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Grey River Argus, 20 May 1921, Page 4

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MATCH AGAINST ESSEX. HOME TEAAI SCORE 144. LONDON, May Essex in the first innings made 144, compiled as follows:— ESSEX—I st Innin g s. Gillingham, b Gregory IS ’ Mdvor, b McDonald , 9 Freeman, b Alai ley , 25 Perrin, b ATcDonald 17 Douglas, b McDonald 3 Morris (not out) 40 Dixon, c Macartney, h Alai ley 12 O'Connor b AlcDonald 1 c Saint, b Gregory 8 1 Eastman, b Gregory 0 Louden, c Gregory, b Mailey ... 3 1 Extras 8 : Total 144 • Bowling analysis.—Gregory 3 lor 1 32; McDonald 4 lor 57; Alai ley 3 for 5 50. (.Received at 5.45 p.m., May 19). LONDON, May 18. Stumps were drawn when Australia • had lost six wickeis 222. Scores: • Collins, c. Douglas, b. Loudon 25 ' Macartney, b. Douglas 25 > Taylor, b. Dixon 43 Gregory b. Eastman 14 3 Pellew, c. Eastman, b. Dixon 38 i Andrews (not out) , Ryder c. Freeman, b Douglas 16 . Hendry c i(l1, u,, i) ~ Extras bS Total for six wickets 222 Collins and McCartney opened to > Douglas and Louden's bowling. Al.aci urvney played brilliantly until Doug- , I las found Ins leg slump at -13. layior suucu'.ued. Louden I biiu in the slips oil Dougins when be Hint scored ;i Collins wms cniiglii in me l"“ den - , Il right. » lust bowier, replaced Douglas and KasUuiiii, n tad right hand medium bonier, was tried. scoring smcke.ied and Gregory lost his wlcke> through playing back. 'lhreo lor Uti11m century was hoisted alter ninutes. Tlie lieldmg was a bat slow. The I'ellew-'J’aylor partnership lasted 1U minutes, yielding 5d run- Dixon a-mongst the several bowlers ined IOUHII the lultm-s wicket and Pellew ,as dismissed by a si>ectacular catell Eastman oil the same bowler, love lor 166. . .• Andrews gate an exlniaratmg dmplay. Hyder was missed al Urn wicket 1,..1',r„ In- got fairly gi""S- _. v t'ST HA I.TN V ESSEXLONDON, May TS. ) Russell was unable 1" pk'y 101 E- j sex owiim- lo a" ot ' Armstrong is not playing owing to an injury to his leris resting witli on m )nrc<l finger, but neither is serious. Carter is omitted. The attendance «s 10,00 h. Douglas won the toss, and sent Gillingham and MeTvor to face Gregory and McDonald. The batsmen were livelv. Ind when the total reached Greoorv removed Gillingham’s leg Stump. The score was still unaltered when McDonald bowled MeTvor. Perrin, who partnered Freeman Fail tt short nnd nwi-ry life, hitting 17 m six minutes. Then McDonald shattered his wickets, 'ht-mhing a stump. ?. for f>2. Douglas joined Freeman. At fill Marley relieved McDonald to enable the latter to take Gregory’s place nt theothor end. The change was effective McDonald beat Douglas and smashedanother stump. Morris came next, and j Gregory missed him. a hard chance off AlcDonald. Freeman with Si panent innings, ended at 25, was bowled by Mailey. Dixon wks given a life in tfip Til’ll- . over. Henrly failing to hold fne ball. At twelve he ga^ (f a second chance which Macartney (accepted. The seventh wicket, fell for 113. ( AVith tho exception of Aforris, who was aggressive, - the defence against the good howling was feeble. Gregory and Alailey quickly disposed -oi the rest of the Essex team. The Yorkshire fast- bowler. Macaulev. took six. wickets' for ten inns against Warwickshire, on a good wicket. THE AUSTRALIAN BOWLERS LONDON Alay 18. The bowling of AlcDonald and Gregory have provided the critics with much food for spculation, thir respective merits being variously championed. The “Daily Mail” says; “The collapse of Essex was a triumph of On khe f)ther hand,i the “Timles” expert declares neither Gregory nor AlcDonald a.e really fast adding: “Our old batsmen could have played either with ease.” FIRST TEST MATCH. AVHO AVILL BE CAPTAIN” ' ' LONDON, May 18. The “Daily News,’ - asking who. will lead 'England says the announce- ’ ment that Fry will captain the AlarylebOno team on Saturday to some ex- ( tent lifts the veil of official secrecy, < as Saturday’s match will be a dress rehearsal. Good judges predict Fry will be the final choice. It is a, fact that the M.O.C. has a great admiration for Douglas aa ar. “ all-round cricketer, but does not fancy him as captain. POSSIBLE SELECTIONS. p LONDON, May 17. B C. R. Fry has become a warm fa-! vourite for the test matches’ captain- I

cy. It is regarded as significant that j he has been chosen to lead the Marylebone team. Kennedy’s re-election is regarded as testing him for the i tests. Alany experts prefer Hubble u» Strudwick, in order to strengthen' (he batting tail. Apart from these, attention will mostly lie focussed on Stevens’s bhtting arid Gibson’s bowling. A SUGGESTED TEAM LONDON, May 18. Mr Sewell, in the “Daily Chronicle,” proposes that the English team, should be: Fry, Rhodes, Douglas, Strudwick, Richmond Fender, Jupp, Hendren Stevens, AVoolley, and either Evans, Gibson or Chapman. VI CTOR IAN ASSOCIATION. A PROFITABLE SEASON. MELBOURNE. May 19. The net profits of the A'ictorian Cricket Association, last summer totalled £lO,OOO. The aggregate attendance was 175,000.