LUSH JUST MISSES HATTRICK

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 29, 18 February 1937, Page 12

LUSH JUST MISSES HATTRICK

Remarkable Performance Repeated N.S.W. BEATS ENGLAND SYDNEY, Feb, 17. " Lush, the 23-year-old NeW SouthWales fast bowler, continuing his great. run of success against the English batsmen, dismissed Ames, Farnes and Copson with his second, third and ftfth balls ih his third over to-day, firiishing off the innings in summaTy style. Ames and Duckworth had carried their unfinished eighth Wicket partnership to 54 but at 299 Ames, who had made 60 runs, inehiding seveu fours, inf 90 minuieS, mistimed a drive oflc LUsh' apd Was chught beiiind point. The next bait; & yorker, bowled Farnes. Lush misSed the haf trick and then bowled Copson off his pads. Lush finished with seven for' 72 following six for 43 in the ixrst innings. He bowled to-day with fine speed and good control and lengih. It remains to be seen if the performance will force him into the fifth Test team which will b'e chosen at the Weekend after two days play lri the match New South Wales against Soiith Australia at Sydney, in whieh Lush will be opposed to Bradnjan. ENGLAND. FiTst innings .. . ............ 73; 5 Second Innings. Worthington, e and b Lush .. 6: Barhett; b Hynes ... 117 Hardstaff, c White; ti Lush .. 64 1 Wyatt, c Robinson, 6 LUah .... li, Leyiand, c MeCabe, b'Lush .. .. 1: Robins, b Hynes .......... t.. g: Ames. c Hynes, b Lush 60 Sims, b Hynes 7 Duckwbrth, not out 15 Farnes, b Liish .. .. :. ...;.. ... 0 Copson, B Lush .. 0 Extras . . . * .1 . . . . 4 « 10 Total .. .. .. .. .; .. .-. 299 Bowling: Lush seven for 72, Hynes three for 76, Ohilvers nb'he fbr 95, White nohe £6r 33, Jackson nohe for 13. NEW SOUTH WALES. First ihnihgs ;. .. .; .. ,a. ,, 23i Second iUnings ;; ;. .. .. .... 246 New Sbiith tvdibs won By 105 runs.