England’s Record Score at Trent Bridge

Northern Advocate, 13 June 1938, Page 5

England’s Record Score at Trent Bridge

Paynter Tops 200; Australia Makes Indifferent Start

' (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, June 11. pNGLAND CONSOLIDATED ITS POSITION DURING THE SECOND DAY’S PLAY OF THE FIRST CRICKET TEST AGAINST AUSTRALIA AT NOTTINGHAM ON SATURDAY, WHEN IT CARRIED ITS SCORE TO 653 FOR EIGHT WICKETS, A RECORD SCORE FOR ENGLAND IN TESTS, BEFCRO DECLARING. PAYNTER, 216 NOT CUT, BECAME THE HIGHEST SCORER FOR THE HOME COUNTRY IN A MATCH IN ENGLAND. Australia had lost three wickets for 138 at stumps, included among the batsmen dismissed being the visitor’s captain, D. G. Bradman, who made 51. Continuing play on Saturday, runs came freely and after 70 minutes Faynter and Ccmpton had established a partnership of 100. runs. The total became 400 in 340 minutes, and, hard as O’Reilly worked, the scoring mounted rapidly.

Stolen Singles The weather was dull and warm when play was resumed this morning. Paynter and Compton opened brilliantly. Compton was in splendid form, timing his hooks and drives perfectly. Impudently stolen singles delighted the crowd. Paynter, when 88, should have been stumped off McCabe, the ball lodging in Barnett’s pads. The pair played McCormick with the utmost ease. O’Reilly’s first over cost 14 runs. Compton’s Fine Debut The partnership realised 200 in 130 minutes, Compton reaching his century in fast time. He was then caught on the square leg boundary. His innings, which was chanceless, lasted 140 minutes, and included 15 fours —a wonderful Test debut. He had also helped to establish a fifth wicket record. ! i. •:

McCa’ce and Ward played cut time. The attendance was 30,000. and the gate takings totalled £2898. Details of the scores are as follows: ENGLAND First Innings Barnett, b McCormick 126 Hutton, Ibw, b Fleetwood Smith .. ICO Edrich, b O’Reilly * 5 Hammond, b O’Reilly 26

Paynter, not out 216 Compton, c Badcock, b Fleetwood Smith • ■ Ames, b Fleetwood Smith 46 Verity, b Fleetwooo Smith 3 Sinfield, Ibw, b O’Reilly 6 Wright, not out 1 Extras 27 Total (for 8 wkts., declared) . 658 McCormick took 1 wicket for 108 runs, C'Rully 3 for 164, McCabe '0 for 64, Fleetwood Smith 4 for 153, Ward 0 for 142.

Fall of wickets—l for 219, 2 for 240, 3 for 244, 4 for 281, 5 for 487, 6 for 577, 7 for 597, 8 for 626. AUSTRALIA First Innings Brown, c Ames, b Fames 48 Fingleton, b Wright 9 Bradman, c Ames, b Sinfield .... 51 McCabe, not out 19 Ward, not out 0 Extras U Total (for 3 wickets) 138 Bowling; Fames 1 for 31, Hammond 0 for 6, Sinfield 1 for 23, Wright 1 for 47, Verity 0 for 20.

The constant changing over of the field lor the left-hander, Paynter, due to stolen singles, helped to disrupt j both the bowling and the fielding, j Fleetwood Smith, returning with the score at 573, bowled Ames in his 1 first over with a leg break. Ames hit six fours. The gates of the ground were closed after lunch. Verity, who was never comfortable, was bowled by Fleetwood Smith after resumption. Sinfield was out leg before to a good length ball. 1 i I Wright defended cautiously while Paynter continued to punch the bowlers, taking England to its highest score in history against Australia. The innings was declared at 3.15 p.m. Paynter’s Classic Innings Paynter was in for 325 minutes and hit one six. one five and 26 fours. He played the fast bowling splendidly and was almost equally confident against the slow trundlers. He showed versatile stroke-making, especially on the leg side. The Australians clearly had their backs to the wall when they commenced their innings. Six of the first eight overs by Hammond and Fames to ■ the opening men, Brown and Fingleton, were maidens. There was an early disaster, Fingleton being out

when he played the ball on to h wicket.

Bradman Uncomfortable ■ Bradman was greeted by a fine ovation. He had a lucky escape when at-seven he mistimed one and Wright dived, but just failed to hold a difficult chance. Wright, who is a slowmedium bowler, then badly beat Bradman with an extra vicious leg break. The batsman lunged forward, but managed to survive an appeal for stumping. Brown, meanwhile, was defending courageously. Bradman's appeal against the light at 5.30 p.m. was not upheld Bradman reached 51 in 80 minutes, and was then dismissed by Sin'ield, being caught at the wicket. The spectators were wildly enthusiastic -t his dismissal. McCabe arrived and faced a difficult situation. A further appeal against the light at 3.10 p.m. failed. Brown was batting steadily when he was gaught at the wicket on the le 0 side.