CRICKET

Grey River Argus, 21 December 1920, Page 3

CRICKET

FIRST TEST MATCH.

AUSTRALIANS BAT CAREFULLY

COLLINS MAKEB CENTURY.

MACARTNEY HITS HoUT. ENGLAND OVER 400 BEHIND

(A. and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Kocd. Deccn.rjer 20, 7.20 p.m.) SYDNEY, December 20. p lay in the first Tost " Match wai continued to-day in fjne weather. The wicket was still sound. Collins, and Bardsley imparted a serious note ij,j 0 the play, as so mark eilly in evidence in the first innings r>bugl as took a hand with the ball, he making tho fifth bowler tried, but, ow--ing to the changes, he possessed little element of danger for the batsmen, who were determined to play cautiously, and to pick any loose ones. The spectators disregarded the necessity for careful bating, and pined for a bright and enterprising display, but in ' vain. When in tho forties, Collins -pulled Parkin low to square-leg. Hcarnc got his right hand on to it, but. was unable to -hold it. Shortly after, Bardsley placed Hearn in front of cover point, and then ran out ;and endeavoured to return, when Hobbs looked dangerously near it. Bai-dslcy, however, .slipped in turning back; but Hobbs overran the ball, thus enabling- the batsman to regain his crease. The let-off was not of much benefit, as Bardsley then opened out, and Hearne clean bowled him. Macartney followed, and he Avas satisfied to proceed slowly. Yet he was responsible for several fine shots, which were rendered' unproductive as the result of fine fielding. Collins several times took tfie strike away from Macartney with a single off the last ball of the over, but only to pafc the ball back to tife bowler. At .'.intermittent periods he momentarily sparkled, but he ejuickly lapsed again to steady play. With the total at 17J>, Douglas hied Rhodes, who was thus the seventh bowler put on. His second ball almost brought about the downfall of Macartney, who jumped out of his ! crease to meet the ball, but missed. So, however, did wicket-keeper Strudwick, with the batsman a j:ard inside his crease. Undeterred by this, Macartney continued stepping down the pitch and executing 'several brilliant late cuts to the off and also leg drives to ,'the boundary. Other liits^, equally brilliant, wore neutralised by fine work in the field, particularly that by Hendren. Collins, after a lengthy spoil in the nineties, reached his century with a single to the square-leg off Waddington. He took three ami a. half hours to compile the 100 His last ten were made while Macartney Avas moving | from 18 to 5(3 In the next over, however, -Collins lifted Douglas to outside miel-on, where Waddington acccptod an easy catch Douglas, in the next over, got Macartney as the latter was endeavouring to make a late cut Macartney -:>ulleel the ball on to his wicket. His scoro was 69, and it included nine boundaries. Macartney was dismissed in & precisely similar way in the first innings. Taylor followed Macartney, and ho rapidly rattled up double figures. A few minutes later ho poked one from Douglas over Russel's head at second slip; the fieldsman being only able to touch the ball with the tips of his fingOTS. For this stroke, the batsman ran a single. Douglas then varied tho bowling, making frequent changes. The three left-handers— Woolley, Waddington and Rhodes — were being treated with most respect by the batsmen. . Ivcllaway, as usual, played "rock." When four, ho returned a very hot one to Hea'rnc, who stopped it, but was unable to hold it. The crowd soon barracked Kclla* way's stonewall tactics, and an appeal for "leg before 1 " was eagerly answered by a section of tho crowd by "Out! Out!^' Taylor played stylish cricket, "batting all round the wicket. He was fraally caught by Woolley, after he had passed his fiftieth run. The attendance was 25,000. The following are the scores: — England, Ist innings . . . . .*. . 190 Australia, Ist innings ....... 207 AUSTRALIA— 2ncI INNINGS. Collins, c Waddington, b Douglas ..*....... 104 Bardsley, b Hea'rne . . —• 57 Macartney, b Douglas 09 . Taylor, c Woolley, b Parkin 51 PellW, 1.b.w.,-b Woolley .... 16 Kcllaway (,not out) 23 Shndries ""- 12 Total (for 5 wickets) .... 332 England, \jp to the present stage, will necci^to nialce 410 in the second innings to win. ' . '*'