100 Years Ago: 28 October 1924

Freeman's spin topples Western Australia

Day 3

Perth: Western Australia v M.C.C.

M.C.C.’s First Victory

M.C.C. 397. WESTERN AUSTRALIA 138 and (following on) 69 (G R Blundell 23, R M Evans 14; M W Tate 3/10, A P Freeman 3/23). M.C.C. won by an innings and 190 runs. Overnight score was: Western Australia (2) 34/3 (Blundell 14*, Evans 2*).

M.C.C. successfully won their first victory of the tour before lunch today as Western Australia collapsed in their second innings on a pitch that was soft and more difficult after overnight rain.  At first the home side did not do too badly, thanks to two more missed chances in the field, and reached 52 with only three wickets down.  Then Robert Blundell, who made the top score, was well caught by Percy Chapman in the slips off Maurice Tate, and at 55 four wickets fell (plus the temporary retirement of Dick Bryant after a blow on the fingers from Tate), with Tich Freeman doing most of the damage, spinning the ball sharply.  Harold Fidock at No 10 hit Freeman for the only boundary of the day, but the last wicket fell at 69.  Three run-outs, two of them by Jack Hobbs, did not help their cause, and M.C.C. had it rather easy after the state side’s stubborn resistance in the first innings.

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