RUBBER WON.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 159, 6 July 1921, Page 5

RUBBER WON.

AUSTRALIANS TAKE TEST. i WIN BY 219 RUNS. ; SBVE3T WICKETS FOR 273. EXGLAHD AT.T. OUT FOB 202.1 jEt Cable.—Press Association. —Copvri;lit.i i lEeceived 10."0 a.in.j LONDOX, July 5. ; Australia won the third test match ■ to-d-ay. and has thus again yon rubber. "When the match was resumed to-day, the weather was sunny and hot. and ' there was a light haze over the ground. The condition of the wicket was un-■hangr-d. The attendance was 7000. At, the close of play or. Monday the score? I •vere: Australia, first innings. 407:' -econd inning?. 1-43 for two wicket?, i Enj-land. first innings, inf. The Engliahrr.en had been saved from a foilow-on by :wo rur.s. Andrews ITS.I and Carter 141 res-j-ncd ' their unfinished innings against the ' bowling of Parkin and YVoolley. Douglas j wife, who was operated on for appendicitis, but hv appeared later in the day. j Carter began patting Parkin so crisply : .hrough the ~lip= that Durstcn. who was •iepunsinc; for Douglas, was stationed at i he ediTe of the byundiirv. Andrew's in obvious difficulties in Woolley's first over, several balls beating him. It was ' stil! a batsman's wicket, and despite fine bowling, both batsmen were on a rapid run-making mission. In 20 minutes they put on 40 runs. Anything loose was converted into a four. Carter exploiting that s'.ip-shot which is part of himself. An- j drew, frequently found the ropes behind j the wicket, but he quietened down on < approaching his century. Jupp relieved . Parkin at 189. Andrews showed disappointment when j Jupp, in his second over, beat and clean bowled him with a ball that broke back and came very fast of: the pitch when i he was just eight short of tie cenrury. 3—193-^92. Peliew joined Carter, who was now 30, ' and who welcomed his new partneT by sending Woolley to the fine-leg repes and then on-driving the next ball—a no-ball— sending ut> 20 for 165 minutes' play, oi : which Carter's share was 33. : Parkin had four slip? when he took- , the new ball from TVoolley and bowled I the cf: theory. After giving Jupp a hot I return, which hurt his hand, Peliew ' pulled him to the boundary. Both batsmen were forcing: the pace and driving i hard, and ger.erally the three fieldsmen ' on the edge of the boundary were get- : tins plenty to do. j TThite displaced Jupp at 223. and got I Peliew first" ball, which he drove into i Ducat's at mid-on. Still quick i scoring was the only game possible, even iat thecost of quick wickets. 4—223—1β. : Play had proceeded an hour for SO ; runs, wheii Tavlor appeared. He had a ! short life. Tennyson at mid-ofi taking a I high one-handed catch. Australia wa» I then 375 ahead, n—2"27— i. ' In expectation of bard-bitting:, the field ' deepened when Armstrong ieft the pavilI ion. Carter immediately left him. and ! received one of the finest ovations of the match, when Parkin got him leg before 1 at 47. 6—227—47. j With Gregory's departure, caused by , a miss-hit which Pent the ball hish to ! the slips, where Jupp took the catch, lour wickets had fallen in 40 minute? for 1 the addition of 37. 7 —230—3. ! Then HeDdry. before he scored, edged 1 Parkin to first slid. Woolley failing to ! retain hold of the ball. Every over had : its incident. The next was White's j attempt to take i right-hand catch from i a hot return by Armstrong, a very diffi- ! cult chance. Tennyson's one-hand fielding ! was frequently applauded, while the ! ground fielding was generally clean. A FORMIDABLE TASK. ! Armstrong opened his shoulders, drivj ing Parkin with terrific power, but 'was not so successful against White, whose • deceptive slows merited respect. How- ! ever, he &qtiare-cut him beautifully to • the rones. Woolley went on for Parkin 1 at 