COUNTY FOLLOWS ON

Southland Times, Issue 23499, 4 May 1938, Page 5

COUNTY FOLLOWS ON

First Innings Score Of 268 BOWLERS HANDICAPPED BY GREASY BALL (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright) (Received May 4, 12.25 a.m.) LONDON, May 3. ' Worcestershire, in its match against the Australians, replied to the visitors’ score of 541 runs with 268. The home side then followed on and at stumps yesterday had one wicket down for 74. Play today was twice stopped by rain and at the luncheon adjournment Worcestershire had lost four wickets for 140. The Australian bowlers were handicapped by the greasy ball. C. J. Lyttelton and E. Cooper batted admirably, Lyttelton hitting W. J. O’Reilly for three 4’s in one over and reaching 50 after 66 minutes; he was out next ball. Though increasing his tally of no balls to 24 after lunch, E. L. McCormick was more impressive. He had two chances missed. Cooper, a sound young professional, batted for two hours and hit seven 4’s. With the dismissal of Lyttelton and Cooper there was a sharp decline in the quality of the batting. L. O’B. Fleetwood-Smith frequently tied up the batsmen. C. H. Bull pluckily reappeared with his forehead bandaged, having had three stitches inserted, and offered the only ' serious opposition among the remainder of the Worcestershire men. Bull was severe on Fleet-wood-Smith, who between luncheon and tea bowled unchanged and took six wickets for 62. He carried on for a further half hour after tea until the innings closed after 220 minutes of play. Fleetwood-Smith was punished by Lyttelton, Cooper and Bull, but he had file other batsmen in all sorts of trouble and finished with a fine .average. McCORMICK NO-BALLED When Worcestershire followed on 65 minutes remained for play. McCormick, after opening with two maidens, was no-balled twice in the third over, twice in the fourth over and again in the fifth over, making 29 no-balls for the day. Lyttelton and Bull scored boundaries from each of the no-balls in the second innings. Lyttelton, after fearless hitting, played a hesitant stroke, and was easily caught at square leg. Light rain fell overnight, but only the ends of the wicket were covered. E. C. S. White, with a good length, soon trapped Cooper lbw. Bull, with his forehead still plastered, punished W. J. O’Reilly’s deliveries. H. H. J. H. Gibbons attempted the same thing and eventually skied one into the hands of W. A. Brown at deep square leg. It was announced that the four extras signalled yesterday had been credited to Bull. i ! McCormick, whose total of no-balls yesterday was officially given as 31, resumed bowling with the score at 104. He was no-balled once in the first over, from which 10 runs came. Worcestershire had lost four wickets for 130 when play was stopped because of rain. Five minutes after the resumption rain caused play to be stormed again and the luncheon adjournment was taken, Worcestershire having added 10 runs to its total. Details:—

Bowling analysis.—E. L. McCormick took no wickets for 44 runs; S. J. McCabe, none for 16; W. J. O’Reilly, one for 77; L. O’B. Fleetwood-Smith, eight for 98; E. C. S. White, one for 6. Second Innings C. J. Lyttelton c Badcock b White 35 C. H. Bull not out 57 E. Cooper lbw b White 16 H. H. J. H. Gibbons c Brown b O’Reilly 9 S. H. Martin c Fingleton, b O’Reilly 5 R. H. Human not out 12 Extras 6 TOTAL for four wickets 140 IMPROVED PLAY BY FLEETWOOD-SMITH SUCCESS DURING TOUR PREDICTED (Received May 3, 11.55 p.m.) LONDON, May 3. Mr Howard Marshall in The Daily Telegraph, says there is no doubt that L. O’B. Fleetwood-Smith has vastly improved his control, length and spin and is going to take many wickets. “Although in the bitter wind we only saw the ghosts of the Australian bowlers,” h stated, “we have seen enough to know that they will be dangerous. Judgment on E. L. McCormick should be reserved. B. A. Barnett is a worthy successor to W. A. Oldfield. MARYLEBONE SCORES 325 RUNS MATCH AGAINST YORKSHIRE LONDON, May 2. Marylebone, in its first innings against Yorkshire made 325 runs (Edrich 104, Compton 77). Yorkshire, m its second innings has one wicket down for 21 runs.

AUSTRALIA First Innings 541 WORCESTERSHIRE First Innings C, J. Lyttelton b Fleetwood-Smith 50 E. Cooper c Hassett b FleetwoodSmith 61 H. H. J. H. Gibbons, by FleetwoodSmith 29 R. H. Human c Fingleton b Fleet-wood-Smith 10 S. H. Martin b White 1 R. Howorth c Hassett b FleetwoodSmith 12 A. P. Singleton st Barnett b Fleet-wood-Smith 5 C. H. Bull not out 37 J. S. Buller lbw b O’Reilly 5 R. T. D. Perks c McCabe b Fleet-wood-Smith 21 R. J. Crisp c Hassett b FleetwoodSmith 11 Extras 26 TOTAL 268