ENGLAND PILES UP RUNS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 August 1938, Page 5

ENGLAND PILES UP RUNS

HUTTON’S BRILLIANT DISPLAY Unbeaten with Three Hundred Runs PARTNERSHIP RECORD BROKEN By Telegraph.—Press Association. —Copyright. (Received This Day, 10.10 a.m.) LONDON, August 22. It was raining heavily at the Oval this morning, and a stait in the final cricket Test match between England and Australia was delayed. The match was started at 11.55 a.m. in cool and sunny weather. The crowd was larger than on Saturday and gave Leyland and Hutton a great welcome. The wicket appeared to be unaffected by the rain, but the ball was slippery. Hutton received a full toss from Fleetwood-Smith and his offdrive to the boundary enabled the partnership to break 323 runs, which was previously the record of any wicket for England. Hutton and Leyland were both even more confident than on Saturday and continued to score steadily, the bowlers getting nothing from the wicket. Waite replaced O’Reilly at 12.35 p.m. Fleetwood-Smith, however, was getting a high degree of accuracy despite the wet ball and almost bowled Leyland by a sharp leg-break. It was the first time today that the ball had beaten the bat. When stumps were drawn at 6.20 p.m., owing to the rain and bad light , England’s total had reached 634 for the loss of five wickets.

A TOUCH OF BRILLIANCE. Hammond immediately attacked the bowling, scoring twelve from one over oft Fleetwood-Smith. It was a welcome touch of brilliance, for Hutton by lunch had added only 31 in 95 minutes. Waite and McCabe used a new ball after lunch and Waite got good ones past Hammond who, like Hutton unhurriedly again played himself in. Hutton, tapping Waite for a single, reached 200 in 470 minutes. Fingleton strained his left leg and hopped off the field. In forty minutes after lunch Hammond had added only ten runs. By many subtle variations of the field and good bowling Waite and O’Reilly kept the runs down. The batsmen were not troubled, however, and 500 was passed after 520 minutes play. When he was 241 Hutton had reached the highest score ever made for England in England. Hammond took 110 minutes to score 50 runs, of’ which the last thirty occupied lj. hours. Considering Hammond’s liveliness before lunch his stodgy and unambitious search for singles • was now astonishing. A DESPERATE SITUATION. Australia’s situation was now so desperate that Bradman had to give McCabe a long turn with the ball. It was Fleetwood-Smith, however, who broke the partnership, tricking Hammond, after having twice beaten him earlier. It was drizzling when- Paynter came in, and he was quickly dismissed lbw. Rain delayed the resumption of play after tea, the batsman again going to the wickets at 5 p.m. Waite bowled Compton in the first over after the adjournment. Hardstaff, the last of the recognised batsmen, was none too happy facing Fleetwood-Smith, but a couple of boundaries, from full tosses, gave him confidence. FOSTER’S RECORD BEATEN. Hutton seemed to be tiring and was more reluctant than ever to hit the ball, but, after having batted for 10| hours, he broke Foster’s record of 287

and became England’s highest scorer against Australia. The total of 600 was reached after 630 minutes’ play. The stamina of the bowlers was astonishing. Hutton, who now appeared to be striving as much against his tiredness as the bowling, laboured towards 300, which he reached with a series of singles after eleven hours’ batting. When the applause for Hutton died do'wn.an appeal against the light was upheld and play ended for the day. Hutton so far has hit 27 boundaries. The attendance was 31,266, of whom 24,619 paid at the turnstiles. The Australian Associated Press says: “With scarcely a flash of brilliance to lighten two long weary days England’s score is reaching astronomical heights, aided by occasional showers to refresh the wicket, which is still in perfect condition. England already has set Australia a tremendous task, and it depends chiefly on Hutton how many more hundreds have to be chased before Bradman at last gets possession of the wicket. Fingleton’ is unlikely to take any further part in • the match. He has badly strained a muscle in the calf of his leg and was unable to walk tonight. The scores are as follow: — ENGLAND. First Innings. Hutton, not out 300 Edrich; lbw, b O’Reilly 12 Leyland, run out .... 1.87 Hammond, lbw, b Fleetwood-Smith 59 Paynter, lbw, b O’Reilly .... 0 Compton, b Waite .... 1 Hardstaff, not out 40 Extras 35 Total, 5 wickets for .... » 634

Fall of wickets: 1 for 29, 2 for 411, 3 for 546, 4 for 547, 5 for 555.

Bowling. O. M. R. W. Waite .... 61 13 121 1 McCabe .... 29 8 ' 59 0 O’Reilly 66 19 144 2 Fleetwood-Smith 70 8 235 1 Barnes .... 17 2 40 0