WEATHER PROSPECTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23121, 20 August 1938, Page 15

WEATHER PROSPECTS

SPECIAL FORECAST |; i EXPECTATION OF- RAIN \ UNSETTLED CONDITIONS " " ) (Received August 'JO. 12.0 a.m.) LONDON, August 19,' ! A special tes'fc weather forecast says.; ( rain is possible this morning, with at, temporary clearance later. The further'- "j outlook is for unsettled weather on Saturday, with bright intervals, squally-' s showers and a rather strong westerly -.j breeze. INJURY TO AMES A DOUBTFUL PLAYER (Received August 19, 5.3 p.m.) LONDON, August 18* There is a doubt whether England'#, wicketkeeper, L. E. G. Ames, will bar,; available for the final cricket testy, match. Ames broke a finger in thd; second test and injured it again play< ing in the county match for Kenti; • against Leicestershire. His finger is ; being X-rayed. POST AT A WEEK BRADMAN'S REPORTED OFFER (Received August 19, 5.5 p.fti.) LONDON, August 19, An offer of £SO sterling a week to, act in an advisory capacity to a firm of London bookmakers is being considered by Bradman, according to thai, Daily Mirror. The firm of bookmakers mentioned is the Sports Investors' Society* Limited, which is reported to have entertained Bradman at a West End. hotel. It is expected that he ■will meefy the directors after the fifth test match... INNINGS VICTORY AUSTRALIA BEATS ARMY, i LONDON, August 18} ■

The cricket match at Aklershot -be* tween Australia and the Army resulted in the defeat of the latter by an and 67 runs. The scores were:— The Army.—ll3 and 119 (Harbottlet 28, Stephenson, 25 not out 1 ). in the second innings, O'Reilly tooy seven wickets for 34 runs, Fleetwood*. Smith two for 59, McCormick one foif--14, McCabc none for 8. Australia.—299 (Fingleton 64, Barij. nett 58). Osborne-Smith took fouif-l wickets for 64 runs, Knapp three foil--52, Melsome one for 23, Steele one for*» 59, Stephenson, one for 79. AVERAGES OF PLAYERS; BRADMAN'S FINE FIGURES O'REILLY LEADING BOWLER } The Australian batting averages arej still headed by the captain, D. G.Bradman, with the excellent figures ofi; 115.66 for 26 innings, five not-outs.; Brown, llassett and Badcock all havaf, averages of over 50. The leading Australian bowler is,' • O'Reilly, who has taken 87 wickets at}, a cost of 15.25 runs each. He is closely followed by Fleetwood-Smith, with Ba, wickets at 15.83 runs each. The sloW|bowler Ward has taken 67 wickets aij, an average of 19.22. Details of the Australian for first-class matches arc as follows:—#. BATTING » - lnn.N.O. H.S. Runs Ave. D. G. Bradman 26 5 278 2129-115.66 W. A. Brown . . 27 3 *265 1554 61.75' A. L. Hassett .. 115 3 *220 1371 62.31' C. L. Budcock. . . •_'!» 3 I SIS 1400 53.8-4 S. Barnes .. lo 2 91 358 11.75 C. W. Walker .. 7 3 42 ltjG 41.50. S. J. MeCabc . . '2l 2 232 902 41.00 J. H. Fingleton . 28 1 124 .1011 35.55 B. A. Barnctt .. 20 4 *l2O 473 29.5(5 A. G. Chii>t>erfie!d IS 3 *lOl 421 -'J8.26 M. G. Waitc .. 21 3 54 120 23.33 E. S. White . . 34 6 52 ISB 22.87 P. A. Ward . . 1 L 5 *29 101 17.33 W. J. O'Reilly ..11 1 42 1(>0 16.00 L. O'B. P.-Smith 16 8 l(.r 77 9.62 E. L. McCormick 11 1 12" 3S. 3.50 'Signifies not out. BOWLING J? uns Wkts. Ave. O'Reilly .. 1327 S7 15-25 Fleetwood-Smith .. 1316 So Ward .. .. J'JBS 07 19.22 W; :: :: 'SI § || ffiSf*".: :: '1 If !l:SS ict :: :: «« S &<* Badcock .. ,• .* *9