AUSTRALIANS WIN FOURTH TEST MATCH

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume 49, Issue 7623, 17 February 1921, Page 3

AUSTRALIANS WIN FOURTH TEST MATCH

EIGHT WICKETS TO THE GOOD, By lelegr&DQ—Pres* Association—Copyright Aust-alian and N Z. Cable Assoc’.atti/u* Rec. Feb. 16, 8.15 p.m. Melbourne, Feb. 16. T he weather was fine but dull for the continuation of the fourth test match. The attendance was small. Armstrong was present. Play was delayed for txventy minutes while the teams were photographed with and by the desire of His Excellency the Governor-General* Wanting 119 runs to win Ryder and Gregory faced the bowling of Fender and Howell, Gregory played confidently, and Ryder cautiously, but both continued to get runs in spile of repeated changes of bowling, none of wfiich gave any trouble to the batsmen. Towards the end the runs came slowly, but the iecptired quota was obtained after 185 minutes batting. The following arc the additional Australian scores: Ryder, not out 52 Gregory, not out 76 Extras 13 . Total for two wirkets 211 Australia won by eight wickets. MAILEY THE WIZARD. 9 Sydney, Feb. 16. The “Telegraph” says; “Mailey as a bowler is superlative. He will go down in the history of the game as the ‘‘record breaker. 1 ' His wizardry twice stole the game from England. The crowd screamed the name of one man, “Mailey.” At one stage’ the Douglas-Fender combination altered the whole complexion of the game, giving the Australians qualms until th eaUack oi “Maileyism’’ ai'Vived.” The ‘‘Herald ’’ sayh : —‘‘Mailey’s bowling was remarkable. No bowler had previously taken more than eight wickets in a test. As in previous tests there; were times when England was in a hopeful position, but was unable to hold it. Australia was lucky. At the second knock Collins' whs dropped when only three. What an alteration if Collins had not been missed in every test.” AUSTRALIA v MANAWATU. Palmerston North, Feb. 16. The cricket match Australia v. Manawatn was resumed to-day. The Australians continued batting, and their score now is 245 for six wickets (Kippax 10, Liddicntt 100, Ransford 10).