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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 4219, 16 February 1921, Page 3

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MAI LEV THE MAX OF THE MOMENT. By Rtacttio Te*legraph—Oopyright) (Aust.-N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received February 10. I p.m.) Sv'dnev, l'Ybruarv Hi. The Daily Telegraph says: 'Mailey as a bowler yesterday was superlative. He will go down in the history of the game as ;i record-breaker. His wizardry twice stole the game from England. ; lhe crowd screamed his name as onj> man: "Mailey!'' At one stage of the game the Douglas-Fender .combination appeared to bo altering the whole complexion of the game, giving Australians some qualms until the attack of Mailcyism arrived. The Morning Herald says: Mailey's bowling was remarkable. No howler bad previously taken more than eight wickets in a test match. As in the previous test games, there were times when England was in a hopeful position. But she was unable to hold it. Australia was lucky At, the second knock. Collins was dropped when ho had made only three runs. (He made 32.) What ail alteration if Collins had not been missed in every test. FOR ARMSTRONG. Melbourne February 16. The public meeting of Armstrong's sympathisers adopted a resolution that the excuses given for Armstrong's exclusion from the England v. Victoria match are unsatisfactory, and the selectors had lost the confidence of the public.