256. and Jur>p completed the double I change. Play after thai was practically ! withcut incident until Armstrong declared. The innings clos-ed ax 12.50, with ! the score at 273 for 7. Hendry being 14 ! and Armstrong 2S not out. leaving Eng- ! land the formidable task of making 422 j in 270 minutes to obtain victory, or to ! play out time for a draw.. I Brown and Hardinge opened EngI land's second iniftngs to the bowling oi ■ Gregory and McDonald. Brown was ! limping, and had Hallows to run for him. ! England had a quarter of an hour's bat- , ting before lunch. Brown placed Gregory I twice through the slips to the boundary, ] but within 10 minutes lost his partner, • Gregory taking a magnificent catch at i the second attempt off McDonald. He i first got his right hand to the ball, high ' overhead, arresting its Sight, and then got both hand* to it. It was the most ! wonderful catch of the match. 1 —15—5. ! Hearne, who followed, soon got into ! his stride, and did some delightful cut- ! ting off McDonald, to whom Armstrong ' fielded at backward point. McDonald I was making the ball jump, and Hearne frequently got legside deliveries shoulder high to the ropes. Brown, who has : made an astonishing improvement in i the last few weeks, drove the fast bowl- , ins hard and confidently. avd 50 went ! up" fer 35 minutes. At this stage MaHey : want on instead of Gregory", and Hearne's attractive display closed short- . ly afterwards, Taylor at short mid-on taking a simple catch off McDonald FOB.CIXG A COWCLTJSIOri. ■ Australia's prospects of forcing a conclusion were more rosy with Hearne"" dismissal, after which two tall left-hand- : ers. Brown and Woolley. were associated ! Mailey had both guessing, "cut Woolley ; made perfect sq-aare-cuts off McDonald ! -The wonderful fielding of Andrews, Ta.y ' j lor, and Peliew was frequently applaud • j ir.g ball off McDonald, which hit thf ■ J edge of his bat and went high into th< • j air just out cf danscr. He straight drovi the next ball to the boundary. On th< 1 whole England'; "'crocks" were havinj a good match. Brown, like Tennysoi 1 ! in ths first innings, giving a lot o '■ j trouble, but Gregory, who relieved Mc ' '■ Donald at 96. soon had him leg befort 1 off a ball which was almost a yorker f England now wanted 324 with 17. minutes to play Sid six wickets in hand The century appeared shcrtry afterwards j Armstrong persevered with. Mailev r I whom Weelley often millet: to the ropp ; J and cut s'sperbiv. but the ra.pia.in' . ! perseverance vra= rewarde.', when a bai fell eS Woolley's badg- and trickled int.

-he wicket, and thus broke what threatened to develop into another DouglasvVoolley stand. 4 —124—37. Ducat joined Douglas, and after one jver was easily stumped in stepping out :o hit Mailey. England's chance of n&king a draw was vanishing with dranatic suddenness, as 150 minutes and 'our wickets were left, the scoring havug been under a run a minute. 5—126—0. Nest over Qregory sent back Douglas jy knocking out his off-stump, Douglas slaving forward. o—l2S—B. Three wickets having fallen for four -ims was the oosition when Tennyson Joined Junt>- After placing Gregory ;hrough the slips thrice Tennyson was :tmck above the knee by Gregory. Jupp jover-drove Gregory to the ropes, and DuUed Mailey foT four. 150 being hoisted for 125 minutes, when McDonald relieved jregory. The cricket was anything but invigorating. Mailey continually puzzling Tennyson. When the tea interval was taken Mailey had been bowling unchanged for a hundred minutes. Armstrong went in for McDonald at IS3. and with his first ball after tea disnjissed Tennyson. The ball broke across and torched the off-bail. 7—190—36. In Armstrong-"; next over Jupp was taken at tbe wicket. He. like Tennyson. gave a somewhat patchy display with more than a