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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 September 1938, Page 5

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CENTURV TO HARDSTAFF A GREAT DISPLAY OF BATTING. AUSTRALIAN SCORE PASSED. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Copyright. (Recd This Day, 9.20 a.m.) LONDON, September 12. The match between Australia and Leveson Gowers’ eleven was continued today. The home eleven declared with 363 up for the loss of 8 wickets, and when stumps were drawn Australia was at the wickets, there being no runs on the board and no wickets lost. Hutton batted stubbornly for 50 scored in 115 minutes. Leyland early was also subdued, until he stepped out and straight drove O’Reilly for 6, after which both batsmen were more enterprising and added 86 runs in 70 minutes. Leyland, after scoring 50 in 75 minutes, was bowled by a perfect ball. Hutton soon followed. He had batted for 165 minutes and hit eight 4’s. Hardstaff gave a great display of batting. He handled the spin bowlers well and, with Gibb, put on 100 in 55 minutes. Hardstaff continued to drive brilliantly, and reached the century in 115 minutes. He straight drove both O’Reilly and FleetwoodSmith for 6, and also hit fourteen 4’s. Ward and O’Reilly batted for a quarter of an hour without scoring, refusing several easy singles. The scores are as follow: — AUSTRALIA. First Innings 306 Second Innings. O'Reilly, not out 0 Ward, not out 0 Total, 0 wicket for 0 LEVESON GOWER’S ELEVEN. First Innings. Sutcliffe, lbw, b O’Reilly 25 Hutton, c Barnett, b O’Reilly 73 Barnett, st Barnett, b Ward 6 Leyland, b Fleetwood-Smith 51 Wyatt, c Ward, b Fleetwood-Smith 1 Hardstaff, b O’Reilly 108 Gibb, lbw, b O’Reilly 40 Nichols, lbw, b McCabe 9 Verity, not out .: 23 Bowes, not out 2 Extras 25 Total declared 8 wickets for .... 363 Bowling: McCormick 0 for .28; Waite 0 for 51; Ward 1 for 92; O’Reilly 4 for 75; Fleetwood-Smith 2 for 75; McCabe 1 for 17.