ESSEX MATCH

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 132, 7 June 1938, Page 8

ESSEX MATCH

AUSTRALIANS IN GOOD POSITION CORRUGATED WICKET - FAST BOWLERS’ BAG Received June 7, 1.25 a.m. LONDON, June 6. The weather was bright and cold at Southend for the resumption of the match between Australia and Essex. Both the impromptu opening batsmen, Ward and Walker, received nasty nocks on the fingers, due to the corrugated wicket helping bowlers. Nevertheless the pair did well under the trying conditions to see out the first half-hour against fast bowling. Walker and Ward went in consecutive overs. Hassett was out to a juggling catch. Scores at the luncheon adjournment were:— Efesex. First innings 114 Australia. First innings 147 Second Innings Walker, b Nichols ...IS Ward, b P. Smith 23 Brown, lbw, b P. Smith 15 Fingleton, c Wade, b Nichols 1 Badcock, lbw, b Nichols 23 Hassett, c Dennis, b Fames - 4 McCabe, not out 37 Chipperfield, not out 3 Extras 4 Total, six wickets for 108 ENGAGEMENTS AHEAD The Australians’ remaining fixtures are:— June 10.—v. ENGLAND, at Nottingham first Test match) (four days). 15. —v. Gentlemen of England, at Lord’s. 18.—v. Lancashire, at Manchester. 24—v. ENGLAND, at Lord’s (second Test match) (four days). 29. —v. Derbyshire, at Chesterfield. July 2. —v. Yorkshire, at Sheffield. 8. —v. ENGLAND, at Manchester (third Test match) (four days). 13.—v. Warwickshire, at Birmingham. 16. —v. Nottingham, at Nottingham. 22.—v. England, at Leeds (fourth Test match) (four days). 27. —v. Somerset, at Taunton. 30. —v. Glamorgan, at Swansea, August 4.—v. Scotland, at Broughty Ferry, Dundee (two days). 6.—v. Scotland, at Glasgow (one day). B.—v. Durham, at Sunderland (two days). 10.—v. Surrey, at the Oval. 13.—v. Kent, at Canterbury. 17. —v. The Army, at Aidershot (two days). 20.—v. ENGLAND, at the ’Oval (fifth Test match) (four days: or to a finish). 27.—v. Sussex, at Hove. 31. —An England XI, at Blackpool, September 3. —v. Sir Pelham Warner's XI, at Folkestone. 10. —v. Mr. H. D. G. LevesonGower’s XI, at Scarborough. 15.—v. Gentlemen of Ireland, at Dublin. All matches, except where otherwise indicated, are of three days. ENGLISH AVERAGES DEMPSTER FOURTH CLAY LEADS BOWLERS LONDON, June 5. The leading English cricket averages are:— Batting Runs Avg. Edr.ich (Middlesex) 1090 83.84 Hammond (Gloucester) 1058 81.38 Hutton (Yorkshire) 773 77.30 Dempster (Leicester) 443 73.83 Iddon (Lancashire) 715 65.00 Fagg (Kent) 308 61.60 Compton (Middlesex) ... 756 58.15 Ames (Kent) 288 57.60 W. Cornford (Sussex) ... 113 57.50 Paynter (Lancashire) ... 652 54.33 Hard.staff (Notts) .371 53.00 Gregory (Surrey) 627 52.25 Bowling Wkts. Avg. Clay (Glamorgan) 23 13.65 Buller (Notts) 17 14.82 Pollard (Lancashire) 56 15.01 Verity (Yorkshire) 45 16.82 J. Cornford (Sussex) 31 17.12 Copson (Derbyshire) 23 17.73 Others are:—Pope (Derbyshire). 30, 19.30, tenth; Wright (Kent), 27, 22.48, twentieth. Fames and Barnett are not mentioned in the averages. UNIQUE RECORD WOOLLEY AS ALL-ROUNDER Received June 6, 7.5 p.m. LONDON, June 5. The Daily Mail says that Woolley, who scored 47 runs on Saturday, has aggregated 57,644 runs, beating Hendren's aggregate by 41. Woolley has also taken 2048 wickets and made 895 catches, surely a unique all-rounn record in first-class cricket.