AUSTRALIANS ON TOUR.

Kaikoura Star, Volume LIV, Issue 51, 2 July 1934, Page 3

AUSTRALIANS ON TOUR.

MATCH AGAINST SOMERSET LONDON, Tune 28. By lunch to-day Australia had increased its overnight score of 148 to 236, but five more wickets had fallen, making seven down. The weather was dull and the wicket easy. Yesterday the two Lees played confidently and soundly on a pitch that was rapidly becoming a mud-heap. The total was *37 after two hours, when Jack Leo played Ebeling into his wicket. O’Reilly in his first over after lunch captured the wickets of Bennett, White and Case. The total was then four for 58. O’Reilly, making good use of the wicket, then went through the side. In another over he got the wickets of Ingle, Burrough, and Wellard. With the total at seven for 92, O’Reilly’s figures after lunch were then 7 overs*, 2 maidens, 11 runs, 6 wickets. Frank Lee, meanwhile was playing an excellent lone-hand innings. O’Reilly finished off Somerset by dismissing Davey and Luckes with successive balls. Somerset batted 155 muiutes and Frank Lee carried his bat for 59. O’Reilly’s figures afte” lunch were 13, 5, 26,* 9 —the best Australian bowling figures of the tour. Woodfull and Ponsford • oened soundly bu'. when the total was 38 the latter jumped out to drive White, missed, and was stumped. Bradman shaped confidently until he tried to cut a ball and was caught by the wicketkeeper. Two for 62. Woodful was scoring freely, except from White, and Darling was hitting in fine style. The 100 went up in 93 minutes. Darling reached a brilliant but risky 50 in 35 minutes. At stumps Woodful had made 50 in 125 minutes and Darling 62 in 60 minutes, including one six and eight fours. Scores: — SOMERSET First Innings J. W. Lee, b Ebeling .. .. 20 F. S. Lee, not out . . . • .. 59 G. M. Bennett, b O ’Reilly .. .. 3 J. C. White, lbw, b O ’Reilly .. 5 C. C. Case, lbw, b O ’Reilly .. .. 0 R. A. Ingle, c Darling, b O’Reilly 13 H. D. Burrough, lbw, b O ’Reilly .. 0 A. Wellard, c Bromley, b O’Reilly 0 J. H. Cameron, lbw, b O’Reidy .. 2 P. J. Davey, lbw, b O ’Reidy .. 4 W. T. Luckes, c Barnett, b O’Reilly 0 Extras 10 Total US Bowling: H. I. Ebeling, one for 22; W. J. O’Reilly, nine for 38; L S. Darling, none for 11; L. O’B. FleetwoodSmith, none for 33; E. H. Bromley, none for two. Second Innings. Lee, lbw, b Fleetwood-Smith 8 F. 8. Lee, b Ebeling 1 Bennett, b Darling 0 White, lbw, b Fleetwood-Smith .. 29 Cusp, lbw, b Fleetwood-Smith .... 17 Ingle, c Darling b Fleetwood-Smith 2 Burrough, c Barnett b Ebeling ... 1 Wellard, c Chipperfield, b Flcet-wood-Snrith •• • 26 Cameron, b Fleetwood-Smith 13 Davey, b Ebeling T Luckes, not out y Extras y Total 116 Bowling: Ebeling, three for 24. Darling, one for 12; Fleetwood-Sm: th, six for 56; O’Reilly, none for 15. AUSTRALIA. First Innings W. M. Woodfull, run out .. . . 84 W. H. Ponsford, st Luckes b White 17 D. G. Bradman, c Luckes, b White 17 L. S. Darling, c Davey, b Wellard 79 A. F. Kippax, c Luckes, b Wellard 1 A. G. Chipperfield, hit wkt., b Wellard .. •• • • .. 12 E. H. Bromley, lbw, b Lee .. .. 1 B. A. Barnett, b Wellard 51 H. I. Ebeling, c sub, b. Wellard .. 21 W. J. O’Reilly, not out 22 L. Fleetwood-Smith, b Wellard .. 0 Extras 4 Total 309 Bowling: A. W. Wellard, six for 111; J. W. Lee, one for 70; J. C. White, two for 92; J. H. Cameron, none for 18; P. J. Davey, none for 14.