AUSTRALIANS DOING WELL

Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 16, 19 January 1921, Page 8

AUSTRALIANS DOING WELL

CENTURIES BY ARMSTRONG AND KELLEWAY

(UNITED PRBSS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.)

ADELAIDE, 18th January. Pot the fourth day's play in the Test match the weather was warmer. The wicket is standing well. As play progressed there n*ere 16,000 persons present. "

Armstrong accompanied Kelleway to the wicket. The captain was quickly off the mark, pulling Howell's second ball for three. The next baJl Armstrong pulled for four, dangerously close to Woolley, and then got one to leg. Four byes off Howell followed. Parkin bowled a. maiden over. Kelleway brought his score to 30 by driving Parkin to the boundary for four. Armstrong likewise. made a, nice hit off Howelt through cover for a brace The hundred took 91 minutes to compile- Woolley came on again and Parkin bowled from the other end. The Australian captain smashed the Lancashire man to the fence, and then got two to leg, bringing his total up to 30. Several appeals for leg-before were at this stage . disallowed. Kelleway ■ was obviously uneasy when facing Woolley. At 140 Fender replaced Parkin. Armstrong immediately turned him to leg, placing 40 to his credit. Kelleway put Fender through the slips for four, reaching a similar score. He next drove Fender for four and Woolley for two. The score now stood at 150, and was put together in 148 minutes. It took Kelleway 122 minutes to make 50. Armstrong put Fender through the slips for two, and late-cnt the sa-rne bowler again for two. The crowd was in better humour. Armstrong was placing beautifully, but Kelleway was batting in, amost scratchy fashion, especially when facing Woolley.

After, lunch seven singles were scored off Fender's first over. At 193 Rhodes went on, and by singles! the score soared to 200 in 198 minutes., Armstrong brilliantly lifted Rhodes to the boundary, and smacked Parkin to leg for four, narrowly missing the umpire's head. Howell and Douglas relieved at 213. Armstrong drove Douglas through cover to Hobb3 at the boundary, and then snicked Howell through the slips, bringing his score up to 90, during the making of which he had. given no chances. Late cutting Douglas for four, he reached his century, around which he had been hovering for some time. The captain drove Hoy/ell high to the boundary, reaching 104 inside 173 minutes. Armstrong then had a tremendous reception, his partnership with Kellevvay having yielded 166. At the tea adjournment Armstrong was 104, Kelleway 75, and three wickets were down for 242.

Armstrong welcomed the tea respite, and comm jnced by driving Howell down the ground for four. Ho continued to treat the fast bowler (Fender) indifferently. When Kelleway had reached -80 he lost Armstrong, who was clean bowled by a beautiful ball from Howell. 4-265-131. His was a glorious innings, lasting 204- minutes, during which he .hit eleven fours, and gave no chance. His straight driving strokes were ideal, and his partnership with Kelleway added 194 to the score.

. Taylor filled, the vacancy and immediately sent Howell to the boundary for four. Kelleway continued. his stolid style of batting, getting runs painfully slow, at which the crowd became ironical At 84 ho gave a difficult, chance to Strudwick. , Taylor' won plaudits by cutting Douglas for four and driving Rhodes for a similar number. He thus rattled up 21 while Kelleway was adding six. The board showed 300 for 320 minutes' play. Taylor was superb on the on-drive, and by hitting Parkin to leg for four he reached 38 in finished style.. He was then caught by Strudwick, off Fender. 5-328-38. Taylor was exceptionally versatile. Pellew succeeded, and late-cut Woolley to the fence for four, and hit the same bowler/for a similar penalty. He made successive fours off Howell, -Woolley, and Douglas. Kelleway crept on, making singles and twos in defensive style, not at all pleasing from a spectacular point of view. The detailed scores are: — ENGLAND. \ First innings 447 AUSTRALIA. First innings m 354 Second Innings. Collins, c Hendreri, b Parkin 24 Bardsley, b Howell 16 Ryder, c Woolley, b Howell 3. Kelleway, not out 115 Armstrong, b Howell 121 Taylor, c Strudwick,-b Fender 38 Pellew, not out ....: 26 Sundries 21 Total for five wickets 364