AUSTRALIA’S EASY VICTORY

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19806, 23 May 1934, Page 9

AUSTRALIA’S EASY VICTORY

SUCCESS OF VISITING BOWLERS

DASHING CENTURY BY CINGALESE United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, May 21. Australia won the match against Oxford by an innings and 33 runs. Oxford made 70 in their first innings and 216 in their second innings. Grimmett’s bowling again proved too much for the Englishmen. He took seven wickets for 109 in the second innings. Saturday’s play had concluded with the Australians having scored 319 in their first innings and Varsity having lost two wickets for five runs. Sensational Bowling. The match was resumed sensationally. Fleetwood-Smith was brought on to allow Ebeling to change ends. He took three wickets for no runs in his first over, clean bowling Mitchelltnnes. Chalk and Stainton, with the first, third and fourth balls. Fleetwood-Smith flighted off-spin-ners into the stiff breeze, and completely deceived all three batsmen. The total was then five for 15. and with 48 on the board two more wickets fell, those of Walker and Tindall. The match was also providing Ebeling’s most successful appearance of the tour. He obtained two further wickets, those of Barlow and Singleton, with successive balls. The side was all out after 80 minutes. Oldfield was excellent behind the wicket, effecting two very fine stampings, in addition to allowing no extras. The wicket was not really difficult, but Fleetwood-Smith turned the ball abruptly. Oxford followed on. De Saram’s Vigorous Batting. Grimmett and Ebeling bowled after lunch, the latter soon dismissing Townsend with a fast in-swinger, and two overs later, finding the wicket more lively, got Walker well caught behind. De Saram the brilliant Cingalese batsman, and Mitchell-Innes were scoring well until the latter was also caught behind. De Saram and Chalk figured in a promising stand, until the latter fell a victim to the Grimmett-Oldfield combination. De Saram, oatting with admirable soundness, and scoring 10 in one over from Grimmett. and lifting Fleetwood-Smith for six. reached 50 after 90 minutes. Eight thousand were present after tea. De Saram continued attractively, but lost Stainton. who had batted stubbornly for 95 minutes, for 12 runs. De Saram powerfully swung Grimmett for four and six off successive balls. His splendid 100 occupied 165 minutes. He then hit with abandon, straight-driving Grimmett, and swinging Fleetwood-Smith for six apiece. Eventually Grimmett got him nicely caught on the boundary. De Saram batted for just over three hours, hitting four sixes and 18 fours. Following are the scores: AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Ponsford. c Singleton, b Dyson .. 75 Brown, lbw, b Townsend 20 Bradman, lbw. b Dyson 37 i Darling, lbw., b Tindall .. .. 100 McCabe, b Tindall .. .i n 5 Bromley, b Barlow 3 Chipperfield, c Stainton. b Barlow 40 Oldfield, b Tindall « Grimmett, b Tindall 0 Ebeling. c Walker, b Tindall .. .. 0 Fleetwood-Smith, not out ...... 2 Extras IS Total 319 Bowling analysis.—Tindall took five wickets for 94 runs. Barlow two for 102, Townsend one for 18, Singleton none for 38, Dyson two for 48. OXFORD. First Innings Walker, st. Oldfield, b FleetwoodSmith 20 Townsend, b McCabe 0 De Saram. b Ebeling 2 Mitchell-Innes. b Fleetwood-Smith 8 Chalk, b Fleetwood Smith .. .. 0 Stainton, b Fleetwood-Smith .... 1 Tindall, b Ebeling 18 Barlow, b Ebeling 3 Matthews, not out 11 Singleton, b Ebeling 0 Dyson, st. Oldfield, b FleetwoodSmith 8 Total 70 Bowling analysis.—Ebeling took four Wickets for 34 runs. McCabe one for 6, Fleetwood-Smith five for 30. Second Innings. Townsend, b Ebeling 9 Walker, c Oldfield, b Ebeling .... 16 De Saram. c Brown, b Grimmett .. 128 Mitchell-Innes, c Oldfield, b Grimmett 11 Chalk, std Oldfield, b Grimmett .. 10 Stainton, lbw, b Grimmett 12 Tindall, lbw, b Grimmett 9 Barlow, std Oldfield, b Grimmett 6 Matthews, Ebeling, b Grimmett .. 4 Singleton, lbw, Fleetwood-Smith .. 2 Dyson, not out 0 Extras 9 Total ..210 Bowling analysis.—Grimmett t ok seven wickets for 109 runs, FleetwoodSmith one for 63; Ebeling two for 28. McCabe none for 7. NICHOL DIES SUDDENLY. PLAYED AGAINST AUSTRALIANS THIS MONTH. United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright LONDON May 21 The death has occurred at the age of twenty-nine years of M. Nichol, one of Worcestershire’s most promising

cricketers. He played against the Australians in the match at the beginning of this month and also for his county against Essex on Saturday Nichol died suddenly during the night at an hotel in Chelmsford, after an afternoon’s golf. The resumption of the Essex-Wor-cestershire match was delayed for half an hour, and the team took the field wearing black arm-bands. Flags were fiown at half-mast, and one minute’s ulence was observed after the first