ENGLAND 422 FOR FOUR
RAPID SCORING THE FEATURE.
BARNETT AND HUTTON CENTURIES.
BOTH BATSMEN HAVE EARLY ADVENTURES.
W. R. Hammond made an auspicious start as English captain by winning the toes in the first Test against Australia H » co «ntrymen made B ech good use of it that they had scored 422 for the loss of four wickets. Although this was fast scoring V^/ , the , recor <* number of runs. 475, were registered by the 1934 Australians at the Oval.
Hutton joined the band of 1 5 players who made a century on an initial appearance, and Compton, a younger player still is well on the way to a similar happy exploit. If successful it would be the first time in Anglo-Australian cricket history that two tyros hit hundreds in the same game.
Barnett, wfto may not have been playing but for Hardstaffs injury, scored a brilliant century. He had another slice of luck when dropped in McCormick"* first over, and in the succeeding over Hutton played a ball on to his wicket without dislodging a
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 136, 11 June 1938, Page 9
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