TAKES SEVEN FOR 39

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 106, 7 May 1934, Page 14

TAKES SEVEN FOR 39

AUSTRALIA AT LEICESTER

GREAT BOWLING

United I'resi

a Association—J3y Electric Telegraph— Copy rlglil. LONDON, May ,1. Leicestershire won the toss ;uid elected to bat in the match against the Australians, the game starting an hour late owing to heavy rain. The Australian team is:—Bradman, Brown, .Ponsford, Kippax, Ebcling, O'Reilly, MeCabe, Bromley, Fleet woodSmith,. Barrett, and Darling. ■ Bradman captained the Australians for the first time. '■"'.'

Eain twice .interrupted piny before lunch, when. Dawson and Shipman had put on 39. The greasy ball made the bowlers' task difficult, but O'Reilly, flighting the ball cleverly, kept the batsmen subdued.

TUo 4000 people present after lunch saw O'Reilly in his first over bowl Dawson and Armstrong with suecessivo balls. The total was then two for 45. O'Reilly, keeping a perfect length, soon had Shipman, who had shaped well,-caught at silly mid-on. O'Reilly continued to intimidate the. batsmen, again getting two wickets with successive deliveries, those of Hazlerigg and AVestou. He then confidently1 appealed for leg-before ■ against Riddington oft' the next ball, but failed to achieve the hat-trick. O'Reilly had now taken five for 23, and the total was'five for CS. The next two overs yielded two more victims to O'Reilly. The batsmen obviously,knew little of his intentions. Having bowled unchanged for two hours, O'Reilly was taken off at 124. McCabe and ITleetwood-Smith shared .the last three - wickets. Leicester's innings occupied 190 minutes. O'Reilly's bowling was really great, his average being seven for 3!). After lunch,- Brown and Ponsford opened quietly for Australia, but with the total at 22 Ponsford went leg-be-fore. Bradman gave an early chance in. the slips, but thereafter ho and Brown were confide-nt, although the latter gave two very' difficult chances. Chipperfield is still confined to ..his room, and lie is now unavailable- for the match against Cambridge. Scores are:— ' ' . " LEICESTER, }~'.' First Innings. Daw-son, b 0 'Reilly ........ .. 1(5 Armstrong, b* O'Reilly 0 Shipman, c Bromley, b O'Reilly ..30 Berry, c Ebeliug, b O 'Reilly .... 13 Hazlerigg, b O 'Reilly 11 Weston, lbw, b O'Reilly 0 Riddingtou, b O 'Reilly ........ 7 Geary, b McCabe .............. 14 Smith, b rieetwood-Smith ....... 20 Corrall, Ibw, b Fleetwood-Smith .1 Astill, not out 25 "Extras lo Total 152 Bowling.—Ebeling took no wickets for 26 runs, MeCabe one for 32, O 'Reilly seven for 39 (oft" 24 overs, with 10 maiden overs), Pleetwood-Smith, two for 40. ' '■ ' ■ AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Ponsford, lbw, b Geary 0 Brown, not out 24 Bradman, not out 26 Extras .... 2 Total for one wicket ........ 01