WICKETS FALL RAPIDLY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 June 1938, Page 7

WICKETS FALL RAPIDLY

ON A TRICKY PITCH AUSTRALIA WIN WITH UTMOST EASE. PLENTY' OF TIME TO SPARE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Copyright. (Recd This Day, 9.23 a.m.) LONDON, June 3. The weather was sunny for the resumption of the match between Australia and Gloucestershire. The Australians continued their innings but O’Reilly and Ward were dismissed by successive balls from Sinfield, while Tyler finished off the Australians.

Sinfield was applauded for his outstanding figures against Australia thus far.

Gloucester commenced their second innings at 1.55 o’clock on a tricky wicket. The Gloucester wickets fell rapidly. ALLEN NOT SCARED. Allen was again the only batsman not scared by the spin bowlers. He had a life when he had scored six, but hung on until he reached 42, finally skying O’Reilly for a catch which was accepted by McCabe at forward square. BATSMEN SHOW LITTLE SKILL. Gloucester were all out after 105 minutes play. O’Reilly and Fleetwood-Smith bowled very well against batsmen who showed little skill. Australian required twenty-two runs in order to obtain a victory. McCabe offered batting practice to Waite and Ward. Despite the loss of the whole of the first day and seventy minutes of the second, Australia with the utmost ease won with 2J hours of play to spare. Australia won by ten wickets. The scores were as follow: — AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Brown, c Crapp, b Sinfield 18 Badcock, c Parker, b Sinfield 51 McCabe, b Sinfield 0 Hassett, c Allen, b Sinfield 29 Chipperfield, b Cranfield 9 Waite, c Neale,. b Sinfield 6 Barnett, c Emmett, b Sinfield .... 8 O’Reilly, c Barnett, b Sinfield .... 23 Ward, c Lyon, b Sinfield 1 Fleetwood-Smith, c and b Tyler 3 McCormick, not out , 0 Extras 16 Total 164 Bowling: Barnett, no wickets for nine runs; Lyon, none for four; Sinfield, eight for 65; Tyler, one for 20; Cranfield, one for 50. Second Innings. Ward, not out 1 Waite, not out 18 Extras 0 Total for no wickets 25 Bowling.—Lyon 0 for 6; Allen 0 for 19. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. First Innings 78 Second Innings. Barnett, c Fleetwood-Smith, b McCormick 1 Allen, c McCabe, b O’Reilly 42 Emmett, lbw, b Fleetwood-Smith 6 Lyon, b Fleetwood-Smith 4 Crapp, st Barnett, b O’Reilly 4 Neale, c Hassett, b O’Reilly 20 Parker, b Fleetwood-Smith 0 Sinfield, c Chipperfield, b O’Reilly 8 Wilson, b Fleetwood-Smith 2 Cranfield, not out 8 Tyler, b O’Reilly 2 Extras 10 Total 107 Bowling.—McCormick 1 for 9; Waite 0 for 4; Fleetwood-Smith 4 for 39; O’Reilly 5 for 45. ENGLAND V THE REST. FISHLOCK BATS BRILLIANTLY. LONDON, June 3. The match between England and The Rest was continued today. Hammond batted nearly four hours and gave five chances. Fishlock batted brilliantly in The Rests’ second innings, scoring 109 in 155 minutes. In a chanceless display he hit one 6 and sixteen 4’s. The match was drawn. The scores are as follow: THE REST. First Innings 298 (Second Innings) Wilcox, b Fames 0 Paynter, lbw, b Smith 1 Fislock, not out 109 Yardley, b Fames " 28 Dollery, not out 40 Extras 10 Total, for 3 wickets 188 Bowling—Fames, 2 for 19; Smith, 1 for 14; Verity none tor 39; Brown, none for 59; Hammond, none for 2; Compton, none for 33; Hutton, none for 12. ENGLAND (First Innings.) Edrich, c Wilcox, b Wright 80 Button, c Wilcox, b Wright 40 Wyatt, c Pollard, b Pope 24 Compton, c Farrimond, b Pope .... 14 Hammond, b Pollard 107 Hardstaff, b Pollard 35 Ames, b Pollard 0 Brown, b Pollard 0 Verity, c Pope, b Pollard 29 Smith, not out 21 Fames, c Paynter, b Wright 4 Extras 23 Total 377 Bowling—Nichols, 0 for 89; Pollard. 5 for 57; Pope, 2 for 57; Wright, 3 for 135; Langridge, 0 for 16 THE FIRST TEST. ALL TICKETS SOLD. (Recd This Day, 10.10 a.m.) LONDON, June 3. All the tickets for the test match to

be played at Leeds have been sold, and a revenue of £4,500 assured. ENGLAND’S TEAM PLAYERS FOR SELECTION (Reed This Day, 10.20 a.m.) LONDON, June 3. England's test team will be selected from Hammond, Fames, Clay. Barnett. Verity, Hutton, Ames, Wright. Compton, Edrich, Hardstaff, Paynter, George Pope. MATCH AGAINST ESSEX. DETAILS OF PREVIOUS MATCH. (Notes by "The Bowler.”) The Australians will commence a match today against Essex. On the 1934 tour, the Australians won by an innings and 93 runs. Essex, in their first innings, compiled 220 runs, Nicholls, 62 not out, being the chief contributor. Grimmett took 3 wickets for 80 runs, and O'Reilly 6 for 79. Australia, in their first innings, made 438 runs. Chipperfield (173) being the highest scorer. The second innings of Essex realised only 125 runs. Grimmett obtained 6 wickets for 54 runs, and Ebeling 2 for 9. On June 8 and 9 the Australians have two free days, preparatory to their commencing the first Test on Friday, June 10.