Australians in England, 1938
Worcestershire v Australians
Worcester
30 April, 2,3 May 1938 (3-day match)
Result: Australians won by an innings and 77 runs
Toss: Worcestershire
Umpires: JA Smart and HG Baldwin
Close of play:
Day 1: Australians 474/6 (Hassett 21*, White 6*)
Day 2: Australians 541, Worcestershire 268 and 74/1 (Bull 21*, Cooper 8*)
Australians 1st innings
JHW Fingleton c Crisp b Howorth 41
WA Brown lbw b Crisp 2
*DG Bradman c Martin b Howorth 258
SJ McCabe b Perks 34
CL Badcock c Singleton b Perks 67
AL Hassett c Howorth b Perks 43
+BA Barnett b Crisp 16
ECS White b Crisp 26
WJ O'Reilly b Perks 11
EL McCormick b Crisp 5
LO'B Fleetwood-Smith not out 6
Extras (b 13, lb 15, w 2, nb 2) 32
Total (all out, 124.3 overs) 541
FoW: 1-9, 2-77, 3-139, 4-416, 5-428,
6-451, 7-513, 8-529, 9-531, 10-541.
Bowling O M R W
Crisp 37.3 5 170 4
Perks 34 3 147 4
Martin 29 8 70 0
Howorth 21 1 85 2
Singleton 3 0 37 0
Worcestershire 1st innings
*CG Lyttelton b Fleetwood-Smith 50
CH Bull not out 37
E Cooper c Hassett b Fleetwood-Smith 61
HHI Gibbons b Fleetwood-Smith 29
SH Martin b White 1
RHC Human c Fingleton b Fleetwood-Smith 10
R Howorth c Hassett b Fleetwood-Smith 12
AP Singleton st Barnett b Fleetwood-Smith 5
+JS Buller lbw b O'Reilly 5
RTD Perks c McCabe b Fleetwood-Smith 21
RJ Crisp c Hassett b Fleetwood-Smith 11
Extras (b 4, lb 5, w 1, nb 16) 26
Total (all out, 66 overs) 268
FoW: 1-103, 2-164, 3-165, 4-175, 5-183,
6-187, 7-197, 8-224, 9-252, 10-268.
Bowling O M R W
McCormick 8 0 44 0
McCabe 4 0 16 0
O'Reilly 14 2 77 1
Fleetwood-Smith 29 8 98 8
White 11 7 7 1
Worcestershire 2nd innings (following on)
*CG Lyttelton c Badcock b White 35
CH Bull c McCormick b Fleetwood-Smith 69
E Cooper lbw b White 16
HHI Gibbons c Brown b O'Reilly 9
SH Martin c Fingleton b O'Reilly 5
RHC Human lbw b Fleetwood-Smith 26
R Howorth c McCabe b O'Reilly 0
AP Singleton run out 14
+JS Buller c Fleetwood-Smith b McCormick 10
RTD Perks c McCabe b Fleetwood-Smith 4
RJ Crisp not out 0
Extras (b 5, nb 3) 8
Total (all out, 63.1 overs) 196
FoW: 1-65, 2-87, 3-104, 4-123, 5-160,
6-161, 7-169, 8-190, 9-191, 10-196.
Bowling O M R W
McCormick 12 2 51 1
McCabe 5 1 13 0
O'Reilly 23 9 56 3
Fleetwood-Smith 13.1 0 38 3
White 10 1 30 2
- Bradman - 258 out of 419 in 290 minutes, thirty-three 4's.
Century in 165 minutes, double-century in 240 minutes.
Third successive double-century against Worcs. T
Third consecutive century, after two hundreds at the end of the
Australian season of 1937-38.
29th double-century, a new record.
- Bradman and Badcock added 277 for 4th wicket in 150 minutes.
- McCormick no-balled 19 times by Baldwin in his first three overs,
35 times in the match.
- CH Bull (1) retired hurt on ?* from ?/? to ?/? (Hit on the head by
McCormick).
- Record crowd of 11,000 on the first day.
- Crisp, a South African, was making his Worcestershire debut.
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