SECOND TEST

Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 June 1938, Page 7

SECOND TEST

THREAT OF BAD WEATHER IN LONDON WARNING TO BARRACKERS ATTENTION DRAWN TO OLD NOTICE (Reed This Day, 9.35 a.m.) LONDON, June 23. The weather for the Test cricket match at Lords is unpromising. The Weather Bureau has advised that a depression from the Atlantic is likely to bring rain tomorrow over the greater part of the country, and it is just touch •and go whether it will reach London. A section of the Press gives prominence, as new warning to barrackers, to an old notice posted for years at Lords, threatening the removal of anyone causing noise and confusion. DISASTROUS 1934 GAME. (Notes by “The Bowler.”) The second Test, between the Australians and England, will commence today on the historic ground known as- “Lords.” In the 1934 tour, England won the toss, and won the match by an innings and 38 runs. In their first innings England compiled 440 runs, Ames (120), Leyland (109) and Walters (82), being the highest scorers. Wall captured 4 wickets for 108 runs, and Chipperfield 3 for 91. Australia, in their first innings, made only 284 runs, Brown (105) being the only batsman to play the bowling. Australia followed on, but were dismissed for the small score of 118 runs. The rain-affected wicket was made more difficult by the sun’s influence during the progress of play. In the Australians’ second innings, Verity obtained the remarkable analysis of 8 wickets for 43 runs.