ENGLAND'S NEW BOWLER.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 128, 1 June 1926, Page 7

ENGLAND'S NEW BOWLER.

G. 0. ALLEN GETS WICKETS. AUSTRALIA MAKES 489. i MIDDIJESEX 233 FOR SIX. STEVENS TOPS THE CENTURY. ; fß y Cable.—JPrees Association.—Oopyrisbt.) (Received 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, May 31. Allen, the young express bowler, J silenced criticism of his selection for I the English trial. Always troublesome, he polished off five of the Australian batsmen sensationally, the last three "Without the cost of a run. Bowling better than on Saturday, his pace beat batsmen. Gregory and Everett also ' disturbed the stumps, which were scatj tered seven times during the day at the nursery end, where the batsmen were often patting the wicket. Allen was born in Sydney, but came to England in his boyhood. He is a real Cotter, but less sturdy. The Australian innings concluded suddenly, with the total at 489. Australia's bowling was collared by the Hearne-Stevens partnership for the second wicket. Both were very steady and looked like lasting a week. Everett was disappointing at the first try, although better when put on again. He needs to vastly improve. It seems clear from the match that if the wickets are good the scoring in the Tests will be exceptionally heavy and resultless. ANDREWS IS BRILLIANT. The attendance at Lords to-day was 15,000. Andrews batted for 195 minutes. When 158 he was badly missed at the stumps, when going out to one from Stevens. His is the best knock of the tour, being crisp and brilliant, with a larger variety of strokes than hitherto. He hit twenty-two fours.

Stevens' bowling was poor. He waa unable to find a length. Gregory and Ryder played attractively, both sending Allen to boundary. Ryder gained many runs from neat leg glances, and then succumbed to a magnificent ball from Allen, which swung in low. Gregory punished Haig severely, hitting him for 6—4—l in one over, to leg, and next over off the same bowler he knocked Allen secured Oldfield's and Grimmetfs wicket with balls similar to the one with which he dismissed Ryder. Gregory's score included two sixes and six fours. Allen's average to-day was five for 30. HOME TEAM AT THE WICKETS. Gregory and Macartney opened the bowling when Middlesex sent Stevens and Lee in. When he had two on the board. Stevens sent an apparently easy return low to Gregory, which the latter failed to hold. Gregory's length was I variable and the ball was rising dangerously. Both batsmen played him easily, giving Bardsley on the leg boundary plenty of work. Neither was so sure when facing Macartney, being unable to judge his break. Grimmett's guile was a material factor in keeping down the runs. He sent down three successive maidens to Hearne, who played safe but was unable to get him away. Everett could not find a length, mostly pitching short. Hearne dealt with long hops effective!r. After tea Grimmett's length bemnie slacker and the batsmen did not hesitate to take advantage thereof. When the total was 136. Henrne tried to turn Gregory to leg, biit missed the ball, which removed his bails. fie had played solidly for two hours and hit five fours, exhibiting clean cutting. His partnership with Stevens added 10S to the total. A COLLISION IN THE FIELD. Stevens drove Grimmett powerfully to the leg and off boundaries." The fieldingj generally was of a high order. Ryder's ' pace was slow and he relied largely on ! his leg break. Hendren played freely, but had a lucky escape when Bardsley and Andrews, both attempting a catch off Macartney, collided. He was eventually well held by Woodfull at point from a hard cut. Stevens' batting was streaky. In his second spell with the ball, Everett improved in length, which was more consistent, but he still lacked sting. Stevens, on reaching the eenturr after three and a-half hours' batting, was heartily congratulated all round. A feature of the Aurtralian innings was the number of no-oalls, over a dozen being bowled on Saturdaj- and more to-day, some of which were sent to the boundary.— (Reuter.J,

