the tour.

Nawab of Pataudi...The most re-

markable ericketer) for his age and that experience

England hass cluded in Test Leam

many

B est L. Nagel for years. He enjoyed brilliant career at the game at Oxford, and this last ensur has been in superb) form with the bat. Ile is more likely to make runs that any other member of the

Ele- English wide. gant in stylo, but powerful in stroke equipment, his finest

shots are made in front of the wicket, which is n new fea- ture for modern

batsmen.

G. O, Allen....Described before his

Arst appearanco against

Australia in 1826 a L. O'Reilly "possibly one of Eng

land's

and

new

hopes,"

Bugges- year

Allen, the Middlesex bowler has somewhat Justified the tion. has been in exceptionally Ano form, whilst he ha3) already met with nomo висен от tho present tour. la an Improved batsman and competent fieldsman.

F. R. Brown...The discovery" of W. Fingleton

:

the year. Or rather this

is the popular conception of the Surrey spin bowler. But actually he dincovered himself in 1951, and is now merely realising the promise he gave then. Can also bat when the spirit moves him.

II. Sutcliffe....Never has England

wicket-keeper since Carler retired. He first came into pro- minence with the A.I.F.

which teun toured England many¦ years ago. First with: Malley and later with Grimmett be has made up a combina- tion that han ment many an Englishman batsman back to thei pavilion wondering by what fendish cunning the pair contrived to deprive him of his wicket. OldBeld is also a safe batsman, good for fifty or more any time.

is one of the new-}

is 40, and the youngest is McCabe

H. Ironmonger

C. Grimmett

Y. V. Richardson W. M. Woodfull W. A. Oldfield A. Kippax

H. Ponsford

T. Wall... D. G. Bradman

L. Nagel

W. Fingleton J. O'Reilly

S. J. McCabe

Age

40

CURSORY CULLINGS

comers who has yet Mosquitoes and English

to win test match

honours. For the past few years ho has been a consistent bowler for Melbourne in the Pennant competition, Tail of stature he

a terror

Players; Jardine's

Psychology

The precautions taken by the Eng-

ish cricketers against the anelanghis

hard and is te

of the terrible Queensland mosquitoes of a drying wicket, have had a gloomy effect on some ofį What he is capable the Sydney Journals. One of them, of, was revealed the commenting on the deadly menace to other day when he cricketers visiting Dananaland, tella Lagged eight English how Howell of the 1921-25 English wickets for 32 runs, team had his feet so affected that he A different tale may could not even wear Maurice Tate's be told when he fuces boots,

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1932..

ENGLAND'S BIG

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 ON THE FAMOUS STARTS TO-DAY WHEN SYDNEY

ENGLAND'S GROUND

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-i 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

CHANCE

DR. JARDINE, the man who

will lead the England side to-day the first of the Test Match series. His selection as captain of the visiting ride aroused unusual in- terest and no little controversy, it being considered by many loading opinions that A. P. F. Chapman wai

the man for the job.

AVERAGE ‘Age of 29

TEST TIT-BITS

„„USTRALIA'” have won 50 Teat

matches as compared with 47

by England. Of the 124 Testa play- cd to date, 27 have been left drawn. In Australia, England have won 28 matches, and Australia 37 with two drawn, and in England, Australia have won 13, England 19 and 25 have beon loft drawn.

UNDER the exptaincy of A. P.

F. Chapman, England re- gained the "Ashes" for one year, after Australia had held them for 18 years, including the War perlod,

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TATE to-day makes his 21st

ap-

pearance in Australian y Eng- land Test matches, and his eleventh such representativa game in Aus- tralia. It will be Sutcliffe's 10th match against the Australians, whilst Hammond and Larwood have bach played ten times against the "Ausrica."

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NEITHER T. B. Mitchell, Paynter, Verity, Bowen, Voce, Nawab of Pataudi nor F. R. Brown have pre- viously played against Australia in o Test Match. 體 •

The following shows the ages of the English players, with Sutcliffe

put the oldest at 38 and Pataudi and THE biggest aggregate ever Brown the "babico" at 22. The together by an English Test average age of the M.C.C. team team against Australia le 036, com- is 29.

piled at Sydney in 1928-9, and Aus- tralia's biggest total against England is 729 for 6 wickets made at Lord's in 1930. In the nine year at the Oval the visitors compiled 695, when D. G. Bradman and A. A. Jackson

4th wicket дет " established record of 213.

