AUSTRALIA’S FIGHT FOR RUNS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 21062, 14 June 1938, Page 7

AUSTRALIA’S FIGHT FOR RUNS

Struggle to Save Follow-On McCABE’S SPLENDID INNINGS Reply to England’s Big Score United Press Assoclatlon —By Electric Telegraph -Copvrtßht (Received June 14, 12.55 a.m.) LONDON, June 13. Replying to England’s score of 653 runs for eight wickets declaied, Australia, with three wickets down for 138 resumed batting in the first test match to-day. The weather was fine and warm, and 20,000. were present. McCabe who faced the opening bowiers beautifully coverdrove Fames for four in the latter’s first over, but in his second over Fames clean bowled Ward, with a fast good length ball, which was making pace from the pitch, and took the middle stump. The crowd gasped when Fames rapped Hassett’s pads and the batsman almost played on his leg-stump. The score reached 150 in three hours. Wright, meanwhile who was bowling a teasing length, and spinning the bail sharply, dismissed Hassett in the third over. The batsman was beaten by the leg break and snicked the ball straignl to Hammond. Two wickets have fallen to-day for the addition of 13 runs. Badcock, whose place was changed to below Hassett, shaped confidently. This partnership was the last from which Australia could expect the slightest chance of saving the follow on. McCabe continued to bat soundly and stylishly. He applied power to most of his boundaries and looked quite set. The pitch was more responsive than Saturday. Sinfield quietening the batsmen. McCabe reached an admirable fifty in 1« hours. Badcock was in forty minutes for seven and was content to allow McCabe to do the scoring. McCabe’s Rapid Scoring Batting with only minimum restraint, McCabe, whose strokes were timed with perfection, drove two successive deliveries from Hammond to the boundary. Badcock. facing Wright, turned to cut, but played on a fastish ball. He was defensive and never quite got the measure of the bowling. Fames returned at 196, and McCabe beautifully hooked the first ball to .squareleg for six, raising 200 runs in 235 minutes. He cut the next for four, and then coverdrove for four, the over yielding 12 runs. At lunch Australia had made 261 for six wickets. The following are the scores:— ENGLAND. First Innings: C. J. Barnett, b McCormick .. .. 126 L. Hutton, lbw, b Fleetwood-Smith 100 W. J. Edrich, b O'Reilly 5 W. R. Hammond, b O'Reilly .. • • 26 E. Paynter, not out 216 D. Compton, c Badcock. b Fleet-wood-Smith 102 L. E. G. Ames, b Fleetwood-Smith 46 H. Verity, b Fleetwood-Smith .... 3 R. H. Sinfield, 1.b.w., b O’Reilly .. 6 D. V. P. Wright, not out 1 Extras 27 Total for eight wickets (declared) 658 Bowling—McCormick took one wicket for 108 runs, O'Reilly three for 164, McCabe none for 64. Fleetwood-Smith four for 153, Ward none for 142. Fall of wickets—One for 219; two for 240; three for 244; four for 281; five for 487; 6 for 577; seven for 597; eight for 626. LATEST SCORE At 2.15 a.m., New Zealand time, Australia were all out in the first innings for 411. AUSTRALIA First Innings W. A. Brown, c Ames, b Fames .. 48 J. H. Fingleton, b Wright 9 D. G. Bradman, c Ames, b Sinfield 51 McCabe, c Compton, b Verity .. 232 F. R Ward, b Fames 2 A. L Hassett, c Hammond, b Wright 1 C. L Badcock, b Wright 9 Barnett, b Fames 22 O'Reilly, c Paynter, b Fames .. 9 McCormick, b Wright 2 Fleetwood-Smith, not out .... 5 Extras 21 Total 411 AUSTRALIA FOLLOWS ON At 3 a.m. New Zealand time, Australia following on, had made 23 without loss. DENIAL OF PANIC BRADMAN’S REPLY TO RUMOURS United Press Assoclatlon —By Electric Telegraph —Copyright LONDON, June 12. When he was shown a statement in a Sunday newspaper stating that the Australians are getting into a panic because of their overwhelming arrears at Nottingham, and were considering enlisting the services either of the South Australian, Williams, or the Australian fast bowler, R. S. Searle, who are resident in London, D. G. Bradman, the Australian captain, s„id. the report was utterly unfounded a. d the suggestion had never been considered officially or unofficially.