SECOND TEST MATCH BEGINS AT LORD’S

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22437, 25 June 1938, Page 15

SECOND TEST MATCH BEGINS AT LORD’S

England’s Opening Batsmen Out In Sensational Manner McCORMICK takes three wickets FOR 33 RUNS Hammond and Paynter in Valuable Partnership jutted pbess association- coptbioht ) ' (Received June 25, 1 a.m.) LONDON, June 24. The weather at Lord’s was fine and hot this morning when the second test cricket match between England and Australia began. There was a crowd of 20,000 when the game began. Hundreds of the spectators had discarded their coats. Hammond won the toss for England, and the Australians took the field. The match began in a sensational manner, McCormick taking three good wickets in half an hour. By noon the crowd had swelled to 30,000. Every seat was sold and the gates were closed.

The teams are: ENGLAND tL HUTTON. e. J. BARNETT. W. J. EDRICH. W. R. HAMMOND (captain). E. PAYNTER. J). COMPTON. I*. E. AMES. H. VERITY. D. V. P. WRIGHT. K. a FARNES. A. W. WELLARD. J. HardstafF is twelfth man.

AUSTRALIA D. G. BRADMAN (captain). S. J. McCABE. C. L. BADCOCK. W. A. BROWN. J. H. FINGLETON. A. L. HASSETT. A. G. CHIPPERFIELD. W. J. O’REILLY. L. O’B. FLEETWOOD-SMITH. E. L. McCORMICK. B. A. BARNETT. M. S. Waite is twelfth man.

Hutton and Barnett were the Opening batsmen for England. McCormick began bowling from the pavilion with a light breeze across the wicket. McCabe bowled from the other end. Disaster came early. Hutton, after scoring four off a no-ball from McCormick, played defensively at a shortish in-swinger on his leg stump and cocked up an easy catch to Brown at short square-leg. There Was plenty of life in the wicket. McCormick, who was bowling at the highest speed he has achieved

since his arrival in England, badly beat Edrich in his third over and shattered his stumps. Thus two wickets were down for 20 within 20 minutes, discounting England’s advantage in winning the toss. Hammond joined Barnett, who was batting with characteristic confidence. Hammond began crisply. At thq first delivery of McCormick’s fifth over Barnett was out to a ball pitched well up on the off •stump. Brown, dashing from short square-leg, held a spooned-up catch. McCormick had then taken three Wickets for 33. It was a sensational first half-hour. Fleetwood-Smith replaced McCabe when the score was 35, O’Reilly a little later replacing McCormick. Fingleton went close to throwing down Paynter’s wicket, but the atmosphere became less tense with

Hammond and Paynter playing Fleetwood-Smith and O’Reilly with firm skill. Hammond was especially graceful and confident, and crashed .O’Reilly to the boundary on several occasions. At lunch the scores were:— ENGLAND First Innings L. Hutton, c Brown, b McCormick 6 C. J. Barnett, c Brown, b McCormick .. .. .. 18 W. J. Edrich, b McCormick .. 0 W. R. Hammond, not out .. 70 E. Paynter, not out .. ..33 Extras .. .. .. 7 Total for thrde wickets .. 134