CRICKET LINDWALL GETS SIX NOTTS BATSMEN FOR FOURTEEN RUNS

Grey River Argus, 31 May 1948, Page 3

CRICKET LINDWALL GETS SIX NOTTS BATSMEN FOR FOURTEEN RUNS

Best Bowling Feat • of Tour as Yet (Rec. 5.30). LONDON. May 29. The Australian tast bowler, Lind wail, in a spectacular display oj. specc and accuracy, annihilated the Nottinghamshire batting in the match which began to-day at Trent Bridge. Lindwall took six wickets tor 14 runs, ana Notts were all out for 179. When drizzling rain stopped play at 7.15 p.m., Australia, in their tirst innings, nad lost one wicket for 77. If Lindwall had not wrecked the Notts innings on an easy and true wicket, the Australians would, probably, have had a big total to chase. Lindwall capped a great opening spell of seven overs, in which he took the first two wickets at a cost of twelve runs, with an annihilating performance after lunch —a run of eight overs and one ball for four wickets, costing half a run apiece. This was the team’s best bowling performance since die tour began. The wicket, gave the spin bowler., no help before lunch, and very litth after lunch. Hardstaff and Simpson were associated in a third wicke; partnership, which seemed impregnable until Lindwall dismissed Hardstaff. Then Notts lost seven wickets for 68 runs.

Morris once more failed when he opened with Brown. This fine batsman is having a lean period against moderate bowding. and, as the first test is only twelve days off, his position might be in jeopardy. Brown and Bradman were quite untroubled by the Nottinghamshire bowling before the rain stopped play. The crowd in the afternoon was estimated at thirty thousand. Scores:— NOTTS (Ist Innings) Keeton, c Tallon, b Lindwall G Winrow, b Lindwall 3 Simpson, p Miller 74 Hardstaff, c Tallon, b Lindwall 48 Stocks, b Lindwall 0 Harvey, stpd. Tallon, b Ring 0 Simes, c Lindwall, b lan Johnson .. 8 Butler, stpd. Tallon, b Ring 4 Jepson, b Lindwall 4 Woodhead, not out 10 Meads, c Hassett, b Lindwall 1 Sundries 27 Total 179 Bowling: Lindwall 6 for 14; Millei 1 for 50; lan Johnson 1 for 26; Loxton 0 for 12; McCool 0 for 19; Ring 2 for 31. AUSTRALIA (Ist Innings) Brown, not out 38 Morns, low, D Jepson lb Bradman, not out 22 Sundries ' 1 Total for 1 wicket 71 Bowling: Butler 0 for 36: Jepson 1 xor io; Woodheaa 0 for 18; Harvey 0 fox- 7.

ENGLISH TEAM SELECTION "London, May 29. One or two cricKet writers suggested that Tom Pritchard, a New Zealander, might be selected to piay tox x ne Best against nmgland at Birmingham next week in oraer to give Bngiisn uatsmen some practice agcims. last ijownng, out the selectors though; mnerwise. ide made a successful start to the season, and is now playing w. Warwickshire. In- a match against Hssex he took seven for 71 in the first innings, and lour for 70 in the seconu. Chiet comment on the choice 01 these two teams centred round the selection of F. R. Brown to captain The Rest. While there were some who welcomed this decision, saying that Brown has the right background of experience and character if an alternative is required to Yardley as an English captain, others pointed out that he has had a long spell from firstclass cricket, and in his only appearance for Surrey this year he was not outstandingly successful. There is little criticism of the English team, but it has not gone unobserved that of the twenty-two men who will be contending for test honours at Birmingham, only four are under 30 —A. V. Bedser (Surrey) 29, T. G. Evans (Kent) 27, in the England team, and C. H. Palmer (Worcestershire 29, and V. Broderick (Northants) 27, who are playing for The Rest. The average age of the teams, however, is not so very much higher: England 32.3; The Rest 33.5. Interest will be taken in Palmer, the Bromsgrove schoolmaster, who so far has made the highest individual score —85—against the Australians this season, AUSTRALIANS’ SUCCESS Something like gloom and despondency setnea over tne English cricketing circles after the Australians had so easily disposed of the M.C.C. at Lord’s a weeit ago. The visitors had then won seven out of eight matches by an innings, and in ah, save one, had scored over 400. They haa an aggregate of 3824 runs for 72 wickets, or an average of 53 a wicket. Bradman’s average was 123. A note ot criticism of the Australians occurred over the M.C.C. match, in both innings their fieldsmen were placed unusually close to the batsmen. Sidney Barnes stood repeatedly on the actual playing are with one foot clearly placed across the edge of the prepared wicket. The Times commented: ‘‘To their pace bowlers, Barnes is placed —or chooses to stand—at forward short leg with one foot on the prepared pitch, and consequently so far in a direct line with the vision of the batsman that some spectators may have been allowed to (question whether this transgresses the ethics of the game*’. The Manchester Guardian stated: “Donnelly w?s visibly troubled by Barnes’s nearness at short leg”. One or two writers have suggested that Bradman might remove the necessity of asking umpires for a decision.