After nearly playing on to Bowes when he was at 99, Ponsford scored a couple off Bowes' to reach three figures, after batting for 4% hours.
ie, Ames had not conceded 'The score continued to mount, in spite of frequent changes of bowiing. fand, 80 minutes before the' tea Interval, Bradman sent 300 up. with four off Mitchell, and he reached hig 160 in the next over with a four off Leyland. Wyatt next put himself fon in a desperate effort to break the partnership, but he met with no success.
An Appeal Disallowed When the score stood at 322, there was a confident appeal against Ponsford for Ib.w,, but it was disallowed. The batsman jumped out to hit Mitch ell, but he missed the ball, which hit Dis pads. At the tea adjournment the score-board read $29 for three, with Ponsford and Bradman 137 and 169, respectively.
New Record ce, barinerahip sory atte, tea new Feéord for a fourth' wicket stand ad produced 340 runs, which Is 9
ina Test, surpassing the Australian man and A. A. Jackson at the Oval
'S. Jackson at the Oval in 1908, Both Bradman and Ponsford were still going strong about an hour before the close, with the former at 200 and the latter at 155. Only ten double centuries have been scored jin Tests, of which Bradman now has. {tour to his credit.
Wyatt used every available bowler in a desperate effort to dislodge the batsmen. He even put himself on for a short spell just before tea, but the met with no success.
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