AUSTRALIA v. CANTERBURY

Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 62, 14 March 1921, Page 4

AUSTRALIA v. CANTERBURY

LATTER SCORE WELL.

CHRISTCHURCH, 13th March. Pia-y in the Australia-Canterbury cricket match on Saturday was full of interest from start to finish, and a big crowd of spectators, estimated at from 3000 to 4000, enjoyed itself immensely. The sum of £551 was take'o at the gates.

The wicket wore very well, and the Hayes-Worker partnership, which had 53' runs to its credit on Friday, was increased to 104 subsequently by very sound cricket. Hayes played the bowling correctly and confidently.

Though not getting the best bowling figures, it_ was clearly, discernible that Ironmonger was the visitors' "star" bowler. He was more accurate in both length and direction than he had been on Friday, and the wicket gave him some assistance. Asher's good figures were largely the result of reckless strokes by the opposition, and he never offered more than the average difficulty of the slowbreak bowler of his typo. The fielding of tie visitors waj again first-class. At

the opening of the Australians' innings, Waddy made every ball that was not absolutely first-class a scoring stroke, and put on runs by powerful shots and at a lively rate. Richardson's batting bore the impress of the master batsman until he played outside a ball that he expected to have some leg turn, but which went straight on. Lampard gave a sound and stylish exhibition for his 60. Ho had some luck, for he put one or two up on the leg side, and gave Blunt a chance before he was half-way through his innings, and Sandman beat him more than once by beautiful balls that narrowly missed the wicket. Liddicutt gave a fine exhibition of high-class and forceful batting. His career was cut short, lather luckily for the fielding side, just as he was promising to make the Canterbury total look small. Sandman bowled like a champion, and the batsmen complimented him on his fine bowling. Read was erratic in both length and direction. An appeal by Ransford against the very bad light at 5.30 did not meet with the favour of the crowd, who evidently wanted full value for its money, but the reasonableness of the appeal was recognised by the Canterbury skipper, and play was immediately discontinued for j the day. The match will be resumed at 11.30 o'clock on Monday morning. Speaking at a social gathering at the Canterbury Press Club last night, Ransford, captain of the Australian team, said that the standard of cricket in New Zealand was much higher than they had expected to find it. Blunts innings on Friday was the best they had seen in New Zealand on ' either the Australian or New Zealand side, and he ventured the opinion that if Blunt could have experience on Australian wickets he soon would be in the first flight o£ international batsmen. • i Following are the scores:— CANTERBURY. First Innings. Blunt, c Ironmonger, b Lampard ... 80 Brosnahan, lbw, b Forssbcrg 5 Page, c Pellew, b Ironmonger 27 Patrick, c. Richardson, b Lampard 15 Reese, 'o Lampard,' b Liddicutt 16 Haye3, lbw, b Asher 76 Worker, c Waddy, b Asher 54 Sandman, c Waddy, b Asher 0 Brunt on, not out - v 5 Read, lbw, b Ironmonger 10 M'Lachlan, b Ironmonger * 0 Extras 23 , Total 310 Bowling Analysis.—Forssberg took one wicket for 47 runs, Liddicutt one for 46; Ironmonger three for 75; Asher three for 52, Lampard two for 45, Kippax none for 8, Richardson none for 15. AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Waddy, lbw, b Sandman ; 25 Richardson, b Sandman 17 Lampard, c Blunt, b M'Lachlan 60 Liddicutt, st Brunton, b Sandman 44 Kippax, b Sandman 5 Ransfovd, not out 14 Rotcliffe, run out 6 Pellew, not out 6 Extras 23 Total for six wickets 200 Bowling Analysis.—Sandman took four wickets for 76 runs; M'Lachlan one for 30, Read none for '64, Blunt none for 7.