MACARTNEY’S SCORE

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 172, 22 June 1926, Page 7

MACARTNEY’S SCORE

HUNDRED AND SIXTY RUNS.

GOOD BATTING YESTERDAY.

MATCH WITH LANCASHIRE. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received June 22, 11.10 a.m. LONDON, June 21. After an oppressive Sunday, the weather was threatening to-day when the cricket match between Australia and, Lancashire was resumed. The wicket was in good order. The Australians continued their first innings. McDonald and Parkin opened tho bowling, and Macartney and Richardson got straight off the mark _as though there had been no interruption and settled down to an average of five runs an over.

The total for the Australians’ innings was 374 and the homo team at the end of the day’s play had made 116 for the loss of five wickets in the second innings. , Details areas follow: LANCASHIRE.

First Innings 149 Second Innings. Makepeace, c Oldfield, b Everett 0 Hallows, lbw, b Macartney ... 46 E. Tyldesley, b Macartney ... 5 Watson, lbw, b Macartney 27 Barnes, not out . 24 Iddon, b Richardson 6 Green, not out ... ... 6 Extras - Total for five wickets ... 116 AUSTRALIA.—-First Innings. Bardsley, c Watson, b Parkin ... 11 Macartney, c Ducksworth, b Parkin 160 Collins, lbw, b Macdonald 3 Andrews, b Watson 22 Woodfull, run out ... 1 Taylor, c Hallows, b Parkin ... 14 Richardson, c R. Tyldesley, b MacDonald 63 Ryder, c Barnes, b MacDonald ... 39 Oldfield, not out ... 26 Mailey, lbw, b Watson 4 Everett, b Watson 19 Extras 12 Total ... 374 Bowling analysis: MacDonald 3 for 115, Parkin 3 for 85, R. Tyldesley 0 for 49, Watson 3 for G 6, Iddon 0 for 47.—Reuter.

ASHES AND AVERAGES

LONDON, June 9. Speaking at the opening of an exhibition of painting by Mrs Rix Nicholas, the Australian artist, at Sunderland, Mr Syd. Smith, ]unr., manager of the Australian team, said: “We have held tho Ashes for a long time, bu’t the law of averages says that the honour must go round.”