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

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ENGLAND FIVE FOR EIGHTY-NINE

BY GABLS-'KEhS AESOCIATJON -COPYBWHS LONDON, July 4. The weather at .Leeds this morning was dull, cuui, and overcast, and a large crowd, was present for the second day's play in the test match. The wicket was unchanged. Hobbs, whose comI plaint is appendicitis, was ordered by liis doctor not to play. On the first day Australia mada 407 and when stumps were drawn England had lost two wicliets for 22. On resuming to-day Macdonald and Gregory opened the bowling attack against Mardinge (11 not out) and Ducat (3 not out). , With thirty on the board, Ducat, w . had not added anything to his overnight score, was caught by Gregory off Macdonald. Hardinge was then sixteen. Douglas came in, but seventeen runs later lost Hardinge,' who got in front of one from Armstrong. Jupp joined Douglas and rattled on fourteen, ■ while Douglas was getting four. Then ' Oupp tipped one from Gregory into Carter's hands. The Australians were wearing sweaters when play was resumed, and there I was quite a nip in the air. Macdonald opened from the northern end. In his ' second over a rising ball, which broke the shoulder of Ducat's bat, fell into Gregory's safe hands at fine slip. Douglas joined Hardinge, who shortly afterwards had a lucky escape. He touched a ball from Gregory, which | went through Ins legs arid rolled close ' to his off stump. Hardinge opened j brightly with some nice strokes to the off off Macdonald, rousing the crowd to 6uch enthusiasm that they cheered wildly every single. Armstrong relieved Gregory after three overs, the score being forty-one, and there was great t applause when Hai-dinge immediately j got him past point to the boundary. England's misfortunes, however, continued to fall thick and fast, and within half-an-hour of the start Hardinge went leg before to Armstrong. He had shaped attractively. At 12.20 p.m. the score was five wickets for eighty-nine runs. Details of the nlay are:— AUSTRALIA. First Innings ..' 407 ENGLAND. First Innings. Woolley, b Gregory 0 Hearne, b Macdonald 7 Hardinge, lbw, b Armstrong. 25 Ducat, c Gregory, b Macdonald ... 3 Douglas, not out 26, Jupp, c Carter, b Gregory, 14 Brown, not out .../. 7 Extras " 7 Total for 5 wickets 89 Batting: averages are: Macartney 72.6, Mead 71.75. Ducat 65.83, Bardsley 64.68, Hardinge 62.07, Douglas' 54.69, Woolley 50. Jupp 45J4, Hearne 44.92, Gregory 43.68. Pellew 35 94, Taylor 34.11, Collins 32.25, Armstrong 32.15, Brown 30.59.

Bowling; averages are: Armstrong 52 wickets for an average of 12.13 runs; White, 80, average 12.69; Rhodes, 68, average 13.92; Gregory, 65. average 14.24; Macrdonald 71, average 14.63; Douglas, 86. averaere 16.02: Woolley, 62, average 18.25: Parkin, 52, average 18.76. '