Lawry, Cowper Hit 100s For Aust.

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30539, 7 September 1964, Page 5

Lawry, Cowper Hit 100s For Aust.

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) SCARBOROUGH, September 6. The Australian batsmen, W. M. Lawry and R. M. Cowper, hit centuries and added 179 in 120 minutes for the second wicket when the tourists began their last match in Britain yesterday.

In the one over bowled before bad light stopped play, T. N. Pearce’s XI scored two for no wicket in reply to Australia’s total of 400. It was Lawry’s fifth cen- , tury of the tour. He batted for 240 minutes to score 121, ’ including 19 fours and one : six. Cowper was more im- j pressive, completing his century in 115 minutes before lunch. AUSTRALIA First Innings W. M. Lawry, b Knight .. 121 I. R. Redpath, lbw, b Trueman ... ..14 R. W. Cowper, b White .. 110 P. J. Burge, b White .. 6 R. B. Simpson, b Milburn .. 58, B. Jarman, c Hobbs, b Knight .. 11 : T. Veivers, c Sharpe, b Hobbs .. 2R. Sellers, run out .. 32 ; N. Hawke,, st Parks, b Hobbs 23 ' G. Corling, b Allen .. 13 A. Connolly, not out ~ 0

Extras (b 6, lb 2, nb 2) 10 Total .. 400 Fail of wickets: One for 21, two for 200, three for 206, four for 314, five for 320, six for 326, ! seven for 334, eight for 370, nine for 400. Bowling: Trueman, 15, 0, 60, 1; White, 13, 1, 63, 2; Knight, 22, 2, 90, 2: Close, 6,0, 30, 0; Hobbs, 14, 0, 74, 2; Allen, 11, 0, 55, 1; Milburn, 5,0, 18, 1. PEARCE’S XI First Innings J. B. Bolus, not out 1 A. R. Lewis, not out .. 1 Total for no wicket .. 2-Two-wicket Win On Friday, Australia beat A. E. R. Gilligan’s XI by two wickets, with two hours to spare. It had been left 350 minutes to score 343 runs to win. GILLIGIN’S XI First Innings .. .. 372 Second Innings for 9 dec. 251 AUSTRALIA First Innings ..281 Second Innings W. M. Lawry, st Parks, b Pressdee .110 I. R. Redpath, c Parks, b Suttle .. .. 12 N. C. O’Neill, c and b Thomson .. 13 R. W. Cowper, st Parks, b Oakman ..56 B. C. Booth, b d’Oiiviera .. 69 T. Veivers, c d’Oiiviera, b Pressdee .. 1 A. T. W. Grout, c d’Oiiviera, b Suttle .. .. 22 G. D. McKenzie, st Suttle, b Pressdee .. ..10 J. Martin, not out .. 25 R. Sellers,' not out .. 23 Extras (b 4, lb 1) .. 5 Total for 8 wkts. .. 346 Fall of wickets: One for 27, two for 64, three for 192, four for 198, five for 203, six for 267, seven for 298, eight for 298. Bowling: Cotton, 1,0, 19, 0;

Thomson, 12, 2, 24,.1: D’Oiiviera, 13, 3, 66, 1; Suttle, 17, 4, 47, 2; Norman, 1,0, 8,0; Oakman 15, 4, 52, 1; Pressdee, 17 1, 100, 3; Parks, 3,6, 25, 0.