FOR AUSTRALIAN TEAM

Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 63, 12 September 1921, Page 7

FOR AUSTRALIAN TEAM

THORNTON'S ELEVEN WINS EXCITING MATCH

(UNHID ,ntßi ASSOCIATION.—COFI MOST.}

(AUSTRALIAN • NEW ZEALAND CAILi ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, 10th September.

The match betwen the Australian team and Thornton's Eleven Was concluded to-day and resulted in Thornton's team winning by 33 runs, the Australians thus suffering the second defeat of thig tour. Great excitement pre-: vailed at the finish of the game. The remaining four wickets of Hie Englishmen's second innings added 27 to the total, Oldfield' accounting for three. Mailey finished with the fine average of six wickets for 56 runs, and M'Donald with four for 51. Australia replied with 162, leaving the Englishmen victors by a margin of 33 runs. • Wdolley bowled finely securing five wickets for 36 runs. Armstrong earned the distinction of the first pair of spectacles of the tour. Heavy rain fell overnight, but the morning was bright and breezy. The wicket was slow. There .was an attendance of five thousand.

In the first half-hour only two runs -were made. Mead added five to his overnight score before Oldfield got him bff M'Donald. Douglas met the same fate off Mailey after adding a couple. Fender played lively cricket foi his dozen.

Bardsley and Collins opened Australia's second strike against the bowling of Hitch and Fender. The batsmen well confident, despite bowling changes, and ran quickly to 46. Then Collins failed to negotiate a full pitches Macartney helped to carry the score to 76, when he lost Bardgley,_who was caught at midon. Andrewswas caught at mid-off at 93. Ryder went in the same over, skying one to the slips, and Macartney vfs out five runs later, making Woolley's average.- five for 20. The century appeared in 105 tninutes. Then Armstrong, playing one from) Rhodes to Fender, added the second glass to his pair of spectacles. The simmer of excitement increased when Taylor played Jnpp on at seven wickets for 120.

After lunch the wicket greatly assisted the bowlers, who were frequently changed. The fielding Was keen but the batsmen were dogged, making every effort to secure a draw. Hendry put up a great fight with his back to the wall, batting for eighty minutes. He lost Oldfield at 162, proved to be the final score. When Hendry went only nine minutes remained, but it proved sufficient to givel the Englishmen victory, the match finishing three minutes before time, amidst wild excitement. Woolley was accorded an ovation. The following are the scores:— THORNTON'S ELEVEN.

Bowling Analysis.—Hitch no wickets for 4 runs, Fender none for 24, Jupp "three for 47, Woolley five for 36, Rhodes one ior 25, Hearne none for 11.

First innings r 280 Second Innings. Rhodes, c Mailey, b M'Donald 12 Sandham, c and b Mailey , 50 Hearne, c Hendry, b Mailey .*.'. 22 Hendren, c Bardsley, b Mailey ...... 1 Woolley, c Collins, b Mailey .' 3 Hitch, c and b Mailey ; 7 Mead, c Oldfield, b M'Donald ...... 17 Douglas, c Oldfield, b Mailey ...... 7 Jupp, c Oldfield, b M'Donald 2 Fender, b M'Donald- 12 Wood, not out 4 Extras • ...^.. 9 Total 146 Bowling Analysis.—M'Donald, four wickets for 51 runs, Hendry none for 12, Mailey six for 56, Armstrong none for 18. AUSTKALIA. First innings 231 Second Innings. Bardsley c Hearne, b Woolley ....... 37 Collins, b Woolley , ■. 20 Macartney, lbw, b Woolley 22 Andrews, c Hearne, b Woolley 12 Ryder, c Hendren, b Woolley 0 Taylor, b Jupp ...„ 17 Armstrong, c Fender/b Ehodes ... 0 Hendry, b Jupp ,'. 25 Oldfield, run out » ( 14 M'Donald, not out 0 Mailey, lbw, b Jupp /. 0 Extras 15 Total ...162