England Bat First

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 148, 25 June 1938, Page 5

England Bat First

Good Recovery After Poor Start HAMMOND PASSES CENTURY United Press Association.—Bv Electric Telegraph- —4J©p>TlgHt. Received Saturday, 1 a- m . LONDON, June 24. For the second Test between Aus tratia and England at Lords the j waalncr was uuo and hot. Twenty tuuusand were present when the gantc bcg~u, and nunureds were couticss. Tue teams arc:— Lugiuud: iiamuiond (capt.), Fames, j Vc.uy, Hutton, A arcs, \v right, Barnett,! X’aynier, Compton, Larica, \v elluro. ! toimicld (tv.oliui man.) Australia: Bradman (eapt.), Barnett, j Baucoea, Brown, hie Cube, Chrppertieid, j i iugletoa, Flce*.\vood-Buiith, Hassctt, O 'Reilly, Waite (twelfth ; iiammoad won the toss and England . batted. McCormick began from the pavilion end. There was a ligut breeze across the wicket. McCabe bowled from the other | end. Disaster came early, llutton, after i scoring four ou a no-oall from JdcCor- J niick, played defensively at a shortish ! in-swinger on the leg stump and cocked j up an easy catch to Brown at short square-leg. There via plenty of life in the ( wicket. McCormicK, bowling at his liigncst speed achieved since his arrival | in England, badly beat Edrich in his third over and shattered the stumps. | Thus two wickets were down for 20 within 20 minutes, discounting England's advantage in winning the toss. liummond, joining Barnett, who was batting with characteristic conlidence, begun crisply. Ou the iirst ball of McCormick’s iifth over, Barnett was out. \ The ball pitched well up ou flic oil stump, and Brown, dashing from short square-leg, held a spooned-up catch. McCormick then had three for 15. I It was a sensa'.ional first half-hour. The gates were closed at noon, every scat being sold. The crowd was now 20,000. Fleetwood-Smith replaced McCabe wheu the score was 35, O’Reilly a little later replacing McCormick. Finglcton went close to throwing down Paynter’s wicket. The atmosphere became less tense with Hafnmond and Payntcr playing Fleetwood-Smith and O’Reilly with firm skill. Hammond was especially n graceful and confident and crashed!] O* Reilly to tho boundary on several I ©ccasious. Detailed scores:.—* I ENGLAND. First Innings £ Hutton, c Brown, b McCormick .. 4 1 Edrich, b McCormick U Barnett, c Brown, b McCormick .. 13 1 Hammond, not out 113? Payuter, not out 81 t Extras l'j < Total for tbreo wickets .. .. 226