TWO OUT FOR 20 RUNS

Southland Times, Issue 23544, 25 June 1938, Page 7

TWO OUT FOR 20 RUNS

ENGLAND’S POOR START

RECOVERY BY LATER BATSMEN McCormick bowling at TOP SPEED (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright) (Received June 25, 12.40 a.m.) LONDON, June 24. England had lost three wickets for 134 runs at the lunch adjournment in its first innings in the second cricket Test against Australia, which began today at Lord’s. The weather was fine and hot, and of the 20,000 persons present when the game began hundreds were without | coats. The teams are: ENGLAND AUSTRALIA W. R. Hammond D. G. Bradman C. J. Barnett S. J. McCabe E. Paynter C. L. Badcock L. E. G. Ames B. A. Barnett L. Hutton W. A. Brown W. J. Edrich A. G. Chipperfield D. C. S. Compton J. H. Fingleton K. Faroes A. L. Hassett H. Verity E. L. McCormick D. V. P. Wright W. J. O’Reilly A. W. Wellard L. O’B. FleetwoodSmith Hammond won the toss and England batted. McCormick began from the pavilion end; a light breeze was blowing across the wicket. McCabe bowled at the other end. Disaster came early for England. Hutton, after scoring a four off a noball from McCormick, played defensively at a shortish in-s Winger on his leg stump and cocked up an easy catch for Brown at short square-ldg. There was plenty of life in the wicket, and McCormick was bowling at the highest speed he has achieved

since his arrival in England. He badly beat Edrich in his third over, shattering the stumps. Thus two wickets were down for 20 runs within 20 minutes, discounting England’s advantage in winning the toss.

Hammond, joining Barnett,' who was' batting with characteristic confidence, began crisply. At the first ball of McCormick’s fifth over Barnett was out. The ball was pitched well up on the off stump and Brown, dashing from short square-leg, held a spooned-up catch. McCormick then had three wickets for 15 runs in a sensational first halfhour.

The gates were closed at noon. Every seat was sold, and the crowd was now 30,000. Fleetwood-Smith replaced McCabe when the score was 35, O’Reilly a little later replacing McCormick. Fingleton went close to throwing down Paynter’s wicket, but the atmosphere became less tense with Hammond and Paynter playing FleetwoodSmith and O’Reilly with firm skill. Hammond was especially graceful and confident. He crashed O’Reilly to the boundary on several occasions. The scores at the lunch adjournment were: ENGLAND First Innings L. Hutton c Brown b McCormick 4 W. J. Edrich b McCormick 0 C. J. Barnett c Brown b McCormick 18 W. R. Hammond not out 70 E. Paynter not out 33 Extras 9 TOTAL for three wickets 134 PRESS WARNING TO BARRACKERS OLD NOTICE AT LORD’S LONDON, June 23. A section of the Press gives prominence as a fresh warning to barrackers, of the old notice which has been posted for years at Lord’s, threatening the removal of anyone causing noise or confusion. Cricket critics consider that if the weather is fine England’s chances in the second Test are about even, but that if there is rain England will be better equipped all round.