A LIVELY DAY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 June 1938, Page 7

A LIVELY DAY

FOR MIDDLESEX BATSMEN HONOURS GO TO McCORMICK. GAME ENDS ON SPORTING NOTE By Telegraph.—Press i Association, Copyright. (Recd This Day, 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, May 31. The weather was cold and dull for the continuation of the cricket match between Australia and Middlesex. The wicket was drier but promised another lively day for the batsmen. O’REILLY PRETTY DEADLY. Compton and Human faced the difficult conditions cleverly. Human drove O’Reilly into the pavilion for 6. Nevertheless, O’Reilly was pretty deadly, though he bowled without luck. He shaved Human's wicket and finally shattered it. The pair' added 57 runs to the score. TWO GREAT SIXERS. Robins pulled O’Reilly for two great 6’s in consecutive overs. Compton was dropped at the wicket, off Waite, when he had scored 41. Robins batted brightly and got 12 off McCormick’s second over. He was finally dismissed, and the remainder of the side was soon finished off, with the honours to McCormick. The game ended on a sporting note, Bradman declaring to allow Edrich -to score the ten runs necessary to complete his 1000 runs in May. Edrich made 20 in twelve minutes. A TRICKY WICKET. Play was not resumed until 2.50 owing to rain and the wicket was tricky. Badcock was out in Novell's first over. Bradman began uncertainly, but Fingleton was quite confident and batted very well. Later Bradman became accustomed to the wicket. McCabe was in excellent form and batted brilliantly. The scores are as follow: — AUSTRALIA. First Innings 1 32 Second Innings. Fingleton. c Edrich, b Smith 32 Badcock, b Nevell 0 Bradman, not out 30 McCabe, not out 48 Extras 4 Total, declared 2 wickets for 114 Bowling: Smith 1 for 26; Nevell 1 for 16; Sims 0 for 23; Robins 0 for 10; Young 0 for 7; Human 0 for 14; Compton 0 for 14. MIDDLESEX. First Innings. Edrich, b O’Reilly 9 Price, lbw, b McCormick 1 Webster, c Walker, b McCormick 0 Hulme, b O’Reilly 4 Compton, b O’Reilly 65 Human, b O’Reilly 24 Robins, b McCormick 43 Sims, lbw, b McCormick 0 Smith, c Fingleton, b McCormick 11 Nevell, b McCormick 0 Young, not out 4 Extras 27 Total 1 88 Bowling: McCormick 6 for 58; O’Reilly 4 for 56; Waite 0 for 31; McCabe 0 for 16. a Second Innings. . Edrich, not out 20 Compton, not out 1 Extras 0 Total, 0 wickets for 21 Bowling: McCabe 0 for 7; Waite 0 for 14. TEST TRIALS. NICHOLS REPLACES ALLEN. (Recd This Day, 9.45 a.m.) LONDON, May 31. Nichols, of Essex, will replace Allen, who is unfit for the test trial match. GLOUCESTER TODAY. (Notes by “The Bowler.”) The Australians will commence a match today against Gloucestershire. On the 1934 tour, the game was drawn. Australia in their first innings made 308 runs for two wickets, declared, (Woodfull 131, McCabe 61 not out, Ponsford 54, Kippax 50 not out). Rain prevented play on the second day, and on the last day, Gloucester were dismissed for 184 runs (Hammond 61). Bowling for Australia, FleetwoodSmith took 7 wickets for 40 runs.