AUSTRALIA OUT FOR 541

Southland Times, Issue 23498, 3 May 1938, Page 7

AUSTRALIA OUT FOR 541

Innings Opened By Worcester SCORE OF 99 FOR NO WICKETS AT LUNCH 17 NO-BALLS BOWLED BY McCORMICK (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright) (Received May 3, 12.20 p.m.) LONDON, May 2. The weather was cold, damp and murky when the Australians resumed their first innings in the match against Worcestershire. A. L. Hasset quickly got into his stride, driving R. J. Crisp hard to all parts of the ground. The second over yielded 14 runs. E. C. S. White was more subdued. Five hundred runs were put on the board in 370 minutes. Hassett’s footwork was delightful. He was caught in second slip from an off outswinger from’R. T. D. Perks. A yorker from R. J. Crisp shattered White’s wicket and the remainder of the side was soon out. Crisp bowled impressively throughout. Light rain was falling when E. L. McCormick opened the bowling against Worcestershire, sending down seven no-balls, one of which struck C. H. Bull on the forehead. He retired, bleeding profusely, and was replaced by E. Cooper. Laughter and shouts of “Take him off” accompanied McCormick’s second over. After he had been no-balled for the sixth time D. G. Bradman, the captain, consulted McCormick and the umpire, Mr Baldwin, who showed where McCormick was dragging his foot over the crease. McCormick despairingly tried to get into his stride, but he was no-balled three times more, making 17 no-balls. It was McCormick’s unlucky day, for in S. J. McCabe’s first over he dropped the Worcestershire captain, C. J. Lyttelton, in second slip on a difficult low catch. Worcestershire had lost no wickets for 99 runs at the luncheon adjournment. Details:

PRAISE FOR BRADMAN “AS GREAT A BATSMAN AS EVER” LONDON, May 1. Mr Howard Marshall, writing in The Daily Telegraph, says that D. G. Bradman is as great a batsman as ever. His greatness dwarfs his most eminent contemporaries, including S. J. McCabe who is among the world’s first three batsmen. “But McCabe is not going to allow us to forget him," says Mr Marshall. “J. H. Fingleton is also going to trouble England exceedingly. There is no doubt about C. L. Badcock’s quality and A. L. Hassett’s flowing strokes demand attention. The team already exhibits a machine-like efficiency indicating that Australia will be just as hard to beat as ever.”

AUSTRALIA First Innings J. H. Fingleton c Crisp b Howarth 41 W. A. Brown lbw b Crisp 2 S. J. McCabe b Perks 34 D. G. Bradman c Martin b Howarth 258 C. L. Badcock c Singleton b Parks 67 A. L. Hassett c Howarth b Perks 43 B. A. Barnett b Crisp 16 E. C. S. White b Crisp 26 W. J. O’Reilly b Perks 11 E. L. McCormick b Crisp 5 L. O’B. Fleetwood-Smith not out 6 Extras 32 TOTAL 541 Bowling Analysis.—R. J. Crisp took four wickets for 170 runs: R. T. D. Perks, four for 147; S. H. Martin, none for 70; R. Howarth, two for 85; A. P. Singleton, none for 37. WORCESTER First Innings C. J. Lyttelton, not out 46 C. H. Bull retired hurt 0 E. Cooper not out 39 Extras 14 TOTAL, for no wickets 99