DEADLY BOWLING

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 187, 7 May 1934, Page 9

DEADLY BOWLING

O’Reilly Takes Seven Wickets For 39 OPPONENTS MAKE 152 First Day of Match With Leicestershire By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received May 6, 5.5 p.m.) London, May 5. Leicestershire won the toss and elected to bat in the match against the Australians, the game starting an hour late owing to heavy rain. The Australian team is: Bradman, Brown, Ponsford, Kippax, Ebeling, O’Reilly, McCabe, Bromley, Fleetwood-Smith. Barrett. Darling. Bradman captained the Australians for the first time. Rain twice interrupted play before lunch, when Dawson and Shipman had put on 39. The greasy ball made the bowlers’ task difficult, but ' O’Reilly, flighting the ball cleverly, kept the batsmen subdued. The 4000 people present after lunch saw O’Reilly in his first over bowl Dawson and Armstrong with successive balls. The total was then two for 45. O’Reilly, keeping a perfect length, soon had Shipman, who had shaped well caught at silly mid-on. O’Reilly continued to intimidate the batsmen again getting two wickets with successive deliveries, those of Hazelrigg and Weston. He then confidently appealed for leg before against Riddington off the next ball, but failed to achieve the bat trick. O’Reilly had now taken five for 23, and the total was five for 68. The next two overs yielded two more victims to O’Reilly. £’he batsmen obviously knew little of his intentions. Having bowled unchanged for two hours, O'Reilly was taken off at 124. McCabe and Fleet-wood-Smith shared the last three wickets. Leicester’s innings occupied 199 minutes. O’Reilly’s bowling was really great, his average being seven for 39. After lunch Brown and Ponsford opened quietly for Austraia. but with the total at 22 Ponsford went leg before.’ Bradman gave an early chance in the slips, but thereafter he and Brown were confident, although the latter gave two very difficult chances. Chipperfield is still confined to his room, and he is now unavailable for the match against Cambridge. Scores are:—

LEICESTER. First Innings. Dawson, b. O’Reilly , 14 Armstrong, b. O’Reilly .. *• Shipman, e. Bromley, b. O’Reilly 30 Berry, c. Ebeling, b. O’Reilly 13 Hazelrigg. b. O’Reilly H Weston, l.ib.w., b. O'Reilly 0 Riddington. b. O'Reilly- • Geary, b. McCabe Smith, b. Fleetwood-Smith Corrall. 1.b.w.. b. Fleetwood-Smith .... I Astill. not out ’3’. 1 Extras ‘ ' Total Bowltng.—Ebeling took no wickets for 26; McCabe, one for 32: O'Reilly, seven for 39, off 24 overs, with 10 maiden overs; Flee*.-wood-Sniith. two for 40. AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Ponsford, 1.b.w., by Geary 9 Brown, not out 24 Bradman, not out - ,f * Extras - Total for one wicket til OLD LARWOOD” Four Wickets Taken for 31 (Received May 6, 7.15 p.m.) London, May 5. Larwood made his first bowling appearance at Trent Bridge against Somerset. He and Voce dismissed half Somerset for 12 runs. Larwood demonstrated that his foot trouble has'completely disappeared. He took four wickets for 31 runs and Voce three for 39. Critics, however, are divided in their opinions about Larwood. Quite a number contend that he has not his old pace, although his action is faultless. “Reynolds’s News” states that the wicket was all against him. He took his usual 19 paces run. ami his terrific follow through, which throws all the weight on to the damaged left foot, was in full use. He had not his old pace because lie needs time to get right back to form./ Likewise be wants a firmer foothold, yet at times he was unplayable. He got Lee with a ball whipping back like lightning that would have taken any batsman’s wicket. The “People" says: It is the old Larwood. Cricket enthusiasts throughout the country share the feeling of relief that swept Trent Bridge. NAMED AFTER HOBBS New Gates at the Oval (Received May 6. 7.15 p.m.) London, May 5. Mr. H. D. Leveson-Gower, in the presence of the Surrey team and many well-known supporters, opened the “Hobbs Gates” nt the Oval. Carved across the top of the wrought-iron gates arc tlie words: “Tile Hobbs Gates, in honour of a great Surrey and England cricketer.” COUNTY MATCHES START Surrey Compiles Large Score Ixuidon, May 1 The first county cricket matches of tlie season resulted :— M.C.C.. first innings. 142 (Hendren 81. Holmes six wickets for 16) : second. 243. Surrey, first innings. SJB for seven, declared (Hobbs 50. Gregory 99. Squires 110. Darling _1 76). Surrey won by an innings and 173 runs. Kent, first innings. 332 (Ashdown 1091. Glamorgan, first innings. 95 (Freeman seven for 41) : second, 202 (Freeman five for 671. Kent won by an innings and 35 runs. Cambridge University, first innings, 24S (Winlaw 104, Verity four for 34). Yorkshire, first innings, 495 for eight, declared (Sutcliffe 152, Barber 103); second. 14 for 0. Yorkshire wop by ten wickets.

Oxford University, first innings. “97 (Desarm 17(1. Mitchell and lunis 107. Parker five wickets for 69>: second, 227 for nine, declared- Gloucester, first innings, 276 (Allen 701 ; second, 267 for nine (Barnett 84). The match was drawn.