UK: FINAL DAY OF FIRST TEST A TRENT BRIDGE ENGLAND DRAW WITH AUSTRALIA

Record ID: 496303

  • Title: UK: FINAL DAY OF FIRST TEST A TRENT BRIDGE ENGLAND DRAW WITH AUSTRALIA
  • Date: 9th June 1964
  • Summary: 1. GV PAN DEXTER SCORES A FOUR OFF MCKENZIE 0.09 2. GV DEXTER SCORES ANOTHER FOUR OFF MCKENZIE 0.16 3. GV DEXTER IS CAUGHT OFF A BALL FROM MCKENZIE BY O'NEILL 0.25 4. LS SCOREBOARD (1 FOR 90) 0.28 5. GV PAN COWDREY SCORES THREE OFF MCKENZIE 0.34 6. LV CROWD 0.35 7. GV TITMUS OUT: LBW TO MCKENZIE 0.44 8. SCOREBOARD (2 FOR 96) 0.46 9. GV BARRINGTON SCORES FOUR OFF HAWKE 0.55 10. BARRINGTON LBW TO CORLING 1.01 11. LV SCOREBOARD (3 FOR 147) 1.03 12. GV PARKS CAUGHT OFF VEIVERS 1.12 13. GV COWDREY BOWLED BY MCKENZIE 1.18 14. LV SCOREBOARD (8 FOR 193) 1.22 15. LV LAWRY STUMPED WHILE TAKING QUICK SECOND RUN 1.37 16. GV PAN O'NEILL HITS FOUR OFF TRUEMAN 1.45 17. LV REDPATH BOWLED BY FLAVELL 1.49 18. GV O'NEILL HURT FROM BALL FROM FLAVELL 1.53 19. LV CROWD 1.55 20. GV O'NEILL WALKS OFF 1.52 21. LV SCOREBOARD AFTER RAIN STOPPED PLAY FOR GOOD (2 FOR 40) 2.00 Initials PC/V/MGT/EEH SPORT: CRICKET Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 24th June 1964 13:00
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  • Location: TRENT BRIDGE, NOTTINGHAM, UK
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  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVABP1OZP6MTD5A24JKU00FSL7IS
  • Story Text: DOWN CAME THE RAIN AT TRENT BRIDGE TODAY (TUESDAY) AND WASHED OUT ANY POSSIBILITY OF A DEFINITE DECISION IN THE FIRST TEST, WHICH ENDED WITH AUSTRALIA 40 FOR TWO IN RELY TO ENGLAND'S SECOND INNINGS DECLARED TOTAL OF 193 FOR NINE.

    ANY CHANCE ENGLAND HAD OF WINNING THE MATCH WAS DESTROYED WHEN THEY LOST DEXTER, TITMUS AND BARRINGTON FOR THE ADDITION OF ONLY 76 RUNS IN 95 MINUTES. ANY CHANGE AUSTRALIA HAD OF DISTINCTION FADED WHEN O'NEILL HAD TO RETIRE WITH A BRUISED RIGHT HAND INDEX FINGER AFTER SCORING 24 IN UNDER TWENTY MINUTES.

    DEXTER SOON WENT -BRILLIANTLY CAUGHT BY O'NEILL IN THE COVERS. BARRINGTON MADE 33 BEFORE HE WAS L.B.W. TO CORLING, THE BALL CUTTING BACK FROM THE OFF. PARKS WAS PREPARED TO SACRIFICE HIMSELF IN A DASH FOR RUNS. HE MADE 19 BEFORE BEING CAUGHT BY HAWKE AT LONG-ON OFF VEIVER. SHARPE WAS CAUGHT AND BOWLED BY VEIVERS, CHECKING A DRIVE, AND THEN COWDREY - WHO TOOK A LONG TIME TO MAKE 33 - WAS BOWLED BY MCKENZIE.

    BY LUNCH ALLEN HAD BEEN L.B.W. TO MCKENZIE. AT 186 FOR SEVEN, ENGLAND WERE 234 AHEAD, AND THERE WAS, IN THEORY,THREE AND A HALF HOURS TO PLAY. ENGLAND CONTINUED FOR A FURTHER SEVEN MINUTES DURING WHICH TIME TRUEMAN AND FLAVELL WERE BOTH OUT USING THE LONG HANDLE. WITH HE INJURED BOYCOTT READY TO BAT - BUT ONLY IN AN EMERGENCY THE INNINGS WAS DECLARED.

    IN WENT AUSTRALIA NEEDING A SCORE OF 75 RUNS AN HOUR TO WIN. LAWRY WAS EASILY RUN OUT WHEN HE TRIED FOR AN UNWISE SECOND RUN OFF HIS FOURTH BALL FROM TRUEMAN. REDPATH WAS CAUGHT BY PARKS OFF FLAVELL. AND THEN O'NEILL BECAME THE CENTRAL FIGURE. THE FIRST FOUR BALLS OF TRUEMAN'S SECOND OVER WERE ALL INTENDED BOUNCERS. O'NEILL, SURROUNDED BY SEVEN CLOSE FIELDER, HOOKED THEM ALL FOR FOUR WITH STROKES THAT WERE AS CRISP AS THEY WERE DARING. BUT HE WAS FORCED TO RETIRE AFTER BALLS FROM BOTH TRUEMAN AND FLAVELL RAPPED PAINFUL BLOWS ON HIS INDEX FINGER.

    THEN THE RAINS CAME. THE MATCH HAD TO BE ABANDONED JUST AS EVERYTHING SEEMED POISED FOR AN INTERESTING FINISH.
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