INDIAN EXCELS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 206, 1 September 1938, Page 11

INDIAN EXCELS.

i BOWLS UNCHANGED. i t Ward and White Save the Australians. TWENTYrONE WICKETS FALL. United ,rress Association.—Copyright. 1 (Received 10.30 a.m.) LONDON". August 31. There was some sensational cricket at Blackpool, where, on the first day of the match between Australia and an English eleven, 21 wickets fell. The Jierocs of the day were F. A. Ward, the Australian spin bowler, and Amar Singh, the Indian "swinger," who is now playing in the Lancashire League. They each captured half-a-dozcn wickets. The Australians omitted Bradman. Chipperfield, Fingleton, Walker and Fleetwood-Sinith. who is suffering- from lumbago and remained in London. The Australians are thus without a 12th man. Finding a well-grassed wicket MeCabe chose to send in England's cosmopolitan eleven. After the opening batsmen had put on a brisk 52 runs, O'Reilly, with a perfectly-pitched leg break, took Denis Smith's bails. Soon afterward he "cleanbowled Edrich, who had played dashingly and given his best performance against Australia since early in the season. Wickets now started to fall fast. Meantime, Worthington played soundly. Waite and McCormick were played with ease, but OTteilly and Ward were deadly, making the ball turn sharply.

Hitting out when the last man, Duck' worth, came in Worthington was caught in the covers.

The English innings lasted for only 145 minutes.

With the Australian total at 26 three wickets fell—Hassett being out first balL

Amar Singh, medium-paced, swung the ball awkwardly, and with the exception of Barnes, he worried the Australians. His leg-before victims were beaten by pace / from the pitch.

Australia, with eight wickets down, was, still eight runs short of England's 132; but White and Ward, hitting freely, extricated Australia from a serious position. They added 50 for the ninth wicket.

Amar Singh bowled unchanged for 25 overs, in which he took six wickets for 84 runs. Edrich, in the half-hour England batted before' stumps, failed to break his runs of failures against Australia. The English eleven against Australia at Folkestone on Saturday, will be chosen from Chalk, Valentine, Levett (wicket-keeper), Woolley, Ames, Todd, Paynter, Fagg, Compton, A. F. Pope, G. H. Pope, and Wilkinson. Scores:— ENGLISH Xl.—First Innings. D. Smith, b O'Reilly 20 Edrich, b O'Reilly '. 31 Worthington, c MeCabe. b Ward .. 45 Townsend, lbw, b O'Reilly 0 Croom, st Barnett, b Ward 0 Warburton, st Baruett. b Ward.. 1 Howorth, c McCabe. b Ward 5 Amar Singh, c Waite, b Ward .... 7 G. H. Pope, b Ward 10 Eckersley, lbw, b O'Reilly 2 Duckworth, not out • o Extras 5 Total i 132 Bowliijg. —Ward took six wickets for 44 runs, O'Reilly four for 30, McCormick none for 22, Waite none for 31. Second Innings. D. Smith, not ont 4 Edric-h. lbw, b OT?ei!!y «i Howorth. not out ..' , ft Extras 12 Total for one wicket 33 AUSTRALIA.—First Innings. Badcock, b Pope 14 Brown, lbw, b Amar Singh "... 11 Hassett, c Worthington, b Amar Singh 0 Barnes, b Pope .«.....„ 23 Barnett, b Amar Singh ....«.«... a 9 McCabe, lbw, b Amar Singh „.., : 11 Waite, lbw, b Amar Singh ..—_.. 22 White, b Warburton ~ ~ 16 O'Reilly, b Amar Singh r^nmm 17 Ward, b Warburton 31 McCormick, nbt out .............. 1 Extras 19 Total 174 Bowling.—Amar Singh took six wickets for 84 runs, Warburton two for 10, Pope two for 44, Edrich none for 17.