1936-12-22 — Page 13

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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Ward made a reflex action as Allen, and

rataft caught him at allly mid-on falling

li waz a speelrels which would have nonded | be. In Ume next innings. This was one of Charles Mackriney to acủa of violence, turn the andðent“ Aŭntralian route I have ever ing himn Hrid with razo. A stranger coming | known, one without fight or the old rearguard na England's a week or so ago against) into the ground would have been excused. If counter-attack led of old by Carter, Hugh Mudge and others.

he had thought Australia's two basi men| Trumble, and roust old 11111 Howell. With most admirable spirit Aus-re in with six hundred heeded for victory tralia bowled and fielded hard when i will lose the rubber if this is going England went in again. The stoulet MeCabs fall to make centuries. nerve and bats were needed to hold up the rally; this was an Australion XI. all right

Whatever the result of the present encounter we seem to be in for u struggle in the rubber which for everiness of power and of sportsman- ship will make history and give all of us the palpitations.

ALLEN'S DARING

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With every need at the day's hutset in keep the altostion lensa and the net, taut round McCabe and Fingleton, Allen daringir put Robins on as one of his opening bowlers,; ife himpeif aliacked from, the pavillon end, Robine is ladle to bwi long hope, bat en this orelon, he got the ball three parts the way of its journey before pitching it. The length struck terror in my heart all the akme. I expected boundaries each ball.

Alien himself was erralle, and McCabe drove him straight and eat him swift. In ha estat Too wonn, from England's point of view, were the hairmen no the kaark. Allen obvioæly share the ahme palpable ides, for he reilszed in favour of Vace, who at once out England Ahead by keen bowling to the of side, besatifid). In length, and with only Alien at abort Ing. McCabe sought to book a short one, and Haromi enushil him at deep måsen,

McCabe on Baturday was warned, wits a dream book's proelaton hf how he would be his wicket to dark handsome man, which la a rennonably good description of Vice.

HAMMOND'S CATCH ·. Pinglesep his Robins to the off, a grand shat with the back foot the propeller, and pulled Robins rather thetorically past Worthington at forward td-on.

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to be their attitude whenever Bradman and

ENGLAND on top

Robina found a nicely arched length in one. over to Fingleton, and rame terribly close Lennaring him leg before. The umpire had to bend low and look fuard and work out some mental geometry before I could deelde in the batsman's favour. Then Chip perfeld sent a dangerous hit to Allen from itoblar to the off. The batting was no IT resolute that I thought the allty point and silly mid-on were too deep.

over to sei a stroka not hil far enough fer him to reach without an effoel.

It won tenermary for MCormick in. come in with a runner, whose apryless were not vialaurately wanted, "for O'Halily lupelessly woahed a ratch to ÍŻyland, who also had to

rull and reach.

Thus ended the sad and surprising tale of MCOT, Elght wickets fell 10-day for 13 In nearly there hours, **

HOSTILE BAND

The England Eleven were, as the man in Charles Dickent says, transmogriñodi It was a hostile band of brothers.

The England team were so much in remt= mand of the game technically and payole logically, that even; if they do not win this match the Irwson of this morning will not be forgotten, When Barnes and Foster won the rubber in Austrails. the first match was lost, a Verity and Hobins fumped to their chances but the other four were won because the † and performed a bluff sweet enough to make vietary wrote on the wail an ironte estrange. | the pavillon eat laugh. It seemed all too On the stroke of lanch Voce again rehlerel good to be trummor too bad, recording to a magulfeent offside ball, and Chipperfall one's point of vision, anicked 10 fatally without whhing to have anything to do with Ki

Voce was superbi no short stuff, no modern theories, but correct length and much pace of the plich, and the deadly ball that leaves ; the bat just a little,

MAX BAER COMEBACK LATEST

SAID TO BE ONLY FAKE, FIASCO

SHAKE-UP RESULTS

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position to the luck which Inevitably 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 elther way. So far, in both Tests played, it has been with Eng- land. Twice Allen has won the tass

Yacht Chicago, Illinois, to give la men the privilege of bat- Carpenter Max Baer, the former heavy-ting on ideal wickets, and twice Aus-

