 In spite of the very difficult batting conditions, however, Hobbs and Sutcliffe took their partnership to 172 before Hobbs was out for exactly 100.Sutcliffe went on to make 161 and in the end England won the game comfortably.As on some previous visits to England, the Australian team had a stopover "en route" in Colombo and played a one-day single-innings match against the Ceylon national team which at that time did not have first-class status.