AN EASY WIN

Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 May 1938, Page 7

AN EASY WIN

AUSTRALIANS DEFEAT CAMBRIDGE GIBB SCORES USEFUL 80. OTHER BATSMEN SHOW LITTLE OPPOSITION. By Telegraph—Press Association. Copyright. (Recd This Day, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, May 13. Australia beat Cambridge by an innings and 425 runs. On the resumption of play the wicket was still good. Yardley was going along nicely when he missed a defensive stroke and was bowled by O’Reilly. With the exception of Gibb, the other batsmen offered little opposition. Gibb batted with discretion and skill and was unconquered. Following are the scores: AUSTRALIA. First Innings (dec.) 708 CAMBRIDGE. First Innings 120 Second Innings. Wild, b Ward 18 Gibb, not out 80 Langley, c and b Ward 0 Yardley, b O’Reilly 29 Packe, c Fingleton, b Ward 15 Mann, b White 1 Studd, c Badcock, b Ward 4 Kaye, c Bradman, b White 0 Bannister, c Brown, b White 2 Jameson, b Ward 4 Rees-Davies, st Barnett, b Ward .... 0 Extras 10 Total 163 Bowling analysis: Waite, 0 for 18, White, 3 for 22; O’Reilly, 1 for 49; Ward 6 for 64. MATCH AGAINST M.C.C. BIG SCORING IN 1934 GAME. (Notes by “The Bowler.”) The Australians will commence a taatch today against an M.C.C. team. As the M.C.C. are a fairly strong combination, it will be interesting to see how the Australians shape against them. On the 1934 tour the match was drawn in favour of the Australians. M.C.C., in their first innings, totalled 362 runs, Hendren 135 and Wyatt 72, being the chief contributors, and in their second innings made 182 runs for 8 wickets, Wyatt (102) being the only batsman who could play the bowling. Australia, in their first innings, totalled 559 runs for 6 wickets (declared), Ponsford making the large score of 281 not out, and McCabe 192. In the M.C.C. first innings Wall captured 6 wickets for 74 runs, and in the second innings Grimmett took 4 wickets for 90 runs, and O’Reilly 3 wickets for 29 runs.