AUSTRALIANS’ TOUR

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 5 August 1926, Page 5

AUSTRALIANS’ TOUR

PLAYING WARWICKSHIRE.

THEY MAKE 417 FOR EIGHT

PONSFORD’S BRILLIANT DISPLAY

BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COP YB£GET Received 1 a.m. to-day. LONDON, Aug. 4. Playing Warwickshire, the Australians, in their first innings, made 417 for eight wickets. Details are:— Poiiisford, b Howitson 144 Wood full, b Partridge 51 Macartney, c and b Qnaife 35 Bardslev, c Riddian.- Green, b Hewlt-sun ' 17 Collins, 1.b.w., b He wit son. 4-4 TayW, c He. wit son, l> Quail© . .4... 9 Ryder, c Partridge, b Qnaife 18 Gregory, b Wyatt 26 Hendry, not out 31 Ellis, not out 17 Extras 25

Total for eight wickets 417 Collins won the toss and decided to bat.

The Warwickshire team is: Calthorpe, Partridge, Riddian-Green, Hewetson, Wyatt, Quaife, Parsons, Bates, Santal] Norman, Kilner, Smith. From the Australian team Oldfield, Richardson, Grimmett, Everett, and Andrews are- omitted. The attendance reached 15,000.

Pon-sford and Woodfull, after a slow ■start, opened out and hit freely, every other ball producing runs. They put -on 17 before ’Woodfull was. beaten. The bowlers maintained a good length, but caused little trouble, thouglr Hewiteon at times induced the batsmen to be cautious. Frequent changes in bowling had little effect on’ the batsmen, who were confident, but not scintillating. Pons ford’® exhibition, was delightful, and was marked bv powerful drives to on, cuts and pulls varied with periodica] eg glances. He hit 15 fours. Collins showed lack of practice. He was also hampered hv an injured wrist, nevertheless he gave a- sound display of offdrives and leg hits. —Reuter.