FOURTH TEST DRAWN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17845, 28 July 1921, Page 7

FOURTH TEST DRAWN.

AUSTRALIANS SCORE 175.

STUBBORN STAND BY COLLINS

A DAY OF STONEWALLING, j i By Teleiraph—Press Association—Copyright, j A. and SZ. LONDON. July 26. I The -weather was cloudy with intermittent bursts of sunshine, when the !■> Fourth Test match -was resumed to-day. , Raiu overnight had made the wicket ' soft and very difficult, the bail cutting , through tlj© turf. ' The English innings was not resumed. , Tennyson declaring it closed -with four 1 ■wickets down for 362. * Bardsley and Collins opened the Aus- ' tralian innings to the bowling of Parkin i and Woolley. When Bardsley had made i ] 3 Parkin got his wicket, Collins then < being 6. Parkin got a lot of spin J on the ball, there being at least a three ' inches' break from the leg on the ball ] which dismissed Bardsley. Macartney, who joined Collins, opened ' in characteristic audacious fashion, ' driving and cutting Woolley in the first j over, but was more circumspect when opposed to Parkin. Neither batsman was '" comfortable, and the scoring slackened, j only singles resulting. This was due \ partly to the well placed field. When i the score was 31 Parker relieved Parkin. ! thus bringing two left-handers on togather. This spelt Macartney's downfall, for the new bowler struck a puzzlins length and found Macartney's wicket in i the second over with a good length ball. ; 1 Andrews joined Collins, and defensive ' play followed, but good fielding kept I down the runs. Collins had made 16 out of 43 in 75 minutes when Fender re- J lieved Woolley, and Andrews hit a full- , toss of! the new bowler straight to Tenny- • son at mid-off. j Taylor, who joined Collins, was com- \ pletely beaten by Fender with a leg | break. The rapid fall of the wickets put the crowd in high spirits, though not j ; for long, as Pellew and Collins settled j down to cautious play. The first 50 took 100 minutes to compile. Pellew I once skied Woolley to cover point, when 7, but Parkin failed to hold it. Twelve ' overs yielded 12 runs, and the crowd j j j then got weary of the monotonous play, : | and ironically cheered Pellew for playing i Parkin to leg for a couple, the only j scoring stroke in a quarter of an hour. i The field closed round the wicket, and the crowd commenced cheering every hit, I but the batsmen were not perturbed, and j piayed with their hacks to the wall on j a shocking wicket.. j Collins' Stonewalling Feat.

Pellew finished bis innings by deflecting Parker into Tyldesley's hands at third man. The partnership had added 30 in 80 minutes. Collins was in bis element stonewalling. He ntilised his pads freely, and only scored 9 in 90 minutes. Armstrong commenced brightly, glancing Parker to the leg boundary twice, these'being the quickest boundaries of the day. A hundred was posted in 190 minutes, Collins being 27. The only noteworthy shot in the following halfhour was a square-cut to the boundary by Collins off Fender.

Douglas and Parker assumed control of the attack at 120, and notwithstanding that Collins was simply stonewalling, his partnership with Armstrong added 45 in 50 minutes, the fastest scoring of the match, but many sundries were included in this score. Then Armstrong played too late, and Douglas hit his offstump.

At 4 p.m. the Australians still had four wickets in hand with the wicket improving Tinder the influence of the wind, and the crowd begun to realise that there was no hope of dismissing them twiceGregory joined Collins, and got in several bright strokes behind the wicket off Parkin, and also drove Woolley bard Several bowling changes were made, but neither batsman could be tempted to abandon cautious methods. Prior to the tea adjournment Collins scored a single after half-an-hour's unproductive batting. This brought prolonged applause. Ten minutes after the resumption Collins' fine stand was terminated by putting his leg in front of a ball from Parkin. He had batted five minutes under five hours for his 40, and received a fine ovation. The score was then 161 for seven wickets.

Parkin Provides Comedy. Carter joined Gregory, but was bowled first ball. Gregory and Hendry then became associated, and exercised restraint, adding only sin 20 minutes. The former had been in 90 minutes before succumbing to Parkin.

McDonald all but lifted Woolley over the ropes with a straight hit, and then Hendry, endeavouring to turn Parkin to square-leg, placed him into Russell's hands, the innings terminating for 175 runs, the result of 325 minutes' play. Since tie tea adjournment Parkin had secured four wickets for only 10 runs. With 40 minutes to go, Tennyson sent Parkin and Hallows to the wickete, and the game took an amusing turn, Parkin, as usual, providing comedy, both crowd and fieldsmen enjoying the sport. The ' match was drawn, England having lost one wicket for 44 runs when the stumps I were drawn. I The Australian wickets fell as follows: One for 9, two for 33, three for 44, four ! for 48, five for 78, six for 125, seven for 161, eight for 161, nine for 166 ten for 175. Following are the scores: — ENGLAND.—First Innings. Russell, b Gregory 101

Brown, c Gregory, b Armstrong .. 31 Woolley, c Pellew, b Armstrong .. 41 Mead, c Andrews, b Hendry .. .. 47 Tyldesley, not out .. . , ». 78 Fender, not out .. .44 Extras . . 20 Total for four wickets (declared) 362 Bowlin? Analysis.—Gregory toot one wicket for 79 runs, McDonald none for 112, Macartney none for 20, Hendry one j for 74, Anastrong two for 57. Second Innings. Parkin, c Collins, b Andrews ... 23 < Hallows, not out ... ... K j Parker, not out ' 3 Extras 2 Total for one wicket ... 44 Bowling Analysis.—Hendry took no wickets for 12 runs, Andrews one for 23, ! Pellew none for 6, Taylor none for 1. . AUSTRALIA.—First Innings. Bardsley, b Parkin ... 3 1 Collins, Ibw, b Parkin .. 40 Macartney, b Parker _ 13 j Andrews, c Tennyson, b Fender _ 6 Taylor, b Fender 4 Armstrong, b Douglas 17 Pellew, c TyMeeley, b Parker _. 17 Gregory, b Parkin 29 Carter, b Parkin — -•• Q Hendry, c Russell, b Parkin ..* .« 4 McDonald, not cut _ _* _ 6 Extras ... — ... »_ 34 Total ... i.. 175 Bowling Analysis.—Parkin took five wickets for 38 runs, Woolley none for 38, Parker two for 32, Fender two for 30, Douglas one for 3.