TRICKY WICKET

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19699, 3 August 1938, Page 5

TRICKY WICKET

SWANSEA GAME DRAWN

SHORT PERIOD OF PLAY

TOURISTS 61 FOR THREE

BRADMAN OUT FOR 17 RUNS

fEtoc. Ti>l. Copyright—United tress Assn.) (Reed. Aug. 8, 11.30 a.m..) LONDON, Aug. 2.

The cricket match at Swansea 'between Australia and Glamorgan was drawn. There was only I<> hours of play ito-day. No play took place before lunch.

Glamorgan declared the first innings closed with the overnight score of 148 for five wickets in two days during which rain had greatly interfered with the game. By the final call of time the tourists had scored only 61 runs at a cost of three wickets.

Although the wicket was unfit for play to-day Bradman, in order not to disappoint the spectators who were waiting at the gates all day, agreed to start at 4 p.m.

Fingleton, who has been out of form since passing his 900 runs on the tour, is finding 1000 rims most elusive. He still needed nine when he was snapped up at the wicket.

The conditions were tricky. Brown was half an hour before he scored and after making eight in an hour was caught in the slips. Bradman stepped out. missed an excellent ball, and was stumped.

Hassett played brightly until the drawing of stumps. Details of scores are:— GLAMORGAN

First Innings for 5 wkts dec. .. 148

Bowling: McCormick took no wickets for 43 runs; Waite, four for 45; White, one for 49.

AUSTRALIA First Innings

Fingleton, CH. Davies, b Wooller 1 Brown, c Dyson, bE. Davies .. 8 Bradman. stp. H. Davies, b Clay 17 Hassett, not out 2 [? Barnes, not out *> Extras 4

Total for :i wickets

Bowling: Mercer took no wickets for four runs; Wooller, one for nine; Clay, one for 15; E. Davies, one for 21; Jones, none for eight.