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Evening Star, Issue 17710, 11 July 1921, Page 7

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AUSTRALIANS V. WEST SCOTLAND.

RYDER NOTCHES A CENTURY.

Bros® Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.

LONDON, July 9, Tho match Australians ot Scotland began to-day. The home team comprised Colonel lioare, Barbour, Ferguson, Tliain, Stevenson, Mniines, George Gunn, John Gunn, Carr, Speed, Hay. M’Donakl, Macartney, Carter, and Relic w are standing out of tho Australian team. Rlay started at 1.30 p.m. There was •no break except for tea. Armstrong won tho toes, and sent Bardslcy and) Collins in to bat. "Tho weather was fine but sultry, the wicket good and fast, and the attendance, about 5,000. Ferguson, a slow left-hand bowler, and Tliain? a right medium, opened the bowling. Twenty-three runs.jyero scored m four overs. Then- Collins was caught lugh at raid-on bv Barbour. One wicket for' M. Bardslcy, at 25, sent a hard return to Thain. which he missed. Speed, a righthand medium-fast bowler, came on in place of Thain. Andrews was Hum nm out He ran down the pitch after making a stroke, but Baidsley did not »iovm wickets for 69. Bardslcy hit 50 m fifty minutes. The century was reached i liftv-four minutes. , „ After tea Bardslcy was caught by Day off Thain, when, he had compfleda useful 4 The s core then was 10l for three wicked Mayne joined Taylor. runs later lost him, when he was zo. through putting one from Thain into tho hands* of George Gunn, yho ageptod chance. Four wickets for I*B. Mapo continued to bat confiden y, « strokes all round the wicket, and, witl (be assistance ot Armstrong, raised ™ total from 138 to 251, when he was 'bowl®* l bv Speed. Ryder joined bus captain. rapidly, the former being 52 and the la 22 ’ Received July 11, at 9.25 a.m.) Tho two Gunns and Garr, playing o the West of Scotland, are Notts County cricketers The attendance aftei the tea 10,000. •'.aught at the wickets, and i tl» hid bad been properly set Mayne shouWhave been caught from a mi?s-hit when he was 24' Hoare. with underhand lobs, was the howler who suffered Isom the fielding. However, it was better than in some of the counties. Mayne drove and hooked well. Armstrong, with Ryder, took the total to 533. and was then caught at short slip. He was in only an hour and a-half, and made several powerful drives. He got eleven 4’s, but looked very tired when halfway through his innings. Ryder could not be dislodged, and went on to nlay his best innings of the tour. Ho was never in doubt, and exhibited splendid off-driving. With Hendry as a companion he reached hie -century in 105 minutes. Oldfield, wlio efinte in at 451, scored rapidly. He hit the lob bowler clean out of the ground over the fence into the gardens. Stumps were drawn with the total at 483 for seven wickets. Scores: Australians. — First Innings.

Bowling Analysis.—Ferguson, one wicket for 96 runs; Tha-in, two for 119; Speed, two for 91; John Gunn, none for 98; II oa.ro, none for 31; Stevenson, one for 29; George Gunn, none for 5. AVERAGES. LONDON, July 8. The following arc tho leading averages to date for tho season : —Batting.—

A HANDSOME OFFER. "LONDON, July 8. It is reported that E. A, M'Donald (Victoria.) has been offered £SOO for tho season, which is the highest vet paid to any Lancashire League professional. A. an<l N.Z. Cable.

Baxdslev c Dav b Thain ... 74 Collins c Barbour _ b Ferguson ... ... 27 Andrews run out' ... 8 Taylor c George Gunn b Tliain ... 23 Alavno b Speed ... 69 Armstrong c Q. Gunn b Speed ... ... 87 Ryder not out ... 121 Hendry b Stevenson ... 57 Oldliel'd not out ... 26 Extras ... 11 Seven wickets for ... 483

Mead (Hampshire) 70.51 Maoartnev (Australia) 69,62 Russell (Essex) 61.85 Bardsley (Australia) ..... ... 59,35 Ducat (Surrey) 56.09 Hai'dinge (Kent) 55.52 Brvan * ... 55.00 Douglas 53.61 Chapman ... ... 49.93 Woolley 46.58 IT/mdren 46.55 Dipper Rhodes ... 46.09 45.55 Gregory 57.10 Armstrong 56.66 IVllew 34,15 Taylor 55.20 Andrews 31.90

■ -—Bowling.— Wickets. Averag< Armstrong (Australia) 56 12.16 Rhodes (Yorkshire) ... 74 15.14 ,T. C. White (Somerset) 99 16.88 Gregory (Australia) ... 79 14.27 WDonald (Australia) 79 .. 15.85 Douglas (Essex) 89 16,80 18.57 Wonllcv (Kent! 59 Mailcv" (Australia) ... 78 19.95