MODEL OF SOUNDNESS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 May 1938, Page 7

MODEL OF SOUNDNESS

HASSETT MISSES CENTURY AUSTRALIA ALL OUT FOR 528. O’REILLY RETURNING TO FORM. By Telegraph—Press Association. Copyright. (Recd This Day, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON. May 23. For the continuation of the cricket match between Australia and Surrey at the Oval, the weather was warm and the wicket good. The not-out batsmen, Hassett and Waite, scored slowly. In half an hour they only added 28 runs to the overnight score of 432 for 5 wickets. Waite was somewhat uncomfortable and was out trying a glance off.’ Watts, being caught on the leg side. Hassett was a model of soundness and reached 90 in three hours. He and Barnett brought 500 up for 425 minutes’ play, but one run later Hassett weakly spooned a ball from Berry to mid-on, and was easily caught. He hit one 6 and 10 4’s in a chanceless innings. The Australians were all out by the lunch interval. White, Ward and O’Reilly were soon out and the innings closed after 460 minutes. GREGORY AGGRESSIVE. The wicket was still good when Surrey commenced the first innings. Waite and O’Reilly opened the attack. Gregory immediately showed quickfooted aggression but Fishlock was defensively quiet. The pair added 54 in forty minutes, when Fishlock was easily stumped. Squires was unconvicing and was quickly a victim of O’Reilly, who was bowling very well. Gregory, however, was quite confident and scored 60 in 120 minutes, when he was caught at long leg. He hit a sixer and seven 4’s. O’REILLY ON THE SPOT. Holmes was beaten by O’Reilly and in the following over was out. O’Reilly then had a record of 4 wickets for 57. Garland-Wells was O’Reilly's fifth victim. Barling, undismayed by O’Reilly’s success lifted him for two beautiful 6’s. O’Reilly was making the ball nip from the pitch, and Brown was beaten as completely as the five previous victims. BARLING’S DETERMINATION. After facing the spinners with determination for 135 minutes Barling was beaten by two successive balls from Ward, the second of which got him leg before wicket. Barling hit two 6’s and five 4’s. AN UNEXPECTED PARTNERSHIP. Ward also broke an unexpected eighth wicket stand by Berry and Watts, which yielded 47 runs. Watts and Brooks batted steadily until stumps were drawn for the day. Surrey reached the highest score made against the Australians on the present tour. O’Reilly so far has taken 6 wickets for 102. THE OUTSTANDING FEATURE. The Australian Associated Press says that in a tame day’s cricket the return of O’Reilly to something approaching test form stood out. The score is as follow:— AUSTRALIA First Innings. Fingleton, b Brown 47 Brown, c Brooks, b Watts 96 Bradman, c Brooks, b Watts 143 Badcock, c and b Brown 32 Chipperfield, b Gover 20 Hassett, c Squires, b Berry 98 Waite, c Brooks, b Watts 35 Barnett, not out 33 White, b Berry 7 Ward b Brown 0 O’Reilly, c Brooks, b Brown 0 Extras 17 Total 528 Bowling—Gover, 1 for 100; Berry, 2 for 92; Watts, 3 for 69; Brown, 4 for 147; Squires, 0 for 68; Gregory, 0 for 23; Garland-Wells, 0 to 12. SURREY First Innings Gregory, c Hassett, b O’Reilly 60 Fishlock, st. Barnett, b O’Reilly .... 24 Squires, b O’Reilly 7 Barling, 1.b.w., b. Ward 67 Holmes, c Brown, b O’Reilly 10 Garland-Wells, c Brown, b O’Reilly 2 Brown, b O’Reilly 15 Berry, st. Barnett, b Ward, 31 Watts, not out 21. Brooks, not out 15’ Extras 17 Total for 8 wickets 269