BRADMAN WINS RACE FOR 1000.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 124, 28 May 1938, Page 10

BRADMAN WINS RACE FOR 1000.

THREE IN RUNNING. Edrich Still Requires 17 Runs and Hammond 98. HANTS. GAME ABANDONED. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, May 27. At Southampton to-day D. G. Braelman, the Australian captain, in compiling 14") not out against Hampshire, reached an aggregate of 1021 runs for the (our. He thus won the race for the first batsman to make 1000 for the season, and in all cricket history he is the only player to twice accomplish the feat of scoring 1000 runs by the end of May. W. J. Enrich (Middlesex) and W. R. Hammond (Gloucestershire) require 17 and OS respectively to touch the 1000 mark, and the former will have his chance against the Australians in the match starting at Lord's to-morrow. Hammond, who made 1028 runs between May 7 and May 28, 1927, plays against Warwickshire, at Bristol to-day and therefore has a chance of squaring accounts with Bradman. The latter both in 1930 and 1938 had one innings on April 30, while Hammond's first game this season was against Hampshire on May 4.

When stumps were drawn at Southampton on Thursday the Australians, in reply to Hants moderate total of 157, had 204 on the board for the loss of one wicket, the not out men being Fingleton (81) and Bradman (71): At the luncheon adjournment Australia declared its innings closed at 320 for one wicket, but during the interval heavy rain (which had previously driven the players from the field when Bradman required 15 runs for his 1000) fell and the match was abandoned, drawn. There was great applause when Bradman hooked Baring t.o the boundary to win the race for the thousand, previous to which he had pulled that bowler for three glorious fours and glanced him j for a three in the same over. I The partnership had added 242 runs in 205 minutes. Bradman hit 22 boundaries, while Fingleton scored 15 fours in his 200 minutes at the wicket. Bradman scored his thousand earlier in the seasyii than anyone in history. After the Middlesex match the Australians meet Gloucestershire at Bristol, and Essex at Leyton before commencing | the first Test, at Nottingham, on June 10. The umpires for this are Messrs. F. Chester (Worcestershire) and E. Robinson (Yorkshire). Scores at Southampton:— HAMPSHIRE. First innings 157 AUSTRALIA.—First Innings. Fingleton, not out 123 Brown, c Pothecary, b Boyes 47 Bradman, not out 145 Extras 5 Total for on,e wicket (dec.) .. 320 Bowling: Boyes took one wicket for 39 runs, Creese none for 20, Hill none for 45, Heath none for 54, Steele none for 60, Baring none for 97. In addition to the performances referred to above, other players to reach 1000 by the end of May were: — W. G. Grace (Gloucestershire), 1016, between May 0 and 30, at an average of 112.88. This was in 1895, two months before hk forty-seventh birthday. C. Hallows (Lancashire), 1000, between ' May 5 and 31, 1923, at an average of 125. T. Haywood (Surrey), 1074, in 1900, at an average of 97.63. Like Bradman he played one. match in April. '■/ , Bradman had the best average on both i occasions. In 1930 it was 143, and in 1938 it is 170. Hammond's was 79.07. THE AVERAGES. IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCES. The Australians, after winning their first five matches by an innings, have drawn the last three, two having been abandoned owing to rain. The averages 1 for the eight games are:— " j BATTING. I Ins. N.O. U.S. Rung. Avge. I D. G. Bradman 7 1 278 1021 170.16 A. L. Hassett . 6 1 220* 712 142.40 C. L. Badcock 7 — 198 664 94.85 J. H. Fingleton 7 I 124 524 87.33 B. A. Barnclt. fi 3 120* 213 71.00 W. A. Brown . 7 1 194* 41(1 H9.33 M. G. Wafte . 0 1 54 237 47.40 A. O. Chlpperfleld 6 1 104* 209 41.80' S. .T. McCabe . 5 — 110 190 38.00 B. S. White . . 3 2 26* 38 3800 \V. J. O'Reilly 3 — 17 28 0.33 •Denotes not out. I m Also batted : C. W. Walker, 2 Innings, 2 ;. ■;.. not outs, «0 runs: K. L. McCormlck, 2 InnSj£f< lngs, 14 runs: 1.. O'B. Fleetwood-Smith. 2 Innings, 2 not outs, 9 runs; F. A. Ward, II , Innings, 0 runs. BOWLING. I __ Wickets. Runs. Average. i % is Ward 7 .. ••■•■• |1 547 17.64 McCormlck .* *I SIX 21.00 ••...*. * 209 33.22 '