(Mrs. B. P. Eley) weight champion of the world, who tralla has had to go out and try Lobo

to will visit England sometime in make runs on pitch ruined by (Mrs. E. R. Edwards) February to fight Walter Neusel. weather. But one has only to read Isobel

German who recently out- the detailed reports of the first Test pointed Ben Foerd, British and which are printed in this issue to Cicada

(Mrs. M. Ellerby) Empire heavyweight champion, is realise that bad wicket or no bad

..... 10.30.13 going to spend Christmas at his wicket the English bowlers have per-Heron....... 18.30.66 16.36.50 2 11

(Mrs. S. D. Reid) hame in Livermore, California. formed magnificently and have kept He said he was homesick,

the Australians well in check,

(Mrs. E. Moore) Take Zephyr ..... 16.40.05 15.40.27 5 8 that first innings of Australia at Maxie's sudden bout of nostalgia Beisbone. Neville Cardus, the bril

(Mrs. D'Arcy-Evans) eut short, the come-back campaign Hant commentator, makes no mention and trusting. I thought of base in the he has been waging in the hopes of of in afflicted wicket when Voce, 'FINGLETON'S CENTURY diary of Ramuel Pepys went to Charing regaining the heavyweight crown Robins, Verity and Allen turned back After lunch Allen baled te because he did Cross to see Major-General Harrison, hanged, he lost to James J. Braddock in the entire Australian eleven for a

drawn, and quartered, which was done there, he looking a cheerful as any man could do June, 1935,

mere 234 runs. It was due, necord-Artemis In that condition."

and keenness of the English attack Joss ing to him, firstly to the excellence (notably Voce who made them swing secondly to the timidity of the Aus away in disconcerting fashion), and tralians. The fact is the English In fact, the sudden termination bowlers have been doing magnificent of Baer's bid for a comeback was work; they have made use of every halted not so much for his long-advantage offered, but even when ing for his native California as conditions were apparently more in for the description of the fight by favour of the batsmen than the Mr. Mitchell F. Hepburn, the pre- bowlers, they continued to bowl. mler of Ontario.

finely enough to outwit the oppost- "A fake, flasco and a disgrace to tion. It is well then, while admit- the sport," said Mir. Hepburn. ting that Australia has suffered the "bad breaks", to realise that England has been full value for her successes.

not claim the new ball after all for the rested and match winning Vnce. In fact, after two overs he took Voer off and trusted to Robins and Vertty, a dangerously experl- mental proeshire unite

one by

Verlly which, spun and jumped delightfully and algnificantly.

AS nusrter to ibrea Pingleton turned Bruins to the on for a single and resched his entry, a worthy crown for hours of patient daroted bating, alt for his aide, never shows, of vain, but sheer stemifastoris and shrewd ska pleture

Inning

innings for the secoontañer of cricket rather than for the art of the game, but one the Few an Konings to be proud of, i ronasest by rharacter as well as by craft,

At the Australian fanings autaided in the company of a crowd that had been so happy

BITTER BATTLE

England's second Innings began with the confidence · which confidence begėla, until s Worthington seemed to become stumped off the wicketkeeper's Inoue, The decurrence escape the elerral vigilance of the Press boxi none of us knew exactly how Worthington had got out. The main thing was that be was out

The baille wat bitter. The Austrailan Finking shot dui the old ferce opportunium, O'lellly bowled with all ble strength and Austration wete fighting to

Fingleton had no sooner weknowledged the {aktil, The prowid's applause than he was bowled by i redeem, an evll day. Every ball bowles wat Verity. The ball came with Verily's m

a challenge: we could feel at the edge of

Vora's neat over saw the passing of Roble son, who alghtlessly pot but his bas to spre eschwinger and went a low extch as chas to the ground almost as a awallow skimming kept low. Allen's luck was with him-dreda water. Hammond took it with marvellous are better than almiract_theory, raan and grace at fine allp. At first Rubin- non did söt realian he was out, and there was an agonised pause before he knew where he wa or where he was About to 다 Presumably he received sentence on peal.

