SENSATIONAL FINISH TOTAL OF 274 EACH AUSTRALIANS' NARROW ESCAPE AT HANDS OF GLOUCESTER —-o ——. BAD COLLAPSE BY AUSTRALIANS United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright).
(Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 26. The weather was fine and wicket good. : LONDON, Aug. 26. The Gloucester match finished sensationally. , j ; When , tli© game was resumed in the presence of eight , thousand the. County was ffixty-two ahead 'with seven wickets in hand. .The. side then col’Japsed aaid, all were out 'before iLunch for a total of 202, leaving the Australians 118 to win. Hornibrook. was again , the most 'successful bowler and liip figures for ‘the match are 9 for 69, I The Australians commenced their :second innings well, McCabe and ] Jackson carrying the total to fiftyini ne before the former was bowled. | Four wickets , then fell with an addition of fourteen rums. Ponsford and. Kippax made thenfirst ducks of the tour. The crowd roared with excitement when Parker scattered Bradman’s stumps. . .. ... , Thirty-seven were now needed with four wickets intact. Australia seemed certain to lose, when A’Beckett 'was caught in the slips. The score ;was now, .7 for 86. | Hurvvood survived two appeals lotleg..before, and with the total at |ninety-isix, Lyon, dropped Grimmett. illur.wood was again given not out ito a further leg before appeal. The pair added a valuable twenty and jtlien Hurwood. was out leg before. - I Eight wickets were now .down for 1108, but three were still wanted when ! Grimmett was caught after a plucky jstay of an hour.
I Hornibrook survived a stumping 1 appeal and brought the - side level !amidst tremendous .excitement.
| Goddard., appealed for leg before against the same. batsmen, and he Ayas., given, out. Thus ended the most .dramatic match of the tour. It was a pitiful display, .on the j Australians part and. further demonjstrated the foolishness of changing the batting order, j GLOUCESTER—Ist Innings.
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