AUSTRALIA 105.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 132, 5 June 1926, Page 11

AUSTRALIA 105.

NORTH OF ENGLAND MATCH.

ENDS IN A DRAW. 3 FOR 110 IN SECOND STRIKE. (By Cable.—Press Association. —Copyright.) (Received 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, June 4. The match between Australia and the North of England ended in a draw. The ; visitors were at sea to the bowling of j Root, who took seven wickets for 42, the whole side being out for the poor score of 105. Carr declared the North's second innings closed with the 1 wicket down for 77, but the Australians had no difficulty in playing out time, scoring 110 for three wickets, when stumps were drawn. When the match ,was resumed to-day the Australians had lost three wickets for 34 (Taylor 12, Mailey 10) being the' not outs. Jupp and Larwood opened the attack. Mailey received a ball on his pads in attempting to turn it to leg, and was out lbw. Jupp was bowling short. He | was displaced after one over oy Root, | who bowled on the leg theory. He had ; Taylor in difficulties when the latter ! attempted to plaj' the balls, but more often Taylor elected to leave them alone. Larwood on a harder wicket developed a pace which was probably faster than that of Gregory. He kept a good length and had Macartney beaten three times in succession. Taylor was never comfortable facing Root. He attempted to drive one to the boundary, but it was held at mid-on. The Australians had not experienced Root before. His line of attack was new to most of them. He is a medium fast bowler, a consistently good length and pitches the balls mostly on the leg stump leg. He breaks in such a way that the batsmen must play him. There is always a risk of being bowled in try- , ing to drive and the tendency is to play "rock," await a loose one. Root, who is no novice, knows the batsmen are sure to try glances or let the ball hit the bat and risk cocking up the easy catches, therefore he has four fieldsmen close up on the leg side, namely, one at "silly" deep, one at fine, one at square and one just outside square leg. Every now and then he sends a ball off the stump and then a similar one with a off-break. Thus the batsmen attempting to cut and drive often find that the ball has whipped back and taken the leg stump, or else they put it up in the slips. "Root has never bowled better, though undoubtedly the wicket helped him," eaye Colonel Philip Trevor in the "Daily Telegraph." "The sun dried the top. Never have I seen any side, to say nothing of a great batting side, so powerless to deal with hm. One after another they waggled the bat at the I>an, usually uncertain which way to waggle it.

THE NEXT MATCHES. LONDON, June 4. The Yorkshire team against the Australians is: Lupton (captain), Rhodes, Dolphin, Waddington, Leyland, Oldroyd, Robinson, Mitchell, Turner, Crawford, Douglas. The Durham team against the Australians is: Brooks (captain), Feret, Kinch, Dobson, Nichol, Romaines, ' Webster, Wright. Carr, Howell, and Cook.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.)

Following are the scores:— North of England.—First Innings .. 23!) » Second Innings. Holmes, c and b Richardson 15 Whysall, net out 47 Hallows, not out 7 .Extras 7 Total for one ' wicket (innings declared closed) 77 Bowling Analysis.—Gregory none for 10, Jlyder none for 15, Richardson one for 7, Macartney none for 8, Mailey none for 29. AUSTRALIA.—First Innings. Bardsley, c Carr, b Root 11 VVoodfull, c Larwood, b Root S Mailey, lbw, b Larwood 3 Taylor, c Whysall, b Root 22 Macartney, c substitute, b Geary .. 15 Andrews, b Root 5 Ryder, b Root 4 Gregory, c Smith, b Root 6 Poneford, c Carr, b Root 11 Richardson, not out 13 Oldfield, c Carr, b Geary 0 Extras 4 Total 105 Second Innings. Bardsley, run out 10 Woodfull, b Larwood 7 Taylor, b Larwood 0 Andrews, not out 68 Macartney, not out 20 Extras , ... 5 Three wickets for 110 Bowling Analysis.—Larwood two for 18, Geary none for 26, Jupp none for 39, Watson none for 22.