INNINGS VICTORY IN TEST

Waipawa Mail, Volume LXVI, Issue 142, 26 August 1938, Page 3

INNINGS VICTORY IN TEST

AUSTRALIAN BATSMEN FAIL BADLY BRADMAN AND FINGLETON UNABLE TO BAT. LONDON, August 25. England won the fifth and last test cricket match of the present series by an innings and 579 runs. Neither Bradman nor Fingleton was able to bat for the Australians, the former having broken a small bone of his right shin when he fell, and the latter suffering from a strained muscle. The other batsmen, however, made a poor showing, and were all disposed of for 201 runs, Brown being top scorer with 69. Following on they fared even worse, the whole side being out for the small tofkl of 123. Scores: — ENGLAND. First Innings, 7 wkts. (dee.) .. 903 AUSTRALIA.—First Innings. Badcock, c Hardstaff, b Bowes .. 0 Brown, c Hammond, b Leyland 69 McCabe, c Edrich, b Fames .. 14 Hassett, c Compton, b Edrich .. 42 Barnes, b Bowes 41 Barnett, e Wood, b Bowes 2 Waite, b Bowes 8 O’Reilly, c Wood, b Bowes 0 Fleetwood-Smith, not out 16 Bradman (hurt, absent) 0 Fingleton (hurt, absent) 0 Extras 9 Total 201 Bowling.—Bowes, five for 49; Fames, one for 54; Edrich, one for 55; Leyland, one for 11; Verity, none for 15; Hammond, none for eight. Second Innings. Badcock, b Bowes 9 Brown, c Edrich, b Fames 15 McCabe, c Wood, b Fames .... 2 Hassett, 1.b.w., b Bowes 10 Barnes, 1.b.w., b Verity 33 Barnett, b Fames 46 Waite, c Edrich, b Verity 0 O’Reilly, not out 7 Fleetwood-Smith, e Leyland, b Fames 0 Bradman (absent, hurt) 0 Fingleton (hurt, absent) 0 Extra 1 Total 123 Bowling.—Fames, four for 63; Verity, two for 15; Bowes, two for 25; Leyland, none for 19.