Nottingham, June 15.
'ORE demonstrations and counter-demonstrations were witnessed in the first Test mate! h at Trent Bridge yesterday as the Australians continued playing negative cricket.
After Bradman and Browp ha d managed to keep their wickets intact throughout the whole morning, it was a mere formality in playing out time. The scores of the drawn match were:
England—658 for eight declared Australia—1st innings—411
Australia—2nd innings—427 for six.
At one period in the afternoon, when Verity was proving troblesome with his length and spin, scoring was practically stationary. The crowd barracked, upon which Bradman refused to continue. Subsequently, the spectators ironically cheered each stroke.
At the close Bradman was undefeated with 144, and Ward with seven, the score being 427 for six. The Australian captain took 365 minutes to compile his total. It was his slowest century in a Test match.
Bradman's-partnership with Barn-ott produced 68 runs in 60 minutes.
Verity took three successive wickets today in a spell of 55 minutes. His victims were Brown, McCabe and Hassett.
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