AUSTRALIANS BAT BRISKLY

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22430, 17 June 1938, Page 11

AUSTRALIANS BAT BRISKLY

CENTURY TO BRADMAN AT LORD’S MEYER TAKES FIVE WICKETS FOR GENTLEMEN (TOTTED FBES9 ASSOCIATIOH—COPTEIGHT.) (Received June 17, 2 a.m.) LONDON, June 16. Playing at Lord’s against the Gentlemen, Bradman scored another century, being caught at 104. The Australians were all out for 397 yesterday and the Gentlemen had lost six wickets for 131 at lunch to-day. After raising 100 in 105 minutes, McCabe batted briskly, but Badcock continued cautiously. Badcock was completely deceived by Brown’s googly. Expecting it to pass well outside the wicket, he did not attempt a stroke. McCabe, in glittering form, batted faultlessly until he was caught in the slips. A dashing innings of 100 minutes included one six an seven fours. Bradman, seemingly untroubled by his strained back, batted briskly. Chipperfield was also going along well after a run of failures. His 51 occupied 100 minutes, and included seven boundaries. It was a sound Bradman soon afterwards reached 50 in 50 minutes. Then he hit Stephenson for three consecutive f ° Waite and Barnett failed, but White opened with a six off a noball from Meyer. The Australian captain reached the century in 110 minutes. Then, in trying to sweep Meyer to the boundary, he was caught at deep square-leg. In a gay, chanceless innings he hit 13 fours. The Australian innings closed after 345 minutes. White, undefeated, batted for an hour. His score included one six and eight fours. It was his highest score in England. . . The Gentlemen began their innings at 6 p.m. , . . , Wilcox and Gibb opened crisply, but five minutes before stumps Bradman took a running catch at mid-on to dismiss Gibb. Stephenson, sent in as a stop-gap, was out in the same over. The weather was fine and warm when play was resumed to-day. Wilcox and Wyatt played steadily against the bowling of Waite and White. The wicket was a little faster than yesterday. . Ward, though he occasionally beat the batsmen, received heavy punishment. Wyatt was out to an easy catch at mid-on after a strange mixture of confidence and uncertainty. He was never quite able to master Ward, who was spinning the ball quickly from the leg. Bradman did not field because of sore eyes, believed to be caused by the dust at Nottingham. Hammond was out through a surprisingly weak stroke in Waite's second over. He lifted a slow and somewhat short ball straight to square leg:— Scores:—

AUSTRALIA First Innings Brown, c Gibb, b Meyer .. 30 Fingleton, c Gibb, b Meyer .. 38 Badcock, b Brown .. .. 31, McCabe, c Wilcox, b Stephenson 79 Chipperfield,. b Stephenson .. 51 Bradman, c Valentine, b Meyer 104 Waite, b Brown .. ® Barnett, c Gibb, b Brown .. 0 White, not out •• *2 Ward, b Meyer • • v 1 Fleetwood-Smith, c Stephenson, b Meyer .. Extras •• " _ Total .. • - • • 397 Bowling Stephenson took two wickets for 94 runs; Macindoe, none for 57; Hammond, none for 14; Brown, three for 107; Meyer, five for 66; Wyatt, none for 45. GENTLEMEN First Innings Wilcox, b Ward •• •• 5 ° Gibb, c Bradman, b McCabe .. 6 Stephenson, c Waite, b McCabe 0 Wyatt, c White, b Ward •* o Chalk, st Barnett, b Ward .. 3 Hammond, c White, b Waite .. < Yardley, not out •• ■* ii Valentine, not out .. •* Extras .. • • • • 7 Total for six wickets .. 131