SPORTS AND PASTIMES

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 10 August 1921, Page 7

SPORTS AND PASTIMES

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIA v. WARWICKSHIRE.

BY CABLE-tPEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYBIGHT (Received August 10, 11.50 a.m.) '.- LONDON. August 9. The weather was fine and the wicket firm after rolling. The attendance was ; 3000 on resuming. Armstrong .'declared at the overnight score and Warwickshire went in again. Bates and Green faced*? Gregory and McDonald. The first four overs were maid-lens-iand from the fii-st seven only six ! runtf.were scored. In half an half the total had reached twenty-two, of which "Bates 'claimed twenty. *At 27, i Armstrong relieved McDonald and got Green stumped. Bates, when 23, U&ayed a yorkter Into his wicked. I Quaife then, partnered Charlesworth. At 43 McDonald came back vice Gregory, and off his first over Armstrong , •'brilliantly caught Quaife. <Charlesj worth and Holdsworth carried the | total to 63, the half-century taking 56 j minutes, at which stage Charleworth was caught by Rydei. "Just pre- | viously McDonald had dropped him off , Armstrong.. The wickets fell fast af- [ xer luncheon Scorer failed to negotiate one of McDonald's full pitches. I Holdsworth flayed the .same bowler. j on. Smart SDdoned one to Collins. —7.for 89. Oldfield bagged Partridge. Cross partnered Rotheram, I wjio was missed by Taylor in the long field off "Armstrong Vwhen a single. ; The pair brought the score to 112 be- ! fore McDonald found Rotheram's sjumps, and the end came by Mc- , Donald bowling Howell. '-'