CRICKET.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 5 July 1921, Page 8

CRICKET.

ENGLISH DOGGEDNESS,

SLOW BATTING AGAINST GOOD

BOWLING

TENNYSON'S' GALLANT INNINGS

at OABUi— I-UE33 ASEOUfATIOI' -C:.-v;i-.UUT i (Received July 5, 9-50 a.m.) LONDON, July 4While Douglas and Jupp were together one section of the crowd maintained a running fire of comments on lJouglas's slow batting, but the fielding nad last none of its dash, and McDonald was getting plenty of life out of the pitch- Considering England's ; sad position it was no surprise that , play was mostly on the defensive. ; Armstrong, when bowling to Douglas, i bad a long straight line of six fieldsmen stretching from Hendry at third .man, to Taylor at long off. Douglas pleased the crowd by pulling Armstrong squarely to the ropes, but he proceeded cautiously. The advent of Brown, a left-hander, who came in at 67, did not accelerate the rate of scoring, botoi batsmen waiting for loose balls, of which there were very few. Mihety minutes produced 70 runs, soaking the total 92, when McDonald displaced Gregory, Brown immediately getting him to the ropes at deep leg And sending up the century in one '. hour and twenty-five minutes. He re- . peated the stroke against. Armstrong ~ ia the following over, aid again twice • at McDonald's expense, the only bright patch in an hours' cricket. This put the crowd in the best of humour. .Gregory's picturesque .fielding in the ■; slips was frequently applauded- Mailey and Hendry came on when the partaership had realised fifty in 70 mm.- . utes- Brown was playing a safe and •-" steady game, making no mistakes with loose deliveries. He pulled Mailey behind the wicket for four and was driv- : Hendry, who got plenty of pace off the .' pitch. The newcomer was justifying ; his selection by a plucky dogged stand and showed enterprise in stealing angles, but Douglas vainly tried to get Mailey past the field. Brown reached 50, and the total-was 150 after ~ eighty minutes. , McDonaict replaced Hendry, and Douglas, batting, with remarkable patience, also reached his 50, "but shortly afterwards. Mailey tempted Brown to hit a slow off-break, and Armstrong at extra cover took an «asy catch. The score, was then 164, and the partnership had lasted two hours. McDonald's first ball in the next over knocked White's, middle stump back —7 for 165. The crowd was surprised when Tennyson appeared, and gave him ar ovation- A most remarkable stand fol- . lowed, -considering that Tennyson was batting with an injured hand. He turned his first ball, almost to the ropes for- two, and drove Mailey for lour. This bowler "failed to accept- a return from his next ball. After this . let-off, Tennyson seemed fairly comfortable, and a period of bright batting ensued. Twa. hundred appeared ia 235 minutes, and despite changes " in the bowling Tennyson, from whom '"the least was expected, scored faster than his . predecessors. Douglas also ' livened up, turning several of Gregr ory's and Hendry's deliveries to the ropes. It was a gallant fight to avoid a follow on, the crowd cheering every stroke, especially when Tennyson hit Gregory high to the boundary. Armstrong replaced Hendry at 225. Tennyson reached his fifty in in an hour during a sensational over of Gregory's, driving and cutting him past point and through the slips—all boundaries. This brought on McDonald, at 239, of wJiich Douglas claimed 70- The crowd cheered England's wounded hero, who was making a big history- Fortune too, smiled on him, »~J^\ous lucky runs coming his way*-^'fc-aSiting. only five to avoid a follow on, Armstrong got Douglas with a leg break.- The partnersmp had added 88 in 75 minutes. Douglas, who had gone in at 30 and come out at 253, batted for four hours. The crowd rose and cheered him to the pavilion. Parkin changed the test match atmosphere by his amusing antics facing Armstrong, whom he pulled to the boundary, thus saving the follow on, amid a scene of the greatest excitement. Gregory, with a fine catch, then ended Tennyson's splendid innings, ad as Hobbs could bat, England" were out for 259.