CRICKET

Grey River Argus, 22 December 1920, Page 3

CRICKET

THE FIRST TEST.

AUSTRALIA'S INNINGS CONCLUDED./ . '

SPLENDID. TOTAL OF 581

ARMSTRONG 'S. BRILLIANT DISPLAY. .... .. ,

KELLAWAY NOTCHES. GOOD SCORE.

ENGLAND G39 TO GET,

(A. and ,N.Z.. Cable Association.) ... (Rocd. December 21, 7.15 p.m.) SYDNEY, December 21. On the fourth day play in tiie Test Match again commenced, in hot -wcathor. '",'.- Armstrong, •.-joining Kellaway, faced jho bowling of Parkin and Hearnc. . The Australian captain applied tho wood Vigorously, Douglas and Parkin botll prcferping 1-he carpet drives to 'travel to the boundary rather than intercept 'them. , Facing Hcarne, .Armstrong; scored flirce successive fours, by supei'b 'drives to the off boundary. He was sooii' rapidly approaching within four of Kellaway 's total. . .The. la-it or then emulated his captain, and used his feet to reach out to Rhodes, and notched an ' occasional boundary. While \in the thirties,* Armstrong placed Rhodes to rind-oft* for a close brace. Waddington, -thinking the batsmen were only running a single, casually tossed the ball to Parkin, who | shied it at the wjeket, Strudwiek im'ssni£ 'it, and being compelled- to chase the ball, resulting in a fine leg. overthrow for three. " ' Armstrong's display was in marked contrast to .the . remainder of the team. Always confident, he attacked the bowling lik c a true artist, placing his shots with remarkable precision, notwithstanding' the excellently placedfield: : / ' . . ;k By luncheon "'the bowling, though *c pcatedly changed, was. completely'collared, which, is not to say that the batsmen could afford to take liberties, \ but any occasional short-length dcliv- \. cries were promptly pulled to the pickets by Armstrong, who nevertheless [refrained from touching the " off thejory," or being tempted by the wily J [.fieldsmen, pretending to fumble the j I ball when the batsmen -were running » singles. ' \ Keilaway was still playing correct cricket, and- though a little more •enterprising than tlie previous day, he was satisfied with singles, where his partner went for boundaries. When 70, he off-drove Hearnc* to the boundary, his second four in three and a half hours' batting. . . . . . Next over he attempted a straight hit off Woolley and was caught in the the slips by Russell. j •Armstrong meanwhile , notched. 120. * SyyL 1 - wickets were down for 521. ' ; This partnership yielded 187, audits rupture wr.s inexpressively welcome to the English bowlers, as neither of the batsmen at any stage looked like retiring. . /Douglas tried every method of attack, 'but' he was •unfortunate in not having the services of Hitch, who was suffering" from, a slight strain from the previous day. Ryder joined Armstrong, when he set but for his second century in a steady manner, but was soon ; sparkling again. After further play the innings concluded for the total of SSI.