CRICKET.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 9 December 1924, Page 6

CRICKET.

ENGLISHMEN IN AUSTRALIA. UNOFFICIAL TEST. c A DRAWN GAME. c t BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT < BRISBANE, Dec. 8. < AVhen the English cricketers, in the ' mutch against an Australian eleven to ( day earned their score of 292 for six 1 wickets to 421 for the innings, a : drawn game was inevitable. The A ustralians, therefore, in the second strike i went in to hit hard, and did not take the match seriously. When stumps were drawn the Australians had lost five wickets for 257. The match was continued in dull and threatening weather. Showers had fallen during, the week-end, but the wicket was not affected, though the outfield was perhaps a little slower.England was fighting for runs, but had averted a follow-on before the seventh wicket fell. The brightest innings was at the tail end, and was played by Kilner, who went out boldly to the slow bowler, Grimmett, and made him more expensive than at any previous time in this match. : The slow man was not so impressive as on Saturday. Kilner was badlv missed by Taafe before- he reached double figures. The West Australian made. a great effort to atone for " this mistake when. Kilner "drove one , from Hornibrook almost ove;r-the fence. Taafe sprang at- the ball and caught it. but collided hard with the ’.ice. He fell like a log and the hal! I dropped to the ground. The player I was dazed for a few moments, and had 1 to be assisted off the field. :

S RUNS COME QUICKLY. 1 Hendren played with restraint for r | his century, which he reached in 204 | minutes. He has been singularly sue- j 1 cessful in Brisbane. He made 96 5 against- an Australian eleven last tour, - and a century in each innings of this 1 visit. This'innings, however, was not ‘ so sparkling- as the one Hendren played £ ! against Queensland a week ago, but as ] his side was fighting for runs when he went in, it was quite as meritorious. i A feature of the day was the big ] hitting by Tyldesley. Off Grimmett be ] hit a four and a six off successive 1 balls,, and made similar scoring shots ] in the next over but one. Then Grim- ) mett, who had been drawing Tyldesley ‘ out, clean bowled him. It was a great ' piece of heady bowling. The innings, ! which ended at 421, lasted six and a } half hours. Australia opened the second innings ' in confident fashion, Hendry beginning with the first ball of the over, while | O’Conner hatted right up to the form ' set by Hendry and lacked nothing by comparison with his more accomplished colleague. Hendry was evident- • jy out for a merry life. He stepped 1 in front of the wicket to hit one from Tyldesley, but failed to- connect, and ( was out leg before. Hendry gave a , good display of forcing cricliet. Excluding Chapman’s hard hitting, nothing finer was seen in the match , than the cricket played by Richardson . and Kippajx. The former scored with classic strokes in front and behind the 11 wicket, his powerful driving strokes sending the ball like a shot to the fence. His glancing was also brilliant. Queenslanders wanted to see these two test/match aspirants right at the top of their form, and the wish was now gratified. WICKET-KEEPER B-OWES. i Douglas did not treat the match tpc | seriously when he called Hendren, SutIcliffe, Sandham and Chapman to the bowling crease. He gave the batsmen a chance to l open out, and they.took advantage of the opportunity, scoring freely, and after this the total boundeu along, both batsmen frequently hit ling boundaries. The match lost much of its interest in the closing stages, in which there was little to suggest that first-class cricket - was in progress.. Douglas completed the farce by giving the wicketkeeper (Strudwick) the ball, Freeman taking tiie gloves, and there was great hilarity when Freeman stumped Oxenham off Strudwick. The latter went up the pitch and shook hands with Freeman. The batsmen, of course, were all out to hit, not taking tilings seriously, as a draw was inevitable". Details:— AUSTRALIA. First innings 526 Second Innings. Hendry, 1.b.w., b Tyldesley 26 O’Connor, b Howell" 40 Richardson, st. Strudwick, b 'Chapman 83 Kippax, not out 82 Thompson, c Bryan, b Chapman ... 12 ! Oxenham, st Freeman, b Strudwick 0 Taafe, not out 10 Extras 4 Total for five wickets ( 257 Bowling analysis.—Douglas took no wickets for 29 runs; Kilner, none for 17; Howell, one for 21; Tyldesley, one for 19; Sandham, none for 24; Freeman, none fo>r 29; Bryan, none for 25; Sutcliffe, none for 13"; Hendren, none I for 34; -Chapman, two for 33; Strudj wick, one for 9. ! ENGLAND. 1 First Innings. I Douglas, b Grimmett 54 » Strudwick, b Wallace 6 Sutcliffe, 1.b.w.. b Richardson ....... 19 Bryan, c and L Grimmett 29 Hendren. 1.b.w., b Oxen ham 100 ■a| Sandham, i.’o.v,- b Oxenham 10 I Chapman, st O’Connor, b Grimmett 92 E Kilner, c O’Connor, b Oxenham... 52 I" Tyldesley, h Grimmett- 29 Freeman, not out 12 Howell, b Oxenham ] Extras 27 Total 421 Bowling analysis.—Wallace took one wicket for 54 runs; Hornibrook, none for 87; Grimmett, four for 176; Richardson. one for 40: Oxenham, four for 26; Hendry, non-e fo.r 22. PLUNKET fell! ELD MATCHES. (by TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON. Dec. 8. At a meeting of the Wellington Cricket Council to-night correspondence dealing with the Pluuket Shield matches was read. Auckland took exception to the remarks made at a recent meeting of the Wellington Association. ™ The chairman (Air. C. G. Wilson) said Wellington wanted to foster a friendly feeling. As Auckland said ma l they were committed to certain dates, it would be as well to fall in with them and play Canterbury on January 1,2 and 3. leaving the dates for -.1 the Otago and Auckland matches to be fixed later on. The chairman added that some better method of t arranging dates for Plunket Shield lOT ‘ matches should be found. The chairman’s suggestion was approved. The team will leave for Christchurch on December 30. Mr. Ongley. of Palmerston North, was appointed selector of the country per team.