Left-arm Bowler Worried Batsmen

Chronicle (Levin), 9 August 1948, Page 5

Left-arm Bowler Worried Batsmen

Received Sunday, 7 p.m. . - . .LONDON, August 7. The unassumijig Lancashire left-arm . slnw bowler Bill Roberts, gave the Aistralians a rude sliock in the first iniv ngs of the second- game agn/inst Lan. ishire at Old Trafford today. He brokb the stal.wart opening stand by . Barnes vnd Morris at 123 and carrieo on unclianged to stuuips when he had taken (5 wickets for 67 runs. )'Australi;» finislied the day with 7 wickets dowu for 272." Bradman, winning the toss, decideb to bat on a wieket which appeared slon and easy but Roberts coaxed uliexpeeted fire from it. He frequently balfled and finally dismissed Bradman after the Austr'alian captain' had spent an uncomfortable 73 minutes at the wickei, for 28. Roberts kepi at the taslc with commendable zeal but the eombinatron oi his flagging strength and lan Johnson's and Tallon's aggressiveness towards the end of the day,' enabled the Aus tralians to take the total to respectable proportions. lan Johnson's 35 not out was an imaginative innings at a time when the rest of the Australians' wickets could have fallen suddenly if a spirit of aggression had not been shown. AUSTRALIA. ' First innings. ) Barnes, c Ikin, b Roberts ...... 67 Morris, c Wilson, b Roberts .... 49 Bradman, c Wilson], b Roberts- .. 2S Miiler, 11 v\, b Ikffi .. .. .. .. 24 Hammence, c and b Roberts .. . . 14 Loxton, c Edrich, b Roberts .. .•. 2 Lindwall, c IVilson, b Roberts . . 17 lan Johnson, not out 35 Ta'llon, not out 20 Extras 16 Total for 7 wickets 272 Bowling: Pollard' 0 for 40, Greenwood 0 for- 41, (Jransfbn 0 for 24, Wharton 0 for 4, Ikin 1 for 80, Roberts 6 for 67.