fair share of luck. Thus ten minutes" n'.ay had removed England's last shadow of hope, and Mailey's next over was The last, the googiy bowler ge-t----tirc Parkin for four. The inning? thus closed for 202. leaving Australia -victorious by 219 runs. Following are the scores: — AUSTEALIA. First innings 407 Second Innings. Bardsley. b Jupp 25 Macartney, c and b Woolley 3C Andrews, b Jupp OH Carter, low. b Parkin 47 Pellew, c Ducat, b White 1( Taylor, c Tennyson, b White 4 Armstrong, not out 2f Gregory, c Jupp. b White Hendry, not out 11 Extras li Total for seven wickets (innings declared i 271 Bowling: Douglas took no wickets foi 3=5 runs. White three for 37. Jupp two foi 65, Parkin one for 01. Woolley one foi 45. There were 10 byes. ENGLAND. First innings 251 Second Innings. Hardinge. c Gregory, b McDonald . . •' Brown, lbw. b Gregory 41 Hearne. c Taylor, b McDonald - ■ ■ ■ 2" Woolley, played on. b Mailey 3^ Douglas, b Gregory Ducat, st Carter, b -Mailey < Tennyson, b Armstrong - 31 Jupp. c Carter, b Armstrong 2' Parkin, b Mailey White, not ont ' Hobbs (absent) j Extras • Total SoBowling: Grecian- took two wickets fo: 55 runs. McDonald two for 67. Maile; three ior 71, Armstrong two for 6.— i A. and N-Z. Cable.) England's performance in this match is not one for congratulation, and at no stage in the game could she be said tc have had a winning chance. But she should have been able to make a draw of it. and thus break the record series oi ; eifht successive victories scored by thf Australians. A "rock" partnership, such as that between Douglas and Brown ir i the iirst innings, would have saved th« match, and though so many of the Englishmen were "crocked" at least one solid partnership should have developed. The match was limited to three days, and thus no very extraonSnary effort wa= called for on England's part to play ou; time. This was the fourth test match played at Leeds, and tbe only one that had previously been decided was won by tin Australians by 126 runs. That was ir i.lulv, 1900. Armstrong and Ransforc | both made 45. while Macartney, who ha; | made a new record by scoring the fourth I test century at Leeds in the present • match, took 7 wickets for 5S and 4 foi j 27. The first test at Leeds began at the lend of June. 1599. England made 22C | and 19 for no wickets, and Australia 17i ; and 224. On that occasion J. T. Hearne j an uncle of the present intemationa j player of the same name, performed th< i hat-trick, his victims being S. E. Greg I ory. C. Hill and M. A. Noble. The othei i match at Leeds was in July. 1905, whei I England made 301 and 295 for 5 wicketi j I declared i. and Australia 195 and 22- ---; for 7 v*ekets. The first innings scon I was the highest made by either side ii I a test match at Leeds, but the Austral I ians exceeded it on this occasion. j Macartney is one of the heroes of th ! match, scoring I*s and 30. His inning I of late clearly shows the wonderful forn i the little man is in, and bears out th ' opinion expressed of him by the specia - correspondent of the London "'Evenki; [Standard after his 177 against Leices iter, who said: ""Macartney has change little in appearance since he first visitei I this counrry in 1909. But he is a greate batsman than ever." The English Presr j which seem to have used up all the supei I latives in referring to his innings befor '' hi? last score, will now have cause t i locate another Mr. Webster in order t :have a few fresh ones coined for appi-- ': cation to his performances. He ha? scored j 1,533 runs before the tour is half over. 1 which shcruld allow him plenty of time I to pass the record aggregate of 2.570 j runs compiled by Victor Trumper in 1902. ■ provided he continues on in his present : form. He is making the very best use of ' the dry wickets which are obtaining at ; the moment, throuch the agency of a ; drought, which, we learn, is passing over | England. ! Carter has "come off* in each of the j three tests. He made 33 in he first and j 46 in the second. Carter was born in I Yorkshire, and is a great favourite wjth j the crowds of the county of the broad i acre?. The newcomers in the team have fairly : well justified their a -whole. I particularly Brown, who scored 57 and | 46, a performance which puts him second in the English averages in the tests. White has quite justified his selection. ! He did not take a wicket in the first j innings, but he troubled the batsmen all ! along, and in the second inning? h€ . ] bagged 3 for 37. much the best perform- ! anee on the side. . I .7. C. White in his last three matches before the test with the ball against * j weak county teams, obtained 43 wicket; . j for 361 runs. Last season he headed the II Somerset bowling with 130 wickets, at ar average of 14.45. but his only perform ■ ance against the Australians with Mr i Lionel Robinson's eleven prior to tbf . I test- did not tend to improve his reputa . Ition. He did not take a wicket, though . | only 12 runs were knocked off him. whih i i he wa? bowled hy Gregory before he broki i j hia duck. For his county last seasoi ll While's batting average was only 9.43 ) i Ducat, who has joined the gmall bane

to represent England in both cricket and football, proved a failure, and it is prob- | able that he will*be dropped. I This is the 101 st test, and the AusI tralians lead in the aggregate of win? tby 2. Each side has been strongest in I its own country, a very natural circumI stance. In Australia the home team ha< I won 32 matches to England's 23, a difference of 9in Australia. In England. I England has won 17 to Australia's 10, a j difference of 7. England >■= won 12 i gaaes by an innings. Australia but -f. !On the other hand Australia has beaten i England by 100 runs or more by 1* j times to the five times credited to their i opponents- Toe "ducks'" have been disItributed with nice impartiality, 211 fal- ' ling to Australia's total and 204 to Enjrj land's. .'! A correspondent writes to ask why ,; Hallows, twelfth man. was not allowed to ! i bat in Hobbs' place. The reason is that . i the rules agreed to between the Board .i of Control and the M.C.C. provide that J the captains shall exchange the aames of i : their teams half an hour before the time i i for starting play, and in that list Hobbs" i name appeared, while he fielded up to the ; 1 tea adjournment and thus could not b<? . ; replaced at the bowling crease, thoush i ! Tennyson was entitled to field a substi- ; I tute for him. '• J Following are the test match averages:

ENGLAND BATTING. Ins. N.O. H.S. A-z. At-. ■ ' Tenrr7=on 4 1 74* ITS 53.3 ! Brown - *> 57 103 SI- - ; , VVcFOlIey 6 c< ST* 44^ J Donirias tf (.i 75 J33 35^j ("Dipper 2 0 4u .il 2Eiir. • rfolntes 2 o 3(1 37 1S.H ■ iSearne 2 0 27 34 17.ii I 2 o 25 30 15. s I Rhodes 1 0 19 —< 14.." .Tnpp 4 o 2S .~ 14.^ 5 Knlelii 4 o 3s 32 13 ) lEvans 2 r> 14 18 9.0 > ,3>nrstoa 2 2 6* S S.« : WWte 2 1 e* 7 T. , jl'aj-kin 4 1 ' 11 31 β-f 3 Strudwick 4 0 12 2" 5-i t iCHe&dren 4 O 1<> 17 4.C , ! 'Howeil 2 2 4' 4 4.' 11 ! Tyldesler 2 0 T 7 .".-" ' I Dccat 2 0 3 3 l- r 1 lHai? 2 0 3 3 3_S 1 I ENGLAND BC5VL1NG. TTtns. Krais. Avp , 1 abodes 2 ~ 16.: 3 58 19.-~ . Jjnrston 5 138 ■-■>-- arrop o M2 2S.r Dorarlas 7 22S Xi-. r '-WooIleT 5 Xre 5U Parkin' S sor. 37.: ! Rk-hmond - ** *•- ' Haig " ** 3 AUSTRALIA BATTING. Ins. N.O. H.S. Ag;. Avg iBardsler 6 2 s< So « 5|McDonaJd .... 3 2 21* 4« 4--i iWroii ".".V. 4 1 77 Uβ :*•; rlpellew 3 1 4.. 1*1 :: - J?SSt" f » fr ir S I?" f>u-ollias 1 '-' J* Ji ,) S Bendry * 5 r? -■ ijOIailej - o 6 n C ArETSALIAN BOWLING. Oi TTttB. Runs. A T - 3 |ractlonajd 2? i--I Armstrong Z in T Hendry - J, _