A PITIFUL DISPLAY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 June 1938, Page 7

A PITIFUL DISPLAY

VICIOUS WICKET O'REILLY REAPS A HARVEST. AUSTRALIANS WORRIED BY SINFIELD. By Telegraph—Press Association Copyright. (Recd This Day, 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, June 2. The weather was cloudy with a bitter wind blowing when the Aus-tralia-Gloucester game began today. The wicket at the start appeared slow and easy and was not helpful to the bowlers when the County opened. The batsmen, however, did not profit from the bleak conditions.

McCormick appeared to be valueless as a bowler in the conditions which existed. Allen batted brightly but Barnet I was troubled by the spin bowlers, and was nearly an hour making fifteen runs. SENSATIONAL BOWLING. Gloucester’s score at lunch was 2 for 61, but upon resumption of play the wicket was difficult and O'Reilly reaped a harvest. He took 5 wickets for 3 runs off four overs. After lunch eight Gloucester wickets fell in half an hour for an additional seventeen runs. BATSMEN VERY NERVOUS. The batsmen were so nervous that they scarcely attempted a stroke. The wicket could not fully account for the pitiful display. The Australians opened their innings at 2.55 o’clock. The batting of Brown and Badcock was dull, but Gloucester had nobody to exploit the vice in the wicket. After correct and restrained batting for an hour Brown was caught at fine leg. McCabe was beaten playing a purely defensive stroke. O’REIILY HITS GALLANTLY. Badcock and Hassett played defensively and awaited loose balls to score. Upon their dismissal wickets fell quickly, but Ward Stonewalled while O’Reilly hit gallantly ui’til stumps were drawn. Sinfield, a slow bowler, was very accurate and worried all the batsmen who were unable to penetrate his leg side field. The scores were as follow: — GLOUCESTER. First Innings. Barnett, lbw, b O’Reilly 15 Emmett, b Fleetwood-Smith 0 Allen, lbw, b O’Reilly 41 Lyon, b O’Reilly 5 Crapp, c Fleetwood-Smith, b O'Reilly 0 Neale, b Fleetwobd-Smith 0 Parker, c Waite, b O’Reilly 0 Sinfield, lbw, b Fleetwood-Smith 0 Wileon, not out 3 Tyler, st Barnett, b O’Reilly 0 Cranfield, run out 3 Extras 11 Total 78 Bowling: McCormick 0 for 10; Waite 0 for 3; O’Reilly 6 for 22; FleetwoodSmith 3 for 32.

AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Brown, c Crapp, b Sinfield 18 Badcock, c Parker, b Sinfield 51 McCabe, b Sinfield 0 Hassett, c Allen, b Sinfield "9 Chipperfield b Cranfield 9 Waite, c Neal, b Sinfield G Barnett, c Emmett, b Sinfield 8 Ward, not out 0 O’Reilly, not out 14 Extras 16 Total, 7 wickets for 151 THE TEST TRIAL. CRITICS SURPRISED. AT REST’S GOOD SHOWING. (Recd This Day, 10.40 a.m.) LONDON. June 2. The newspaper critics are surprised at the good score made by The Rest against England. They do not think that The Rest should have scored so many runs, indicating that the English attack will not be good enough against Australia. Although Edrich and Hutton put on 113 for England’s first wicket their batting was painfully slow. The scores were as follow: —

THE REST. First Innings. Fishlock, c Hutton, b Fames 2 Wilcox, c Ames, b Verity 20 Paynter, c Edrich, b Verity 79 Yardley, c Ames, b Fames 31 Dollery. c Hutton, b Brown 25 Langridge, c Compton, b Hammond 14 Nichols, lbw, b Smith 32 Pope, not out 47 Farrimond. b Verity 16 Wright, b Verity 7 Pollard, c Verity, b Fames 4 Extras 21 Total 298 ENGLAND. First Innings. Edrich. c Wilcox, b Wright 80 Button, c Wilcox, b Wright 40 Wyatt, c Pollard, b Pope 24 Hammond, not out 29 Compton, c Farrimond, b Pope .... 14 Hardstaff, not out 4 Extras 13 Total. 4 wickets for 204 THE FIRST TEST HAMMOND TO CAPTAIN ENGLAND. (Reed This Day. 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, June 2. Hammond will captain England in the first test match. Wyett is not available for the tests.