LANCASHIRE GO CHEAP.

Grey River Argus, 21 June 1926, Page 5

LANCASHIRE GO CHEAP.

ONE GOOD SCORE. Mailey and Macartney in Form. June 18. the Lancashire team against Australia are: Major Green, J. Barnes Makepeace, Hallows, E. Tyldesley, li. lyldcsley, Parkin, Iddon, Watson, Duckworth, and MacDonald or Nibbles. (Received June 20 at 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, June 19. The match between the Australians and Lancashire was commenced in line weather. Ellis, Ponsiord, Gregory, Hendry, and Grimmett were left ou.* of the Australian side, the last-named being twelfth man. The attendance was twenty-three thousand. The weather was fine, cloudy and warm, whil t 'the wicket was easy and was drying.

Lancashire, winning the toss, decided to but. In the early stages of the play, Grimmett fielded for Collins, wbn was absent, Bardsley having tossed f.’r him. Everett and Macartney opened the Dowling. Everett, in his first over, was going very wide, his deliveries including. one noball. Collins arrived at the end of half an hour, when the score was only eig l ' l • - all or which were made in the first three overs, which were succeeded by seven maidens. Everett took some time to find his length, but it was a sufficiently un certain length 1 h’> batsmen wondering. Eventually, Hallows drove Everett finely to the- off lor four, and after that tne fast bowler proved expensive, both Makepeace and Hallows touching him and legging him with ease.

Mailey, meantime, gave Makepeace an unhappy time. The latter was beaten repeatedly, until he was bowled in the third over. Macartney bowled three more maiden’ overs before he was displaced uy Richardson. The batsmen were taking the utmost care, and] were showing little initiative. Ernest Tyldesley was content to play Mailey. Nevertheless, he was frequently beaten, Mailey ending his length from the start. Hallows was more enterprising against Richardson, driving him to the on boundary for the first boundary hit of the match.

Seventy-five minutes’ play brought the lunch hour with the score 44 for one wicket. E. Tyldesley was out in the second over after lunch, Oldfield stumping him smartly as he dragged his foot a matter of inches. Hallows, who up to this time had been a model of patience, with a periodical sparkle, now became more aggressive, driving Mailey to the off boundary three times in two overs. This caused the field to be rearranged to provide three men in the long field. Everett then replaced Richardson, and his first over yielded nine runs. Watson, in attempting to leg-drive Maney, misjudged the break, and was well taken, low down, by Ryder at mid-on.

Hallows continued his forceful hitting, till he reached 50, including a six off Mailey. Then he had a lucky escape from being stumped when going out to one from Mailey, but Oldfield had not sighted it. In the next over, Iddon plunged for a six, missed, and was easily stumped. Hallows sent the hundred up on the board with a superb drive to the on boundary off Macartney, it being the first score off that bowler for ten overs. Green, through going out to Mailey, fell the third victim to Oldfield’s adroitness. MacDonald, the ex-Australian, was greeted with cheers, but ho only stayed long enough to have a couple of drives from Mailey, when he was easily caught in the long field. Hallows continued cautiously, though he gave a chance at seventy-two, Bardsley being impeded by the crowd. At length, success came to Macartney, who beat Duckworth. In Macartney’s next over, Hallows, who was then 84, was missed at mid-on by Ryder, but R. Tyldesley, who ran hard, was unable to' get back, and was easilv run out.

In tho next over, Hallows, being eager to reach the century, threw caution to the winds, and he was easily caught at mid-on. He was tho only batsman playing the bowling with any degree of confidence. The whole Lancashire innings lasted 195 minutes. Upon Australia going in, Collins went early. In MacDonald’s second over, Collins swung to leg and missed tho ball, which struck his foot, and he was given out as leg before. Then, in MacDonald’s third over, Macartney cut one hard to E; Tyldesley at third slip, but Lamer failed to llOld it. „ r nnV Andrews survived a confident appea for leg before when he was only five. While Andrews had a somewhat chequered career, Macartney was at his best. Ho placed the bowling attractively to leg, finding gaps in tho field. As Macartney and Andrews settle! down, runs began to come freely, mainly on the log side, until Andrews lost his wicket in playing right across to an inswinger. . Woodfull played a straight dnv from MacDonald, called a run, am then started down the pitch. Macartney refused to run, even though th. ball travelled almost to the Woodfull was then almost to Maear noy’s end. He made a desperate effort to return, hut without success. With Taylor in quick singles wore the order of the day. A series ot singles from Parkin’s bowling brought up one. hundred in ninety-five min utes. Despite changes in the brnrlin-. runs now camo merrily in singles, u»

