Bradman Writes Another Page in Cricket History

Northern Advocate, 28 May 1938, Page 6

Bradman Writes Another Page in Cricket History

(Received 12 Noon.;

r ; LONDON. May 27. V*T‘‘SOUTHAMPTON TODAY. D. G. BRADMAN, THE AUSTRALIAN ? CAPTAIN, IN COMPILING 145 (NOT OUT) AGAINST HAMPSHIRE, ; REACHED AN AGGREGATE OF 1021 RUNS FOR THE TOUR. f.‘" He thus won the race for the first batsman to make 1000 for the season. : and in all cricket he is tha only player to twice acornplish the fca. of scoring t■; 10C0 ’runs by the end of May.

Two L'ngiLhnten in Hunt

W. J. Ed rich, of Middlesex, and W R, Hammond (Gloucestershire) rc

quire 17 and 98 respectively to touch the 10C0 mark, and the former wiil have Ills chance against the Australians in the match seaming at Lords tomorrow.

Hammond, who made 1G23 between May 7 and May 28, in 1927. plays against Warwickshire at Bristol today, and therefore has a chance of squaring accounts with Bradman. The latter, both in 1930 and in. 1938. had one innings in April, while Hammond's first game this season was against Hampshire on May 4. Rain Interrupts Play.

When stumps were drawn against Southampton on Thursday, the Australians. in reply to Hampshire’s moderate total of 157. had 204 on the board for the loss of one wicket, the noi> out men being Fingletou (81) and Bradman (71). The match was resumed this morning, but rain stopped play at 12 15 p.m.

Light rain had fallen in the night. This was followed by a warmer, cloudy morning, which suggested that, there might still be some difficulty with the wicket. However, Fingleton and Bradman, played confidently.

Bradman overtook Fingleton at 99, and reached his fifth century of the tour. Then rain fell and stopped play, Bradman- needing only 15 runs to enable him to be the first to reach 1000 runs by the end of May. At the luncheon adjournment, Australia declared its innings closed at 330 for one wicket, hut during the interval heavy rain fell and the match was abandoned, drawn.

There was great applause when Bradman hooked Baring to the boundary to win the race for the 1000. The partnership had added 242 runs in 20r minutes. Bradman hit 22 boundaries, while Pingleton scored 15 fours in his 200 minutes at the wicket. \ Scores at Southampton:— HAMPSHIRE. First Innings 157 AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Fingleton, not out 123 Brown, c Fothecary, b Boyes .... 47 Bradman, not out 145 Extras 5 Total for one wicket (declared): 320 Bowling: Eoyos took one wicket for 30 runs: Creese, none for 20; Hill, none for 45; Heath, none for 54; Steele, none for GO: Baring, none for 97. After the Middlesex match, the Australians meet Gloucestershire, at Bristol. and Essex, at Leton. before commencing the first test at Nottingham on June 3.