AUSTRALIA MAKES 407.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 4 July 1921, Page 5

AUSTRALIA MAKES 407.

ENGLAND 2 FOR 22

8* CAJJIiB—PBESS ASSOOIATI..V ~, ~ , • ■ LONDON, July 2-. lne weather was brilliant and hot— a perfect summer day—and there was a tremendous attendance for the third test between Australia and England at Leeds to-day. - The teams are—: England: Tennyson/captain), Douglas, White, Jupp, Hobbs Hearne, Hardinge, -Parkin, Ducat, Woolley, Brown. The Australians' omitted Mayne, Collins and Oldfield, and Ryder was tweltfh man. Australia won the toss and decided to bat- Tennyson received a great reception on leading England into the field- Douglas, who bowled from the pavilion end, had an expensive first over of ten runs. "After getting a single, Andrews, with a powerful off drive, sent the ball to the boundary, while Bardsley sent the last delivery squarely to the ropes with a delightfal shot. Andrews continued aggressive against Douglas and put one beautiful cut to the slips boundary, causing the field to be replaced. The batsmen were quieter facing White, England's new hope, who is a. slow left-hander with a puzzling spin off the pitch and a perfect length. Twenty minutes after the start Bardsley played vior. ward to drive Douglas and the ball went from the end of the "bat Into the. first slip's .hands. Tennyson was fielding silly-point for White, whom even Macartney, the newcomer, was treating with respect. White was breaking from~Teg on Tsd the wick- J et all the time. Andrews' placed some fine shots, but ,he was1 more cautious than usual. He had been batting lor i 40 minutes when he put a turning bail ■ into Woolleyis hands- ; I The dismissal of Andrews put the crowd into good humour. Macartney was hitting hard, but found it diffi- ; cult to penetrate the field, White' sending down two successive maidens to him.: However, he chopped; one from Douglas through slips;., and backward' point with a lightning shot to the boundary. The English" fielding was very keen, and the bowling was a great improvement on that initfcp Not tingham and Lords matches. Pellew who joined Macartney, brought up 50 in a similar number of minuter, with a vigorous' drive past cover noint. ;Th3ii Tennyson stopped a hard shot of Macartney's, which hurt his* hand, and he left the field, having captained England one hour. Macartney's wonderful footwork was in eyideroe. He Stepped back, getting White through slips to the Inrandary twice in one over, and the crowd was enthusiastic. The first bowling change was made at 73, Parkin displacing Douglas. ,'•;■: Even with great hitters like Pellew and Macartney associated the scoring progressed little better' than a run a minute- At 87 Hearne went on in: place of White. Pellew drove Hearne to the boundary, and then, with a lucky hit through slips, to the boundary for four, and sent up 100, which occupied 85 minutes. Pellew's share was 30 and Macartney's 43. With a dazzling square cut to the ropes' and an off drive off Hearne Macartney sent up his 50 in 65 minutes' -play. Jupp relieved Parkin, whose mixtures hau not troubled the batsmen, at 109, and Pellew got him over the heads of the slips for four. Immediately after Mac-

artney, with a perfect drive off Hearne, got past mid-off to the ropes, and Pellew put in some slashing drives at Jupp's expense. The, crowd' appealed for new bowler's. Douglas contemplated three or four minutes, and then put on Woolley, for Hearne, but Macartney, who was batting brilliantly, confidently drove him through covers. , When Macartney was 61 he played 'a ball off his pads to fine'leg, ajid 'the crowd, thinking he was out, »PPlau<t.ed» • Pellew Hrove "3upp to the boundary, the ball first touching Parking at I long-off, and this brought ,;up Pellew'a 50 in 65 minutes- ', Therl he pulled Woo"l!ey into Hearne's hands at short leg. It was a valuable partnership, marked by hard Hitting antl a confident exhbition. Taylor cam© in and played -o^ut the over before lunch, getting two -boundary strokes. Aa Tennyson ha-d to have three stitchea in his left naUC it is unlikely he will play further. After lunch a double bowling change was made, Douglas at the pavilion end and White at the other. The weather was so hot that the crowd were protecting their neclcs with handkerchiefs and * newspapers. ' .Both batsmen made several superb late cuts, many of which Jupp, £h"ird man, 'saved near tEe boundary. Taylor also made delightful drives along the carpet, while Macartney, was square-cutting White with characteristic brilliance, alternating with perfect hook shots which evoked "'Ohs" from the crowd. Taylor was stepping back driving .Douglas, whom Jupp relieved at 183- White continued and was difficult to away- The field was well placed, and the ground work clean, particularly that of Hobbs at cover, who was stopping slashing hits from Macartney. Parkins, displaced White at 198, and Taylor go two off his first ball, sending up the second century in 165 minutes' play. Douglas, pursuing a policy of rapid changes, tried himself again at 201, Taylor driving his first two balls to the bounSary, whereupon the crowd vociferously criticised him. Parkin, in the absence of a fast bowler, began pitching short, making the juTHp, but Macartney enjoyed the fun, "late-cutting and driving him to the boundary twice fn one over. Macartney then looked at the score board and saw himself 97; then he hastily glanced round the field and hit Douglas to unprotected, squareleg for three. He had been batting 155; minutes, and was accorded a magnficent ovation for his chanceless display.' .He continued to delight the crowd with sparkling cuts and drives. He and Taylor -showed the mos£ supreme confidence, the latter frequently placing EftfugTas behind the wicket, turning and driving \ Parkin with the greatest ease, and his 50 was made in 70 minutes- -Relieving Douglas at 255, Jupp got Taylor first ball, Douglas accepting an easy chance at short leg-

