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Hokitika Guardian, 17 June 1938, Page 5

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GENTLEMEN 301

FINGLETON GETS CENTURY.

(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.i

(Received this day at 9.1() a.m.) June 16

The match between the Gentlemen and Australia was resumed in ane, warm weather. The Gentlemen, iu their first in!ij i ii*k,,cV, 301. Australia in their second innings made 180 for two wickets at stumps. Wyatt was out to an easy catch after a; strange mixture of confidence and uncertainty.

Hammonu was dismissed after playing a surprisingly weak stroke. Courageous and intelligent batting by Yard ley and Valentine restored the Gentlemen’s failing fortunes and splendid batting by blown saved a follow on. He bit with enormous power and reached eighty-eight in an hour. Australia re-opened at 4.5 p.m.

Fingleton score.d twice as fast as brown, who appeared to be under the impression that lie was still saving th 4 test. Fingleton reached an exceptionally fast hundred in 125 minutes, after remaining on ninety-nine for ten minutes. He was caught in the slips just before stumps.

A tJST RAFT A —l st. Innings. Brown, e Gibb b Meyer 30 Fingleton, <: Gibb b Meyer ... 38 badcock, I) brown 31 McCabe, c Wilcox ,b Stephenson 79 Chipperliekl. b Step lib nann ... 51 Bradman, c, Valentine b Meyer ... 104 Waite, b brown 6 Barnett, c Gibb b Brown ... ... 0 White, (not out) ... ... ... 42 Ward, b Meyer : 1 Fleetwood-Smith. c Stephenson li Meyer ... i Extras 14 Total 397 Bowling: Stephenson 2 for 94, MacIndoe 0 for 57, Hammond 0 for 14, brown 3 for 107, Meyer 5 for 66, Wyatt 0 for 45. Al J SIR ALIA—2n d. Innings. Fingleton, c Stephenson, b MacIndoe 121 brown, c Valentine b Hammond 30 Badcock, (not out) ... ... ... 35 Waite, (not out) ... ... 1 Extras 2

Total for 2 wickets 189 GENTLEMEN—Ist. Innings. ' Gibb, c Bradman b McCabe ... 6 Stephenson, c Waite b McCabe O' Wilcox, 1) Ward 50 Wyatt, o White b Ward 37 Cluilk. st. BarnetWvW'ard-"... ... 3 Hammond, o White b Waite ... 7 Yard ley-, c badcock b FleetwoodSmith 49 Valentine, c Cliipperfield h Ward 49 brown, c Waite b Ward 88 Meyer, b Waite ... 1 Maclndoe, \riot out) 0 Extras t , 11 Total ••• 301 Bowling: Waite 2 for 73, McCabe 2 for 6. White 0 for 62. Ward 5 for 108. Flootwood-Smith 1 for 41. Stumps were then drawn.