AUSTRALIA OUT FOR 303

Southland Times, Issue 23540, 21 June 1938, Page 7

AUSTRALIA OUT FOR 303

HASSETT FAILS TO ADD TO SCORE LANCASHIRE TWO WICKETS FOR 29 RUNS (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright) (Received June 21, 12,45 a.m.) LONDON, June 20. Australia was all out for 303 runs in its first innings against Lancashire. The county had lost two wickets for 29 runs at the lunch adjournment. The weather was cool and dull when W. E. Phillipson reopened the attack at a fine pace. He got B. A. Barnett in his third over. There had been no rain since Saturday and the wicket was still good. M. G. Waite was shaky against both Phillipson and A. Nutter, and A. L. Hassett was in half an hour today without scoring; finally he was clean bowled by a vicious off-break without adding to his score. His innings of 118 took four hours and included 13 fours. Waite was out in L. L. Wilkinson’s first over, to a ball turning slightly from leg. E. C. S. White hung on with remarkable solidity against excellent bowling. L. O’B. Fleetwood-Smith was unable to bat because of a dental operation during the week-end. E. L. McCormick never looked capable of staying, and the innings ended after 325 minutes’ play at 12.40 p.m. Scores:

AUSTRALIA First Innings W. A. Brown c Farrimond b Phil-

lipson 8 J. H. Fingleton b Nutter 10 D. G. Bradman c Pollard, b Phillipson 12 C. L. Badcock c Pollard b Phillipson 96 A. L. Hassett b Nutter 118 A. G. Chipperfield c Farrimond b Phillipson 5 B. A; Barnett e Pollard b Phillip-

son 9 M. G. Waite lbw b Wilkinson 20 E. C. S. White not out 12 L. O’B. Fleetwood-Smith absent 0 E. L. McCormick b Pollard 1 Extras 12 TOTAL 303 Bowling Analysis.—W. E. Phillipson took five wickets for 93 runs; R. Pollard, one for 82; A. Nutter, two for 61; L. L. Wilkinson, one for 55. LANCASHIRE First Innings . E. Paynter lbw b Waite 9 C. Washbrook c and b Waite 7 J. Iddon not out 5 N. Oldfield not out 6 Extras 2 TOTAL (for two wickets) 29 EDRICH AND BOWES HEAD AVERAGES DEMPSTER SIXTH BATSMAN LONDON, June 19. The following are the leading English cricket averages:—

BATTING Runs Average W. J. Edrich sl275 79.68 L. Hutton 1053 75.21 W, R. Hammond 1249 73.47 E. Paynter 1028 64.25 P. A. Gibb 863 61.64 C. S. Dempster 676 61.45 A. H. Fagg 785 60.38 J. Iddon 947 59.18 R. Geary 398 ,56.85 D. C. S. Compton 904 56.50 L. E. G. Ames 543 54.30 J. Hardstaff (21st) 426 47.33 BOWLING Wickets Average W. E. Bowes 27 12.66 J. C. Clay 28 16.10 W. Copson 40 16.22 L. Butler 38 16.26 H. Verity 66 16.60 R. Pollard 65 18.04 R. A. Sinfield (28th) 60 25.18