Gregory came in- He was shaky in opening, Jupp's first three balls completely beating him, and Parkin shifted his off stump with his second ball. Armstrong had a great reception when he joined Macartney. The'latter was still audacious, playing wonderful strokes, but got out leg before; H> was accorded a great ovation. Thr^e wickets had fallen within half an hour Hendry stayed three deliveries. The sensational change delighted the crowd more than Macartney's inningsCarter had a remarkable reception, as he is the only Yorkshire man in the match, and similarly acknowledged the compliment. Then he lifted Parkin to the ropes high behind the wicket, and just out of reach of Hardinge. He also delightfully late-cut Jupp to the boundary. Armstrong twice in one over square-lecged Parkin to the boundary. At 255 White replaced Jupp. Armstrong was driving with his pre-war vigour. and Carter's strokes were generally cheered,' especially a square cut to the boundary that sant up 300 on the board in 235

minutes. Parkin was losing his length, aiid .Armstrong twice drove him to the boundary in one over. This brought : Woolley on at 310, and Carter got two j excellent boundaries off his first over, i both behind the wicket. The partnerj ship put on 60 in half an hour. Carj ter caused a complete reshuffling of ! the field when'he perfectly cut Woolley to the boundary, but he continued to place him between the off-side men, batting like the opening batsmen* I Jupp captured his wicket with a'beau- ■; tiful delivery just on the tea adjourn- | ment- Eight were now out for 333. ! Hobbs was unable to field after tea j owing to stomach trouble. Armstrong i continued his terrific driving, and. 1 when 46 he played a ball on to his ; wicket without dislodging the bails. ' In the next over he drove Parkin to .' leg to the ropes and1 brought up his 50 . for 75 minutes'' batting. He was 'tim- : ing perfectly, and the power of his drives amazed the crowd. He hit the ; first six over the heads of the crowd with a leg boundary at Parkin's expense, followed with a four in the [same direction. Four men were staj tioned on the edge of the boundary, i and the fielding was constantly changling. Armstrong, keeping the .bowling to Himself, scored 41 in half an hour, i while McDonald made 5. White took Parkin's place at 383- A section of |the crowd became annoyed when Armstrong, tiring after running two, rested. Douglas went on at the pavilion end, and Armstrong was caught ! behind imediately- He had a wonderI ful ovation, the crowd walking out on the field to meet him. He had batted 90 minuteß. I Mailey joined .McDonald, and got in :a j couple of good strokes. Then McDonald, with a. hard and true hit, sent up the fourth century for 230 minutes' play. In the next over McDonald l i made the, biggest hit of the day, over ' the heads of the crowd .pn the leg side ' tojthe mound, at White's expense. He ' 1 was hitting quite as hard as Arm-' I strong, ' and making no mistakes. I Mailey gave an easy return to Parkin, and the innings closed for 407, after 300 minutes' batting. Macartney hit thirteen fours- . When England went in Gregory, at the pavilion end, opened the attack against Woolley, whose off stump was uprooted with an unplayable ballGregory's fifth delivery. Next ball Hardinge narrowly escaped being run out- There was r great excitement when Hearne pulled McDonald's first ball to the rones. " bowlers early found their lengtH, and were very fast-. Hearne was playing a straight bat, but he knew nothing of the ball which sent his off stump somersaulting. After twenty minutes' play seven over produced 16 runs. The fielding was almost perfect. Hardinge, who was shaping well, aroused enthusiasm by cutting McDonald to the boundary. Ducat was content .to return Gregory's deliveries along, the pitch/ The batting was without incident. Play ceased ten minutes early, on ac- ! count of the light, and England's score i was then 2' wickete for 2 runs- • Details of the play are :— ! First Innings. Baidsley, c Woolley, b Douglas ... 6 "Andrews-' c Woolley, b Douglas ... 19 Macartney, lbw," b Parkin 115 ' Pellew, c Hearne,, b Woolley. ....... 52 Taylor, c Douglas, b Jupp 50 Gregory, b Parkin 1| Armstrong, c .Brown, b Douglas 77 j Hendiy, b Parkin 0, Carter, b Jupp 84 McDonald, not out ~ 21 Mailey, c and b Parkin ~<........,, 6i Extras ..,.„.. •,26 | 1 ' Totai ......;.;.„. ,) ~„... 407 Bowling analysis: Douglas took 3 wickets for 80 runs; White, 0 for 70; Parkin, 4 for 106; Hearne, 0 for 21; Jupp, 2 for 70; Woolley, 1 for 34- ---' Fall of wickets: 1 for 2; 2,for 45; 3 for 140; 4 forj2ss; 5 for 256; 6 for 271!; 7 for 271; 8 for 333; 9 for 388-, •j ENGLAND—First Innings. 1 Wpolley, b Gregory .- .y Q I Hardinge, not out'-... ...'.>...,,.,,, if , Hearne, ; b McDonai^. ~} , 'n r\ \,,,,,,, 7 Ducat, not out ......',„,,,,.,,.'.'., 3 , Extras. «,M.,'..,,,,,,,,,,ii.iv!v..'.... ,1 i ■■■ . ■ .■ • ■ T ■ ~ j Total (for two wickets) 22 1