File 1: Cables and accounts of the First Test Match between Australia and England at the Sydney Cricket Ground

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There was rather a tame ending to this otherwise exciting match, O'Reilly being bowled by Voce on the second over without another run being scored. England when went in again and Sutcliffe made one run to mid on, off McCabe's first ball, thus winning the match for England.

FINAL SCORES Australia - 1st innings 360 McCabe 187 not out Larwood 5 for 96 Voce 4 for 110

2nd innings 164 Larwood 5 for 28 Voce 2 for 54

England - 1st innings 524 Sutcliffe 194 Hammond 112 Pataudi 102

Wall 3 for 104 O'Reilly 3 for 117

2nd innings 1 Sutcliffe 1

This has been a very interesting match with the run of the game being largely in England's favour. Australia were certainly lucky in winning the toss but one cannot help speculating as to how much the strength of the team was affected by the absence of Bradman. His illness

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came at a very inoppotune moment.

To pick out th high lights of the match. The first person to mention is undoubtedly McCabe, his fine innings of 187 not out was made at a time when the Australians had their backs to the wall and the English bowlers were definately on top. In spite of this McCabe made runs quickly and courageously. Then comes Sutcliffe's innings for England of 194 (bad luck he could not complete his double century). This score of 194 is the highest he has ever made in a Test Match. On Saturday he must have been at his best; he was absolute master of the field on Monday he was not quite so sparkling and the bowlers had rather the upper hand.

Hammond's century was an inspired one, recalling the Hammond of the last tour, when he was the bane of the Australian attack. On Saturday he scored rapidly all round the wicket and his quick footwork was a joy to watch. The Nawab of Pataudi's century was an invaluable one and it makes a very good beginning to his first experience of test matches in Australia. His easy forcing wrist strokes earned him many runs, but in the match he was slightly nore stolid than usual. Probably the importance of the occasion had a subduing effect.

Of the bowlers Larwood stands out head and shoulders above the rest, 5 for 96 in the first innings and 5 for 28 in the second are figures which speak for themselves. He was much faster than any of the Australians. Wall and O'Reilly were the most successful bowlers in the Australian eleven but Grimmett, though he only took one wicket in the first innings, kept the batsmen playing all the time.

The English fielding hardly seems to have been up to the standard expected in a test match.

The great disappointment , of course, was the failure of the later English batsmen. To lose 4 wickets for 10 runs is a very bad performance for a test team. It may be that the state of the wicket had something to do with the later failures, as it would appear that the Sydney pitch did not maintain its reputation for lasting.

The failure of Nagel to reproduce the form he showed two weeks ago must also have been a disappointment for the Australians.

Well, the first test match is over and perhaps we cricket enthusiasts will now have a little peace of mind until when the second one is due to begin, on the 30th December.

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