AUSTRALIANS v. BORDER

Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28451, 4 December 1957, Page 23

AUSTRALIANS v. BORDER

Innings Win For Tourists last over tefor. lunch today, wee Ute Citotly improved form ahown tar th* fort. teft-arm bowtar, ton Meddff. This morning ho bowled more accurately than at any pravl>7 nine to avuM an tantags defeat at the etart today when they resumed with the overnight total, n for four. Border looked like making the AustraDaas bat again when Thome and Schreiber hung on for 51 minuter in their oeventhwteket pertnerahip of 35, carrying But attw pSr had been In Program for an hour. Davideon came on. and in a matter of throe oven, he ripped through the' Border betomen tar tbrae wteteeta for four rang in three oven. When Price wee dl.mlnrd with the total at 117, Boeder atUl needed 29 rune .to avoid an toning, defeat with only lata man Cbahnere at the wicket. But ao freely was Kline being Mt

by Thorne, that Border had got to within nine runs of their goal when Craig took off Kline and brought on Mecklff. Thorne got Mecklff away on the on-side for three, after which he skittled Chalmers, to end the match. Thorne remained unbeaten for 56 after batting 86 minutes snd hitting five fours and two sixes. Scores were:— AUSTRALIA First innings •• •• 279 BORDER First innings .. .. •• 142 Second Innings R. Geach, c Jarman, b Kline .. 31 K. Johnson, lbw, b Drennan .. 1 N. Griffiths, c Burge, b Drennan 0 K. Kirton, lbw, b Kline .. 16 O. Dawson, c Davidson, b Mecklff 12 D. Fenner, b Mecklff .. ..6 R. Thome, not out .. ..56 E. Schreiber, b Davidson •• 4 G. Knott, lbw. b Davidson .. 0 M. Price, lbw, b Davidson .. 1 W. Chalmers, b Mecklff .. O Extras .. .. .. 4 Total .. .. .. 131

Bowling O. M. R. W. A. Davidson ..10 3 10 3 J. Drennan .. 11 2 33 2 I. MecklS ..17 1 35 3 L. Kline .. 13 4 43 3