AUSTRALIANS WIN

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23133, 3 September 1938, Page 13

AUSTRALIANS WIN

ENGLISH COLLAPSE 1 MATCH AT BLACKPOOL TEN-WICKET MARGIN O'REILLY'S PERFORMANCE By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright LONDON, Sept. 1 j . The cosmopolitan English eleven | selected to meet the Australians at ] Blackpool failed to survive the i second day, the Commonwealth side j winning by the substantial margin j of 10 wickets. Twenty-one wickets had fallen for; I 339 runs on Wednesday. England was I dismissed for 1.32 (Ward six for 44, > O'Peilly four for 30) and Australia for { 174 (Ainar Singh six for 84), and the I homo team lost Edrich's wicket for a j total of 33 in the second innings. > Pain delayed the start to-day and I the unprotected wicket was expected 1 to assist the bowlers. As it did so tha ; Englishmen were no more comfortable j on to-day's soft-turning pitch than | yesterday. The spin bowlers were I naturally in their element and wickets | fell cheaply. When O'Peilly dismissed. DuckwortK | he had taken his 99th first-class wickeb J of the tour. \

England was all out after 105 minutes.

The match was a financial failure, as only 1500 people saw Brown and Badcock score the 58 runs needed foi; victory. Scores: — ENGLISH XI. First innings . . . . . « .. 132

Second Innings D. Smith, c Hassett, b White . . 28 § Ed rich, lbw, b O'Reilly 9 1 Howorth, c Hassett, b O'Reilly .. 8 It Worthington, c Brown, b Ward 7 ( Townsend, lbw, b O'Reilly .... 1 Groom, c Badcock, b O'Reilly . . 4 m Warburton, not out . . . .11 || Amar Singh, c Brown, b Ward . . 0 § G. H. Pope, c Badcock, b Ward . . 6 pi Eckersley, c Brown, b Ward ... 0 Duckworth, b O'Reilly . . . . . . 15 Extras 12 |j Total 99 || Bowling: O'Reilly took five wickets §§ for 44 runs, Ward four for 20, White || one for 13, McCormick none for 4, S| Waite none for 6. || AUSTRALIA g First innings . . . 174 j| Second Innings ffi Badcock, not out 29 p Brown, not out . . 15 || Extras 14 j| Total for no wickets 58 || Bowling: Pope none for 2, Howorth || none for 11, Warburton none for 15, | Amar Singh none for 16. ; SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR BARTLETT REPLACES, FAGG ] (Received September 2, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 1! The Marylebone Cricket Club an>< nounces that A. Fagg (Kent) has declined the invitation to go to South! Africa with the M.C.C. team, and H< T. Bartlett (Sussex) will replace hinu