HOLIDAY CRICKET

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 September 1938, Page 5

HOLIDAY CRICKET

ENGLAND Xi V. AUSTRALIA VISITORS IN SOUND POSITION. McCABE LAYS THE WOOD ON. By Telegraph—Press Association. Copyright. (Recd This Day, 10.5 a.m.) LONDON, September 5. The match between Australia and Warner’s eleven was resumed today in cool, dull weather. , Australia’s tail-enders were dismissed within an hour. Waite recorded his highest score of the tour and hit ten 4’s.

O’Reilly was more sedate than usual and carried his bat for an excellent 40, leaving Australia in a sound position against their opponents’ strong batting side. Several good English wickets went cheaply before lunch, Waite and Ward causing a collapse which finally was arrested by Ames. The lunch score was 4 for 101. Big leg breaks from Ward resulted in the dismissal of Paynter and Comptop. England had lost 4 wickets for 89 when Ames came in. Batting in fine form he immediately went for the bowling, and made a sparkling 50 in 45 minutes. Ward gave his most imposing performance of the tour. He continued to bowl magnificently with a vicious spin and had Valentine stuniped. Then he sent back Ames with a smart low righthand return catch. Ames batted 80 minutes. He hit one 6 and ten 4’s. O’Reilly in dismissing Alfred Pope took his hundredth wicket for the tour. G. Pope hit usefully, while the tailenders were being dismissed. The innings lasted 180 minutes. McCabe and Brown scored 45 in 35 minutes when a catch at the wicket ended Brown’s polished innings. A boundary from Wilkinson carried McCabe’s score to 26, thus reaching a thousand runs on the tour. McCabe with a glorious array of hooks, pulls and drives looked certain to reach the century when he was superbly caught low in the gully. He had batted 75 minutes, during which he made 91 out of a total of 139. His score included seventeen 4’s.

Badcock was dashing along when Woolley held a great onfehanded slip catch. Australia passed the 200 in two hours.. The’ scores are as follow: — AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Brown, b A. V. Pope 3 Badcock, run out 21 Hassett, b Todd 18 Barnes, c Woolley, b Todd 91 Fingleton, b Compton 12 Barnett, b G. Pope 82 McCabe, st Levett, b Wilkinson .... 26 White, lbw, b G. Pope 26 Waite, c Levett, b Todd 60 O’Reilly, not out .... 40 Ward, c Levett, b Todd 2 Extras 9 Total 390 Bowling: A. Pope 1 for 73, Todd 4 for 97, Wilkinson 1 for 75, G. Pope 2 for 101, Compton 1 for 19, Woolley 0 for 17. Second Innings. Brown, c Levett, b A. Pope 22 McCabe, c Valentine, b Todd 91 Badcock, c Woolley, b Wilkinson .... 39 Hassett, b Wilkinson 18 Barnes, lbw, b Wilkinson «. 15 Barnett, ;not out 6 Extras 13 Total, 5 for 204 ENGLAND ELEVEN. First Innings. Woolley, c Badcock, b Waite 5 Fagg, c White, b Waite 22

Paynter, b Ward 14 Compton, b Ward 17 Ames, c and b Ward 78 Valentine, st Barnett, b Ward 15 G. Pope, not out 41 Todd, b Ward 13 A. Pope, lbw, b O’Reilly 5 Levett, b Ward , ..... 3 Wilkinson, b Ward 0 Extras 10 Total 223 Bowling: Waite 2 for 28, McCabe 0 for 12, O’Reilly 1 for 54, Ward 7 for 112, White 0 for 7. TOUR OF SOUTH AFRICA COVERING OF WICKETS. PROPOSAL REJECTED BY M.C.C. (Recd This Day, 9.25 a.m.) JOHANNESBURG, September 5. The Marylebone Club has rejected the South African proposal to cover wickets in the coming tour on the ground that the “principle is opposed to cricket laws.” It is feared this decision will affect the financial aspect of the tour.