AUSTRALIANS’ TOUR

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 102, 3 May 1938, Page 7

AUSTRALIANS’ TOUR

MATCH AT WORCESTER FIRST INNINGS SCORE OVER FIVE HUNDRED RUNS [By Te'ocraph—Presa Association—Copyright) Received May 3, 1.5 a.rp. WORCESTER, May 2. The Australian cricketers resumeo their first match of the tour, against Worcester, carrying their first innings score from six wickets for 474 to a total of 541. The not-out batsmen were Hassett an<j White. Scores arc:— Australia. First Innings. Fingleton, c Crisp, b Howorth ..... 41 Brown, lbw, b Crisp - McCabe, b Porks 34 Bradman, c Martin, b Howorth 258 Badcock, c Singleton, b Perks . 67 Hassett, c Howorth, b Perks 43 Barnett, b Crisp . 16 White, b Crisp .26 O'Reilly, b Perks 11 McCormick, b Ciisp 5 Fleetwood-Smith, not out 6 Extras 32 Total 541 Bowling: Crisp, four for 170; Perks, four for 147; Martin, none for 70, Howorth, two for 85; Singleton, none for 37. Worcester. First Innings. Lyttelton, not out 16 Bull, retired hurt u Cooper, not out 39 Extras 1 1 No wickets for 99 THE WORCESTER TEAM HON. C. J. LYTTELTON CAPTAIN SOUTH AFRICAN BOWLER WORCESTER, May 2. Captain of the Worcestershire team which is playing the Australian cricketers in the first game of the tour, at Worcester, is the Hon. C. J. Lyttelton, who toured New Zealand in 1935-36 with E. R. T. Holmes’ English team. He was out of action most of last year because of injury. The other members of the county side are: R. J. Crisp. R. H. C. Human. A. P. Singleton, H. H. Gibbons, C. H. Bull, S. H. Martin, R. T. O. Perks, L. Howorth, S. Buller and E. Cooper. R. J. Crisp is the South African who has been playing for two years for the team conducted by Sir Julien Cahn. Next to J. Cowie, the New Zealander, and L. Constantine, the West Indian, he is considered the best overseas fastmedium or fast bowler to visit England since J. M. Gregory and E. A. MacDonald. His form since he has been living in England, however, has not been as good as when he toured with the 1935 South Africans. WORKING LIKE MACHINE AUSTRALIANS SUMMED I P [ Ter Press Association.) LONDON, May 1. Mr Howard Marshall, writing in the Daily Telegraph, says: "Bradman is as great a batsman as ever. His greatness dwarfs the most eminent contemporaries, including McCabe, who is among the world’s first throe batsmen, but McCabe is not going to allow us to forgot him. Fingleton also is going to trouble England exceedingly. There is no doubt about Badcock’s quality and Hassett’s flowing strokes demanding attention. The team already exhibits machine-like efficiency, indicating that Australia will be just as hard to beat as ever.”