M. W. Tate

K. Sutclie

M. Leyland

D. R. Jardine

R. E. S. Wyatt

Duckworth

T. D. Mitchell

E. Paynter

G. O. Allen

age

38

37

W. R. Hammond

H. Larwood

28

II. Verity

L. E. G. Ames

W. E. Bowes

W. Voce

Nawab of Pataudi

AS YET UNBEATEN

D'

URING 1928-9-30, D. G, Bradman, tho Australian "wonder" bats- man was concerned in threo now ro- 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 Fairfax 183 for the 5th wicket at Melbourne in 1928-0.

THE last record partnership in Tests to be obtained for Eng- land was in 1980, when Sutcliffe and Wyatt at the Oval added 170 for the 6th wicket.

to-day's match. It is a tremendous blow to the holders Three Innings Victories WALTER

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 (Copt.)

RE. S. Wyatt

G. O. Allen

and then ends up with the

F. R. Brown

the Englishiga en cheerful reflection that five of that the famous Sydney team have since died-presumably us wicket.

now replaces McCabe

as the baby. of the tekni. Little can be

in result of visiting Brisbane.

JARDINE CRITICISED.

said about him, ex- The present English cricket teami cept that he has done will probably go down to history as Astonishingly well in having inspired more fatuous blither the Sheffield Shield in the bellow press than any of its competition. His predecessors asserts the Sydney Bul} first

Appearance letin. Its arrival at Perth was fol-

In this, the highest towed by raptorous references to the grade of Australian change in Jardine's paychology since erteket, naw him take his last visit. Then he was described six wickets for very as a sort of cricketing Dean Inge, few rune.

gloomy, aloof, disdainful. He re-

is the third nowcomer turned to these shores bubbling

H. Sutcliffe

W. R. Hammond

L. E. G. Ames

E. Paynter

1. Leyland

W. E. Bowes

W. Voce

M. W. Tale

H. Larwood G. Duckworth

T. B. Mitchell

H. Verity

AUSTRALIA.

M. W. Woodfull (Copt.) A. F. Kippax

S. McCabe

T. Wall

W. H. Ponsford

W. Fingleton

C. V. Grimmett

H. Ironmonger

L. Nagel

W. A. Oldfield L. O'Reilly

V. Y. Richardson

SUTCLIFFE'S SPLENDID FORM

for the M.C.C.

The M.C.C. tourists have so far played six matches of the tour, re- main unbeaten, and have three wins to their credit.

"

Hammond haa achieved the most out- standing English performance in Test cricket. In 1926-9 he scored four centuries in three consecu tire Tests, his innings being 251 at Sydney, 200 and 72 at Mel- bourne, and 119 not out and 177 at Adelaldo.

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Bradman catablished the fol-

The complete record of the games Swing remarkable batting TO-

to date follows:

Western Australia At Perth.

(October 21-24)

Match Drawn

M.C.C. 334 for 8 dce (Nawab of

| Pataudi 150, Sutclife 54, Leyland 15)

and 152 for 6 (Leyland 69).

West Australia 135 (F. R. Brown

| 3-49 Brown 3-40, Larwood 2-17, T. B.

Mitchell 2-19, H. Verity 2-20).

v Combined XI at Perth. October 27-29)

Match Drawn

cord in 1930:-8 and 181 at Notting- ham, 254 and 1 at Lord's, 334 at Leeds, 14 at Manchester and 282 at the Oval,

AURICE Tute holds the record

MA

for the greatest number of wickets in one rubber, when in 1924- 5 in Australia he took 38. A. A. Mailey is the leading Australian with 36 wickets in 1920-21.

TH

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THE Sydney ground, where to-day' match is being played, has sướn England victorious eleven times in 27 games, but at Melbourne, the Englishmen havo been more sicces

M.C.C. 583 for 7 dec. (SutellTe 160,ful and of the 28 Tests played, have

On their displays since landing can be accounted for under 50 Pataudi 129, Jardino 98, Hammond won 12 and drawn two, on the

to Australia's list of fability itself, throwing himself Leat matchi players. Into the arms of every presanan who in Australia nearly two months runa, and therein they have 77, Amos 15, Loyland 2). For the past few approached him. At least, that was ago, England will probably short decidedly morale advantage. years, this New South the impression conveyed; but it didn't to-day favourites for the match. Welshman has been last long. He gave

great The feature of the team so far,

SUTCLIFFE'S FORM.

Combined XI 160 (Verity 7-37, D.

Adelaide enclosure, the M.C.C. have won four out of eleven matches.

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G. Bradman 3) and 139 for 4 (Brad-NGLAND have never yet won all

man 10, J. II. Fingleton 60 not out).

• South Australia 21. Adelaide.

