FIRST MATCH WON

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 May 1938, Page 7

FIRST MATCH WON

AUSTRALIANS AT HOME WORCESTER SUFFERS HEAVY DEFEAT. McCORMICK AGAIN NO-BALLED. (By Telegraph —Press AssociationCopyright.) (Recd This Day, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, May 3. The Australians won the initial match of their tour by defeating Worcester by an innings and 77 runs. Worcester in the second innings were disposed of for 196 runs. Light rain fell overnight. Only the ends of the wicket were covered. O’Reilly made the ball pop. White, who was bowling a good length soon trapped Cooper leg before. Bull, with his forehead still plastered, punished O’Reilly’s deliveries. RAIN STOPS PLAY. Rain stopped play and lunch was taken, the game being resumed at 2.30 o’clock. The ball was greasy but Fleetwood-Smith brought Bull’s good innings to a close after 150 minutes batting. He registered eleven boundaries. Play was then again held up for nearly an hour by the rain. Upon resumption the Worcester batsmen played stubbornly, but the spin bowling of Fleetwood-Smith and White were too strong for them. McCORMICK BOWLS BETTER.

McCormick though raising his total no balls to 35 for the match was more like himself in- the final spell of the afternoon when he worked up a good pace. Only a few hundred spectators were present on the final day which was almost as unpleasant as England can provide. The scores are as follow: — AUSTRALIA. First Innings 541 WORCESTERSHIRE. First Innings 268 Second Innings. Lyttelton, c Badcock, b White 35 Bull, c McCormick, b FleetwoodSmith 69 Cooper, lbw, b White 16 Gibbons, c Brown, b O’Reilly 9 Martin, c Fingleton, b O’Reilly .... 5 Human, lbw, b Fleetwood-Smith 26 Howarth, c McCabe, b O’Reilly .... 0 Buller, c Fleetwood-Smith, b McCormick , 19 Singleton, run Out 14 Perks, c McCabe, b FleetwoodSmith • 4 Crips, not out 0 Extras 8 Total 196 Bowling:—McCormick, 1 for 51; McCabe, 0 for 13; White, 2 for 30; O’Reilly, 3 for 56; Fleetwood-Smith, 3 for 38. Page 6 MATCH AGAINST OXFORD. TO COMMENCE TODAY. (Notes by “The Bowler.”) The match, Australia v. Oxford University, commences today. In 1934, the game resulted in a win for Australia, by an innings and 33 runs. Australia, in their first innings scored 319 runs, Darling 100, and Ponsford 75, being the chief contributors. Oxford’s scores were: First innings 70, second innings 216. COUNTY MATCHES ABANDONED OWING TO RAIN. (Recd This Day, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, May 3. The match between Marylebone and Yorkshire and also that between Oxford and Gloucester were abandoned owing to the rain which had prevented any play on the last day in the latter game. Oxford in the first innings compiled 229 (Kimpton 68, Sinfield 4 for 33, and in the second innings had 69 up without the loss of a wicket. Gloucester in the first innings put together 445 (Hammond 89, Neale 131, Eager 82).