Kent Dismissed Twice By Australia In Three Hours

Greymouth Evening Star, 24 August 1948, Page 5

Kent Dismissed Twice By Australia In Three Hours

(Rec. 10.10 a.m.) LONDON, August 22. Twice dismissing Kent in a little over three hours for a total of 175. the Australians gave the county one of the soundest drubbings of the tou/. Lindwall was chiefly responsible for the win by an innings and 186 runs. He took six for 41 of the 18 wickets which fell to bowlers and nonplussed the county batsmen with his speed, swerve and accuracy. His total bag for the tour is now 78 wickets at a cost of 15.32. Kent made only 51 in the first innings in reply to the Australians’ 361 and seemed headed for a second rout when they lost live for 45 in the second innings, but Evans and Pawson, in a carefree sixth-wicket partnership of 71 in half an hour — chiefly at McCool’s expense—brought a redeeming air of enterprise to an otherwise inept display. They did not, however, long delay the inevitable end. It is the first match the Australians have won in less than two ol the allotted three days and the thirteenth innings win of the tour. A record crowd of 23,000 saw the play. Scores were: — AUSTRALIA First Innings Brown, c Evans, b Ridgeway . . 106 Morris, c Evans, b Dovey . . 43 Bradman, c Valentine, b Crush 65 Harvey, b Ridgeway . . .. 60 Loxton, c Valentine, b Dovey . . 16 Hamence, c Ames, b Ridgeway 38 McCool, b Crush 0 Johnson! lbw, b Todd .. .. 15 Lindwall, c Ames, b Dovey . . 5 Saggers, c Ridgeway, b Dovey 8 Johnston, not out 2 Extras 3 Total 361 Bowling.—Ridgeway, three for 119; Crush, two for 82; Todd, one for 51; Dovey’, four for 90; Davies, none for Hi. KENT First Innings Fagg, b Johnston 0 Todd, b Lindwall 0 Ames, c Saggers, b Johnston .. 11 Pawson, b Lindwall . . . . 1 Davies, not out 21 Valentine, c McCool, b Johnston 0 Hearn, b McCool 15 Evans, b Loxton J Crush, b Loxton 0 Dovey, b McCool 0 Ridgeway, b Loxton . . . . 0 Extras 2 Total 51 Bowling.—Lindwall, two for 16: Johnston, three for 10; McCool, two for 13; Loxton, three for 10. Second Innings Fagg, lbw, b Lindwall . . . . 16 Davis, c McCool, b Loxton . . 0 Ames, c Saggers, b Lindwall . . 6 Pawson, c Loxton, b Lindwall 35 Valentine, b Lindwall . . .. 5 Hearn, b Johnston 3 Evans, run out 49 Crush, st Saggers, b Johnson . . 1 Dovey. st Saggers, b Johnson . . 2 Ridgeway, not out 5 Todd, absent injured . . • • 9 Extras • • 2 Total . . 124 Bowling.—Lindwall, four for 25; Johnston, one for 28; Loxton, one lor 12; McCool, none for 42; Johnson, two for 15. Australia won by an innings and 126 runs.