(November 4-8)

M.C.C. won Inns & 128 runa.

five matches in a Tech, mbi t and Australia 20-21, when the late only once,

A thorn in the sides offence, at least in one quarter, by quite apart from the fact that Little criticism can be levelled of the other Eastern returning nn ley negative to a cool they have been undefeated in six at the batting displays of the States. He loses no suggestion that he should pick his matches, and have won the other M.C.C. team to date. Sutcliffe

J.. II. T. Douglas was skipper of time in going for the team against the Westralians in time

Convincing style, found his form immediately on

the losing side, the matches being bowling and this year to let the Sydney afternoon papers three in most

has been the manner in which arrival, and when It is realised

played in Australia. The following appears to be at the have it on the Thursday,

overy member has come off,"

that the tour has so far produced top of his form. Cen-

M.C.C. 984 for 9 dec (Sutelife 164, year Macdonald and Gregory broke down the English batting with their This has been particularly no him scores tury after

such as 64 against Leyland 127, Pataudi O, Jardins 108 terrific speed bowling, Frank Wool-

against a Over In Adelaide they have been ticeable with the attack, every West Australia, 169

capable of handling such an attack nursing a horrible alteleton in their member of which has accomplish- Combined Xi, 164 against South not. Wyatt 61, Larwod 91, Grimmott ley was the only British batsman

and at Lord's he scored 03 and 95. and with J. B. Hobbs the 11. Ironmonger should soon be saying bosoms-excuse tne if I seem to mixed something of note, FR. Australia (In successivo matches),

had such a reliable bats-

man as Herbert Sutcliffe

of Yorkshire. Holder of

many first clans cricket

records, including Tent,

most briliant opening:

batsman England has

ever had, it is upon this giant of the willow that tha Mother country

places much of her hopes to-day and in the future Tests. Already he has shown that he is in dazz ling form and Australia will probably have mora. cause to fear him than any ottor of the opposi-i tion.

W.R. Hammond....Another of those| natural batsmen who make the art of driv ing fast bowling to

W. R. HAMMOND. English Batting "Hope"

GRIMMETT INJURED.

century

line been written against his name in Sydney club cricket.

4 for 176).

8. Australia 200 (K. Nitsche 69, Y.

or other ho

"Good-by

all the metaphors, but agitation may Brown took 3 for 49 against West 87 ngainst an Australian XI and | to thal. lle is the be excused writes a correspondent. Australia, 4 for 81 and 2 for 66 182 against New South Wales, V. Richardson 134, F. R. Brown 4-81, PRADMAN enjoys holding the re-

B Grimmett har against South Australia and 2 for there need be no cause for des- Verity 3-45) and 218 (Catchlave 66, cord aggregate of runs scored oldest member of the In short. Clarrie

Walespondency in the English camp. Australian team and crook leg. Somehow

Verity 5 for 42, Bowes 2-07, Brown in Test Matches. In 1930 he totalled 974 for an averago of 133.14 Ham- has his place purely slipped under the wheel of his motor-19 against New South

Tremendouh faith is being put 2-68).

mond in 1928-29 hit up 905 for an because of his margar when it was moving, and the Voce captured 4 for 65 against

✓ Victoria at Melbourne.

average of 113.12. vellous bowling con- wheel went over one foot. The mat- Victorin, 2 for 55 against an in the youthful Nawab of Pataudi,

(November 11-15) 85 and he looks as though he is go- nialency.

Recogniter was kept very dark, but the truth Australian XI and 5 for

New South Wales.ing to justify it. Already he has M.C.C. won inna. & 183 runs tion came to this Vic leaked out when Clarrie could not against

Victoria 231 (H. Oakley 93, Wood-

Bro

doubts as

to to his bowl.

37 v

Hammond 2-8).

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torinn lato In his play in the opening round of club Verity's figures have been: 7 for made a couple of centuries in ad- cricketing life. There cricket.

Combined XI, 5 for 42 vdition to a bright 61 against THE AUSTRALIAN ATTACK. South Australia, 2 for 10 N.S.W., and judging from accounts full 5, Allen 4-45, Voce 4.56) and 64 In the intervals of trying to pick Victoria and 2 for 20 v West his batting has been brilliant. (Woodfull 26, Allen 3-21, Verity 2-10, the the winner of the Melbourne Cup, Australla. G. D. Allen has como Jardine, Hammond, and Wyatt I have been figuring out what right up to expectations securing have been displaying consistent rarely sends down a bowlers Australla has to moet the total of 7 for 66 against Victoria form, and Lealle Ames came into Pataudi 8. Wyatt 74, Hammond 203, Joy's Kont clavan in a shariby mate. Joose hall. His por Englishmen observes an. Australian and 7 for 121 against New Wales. own in the last game.

