CRICKET.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 1978, 21 November 1921, Page 5

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIA v. WEST PROVINCES. [By Electric Cable—Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Sunday, 5.5 p.m.) CAPETOWN, November 19. The Western Provinces team, in their first innings, made 153. Following were the scores:— Commaille, st Oldfield, b Macartney 3 Hands, c Ryder, b Macartney ... 1 Hearn, c Taylor, b Mailey 76 Thomas, b Mailey 31 Wood, b Mailey 0 Wright, c Hendry, b Macartney ... 8 Veal, c and b Macartney 1 Fox, c Andrews, b Macartney ... 14 Reid, b Mailey 12 Ben Simons, c Collins, b Mailey .. 2 Smith, not out • 0 Extras 5 Total I^3 AUSTRALIA. —First Innings. Collins, c Reid, b Ben Simona .... 82 Bardslejy, c Wood, b Reid 66 Ryder, c-and b Reid 21 Mayne, not out 36 Andrews, not out r ,. • 2 Extras 6 Total for three wickets ~ 162 The weather was glorious and the wicket good. Carter, Gregory, McDonald and Armstrong were not playing for Australia. The features of the game were the fine bowling by Macartney and Mailey and the splendid fielding of the Australians. Hendry bowled without success, and the batting was slow. The only effective partnership was Hearn and Thomas. The Australians batting was lively and they rattled up the runs, Bardsley’s 66 taking eighty-five minutes.