Win for Australia

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 143, 20 June 1938, Page 7

Win for Australia

GENTLEMEN ALL OUT FOR 129. Australia beat Gentlemen by 292 runs. The Australians were 431 ahead at lunch and declared their innings closed after 265 minutes. Badcock batted 175 minutes and hit twelve fours. Gentlemen opened disastrously on a wicket beginning to break up, McCabe getting Wilcox and Wyatt in his first over. Chalk and Hammond failed to stay long and with four wickets for 67 1 Gentlemen were fighting to save defeat, Gibb made a correct and vigorous 50 in 80 minutes, and with ’ is fellow Cambridge player, Yardley, figured in p. useful stand. Spin bowlers, however, were getting assistance from tho pitch and were not to bo denied. Tho last five wickets fell for 24 runß. Gentlemen were all out in 120 minutes, Australia winning with an hour to spare. Details:— AUSTRALIA. First Innings - 397 Second Innings. Fingloton, e Stephenson, b MacIndoc - « 121 Brown, c Valentine, b Hammond 30 Badcock, not out - 312 Waite, run out - 82 McCabe, c Meyer, b Brown .. 5 ChipperfieJd, not out .. 20 Extras 13 Total for four wickets (dec.) 335 Bowling analysis: —Stephenson, nono for 69; Maclndoe, one for 53; Brown, ono for 97; Meyer, none for 57; Wyatt, none for 17; Hammond, ono for 27. GENTLEMEN. First Innings 301 Second Innings. Wilcox, 1) McCabo I Gibb, b Fleetwood-Smith 67 Wyatt, c Fingleton, b McCabe -2 Chalk, b Fleotwood-Smith 31 Hammond, c White, b FleetwoodSmith 12 Yardley, 1.b.w., b Ward 22 Valentine, b Fleetwood-Smith 4 Meyer, not out o Stephenson, c White, b J’loetwoodSmith 10 Maclndoe, b Fleetwood-Smith - 0 Total 129 Bowling analysis:—Waite, nono for 17; McCabe, two for 34; FleetwoodSmith, seven for 44; White, oUe for 23; Ward, one for 41. ENGLAND’S NEXT TEST TEAM Received Sunday, 9.20 p.m. LONDON, June 19. England’s second Test team will be chosen from: Hammond, Fames, Verity, Hutton, Ames, Wright, Barnett, Paynter. Compton, Edrich, Hardstaff, Wellard. Sinfield.