Larwood's match of distinction If such matches as those with

ing will make a great impression croom of England's batsmen. Ironmonger

M.C.C. 408 for 9 dec (Allen 15, Paynter 07, Ironmonger 8-82).

• Australian X1 at Melbourne.

(November 18-22)

fect and consistent writer. length has been re-

Of course, there is Grimmett, was against an Australian XI the Combined XI, An Australlon sponsible for all his but his successes have become a when he took a total of 6 for 69. XI and Now South Wales are to. positive bore, Besides, though ho Tate was eeen to effect in the first have any significance, then one Napoleon" as he was christen may novor die, like all old soldiers innings of Now South Wales when must conclude that England ap- od during the Inst series of test at any game, he is bound to fade he obtained 4 victims for 53 runs.pear to have a much more power Loyland 88, Allen 48, R. K. Oxenham

Stan McCabe

BUCCOSE.

Or "The Little

Booner

Moro or later. matches in England, is the most away dashing bateman ta a hard-venerable than Grimmett is Iron-

Australia is forever "one of the of the visiting sido, ho can hardly

be considered as eligible to repre-man the wonder bataman that he of the encounter with some trepida-

Match Drawn M.0.0. 282 (Wyatt 29, Sutcliffe 87, ful team thon Australia. There -GS, Nash 8-39) and 60 (Wyatt 8, BRADMAN BOGEY COES,

1is greater variety in attack and Sutcliffe 10, Leyland 6, Allen 6, Payn- These are undeniably impres-jcertainly as much batting strength. tor 12. Larwood 0, Nagel 8-12,

Oxenliam 2-4). hitting team. Like Bradman, monger, who wants a sticky pitch

rocords and Indicate the

BLOW TO AUSTRALIA. McCabe graduated to first class to distinguish him as a Test-match sive

Australian XI 218 (O'Brien 40, cricket from the country where bowler from an easy mark for potentialitica of the English at-

Fielding their strongest team pos-Bradman 30, Larwood 4-54, Bowen 3 his reputation as an all-rounder Sunday-school picnic batsmen. tack. The fact that these bowlers made him the idol of his home. There is not n'fast bowler in have dismissed Bradman on six alble, Australia to-day could not en-63, Voca 2-56) and 19 for 2 (Wood. town. MeCabo has been popu- lar wherever he has gone with sight who looks really dangerous occasions in the course of these ter the arena with more than an oven foll 0, Bradman 18, Larwood 25).

they have been of the services of touring teams. He is a good save the Queensland abo. Gilbort.

not be overlooked.

Bradman, the "Ausales" have some dancer and in the most de- Since he holds no substantive royal games for less than 50 runs can- chance bot of winning, but robbed an

It invites the question, is Brad-causa to regard the probable outcome M.C.C. won Inns, & 4è runa mocratic circles of democratic rank, as do some of the members

M.C.C. 530 (Sutcliffe 182, Wyatt 72, Donald G. Bradman

Bradman has, undoubtedly, been a had sent his native land, though doubt was af 1930? Or is it that the tion. Bonga written about him. less ho la a descendant of kings.

N.S.W. 278 (Bradman 18, J. H. After the Australians' inst Much has been made in English covered the ball with which to source of inspiration to the Australia Pataudi 81, Amos 90, Voce 40, 8. Hird

International triumphal tour of England, he

cricket in 1928. His batting athlore Fingleton 110 not, McCabe 67, Allen landed back in his native land papers of Bowes's ability to "frigh. boat him? Whichever of those Test teams aver since he made his 8-156, J; O'Reilly 4-88).

71, Bradman 33, Voce -85, Allen 2-52, to the strains of "Our Don to 'em out." Gilbert is well up it is, the English bowlers will dramatic entry into

(Continued on Page 10.) ened by the knowledge that hol

Brown -19). : Bradman". Horo worship has to that job, as we saw in the case enter the arena at Sydney heartments have been phenomenal, sur-5-89, Tate 4-68) and 218 (Cummins

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boys"

Hos

surrounded him more than any

English bowlers have at last dis-

New South Wales at Sydney,

(November 28-29)

IT Is interesting to recall that one of the first representativo mate ches in which the Nawab of Pataudi before going up to Oxford, when he ever appeared was in 1928a year. turned out for the Tunbridge Wells and District XV against Frank Wool- Io was then studying the game up- der Frank Woolley, and twelve months later he went up to Oxford to make cricket history.

CLARRIE GRIMMETT..

Australia's Chief Trundler