SPIN BOWLER

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 121, 25 May 1938, Page 7

SPIN BOWLER

O’Reilly Takes Six Wickets SURREY’S INNINGS OPENS COUNTY’S HIGH SCORE By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) LONDON, May 23. At the Oval the weather was warm and the wicket good for the resumption of the cricket match Australia v. Surrey. Hassett and Waite were slow and added 28 in half an hour. Waite was somewhat uncomfortable. He was out trying a glance off Watts and was caught on the leg-side. Hassett was a model of soundness and reached 90 in threq hours. He and Barnett brought 500 up in 425 minutes' play. A run later Hassett weakly spooned Berry to mid-on and was easily caught. He hit one sixer and ten fours in an otherwise chanceless display. White, Ward and O'Reilly were soon out and the innings closed after 460 minutes. The wicket was still good when Surrey commenced their first innings. Waite and O’Reilly opened the attack and Gregory immediately showed quick-footed aggression, but Fishlock was defensively quiet. The pair had added 54 runs in 40 minutes when Fishlock was easily stumped. Squires was unconvincing and was quickly the victim of O’Reilly, who was bowling very well. Gregory, however, was quite confident and had scored 60 in 120 minutes when he was caught at long leg. He hit one six and seven fours. Holmes was beaten by O’Reilly and in the following over was out. O’Reilly then had four for 57. Gar-land-Wells was O’Reilly’s fifth victim. Barling, undismayed by O’Reilly's success, lifted him for two beautiful sixes. O'Reilly was making the Itll nip from the pitch and Brown was beaten as completely as the five previous victims. After facing the spinners with determination for 135 minutes, Barling was beaten by two successive balls from Ward, the second of which got him leg before. Barling hit two sixes and five fours. Ward also broke an unexpected eighth wicket stand by Berry and Watts, which yielded 47 runs. Watts and Brooks batted steadily until stumps and Surrey reached the highest score of the tour against the Australians. O'Reilly so far has taken six for 102. The Australian Associated Press says: “In a tame day's cricket, the return of O'Reilly to something approaching test form stood out." Scores are:— Australia. First Innings. Fingleton, b Brown 47 Brown, c Brooks, b Watts 96 Bradman, c Brooks, b Watt 143 Badcock, c and b Brown 32 Chipperfield, b Gover ' 20 Hassett, c Squires, b Berry 98 Waite, c Brooks, b Watts 35 Barnett, not out 33 White, b Berry 7 Ward, b Brown _ 0 O’Reilly, c Brooks, b Brown 0 Extras 17 Total 528 Bowling.—Gover, took one wicket for 100; Berry, two for 92; Watts, three for 69; Brown, four for 147; Squires, none for 68; Gregory, none for 23; Garland-Wells, none for 12. Surrey.

First Innings. Gregory, c Hassett, b O'Reilly . 60 Fishlock, st. Barnett, b O’Reilly 24 Squires, b O'Reilly 7 Barling, 1.b.w., b Ward 67 Holmes, c Brown, b O’Reilly .... 10 Garland-Wells, c Brown, b O'Reilly 2 Brown, b O’Reilly 15 Berry, st. Barnett, b Ward 31 Watts, not out 21 Brooks, not out 15 Extras 2. 17 Total, eight wickets for 269