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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 246, 12 July 1921, Page 5

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AUSTRALIANS’ BIG SCORE AGAINST WEST OF SCOTLAND RYDER GETS A CENTURY By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, July 9. At the end of tho first day’s play ip. the match Australia v. West of Scotland the visitors had compiled 483 runs for seven wickets. Tho attendance during the day numbered 10,000. Bardsley, who was caught by Day off Thain when the score was 131, had batted for 73 minutes and had hit seven 4>’s. Tho fielding was better than that in some of tho county matches, and tho Hamilton I Crescent Ground is small. Taylor was I smartly taken at cover by George Gunn ' off a wild hit. Four for 138. Armstrong | joined Mayne. Hoare, an underhand lob i bow-ler, replaced Thain at 170. If tho I field: had been properly set Mayno should I have been caught from a misshit, when ho was 24, off Hoare’s first over. Mayno continued to bat confidently, making strokes all round tho wicket, and, with the assistance of Armstrong, brought up tho second century for under two hours’ play. Frequent bowling changes were made. Mayne reached his 51) in fifty minutes. Ho was driving and hooking well. Armstrong reached 50 for sixty minutes’ liatting. The batsmen had taken the score from 138 to 251, when Speed bowled Mayne. Five for 251. Ryder joined his captain, and both batsmen proceeded to compile runs rapidly. When the Australian captain had scored 87 he placed one from Speed into G. Gunn’s hands at second slip. Six for 331. Armstrong had been at tho wickets for 90 minutes, and hit eleven 4’s. Several of his drives were, very powerful. Ho looked very tired halfway through his innings. Ryder was then 42, and with Hendry’s help took tho score along to 451 before Hendry was bow-led by Stevenson for 37. Ryder was then 115, getting his century in 105 minutes. It was his best innings of the tour, and he was never in doubt. His driving to the off was splendid. Oldfield came in and hit one of Hoare’s lobs clean out of the ground, over the fence and into the gardens. The pair took the total to 483, when stumps were drawn. Following are tho scoresAUSTRALIA. First Innings. Bardsley, c. Day, b. Thain 74 Collins, c. Barbour, b. Ferguson ~7 Andrews, run out • 8 Taylor, c. George Gunn, b. Thain ... 23 Mayne, b. Speed Armstrong, c. George Gunn, b. Speed 87 Ryder, not out 121 Extras • n Total for seven wickets <B3 Bowling Analysis.—Ferguson took one wicket for 96; Thain, two for 119; Speed, two for 94; John Gunn, none for 98; Hoare, none for 31; Stevenson, one for 29; George Gunn, none for 5.