CRICKET

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 6 July 1921, Page 8

CRICKET

AUSTRALIANS' INNINGS CLOSED

ENGLAND'S FORMIDABLE TASK

B_ OABJifi—PEESS ABBOCIASIDSI-OOPYEIGH-(Received July 6, 9.30 a.m.)

LONDON, July 5. Andrews showed disappointment when Jupp, in his second over j beat him. The ball broke back very -fast and

robbed Andrews of, a well-earned oen tury- The next few men tried to force ■». the pace, but quick scoring was the only possible game, even at the cost of quick wickets. This gave White, the Somerset crack bowler, his chance, and he secured three wickets at a small cost. Gregory _as out to a mishit, which sent the balThigh in the slipsFour wickets fell in forty minutes for 37. Armstrong and Hendry then came "together. The latter edged Parkin to the first slip, Woolley failing to retain his hold. Every over had its incident. The next was White's attempt at a right-hand catch from a hot return by Armstrong, a most difficult chance. Tennyson's one-handed fielding was frequently applauded. The ground fielding generally was clean. • Armstrong opened his shoulders, driving Parkin with terrific power, but was not successful against White, whose deceptive slows merited respect. Once he square-cut him beautifully to the ropes. Except for changes in the bowling play, thei-eafter, was practically without incident until Armstrong declared the innings closed at 12-50 p.m., leaving England the formidable task of getting 422 in 270 minutes. (Received July 6, 9.55 a-m.) LONDON, July 5- # Some wonderful fielding by Andrews, Taylor and Pellew was frequently applauded. Brown had a lucky escape from a rising ball of McDonald's, which went high into the air just out of danger. On the whole, England's new crack is having a good match. He was giving a lot of trouble, but Gregory, who relieved McDonald at 94, had him leg before with a ball which was almost a yorker. England now wanted 324, with 175 minutes to play and six wickets in hand. The century appeared shortly after Douglas joined Woolley. Armstrong persevered with Mailey, whom Woolley often pulled to the ropes and' cut superbly, and his perseverance was rewarded when a ball fell. off Woolley's body and trickled into the wicket and thus broke what threatened to develop into another Douglas-Woolley stand. ATfte., score was then four for 124- Duca^-'wly lasted one over, and England's chance of making a draw was vanishing with dramatic suddenness. The scoring had been under a run a minute. Next over, Gregory knocked over Douglas's off stump, and three wickets) had fallen for four runs, when Ttmnyson joined Jupp and made what turned out to be the final stand of the innings. The former played Gregory through slips thrice, and Jupp drove him to the ropes, and Mailey for four. One hundred and fifty came up in 125 minutes. When McDonald relieved Gregory, the cricket became anything but invigorating, Mailey continually puzzling Tennyson. At the tea interval, Mailey had been bowling unchanged for 100 - minutes. With the first ball after the tea interval, Armstrong dismissed Tennyson. The ball broke across and touched off the bail. He had helped to advance the score from 128 to 190In Armstrong's next over Jupp was taken at the wicket. He, like Tennyson, gave a somewhat patchy display had removed England's last luck—B for 197. Thus ten minutes' play had removed England's last shadow of hope, and Mailey's next over was the last. (Received July 6, 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, July 5. Brown was limping and had Hallow's run for him. Y/hen he went in with Hardinge, England had a quarter of an hour's batting before lunch, Gregory and McDonald being the bowlers. Brown placed jQregory twice through the slips to the boundary, but within ten'minutes Hardinge lost his wicket, Gregory taking a magnificent catch at a second attempt. First he got his right hand to the hall, which was high overhead, arresting its flight, and then he got both hands to it. It was the most wonderful catch of $he match. One wicket was down for fifteen. After lunch the attendance increased to seven thousand and the weather turned hot and sunny. Hearne followed and soon got cutting off McDonald, to whom Armstrong fielded at backward point. McDonald was making the bull bump, Hearne frequently 'getting legside deliveries,^ shoulder high, to the ropes. Brown, who has made the most astonishing improvement during the last .a few weeks, drove the fast bowling hard and confidently. Fifty went up in 35 minutes. Then Mailey replaced Gregory. Hearne's attractive display closed shortly afterwards, Taylor, at short mid-on, taking a simple catch. ' Australia's prospects of forcing a conclusion became rosier. With Hearne's dismissal at 57, Woolley came in and two tall left-handers were now associated. Mailey had both guessing, but Woolley got some perfect square culs off McDonald.