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1 most confess that I was astonished at the Australian batting sasinst the Low bowling. Voce's attack obviously commanded severe watchfulnem, iar mašined arend Verity wm Allowed to bowl lx consecutive maklens, and Robins, st, the other ent, 'was

bowlers, were skilful, “but they were lowel En dieplay their wet at willi few, 37 why. efforts were made in kit them in front of wicket Robine, who would be the firs to that he i no length bowler, could afford to leave his field vacant behind him. Are quick-footed strokes gradually paming out of Australian batemen slaot

| the field the strain and ordent through which

the players were passfom.

Twice was Harnett Beaten, once by Ward, once by O'Bellly. The England Innings Fonde ed Incure fort now, and Ward was bowling his beat this time, with fight and spin. We are is for a tonale, death-grip, goodness known. And no men yet can say what will

Thus the wheel of the match once more Ka suplelously regarded. Both these alow | be the end. swung England's way. Fingleton was the Avstralian hope now, with, his but straight As a guardaman and his mind enol And protective.

AUSTRALIA, BEWARE

I was intermiel'in Allen's leadership now, Robina dki not let him down thelped by the fact that neither Fingleton nor Chipperfield i expert at the cut), and he took off Voce, changed Robins over, and at the other and rolled on Verity. The bale principle of the more was, we thought, & rest for Voce before the new ball was used at the two kundred

Vority's allly point and ally mid-on were so close to the block hole that half expected to see one of them pateret the ball's fight.

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Alevers defended well enough, but you can tell his period--post war, Oldfield for a while stemmed the Australian landslide with Sievers until he fell another victim to Voce's quick outswinger. He, like McCabe, only in another Way, did not heed the Gipsy's waming, and another dark handsome man, name of Ames, told his doom.

COFFIN NAILS

A half-hour or so of painful, uninspiring puntention happened wille Hamell and Fax kent guard against the axe of O'Reilly and the skeleton key of Warh Every ball we know now was a nail in somebody's ron,

England's or Australia's.

Fast was gallantly dour and waichful, but of Australia's crunter, Attack. At last he we could ren Hermelt shaflog in the cordon made an attempt to recape. He hit freely and beautifully to Jez, only to be caught deep beautifully by chother moment of eriala and uproari

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pretty off-drive, Fax greeted Hammond. Daling Feldina Then flierer was bowled by Atten, playing Hammond's shote-ame it for the gods at very late, so late that the stroke will almost fact, slow but charged with fatality.

postmen

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Baer's tour, which ended sudden- ly after a fight In Toronto, Canada, was not the howling success that the "Livermore Larruper" had hoped it would be.

Znd ROUND KO.

This fight, which resulted in a second round knockout victory for Max Baer, has precipitated an oil round shake up in the Ontarlo Athletic Commission by the pre- mier.

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Issued orders that, in

At the same time, Mr. Hepburn The following have been selected

future, all contracts between boxers and pro- on Boxing Day at the Kowloon Fool

to represent Portugal against Wales moters must be filled with the Comball Club ground in the Sunday mission before a permit is issued..

Herald Charity Cup: st. 2 lbs.,

Baer, who entered the ring at 15 had no comment to make on the

lbs., a good 10

Overweight, Toronto bout, but Benny Ray, a member of the ex-champion's en- tourage, said that the Toronto pro- moters had wanted a $400 opponent for Baer "and that's what they got."

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An inquiry into the death of aj ducted by Mr. K. Keen, sitting as the Gaol Hospital, stated Coroner, at the Central Magistracy deceased was first treated on Decem-

N. Beltrao, A. V. Gosano (Capt.), N.

yesterday. Deceased's name was Hober 18. The man died on December U. B. Sousa; L. Sousa, V. F. Costa; Ping allas Ho Nam, aged 34.

18 at 7.30 am. of pulmonary tuber- Mr. H. Barrett, Chief warder of culosis and cardiac failure. Delgado, C. Marques, C. Santos, B. Victoria Gaol testified that deceased Gesano, J. Gomes and L. Fernandes. was admitted there for a term of C. W. Skeet (foreman), E. M.. Re Reserves:-E. Marques, V. Murques, four months' H. Remedios, IL Sousa and A. M. December 9. Alves.

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