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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 137, 13 June 1938, Page 16

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CARRIES HIS BAT. COMPTON A CENTURY. ENGLAND 658 EOR EIGHT. BRADMAN CAUGHT OFF PAD. LO.\DOX, 'June 12. At tho .end of the second day's play in the Test cricket match at the' Trent Bridge ground, Nottingham, ■ Australia had lost three good men for 13S, in reply to England's first innings total of 058 for eight wickets; declared. When stumps were pulled on Friday England had 422 runs on for the lose of four wickets, the not, out players being Paynter (75) and Corapton (69). Both men ran into three figures - yesterday, thus creating a record for the most hundreds in a Test innings, Barnett and Button having scored centuries on the opening day. . ; v . The extraordinary interest in the match is evidenced;/by the closing of the gates at noon. The attendance was ' 30,000, and the ate takings £2698. Batsmen Impudent! The weather was dull and . warm when play was resumed, yesterday. Paynter and Compton opened brightly. Compton was in splondid "form, timing his hooks and drives perfectly.' Impu: , dently stolen singles delighted the crowd. .. Paynter, when 88/ should have beeii stumped off McCabe, the ball .lodging in Barnett's'pads. The pair'played McCormick with the utmost ease. O'Reilly's first over cost 14. runs. . . The partnership realised 200 in 130 minutes, Compton reaching his century in'fast time. He was then caught on the square-leg boundary. His innings, which was chanceless, lasted 140 minutes, and included fifteen fours —a wonderful Test . debut. He had also "helped to establish a fifth wicket record. Stolen Singles! The constant changing over of the field for the left-hander Paynter, duo to stolen singles, helped to disrupt Both the bowling and the fielding. Fleetwood-Smith, returning with the • score at 573, bowled Ames in his ;first over with a leg break; Ames hit eix fours. who-Twas never comfortable, was •after the resumption. , Sinfield ' was out leg-before to a good length ball. Wright defended cautiously, while Paynter continued to punish the bowlers, taking England to its highest o. score in- history, .against; Australia. -The innings was declared at 3.15 p.m. . Paynter was in. for 325 minutes, and hit one six, one five and 26 fours. He played the fast bowling splendidly, and was almost equally confident against the slow trundlers. 'He showed versatile stroke-making, especially on the leg side... . ->■. The Australians clearly had their backs to the .wall when they commenced their innings. Six of the first eight overs by Hammond and Fames to the opening men, Brown and ■ Fingleton, were maidens. There;was an early disaster, Fingleton being out when he" played the ball on ' to his: wicket. -Another Personal Success. Wright* 'was; tlio .bowle'r', 'arid 'with a wicket, in .his .'firstu.oyer was the third Englishman; toomakeaii auspicious Test debut in -tins ' contest. . . Bradmaii ;was.~greetcd p, fine ovAtioii. He had a lucky. escape .when at 6even ho •mistimed one and Wright dived, but just , failed to hold a difficult chance. Wright; who is'a'slow-medium bowler, then,badly ' beat Bradnian with an extra vicious legbreak. Tho batsman lunged'forward,, but managed-to survive an appeal for stump- ' 'i ng. ' - 7 ■ ' ■ Brown meanwhile . was defending courageously. ;Bradman'B. appeal against tho light. atVs.3b; p.m. . was not upheld. Bradman reached 51 in 80 minutes, and ;■ was -.then dismissed 'by Sinfield, being ■caught at the wicket after he! had: played a ball on to a .pad. The . spectators were wildly enthusiastic at-'his dismissal. ' McCabe ."arrived and faced a difficult situation. A further appeal against the. light at 6.10 p.m. failed. • Brown was batting steadily, when he; was caught at - tho wicket-on-the leg side.-McCabe and Ward. played out time!.. Scores:—. . ". '■ ENGLAND—First Innings. - Barnett, 'b : McCo'rmick. 120 ; - Hutt'on, : :lbw,*vl) :Fleetwood-Smith -100 • EdrichJ'.b O'Reilly.v.'.:. ' 5 HammOnd.v.br.O'Kcilly .. '. .26 n,% . not'out ;.i 216 ' Comptoii, c Badco'ck," b FleetwoodSmith ; 102 Ames, b Fleetwood-Smith , .46 . Verity, b Fleetwood-Smith ....... 3 ,Sinfield, lbw, b O'Rejlly .......... 6 ; ' Wright, not out --1 ; Extras .... .. .i 27 j • i-. . for eight wickets (dec.) . 658 .Bowling:' Fleetwood-Smith took four wickets for 153 runs, O'Reilly, three for. IC4, McCormick one for 108, McCabe none for G4, Ward none for. 142. Fall of wickets: One for 219, two for 240, three for .244, four for 281, five for 487,-six for 577, seven for 597, eight for ■• 626. ' • ; ■; ■ AUSTRALIA—First Innings. Brown, c Ames, b Fames 48 ; Fingleton, b -Wright y. - 0 Bradman, e Ames,, b Sinfield ...... 51 McCabe, not 0ut...'.....: ...19 . Ward, not out .1 i .... 0 Extras o. ............. 11 ' Total for three wickets .. 138 Bowling: Sinfield took one wicket for ~'.Ol. 23 runs;.Farnes. onto for 31, Wright one Hammond none for 6, Verity none wickets: One for 34, two for rV - ior I 3