AN EASY WIN

Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 June 1938, Page 7

AN EASY WIN

GENTLEMEN OUTCLASSED BADCOCK’S FLASHING DISPLAY. FIELDSMEN LEFT STANDING. (By Telegraph —Press Association. Copyright.) (Recd This Day. 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, June 17. Only a handful of people attended at Lords for the resumption of the match between Australia and the Gentlemen of England. Badcoek and Waite continued Australia’s second innings in sultry weather. Badcock raised the. total to 200 in 2:; hours. Waite was run out, after having batted soundly for 85 minutes. McCabe was aggressive early in his innings, but cut a leg break hard to Meyer, who took a splendid catch at second slip. BROWN SEVERELY PUNISHED. Severely punishing Brown, Badcock made an excellent 100 in 155 minutes. His flashing on-drives and fierce hooks left the fieldsmen standing. The Australians were 431 ahead at lunch and declared their innings closed after 265 minutes play. Badcock batted 175 minutes and hit twelve 4’s. A DISASTROUS OPENING. The Gentlemen opened disastrously on a wicket which was beginning to break up, McCabe getting Wilcox and Wyatt in his first over. Chalk and Hammond failed to stay long, and with 4 wickets down for 67 the Gentlemen were fighting to save defeat. Gibb made a correct and vigorous 50 in eighty minutes, and with his fellow Cambridge player, Yardley, figured in a useful stand. PITCH HELPS BOWLERS. The spin bowlers, however, were getting assistance from the pitch, and were not to be denied. The last five wickets fell for 24 runs. The Gentlemen were all out in 120 minutes, Australia thus winning by 282 runs with an hour to spare. The scores are as follow: — AUSTRALIA. First Innings 397 Second Innings. Fingleton, c Stephenson, b MacIndoe 121 Brown, c Valentine, b Hammond 30 Badcock, not out 112 Waite, run out 32 McCabe, c Meyer, b Brown 5 Chipperfield, not out 20 Extras 15 Total, 4 wickets declared for .... 335 Bowling: Stephenson, 0 for 69; MacIndoe, 1 for 53; Brown, 1 for 97; Meyer, 0 for 57; Wyatt, O' for 17; Hammond, 1 for 27. GENTLEMEN. First Innings 301 Second Innings. Wilcox, b McCabe 1 Gibb, b Fleetwood-Smith 67 Wyatt, c Fingleton, b McCabe 2 Chalk, b Fleetwood-Smith 11 Hammond, c White, b FleetwoodSmith .... '. 12 Yardley, lbw b Ward 21 Valentine, b Fleetwood-Smith .... 10 Brown, c Waite, b FleetwoodSmith 4 Meyer, not out 0 Stephenson, c White, b FleetwoodSmith 10 Maclndoe, . b Fleetwood-Smith .... 0 Extras 11 Total 149 Bowling: Waite, 0 for 17; McCabe, 2 for 14; Fleetwood-Smith, 7 for 44; White, 1 for 23; Ward, 1 for 41. THE SECOND TEST UMPIRES APPOINTED. (Recd This Day, 9.25 a.m.) LONDON, June 17. Messrs Smith, of Warwickshire, and Walden, of Northants, have been appointed umpires for the second Test. TODAY’S GAME AUSTRALIA v. LANCASHIRE. (Notes by “The Bowler.”) Today, the Australian cricketers will commence a match against Lancashire. In the Australian tour in 1934, the game was drawn. The Australians, in their first innings, scored 367 runs. McCabe 142, being the highest scorer. In their second innings, the Australians made 338 runs for 3 wickets, Woodfull 172 not out, and Brown 119. being the chief contributors. Lancashire, in their innings made 285 runs (E. Tildesley 107). Fleetwood-Smith captured 5 wickets for 107 runs, and Chipperfield 2 for 51.