BRADMAN 278.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 114, 17 May 1938, Page 7

BRADMAN 278.

M.C.C. IN JEOPARDY.

Follows-on After Wyatt Carries

Bat for 84. EDRICH STILL IN FINE FORM. United Press Association. —Copyright. (Received 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, May 16. At the end of the second day's play at Lord's, the Marylebone Cricket Club required 201 runs for its remaining nine wiekets to save an innings defeat by Australia.

When stumps were drawn on Saturday Australia had run up 42S for five wickets, the not out men being Bradman (257) and Waite (4).

The innings closed for 502 this morning. After being dismissed for 214, M.C.C. followed-on. and when play ceased for the day had S7 on the board for the loss of one wicket.

The weather was cool and cloudy when play was resumed this morning. Bradman soon passed 2oS, his previous highest score of the tour (at Worcester in the opening fixture), and did not appear troubled by his foot when running to-day. He began to punish the fast bowling, especially Fames.

Smith, however, enforced more respect, and got firadman's wicket when he was attempting a cover drive which he lifted and it was beautifully caught by Robins a few inches from the ground. His innings lasted 350 minutes, and he hit one six and 35 fours. Barnett joined Waite, who had been extremely quiet. The former was soon out leg-before. Waite was the next to go in the same manner after a scrawny display. McCormick was easily caught at the wicket, and O'Reilly was brilliantly caught low and left-handed at second slip. The innings had lasted seven hours. Smith, although he never bowled with great pace, kept up a good length. Promising English Pair. With only IS on the board Wilcox, one of Marylebone's opening batsmen, played too late and was bowled. Edricli and Compton, regarded as among England's most promising players, then became associated and played beautifully until lunch. After the interval O'Reilly worried Compton, until the spin bowler claimed him leg-before. Wyatt (captain of England in five Tests in this country against the 1930 and 1934 Australians) was most uncomfortable at the start, but later he settled down and hit boldly. Edrich was "bamboozled" by a legspinner. Chalk (the Kent captain), in a brief innings, batted with great exuberance, his score including a six at the expense of Fleetwood-Smith. McCormick, whose first spell was costly, returned at 158 to bowl J. H. Human and Maxwell with successive balls. The tail batted with very little skill, and the Marylebone eleven was dismissed after 180 minutes at the crease. Wyatt alone showed class batsmanship against the spin bowlers. He batted for 135 miuutes and hit nine boundaries. Marylebone reopened at a quarterpast five, when there were 20,000 ! people present. The first wicket had j confidently put on 43 when Wilcox j played a ball on to his wicket, j Edrich, .who had compiled three cenj turies in the previous fortnight, continued in fine style, collecting 16 runs from one over from Fleetwood-Smith, and reached 50 in an hour. Aged 22 on March 20 Edrich has already represented I England, heading the Test averages in India. McCormick Still "In the News." McCormick caught a foot in a crease pot-hole and left the field with a strained tendon in an ankle. The Australian Associated Press says: "Though fielding at least six Test possibles Marylebone will need to bat much better to-morrow than to-day if the run of Australian successes is to be stopped. The spin bowling to-day distressed most of the Marylebone team. I Wyatt, whose experience saved a debacle, was repeatedly beaten."

Scores: — AUSTRALIA.—First Innings. Fingleton, b Smith 44 Brown, b Fames 5 Bradman. c Robins, b Smith 27S iMcCabe, b Smith 33 Badcock, b Stephenson 14 Hassett. c Maxwell, b Compton — 37 Waite, lbw, b Smith 26 Barnett, lbw, b Stephenson 1 O'Reilly, c Compton. b Smith 17 McCormick. c Maxwell, b Smith .. 9 Fleetwood-Smith, not out 3 Extras 15 Total 502 Bowling: —. Smith took six wickets for 139 runs. Stephenson two for 112, Compton one for 37. Fames one for M 5, Robins none for CO. Wyatt none for 27. Edrich none for 13. MARYLEBONE.—First Innings. Wilcox, b Waite 6 Edrich. c MeCabe. l> Flectvoodsmith ■;! Compton. lbw. l> O'Reilly -•' Wyatt. not out '* Chalk, lbw. !> Fleet wood-Smith J-' Human, l> MiC'>nni<k ■' Maxwell. 1) MeCnrmiek . . - Robins, e McCal*. I. iVKftil v ■ '- !Stephens«.n. c hikl l> Heet«o<.dSmith ,' Sn.it!-. c Ha-M-tt. b Kle.-Mvn.nl- : Smith ' Fames, r Finjileton. I. <-' Ke:i!y .... Extras i Total ' 2H ! Bmvlinc: Flert w<*-.l , ' ■ ■;-* •■•"" wickets for I'.O run-. oT.-.Tv t ._-.•.■ f..r 42. McCormick two ;■■; "■•"•. w ..■•.• :-ne for 28. I Serond Inning!-. Wilcox. b McCalie ';' Edrich. not out ~> : * Conn-ton, not out 1Kxtras '• Total for <••:.• «: V. ; M

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