Details of the score are:— AUSTRALIA.—Firet Innings. Bardeley, b Hearne « 70 Woodfull, c Hendren, b Durston .... 3 Macartney, c Tanner, b Haig 44 Collins, c Tanner, b Haig 99 Andrews, c Stevens, b Allen ....... 164 Taylor, c Hendren, b Durston ...,v» 14 Ryder, b Allen 22 Gregory, not out .....* 45 Oldfield, b Allen ........ 4 Grimmett, b Allen ><*.;.w*wn»w..« 0 Everett, b Allen -.- 0 Extras -,-. .«-.,.. 24 Total 459 Bowling: Haig took two wickets for 160 runs, Durston two for 76, Tanner none for 85, Allen five for 63, Stevens none for 57, Hearne one for 41 Lee none for 3. MIDDLESEX.—First Innings. Stevens, not out 114 Lee, b Gregory 13 Hearne, b Gregory 59 Hendren, c Woodfull, b Everett ... 19 Bruce, b Everett 6 Allen, c and b Grimmett 11 Mann, c Andrews, b Everett 5 Extras 6 Total for six wickets 233 — (A. and N.Z.) REGRETTABLE INCIDENT. OFFICIAL'S INTERFERENCE. (Received 1 p.m.) LONDON, May 31. It is understood a leading English official has been reported for a remark to the umpires regarding a decision given at Bristol, where the Australians played the South of England team., He is alleged to have said: "You ought to know what the Australians are." Several of the Australians, when told of the incident, resented the statement and decided to notify the controlling authorities.— (A. and N.Z.) ENGLISH TRIAL MATCH. LONDON, May 31. The special correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," commenting on the team selected to represent England in the trial match says the only real surprise is the selection of Allen. He recalls Allen's memorable bowling in a university match in 1922 and adds: "The team includes six or seven great batsmen and three others who can score. Practically every member of the eleven is a firstrate field."— (Reuter.) A RESUME OF THE MATCHES. The following is a summary of the matches, together with a list of the games yet to be played: v. Minor Counties, drawn —Australia 179, Minor Counties 115 for four wickets. v. Leicestershire, drawn—Australia 336. Leicestershire 96 and 16 for one wicket. v. Essex, abandoned owing to rain— Australia 538 for nine wickets (declared), Essex five for two wickets. v. Surrey, drawn—Australia 385 for nine wickets (declared) and 74 for two wickets, Surrey 265. v. Hampshire, won—Australia 371 and none for 33, Hampshire 152 and 248. v. M.C.C., drawn—Australia nine for 383 (declared), M.C.C. 199 and five for 83. v. Cambridge, drawn—Cambridge 212 and 81, Australia 235 and two for 17. v. Oxford, won —Australia 325 Oxford 131 and 177. v. South of England, abandoned— South of England 211, Australia six for 328. The succeeding fixtures of the Australian Eleven are as follow: May 29 Middlesex Lord's June 2 North of England Birmingham June 5 Yorkshire Bradford 'June 8 Durham Sunderlancl June 12 Firat Test Nottingham June 16 Yorkshire Shefneld June 19 Lancashire Manchester June 2 3 Derby Derby June 26 Second Teat Lord , * June 30 Northampton Northampton July 3 Nottingham Nottingham July T Worcester Worcester July 10 Third Teat Leeds July 1 i Lancashire Liverpool July 1? West of Scotland Glasgow J ."! y £' -"couand Edinburgh July 24 Fourth Teat Mancheeter July 28 Surrey The Oval July 31 Glamorgan Cardiff Aug. -i Warwickshire Hirmineham »"*• /, s'?, ucc j 3tf ' r Cheltenham Aug. 11 G.P. Schools i.orrt/s Au e . 14 Fifth Teat The Oval Aug. 21 Somerset Taunton Aug. 2 5 Kent Canterbury Aug. 28 Sussex nrighton *ept. 1 English XI. olkestone Pept. i Civil service Chiswlck Sept. 8 Thornton's xi. Scarborough Sept. 1 1 English XI. RlackDool Sept. 1G Palmer's xr. "vfflen