FAST BOWLING

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 63, 12 September 1938, Page 4

FAST BOWLING

AUSTRALIA TROUBLED

BARNES'S VALUABLE STAND

NICHOLS AT HIS BEST

Gnlted Press Association—By Electric Telr- { graph—Copyright. LONDON, September 10. The Australian Associated Press representative says that the touring Australian cricket team approached the match against Mr. H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI at Scarborough in a state very near trepidation, which was increased by their difficulty in playing the admirable fast bowling. However, McCabe won the toss and they ended the day in a sound posiI tion, with a total of 306 (Barnes 90, Waite 77). j At stumps the opposing team had made 31 for none, the Yorkshire pair Hutton and Sutcliffe opening the innings. The teams are:— Australia.—S. J. McCabe (captain), C. L. Badcock, S. Barnes, B. Barnett, W. A. Brown, J. H. Fingleton, E. L. McCormick, L. O. B. Fleetwood-Smith, M. Waite, F. Ward, and W. J. O'Reilly. Leveson Gower's XL —R. E. S. Wyatt (captain), P. A. Gibb, K. Fames, H. Sutcliffe, H. Verity, M. Leyland, W. E. Bowes, L. Hutton, J. Hardstaff, C. J. Barnett, and M. S. Nichols. Wyatt, in the first half-hour, tried all his three fast bowlers, Fames, Bowes, and Nichols, whom Fingleton and Brown played well on a firm and true wicket. Brown and Badcock, though occasionally worried, batted steadily. Brown stayed for an hour, before being beaten by Nichols, who , often made the ball swing awkwardly. It was one such that got Badcock caught at the wicket while playing forward. CONSISTENT HOSTILITY. McCabe and Barnes struggled for runs against Nichols. McCabe was less confident than usual and was missed when 15 off Nichols, whose bowling was "consistently hostile. The batsmen were unhappy facing him. The two hours' play before lunch produced 117. McCabe, uncertain after lunch, was well caught in the slips. Waite played dashingly and gave a daring display. He hit 50 in an hour, and after eighty batting minutes was caught at long leg. A magnificent one-handed return catch by Nichols from a fierce drive ended Barnes's innings. He was at the crease three hours and hit one 6 and eight 4's. The Australian tail collapsed. The Australian Associated Press representative comments: "McCabe, though not playing well, took risks successfully. Waite hit with boldness and discretion, while Barnes, surviving a shaky three-quarters of an hour before lunch, went on to produce a very valuable innings. BARNES'S IMPROVEMENT. "Barnes did not let himself go until after he had made 50. He was out to a phenomenal catch when on the verge of .his first first-class 100 of the tour. Barnes has not yet perfected his legside play, but his versatility, and judgment appear to improve with every match. The tour has greatly benefited Barnes. "The veteran Nichols has never bowled better against Australia. How English professionals keep their speed and freshness at the end of a heavy season astonishes the Australians, who were mostly weary and below form today. . "While the season is fading feebly away elsewhere, enthusiasm remains at Scarborough for a match between Yorkshire and Australia." Details: — AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Fingleton, c Fames, b Nichols .... 17 Brown, lbw, b Nichols 29 Badcock, c Gibb, b Nichols 12 McCabe, c Wyatt, b Nichols , 58 Barnett, c and b Fames 14 Barnes, c and b Nichols 90 Waite, c Hardstaff, b Fames 77 O'Reilly, c Verity, b Fames 0 Fleetwood-Smith, b Nichols 1 Ward, c Bowes, b Verity 3 McCormick, not out 0 Extras - 5 Total 306 Bowling.—Fames took three wickets for 75 runs, Bowes none for 70, Nichols six for 113, Verity one for 43. GOWER'S XI. First Innings. Sutcliffe, not out 15 Hutton, not out 15 Extras 1 Total for no wickets 31