4th Test - Brisbane

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Day 1 - report
Day 2 - report
Day 4 - report
Day 5 - report
Day 6 - final day - report

Day 3 Report

After the weekend's hot and humid weather, the players arrived at the ground to find a pleasant cooling breeze waiting for them. O'Reilly bowled very accurate balls, infact he bowled 9 overs unchanged, 6 of them maidens. According to Jardine's book 'In quest of the Ashes' the English captain reckons that with normal scoring, 20 overs should be bowled every hours. Therefore with the fact that O'Reilly bowled 9 overs before lunch, it just shows the length of time it took Wall to bowl his overs. It was a slow day not only for both teams but also for the Brisbane crowd.

Only 178 runs were scored, with the loss of 8 wickets. Hammond and Leyland were the two players pre chosen to for the all out attack, however both failed in their mission due to the accurate Australian bowling. Paynter, who at the close of play on Saturday was rushed to hospital with tonsillitis No one was aware of his problem, not even his captain as he suffered on the field during the second day's play. Because of his actions, he wouldn't be fit enough to bat if required on Monday according to his doctor. Jardine visited painter at hospital on the Sunday and was told that if he had to bat on crutches he would!

With the steady fall of wickets it was looking more likely that painter would be required. He rose from his hospital bed and batted for 90 minutes scoring 24 runs. Just as it looked likely that the partnership between Larwood and painter would see England
through to the close, Larwood was yorked by McCabe.