SIXTEENTH VICTORY

Chronicle (Levin), 21 July 1948, Page 5

SIXTEENTH VICTORY

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- — - — ■-*+' — Australia Beats Middlesex By Ten Wickets

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Received Wednesday, 9.45 a.m. ' - LONDON, July 20. The Australians had ah easy ten wicket victory over Middlesex in their sixteenth wiri qf the tdur. The other four matches played were drawn. The county were all out before lunch for 135,( leaving -Ring and MeCool 22 to make to win. They g'ot the runs in nine minutes. - Details: — AUSTRALIA First Innings. Morris, e Brown, b Young 10'. Brown, lbw b Whitcombe * h Bradman, c D; Compton b Whitcombe * . * • • 0 Harvey, c Mann b*Bedford 10 Loxton, c Ediich b Sims .. 123 I-Iamence, lbw b Sims 30McCool, c Young b Sims w Lindwall, std L. Compton b Sims . 1 Tallon, b Sims 17 Ring, b Sims .. .. .. .. .. .. .. - Johnston, not out 6 Extras 3 Total 3) i Bowling: Whitcombe ' two for 43. Edrich none for 59, Bedford one for 44, Young one for 78, Sims six for 65, Y. 'ompton none for 23. AUSTRALIA Second Innings McCool, not out . . i Ring, not out 15 Extras 9 Total for no wickets ...... 22 MIDDLESEX First Innings 203 Second Innings Brown, b Johnston 3 Robertson, retired hurt 19 Edrich, lbw b LindWall 1 D. Compton, lbw b Johnston .... 2 Mann, b Lindwall .. 0 Sims, c Loxton b Ring 7 L. Compton, c and b AlcCool . . . . 38 Dewes, b McCool 51 Whitcombe, c Lindwall b McCool . 8 Young, b Loxton 0 Bedford, not out 1 Extras 5 Total . . 135 Bowling: Lindwall two for 31, W. Johnston two for 28, Ring one for 29, Loxton one for 15, McCool three for 27. Australia won by ten wickets.