Somerset Batsmen Twice Lose Ball

Northern Advocate, 28 July 1938, Page 7

Somerset Batsmen Twice Lose Ball

(Received 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, July 27. After early showers, the weather cleared at Taunton today, as the Australian cricketers’ match against Somersetshire was commenced prmptly to time. Those omitted from the Australian team are Fingleton, McCormick, Barnett and Waite. Brown is twelfth mart. Longrigg won the toss and elected to bat. Somerset lost -two wickets within ten minutes, and four were down when only 41 runs had been scored. Lee was out to a catch lat second slip, . and Buse was run out, due to a smart ' return by Hassett. Rain fell during the tea adjournment in the cricket match at Taunton between Somerset and Australia, after which no further play was possible. Walker, the reserve wicketkeeper, reappeared for Australia, after having been several weeks out of action owing to an injury. After having F. S. Lee, Somerset’s crack left-hander, caught in the first 10 minutes, without cost to himself, McCabe pulled a muscle in his right thigh and left the field. Lyon Reappears M. D. Lyon (the former Somerset skipper), playing for the first season' since his return from East Africa, gave a. polished display of batting in his early overs, but when O’Reilly and - Fleetwood-Smith found a length he mistimed several drives. White, in his second over, bowled the county captain, Longrigg, a patient left-hander. Gimblett, who created a sensation in 1935 by hitting the fastest century of the...year, in his debut against Essex, was easily caught in the covers off a shockingly crude stroke. High Hitting: Two Lost Balls - The two leading bowlers, Andrews and Wellard, hit out desperately. The former lifted Fleetwood-Smith for six, the ball falling into the adjacent / river to be lost. Then Wellard drove Ward for two enormous sixes. The first went , across the river and was recovered but the second fell into the river, and it too was lost. • The over

yielded 16 runs. Somerset was dismissed! in 130 minutes after a diverting, if technically imperfect display, against bowlers by whom the county was hopelessly outclassed. Australia opened its innings at three o’clock. Walker played splendidly, despite having had no match practice for seven weeks. Badccck was in great form and reached 50 in 55 minutes. j At tea the pair had scored 106 in 70 minutes. SOMERSET. First Innings. Lee, c Chipperfield, b McCabe .. 0 Buse, run out 0 Meyer, c Brown, b FleetwoodSmith 7 Lyon, c Ward, b Fleet woo dSmith 26 Longrigg, b White 7 Gimblett, c Dadcock, b FleetwoodSmith 7 Andrews, c and b Ward 19 Barnwell, b O’Reilly 11 Wellard, b White 20 Luckes, not out 5 Hazell, c Hassett, b White 3 Extras 5 Total V —HO Bowling.—White took three wickets for 8 runs; Fleetwood-Smith, three for 40; McCabe, one for 0; Ward, one for 21; O’Reilly, one for 22; Hassett, none for 14. AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Badcock, not out 67 Walker, not out 35 Extras 4 Total '(for no wickets) 106