AUSTRALIANS BEAT DURHAM

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 270, 11 August 1938, Page 11

AUSTRALIANS BEAT DURHAM

County Batsmen Fail Badly

SPIN BOWLERS TAKE ALL THE WICKETS By Telegraph.—-Press Assn. —Copyright. LONDON, August 9. Declaring their innings closed at the overnight score of 379 for five wickets, the Australian cricketers beat Durham to-day by an innings and 178 runs, the county making 105 and 96. The spin bowlers O’Reilly and Fleetwood-Smith shared equally the 20 wickets which fell.

Sent in on a damp wicket as a result of overnight fog, the Durham batsmen were completely at sea to the spin bowlers FleetwoodSmith and O’Reilly, who ended the innings in 110 minutes.

Though the- light, which was bad during the first innings, had improved by the time Durham followed on, the county fared no letter. They were all out after 70 minutes and the only batsman to show any class was the veteran professional Carr who. in the second innings, took two successive 6’s from Fleetwood-Smith. Details: — AUSTRALIA. First innings “79 (Declared for five wickets.) Bowling Analysis.—Herbert took one wicket for 64 runs, Glen none for 37, Carr one for 83, Grigor three for 82, Collin none for 40, Barnaby none for 49, Adamson none for 13. DURHAM. First Innings. Townsend, b. O’Reilly 25 Barnaby, 1.b.w., b. Fleetwood-Smith 8 Beresford, b. Fleetwood-Smith .... 1 Adamson, b. Fleetwood-Smith .... 14 Barron, c. Walker, b. O’Reilly ... 1 Collin, b. Fleetwood-Smith 16 Carr, b. Fleetwood-Smith 29 Grigor, st. Walker, b. FleetwoodSmith 1 Glen, c. White, b. O’Reilly 5 Herbert, 1.b.w., b. O’Reilly 4 Austin, not out 1 Total 105 . Bowling Analysis.—McCormick took no wickets for 10 runs, Waite none for 10, Fleetwood-Smith six for 53, O’Reilly four for 32. Second Innings. Barnaby, b. O’Reilly 19 Beresford, 1.b.w., b. O’Reilly 8 Townsend, c. and b. O’Reilly 11 Adamson, b. Fleetwood-Smith ... 3 Barron, b. O’Reilly ‘ 1 Collin, b. Fleetwood-Smith 2 Carr, c. White, b. O’Reilly 29 Grigor, st. Walker, b. FleetwoodSmith 2 Austin, b. O'Reilly 2 Glen, b. Fleetwood-Smith 4 Herbert, not out I Extras 14 Total 90 Bowling Analysis.—McCormick took no wickets for 4 runs, Waite none for 6, Fleetwood-Smith four for 37, O’Reilly six for 35. SETBACK FOR LEADERS County Cricket Matches London, August 9. Middlesex, who have been contesting the lead in the county cricket championship with Yorkshire, received a setback in the latest series of matches, being beaten outright by Surrey. Yorkshire, on the other hand, scored a good win against Derbyshire. Some of the matches were interfered with by rain, and generally the bowlers had the upper hand, although one or two big scores were made. Bowling for Gloucestershire against Hampshire, Goddard took five for 61 and seven for 26. Hollies (Warwickshire) took six for 66 in each innings against Northamptonshire, and James Langridge (Sussex) took five for 28 and six for 91 against Kent. Smailes, with five for 39 and four for 34, was largely responsible for Yorkshire's rout of Derbyshire. Results are :— Surrey v. Middlesex, at the Oval.— Surrey, 339 (Holmes 76) and 182 for six, declared. Middlesex, 190 (Watts five for 43) and 131 (Squires four for 26). Surrey won by 200 runs.. Gloucestershire v. Hampshire, at Cheltenham, — Gloucestershire, 134 (Knott five for 51) and 140. Hampshire, 172 (Goddard five for 61) and 58 (Goddard seven for 26). Gloucestershire won by 44 runs. Nottinghamshire v. Lancashire, at Nottingham. — Nottinghamshire, 303 (Keeton 101, Harris 90) and 291 for nine. Lancashire, 422 for six, declared (Oldfield 86, Paynter 140). Lancashire won on the first innings. Northamptonshire v. Warwickshire, at Northampton.— Northamptonshire, 207 (Hollies six for 66) and 159 (Hollies six for 66). Warwickshire, 310 for eight, declared (Buckingham 137 not out) and 57 for two. Warwickshire won by eight wickets. Somerset v. Glamorgan, at Weston-super-Mare.—Glamorgan, 110 (Wellard five for 32, Meyer five for 46) and 234. Somerset, 147 and 51 for one wicket. Rain stopped play. Somerset won on the first innings.

Sussex w. Kent, at Hastings.—Sussex, 447 for nine, declared (Bartlett 114; Wright seven for 113). Kent, 115 (James Langridge five for 28), and, following on, 317 (James Langridge six for 91). Sussex won by an innings and 15 runs. Worcestershire v. Leicestershire, at Worcester. — Leicestershire, 136 (Jackson four for 17). Worcestershire, 82 for three wickets. Rain stopped play, and the match was drawn. /

Yorkshire v. Derbyshire, at Sheffield. —Yorkshire, 192 and 232 for nine, declared (Worthington five for 44). Derbyshire, 113 (Smailes five for 39) and 101 (Smailes four for 34). Yorkshire won by 210 runs. \

RAIN AT THE OVAL (Received August 10, 11.30 p.m.) London, August 10. Rain is falling at the Oval and delay in the cricket match between Australia and Surrey is probable.

The international cable news appearing In thia issue 1e published by ar . ral }f® m n e " I | with the Australian Press the "Sun,” “Herald” News Office, Limited.