VAIN STRUGGLE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 July 1938, Page 5

VAIN STRUGGLE

TO AVOID INNINGS DEFEAT SOMERSET’S FATE SOON SEALED. AN EASY WIN FOR AUSTRALIA. By Telegraph—Press Association. Copyright. (Recd This Day, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, July 29. Only a handful of spectators gathered at Taunton to witness Somerset’s vain struggle to avoid an innings defeat in the match against Australia. As it happened Somerset’s fate was sealed within 25 minutes of the resumption of play when the remaining batsmen were all out.

Andrews was caught at the wickets off a “wcong’un” from FleetwoodSmith, who was bowling with deadly accuracy and spinning viciously. He had Wellard floundering, and then out leg before wicket. In the next over he knocked out Barnwell’s leg-stump. Luckes played on and the tail-enders found Fleetwood-Smith unplayable. Australia won by an innings and 218 runs. The scores are as follow: — AUSTRALIA. First Innings, 6 wickets for 464 SOMERSET, First Innings 110 Second Innings. Lyon, c Walker, b White 2 Lee, c Chipperfield, b White 4 Buse, lbw, b O’Reilly 33 Meyer, c Badcock, b O’Reilly 17 Longrigg, c Chipperfield, b Fleet-wood-Smith 23 Gimblett, c Hassett, b Ward .... .... 6 Andrews, c Walker, b Fleetwood-. . , .Smith 20 Barnwell, b Fleetwood-Smith 18 Wellard, lbw, b Fleetwood-Smith .. 6 Luckes, b Fleetwood-Smith /.. 1 Hazell, not out 1 Extras 5 Total 136 Grand total 246 Bowling Analysis.—White took two wickets for 13 runs; Hassett, none for 8; Ward, one for 63; O’Reilly, two for 17; Fleetwood-Smith, five for 30.