COLLAPSE OF AUSTRALIA

Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 August 1938, Page 7

COLLAPSE OF AUSTRALIA

IN FINAL CRICKET TEST Team Forced to Follow On ENGLAND WINS BY AN INNINGS By Telegraph.—Press Association. —Copyright.' (Received This Day, 10.10 a.m.) LONDON, August 24. Batting without Bradman and Fingleton, Australia collapsed before the attack of England in the final cricket Test today. An anti-climax was inevitable following England’s huge score and the disablement of Bradman and Fingleton meant a small attendance when Bowes and Fames resumed their attack against Brown and Barnes in fine weather. Brown (69), Hassett (42) and Barnes (41) were the only batsmen to make, a stand against the bowling, Bowes, who captured 5 wickets for 49, showing particularly good form with the ball. Australia’s first innings produced 201 runs, or 702 runs behind England’s total, the side being out just before the luncheon interval. Compelled to follow on Australia, apparently having lost heart at the huge total still facing them, gave a very poor display, the last wicket falling with the total at 123, Barnes and Barnett being the only batsmen to stand up to the attack. Fames captured most wickets. Badcock failed to' play up to form, registering a “duck” in the first innings and being bowled in his second visit to the wickets for 9 by Bowes. The dramatic collapse of Australia in the Test resulted in England winning by an innings and 579 runs.

BARNES CONFIDENT. Barnes cut a four through Bowes’s hands at second-slip in Farnes’s first over. It was an apparent chance. He got two more 4’s in two consecutive overs. Brown meanwhile played neatly and without forcing the pace. The wicket showed no sign of breaking up. Barnes was out when he played on a yorker from Bowes. He was confident and crisp throughout and hit five fours in the same over. Barnett snicked an out-swinger to Wood, who dived for a brilliant low offside catch. Waite was only eight when he was bowled neck and crop. O'Reilly flicked an out-swinger, to which left-handers are always prone, and was out in a similar way to Barnett, Wood again taking a low offside catch. One of the umpires, Mr Chester, credited Brown with a 5, which was unusual, but legitimate in the circumstances. Hutton chased a cut from Brown toward the boundary, overtook the ball, but deliberately kicked it to the boundary, with the object of keeping Fleetwood-Smith against the bowling. Mr Chester signalled a 5, representing one for the stroke, and four over-throws. TWO UPROARIOUS FOURS. Fleetwood-Smith later hit Edrich for two uproarious. 4’s, but, just when Brown seemed certain to carry his bat, he was caught at short fine leg trying to swing Leyland. It was a chanceless, often attractive, innings, and included six 4’s..■ , Bowes’s bowling feat, following the batting of Leyland and Hutton, made .the so far essentially a Yorkshire triumph. Australia followed on at 1 p.m. Badcock after missing and mistiming had his off stump knocked back. He has failed to reach’ double figures in >any of the. eight Test innings in England. McCabe opened by snicking the first ball from Bowes for two but was out to Fames in the next over. Brown and Hassett stayed until lunch, but the latter was out in Bowes’s first over after:the adjournment. Brown and Barnes then batted steadily and attempted to put as brave a face as possible on the inevitable defeat. When Brown was caught at square leg the total was 4 for 41 after fifty minutes play. Barnett included five boundaries in his first 22 runs, and With Barnes driving strongly 60 runs were added in forty minutes. ENCOURAGING TEST DEBUT. Barnes, in trying to swing Verity was out leg before after a stay of seventy minutes, haying made an encouraging debut in Test cricket Waite was out first ball, and when O’Reilly came in Barnett’s off stump was sent somersaulting. Barnett gave an enterprising display lasting fiftyfive minutes..He hit seven 4’s. The match came to an end at 3.35 p.m.,. Fleetwood-Smith being caught at mid-on. The crowd swarmed on to the ground

as the players rushed off, England having won by the greatest margin in the history of the Tests. The crowd outside the pavilion applauded and called for the players. Hammond and McCabe and afterwards Hutton acknowledged the cheers from the balcony. The aggregate attendance for the four days, including members, was 96,000, and the receipts, including stand tickets, amounted to £17,433. The scores are as follow: — •ENGLAND. First Innings, 7 wickets for .> 903 AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Badcock, c Hardstaff, b Bowes .... 0 Brown, c Hammond, b Leyland .... 69 McCabe, c Edrich, b Fames 14 Hassett, c Compton, b Edrich 42 Barnes, b Bowes 41 Barnett, c Wood, b Bowes 2 Waite, b Bowes 1 .... 8 O’Reilly, c Wood, b Bowes 0 Fleetwood-Smith, not out 16 Bradman, hurt, absent 0 Fingleton, hurt, absent 0 Extras 9 Total 201 Bowling.

Fall of wickets: 1 for 0,2 for 19, 3 for 70, 4 for 145, 5 for 147, 6 for 160, 7 for 160, 8 for 201. Second Innings. Badcock, b Bowes 9 Brown, c Edrich, b Fames 15 McCabe, c Wood, b Fames 2 Hassett, lbw, b Bowes 10 Barnes, lbw, b Verity 33 Barnett, b Fames 46 Waite, c Edrich, b Verity 0 O’Reilly, not out 7 Fleetwood-Smith, c Leyland, b Fames 0 Bradman, hurt, absent 0 Fingleton, hurt, absent 0 Extra 1 Total ..’ 123 Bowling.

3 for 35, 4 for 41, 5 for 115, 6 for 116, 7 for 117, 8 for 123. HARD HITTING BY WELLARD. FIVE CONSECUTIVE SIXES. (Recd This Day, 9.35 a.m.) LONDON, August 24. Wellard, playing • for Somerset against Kent, hit Woolley for five consecutive 6's. The ball was lost . three times.

O. M. R. W. Fames .... 13 2 54 1 Bowes .... 19 3 49 5 Edrich .... 10 2 55 1 Verity .... 5 1 15 0 Leyland 3 1 11 1 Hammond- ■... - 2 - 0 8 .0

0. M. R. W. Fames 12 • 1 63 4 Bowes 10 3 25 2 Leyland 5 0 19 0 Verity 7 3 15 2 Fall of wickets: 1 for 15, 2 for 18,