til Taylor essayed a. six, and was well held on the boundary. Richardson had only time to obtain a good off drive to the boundary before stumps were drawn. Following arc the scores:— LANCASHIRE, First limings. Makepeace, b Mailey 5 Hallows, c Everett, b Mailey S 3 Tyldesley, s Oldfield, b Mailey 11 Watson, c Ryder, I) Mailey y Barnes, 1.b.w., b Everett 4 Iddon, s Oldfield, b Mailey 4 Green, s Oldfield, b Mailey 2 MacDonald, c Bardsley, b Mailey Duckworth, b Macartney J] R. TyT'esley, rim out J Parkin, not out 0 Total 149 Bowling analysis: Everett .1 for 32. Macartney 1 for 19, Mailey T for 74, Richardson 0 for 16. AUSTRALIA, Fir,st Innings. Bardsley, e Watson, b Parkin 11 Collins, 1.b.w., b MacDonald 3 Macartney, not out 62 Andrews, b Watson 22 Woodfull, run out 1 Taylor, c Hallows, b Parkin 14 Richardson, not out 5 Extras 6 Total for 5 wickets 124 YORKSHIRE MATCH ABANDONED. LONDON, June 18. The Yorkshire v. Australia cricket match has been abandoned. LEADING AVERAGES. Batting:—

COUNTY GAMES. LONDON, June IS. In the County cricket series, Cambridge, playing Surrey, made 287 in the first innings. Enthoven scored 56, and Lowe SO. Surrey in tlie first made 463. Hobbs scored 108, Sandham 139, and Fender 64. Meyer took 5 for 117. The game was abandoned. Playing Kent, Sussex in the first innings made 214, Tate scoring 79. Kent in the first made 167, Woolley scoring 52. Cox took 5 for 31. The game was abandoned. Plaving Essex, Somerset made 208 in the first innings, Mcßryan scoring SO, and in the second 107, Eastman taking 6 for 59. Essex in the first made 178, White taking 5 for 57, and in the ( second 13S, Bridges taking 5 for 33. (Essex won by one wicket. For Glamorgan against Warwick, Bell made 102 and Mercer took 5 for 38 and Ryan 5 for 47. Glamorgan

For Gloucester against Lancashire, Parker took 5 for 71. For Lancashire R. Tyldesley in the first took 5 for 49, and in the second 4 for 34, while Iddon took 4 for 31. Lancashire won. For AVoreester against Leicester, Root in the first took 5 for 24, and in the second 6 for 27. Worcester won. Rain interfered with some matches.

In ?s. not outs runs, avge. Gregory 2 6 494 82.33 Hendry 2 0 139 69.50 Hendren 8 5 828 63.69 Sandham 16 1 924 61.60 Richardson 10 6 232 58.00 Woodfull 13 1 661 55.08 Hardinge 14 2 658 54.83 Hearne 12 2 540 54.00 Brown 17 1 844 52.75 Stevens 11 1 527 52.71 Hobbs 15 1 733 52.35 Mead 15 2 676 52.00 Macartney is placed twenty-first with 11/1/433/42.30. Bowling:— runs, v kts, average Rhodes 464 46 10.08 Cox 36 / 34 10.79 Tyldesley 465 49 11.51 Richardson 328 28 11.71 Richmond 727 59 12.32 Larwood 46 12.71 Parkin 439 34 12.91 Tate S2S 61 13.57 Ryan 654 48 13.62 Macartney 410 30 13.66 Ma cauley 735 53 13.86 Everett is a the bottoi of the list with 208/6/34. 66.