A BIG SCORE

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10966, 30 July 1921, Page 8

A BIG SCORE

AUSTRALIANS IN FORM / MODERATE PE REORM AXCE BY ESSEX BATS A LEX. UOUDEX BOWLS WELL. Br Teleffraph—Press Assn.—Copyright Australian, ami X'/ N-..; ;! tv,, n LOXDOX, .Tilly 2ft. Tho iventbor brilliant and i hrvoi'y, and tho wicket- fast, when play : \va< resumed in tho Austra.lia-Es.scx , match. Otdh’ns and Andrews faced Loudon and Dixon, but, desT>do o-oorl "round fieldirur. run l * crime rnnidlv. till Collins was lat© in nlavin-r back to a lonebop from Loudon. Tie had ooonpied rho for 140 minutes, and bit one sixm- and fifteen fours Whon bo was 45 Andrews prive Oillioun an opportunity <4* stumninir bim> but- it- was. not accorded. Almost im’Mf'di.j tel v Mayn© nko oscnne<l; bo dmnTd have been ormylit off a skier. Tranklm was the bowler on oaeb orea,s'nn, Both batsmen found Louden dif_ fieplt. and Ari(kow<i. at ,~9. nlaved him on to the wicket. He bad bit six fours. Four for ?7ft. Loudeii found ByricCs stumps six runs later, whilst- onlr one rtm wa<? *>dded when tbo same- bowler yorked Mavne. Croo;orv and Follow' a bri«rbt nartnershin. whieb added 90. After tunoli tho attendance was 3000, and 4he onlookers wore treated to fine hiittinur }>v GTcrrorv. who scored 2.2, t. 6, and 1 off firrt over. Tlu> rixrr oarhe from a ball tvhich wn.s lost, and, subsoquontlv, was, fished from the lake. Ore<rory hit two -sixers and a four off Franklin’s next ov'er, trrontlv delierbtiner tbo spectators. He reached bis half-oentury in 43 minutes, and then returned one to Dixon. Bellow, who had also scored freely, followed, caught behind tbo wicket, without addition to the score. Fieht for 37.3. Oldfield assisted Hendrv to add 12, and was then clean bowled by London. Mailey held the fort in fine fashion, tdl be played "Loudon on to Ills wicket, Hendry bis bat for 30Tho inning had lasted four and a half hours. Loudon’s seven, wickets were due to the ball nipping? quickly off the pitch and breaking from tho off. Russell and Dixon -opened Essex’s second innings, the countv being 307 m arrears. Gregory and Hendry conducted the attack* Gregory, at first slip, caught ißussell off Hendry’s first over, while 7 runs later Gregory found Morris’s wicket. Hyde and Mailey went on, tho latter immediately bowling Dixon.

Aften tea Gregory and Mailey wero in charge of the bowling, and the Asihton brothers wero associated. Gregory tripped in delivering his first ball and twisted his foot, but not seriously. The Ashtons scored freely,«adding 50 runs in 55 minutes, and religiously showing a straight bat. Claude Ashton was principally driving, but Hubert was more versatile. Claude Ashton lifted Mailey to tho on boundary, and B'ardslev made nq mistake. Hubert Ashton reached his half-century in ninety minutes, and played out time with Fane. Perrin did not play. The takings for the .two days totalled £9OO. DETAILED SCORES The following are tho detailed scores:— AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Collins, b Louden 119 BardsJey, b Franklin 59 Macartney, b Dixon 11 Andrews, b Louden 59 Mayne, b Louden .. 30 Ryder, b Louden 3 Gregory, c and b Dixon 50 Pellew, c Cilligan, b Louden 34 Hendry, not out 30 Oldfield, b Louden 6 Mailey, b Loudens 23 Extras 11 Total 435 Bowling Analysis—Dixon, took four wickets for 114 runs, Louden seven for 144, Franklin ono for 69, Smith none for 61, Russell none for 13, Claude Ashton none for 13. ESSEX. First Innings 128 Second Innings. Russell, c Gregory, b Hendry 3 Dixon, b Mailey 18 Morris, b Gregory 5 H. Ashton, not out 66 C. Ashton, c Bardsley, b Mailey ... 24 Fane, not out 15 Extras 5 Total for four wickets 136 Bowling Analysis—Gregory took ono wicket for 22 runs, Hendry ono for 24, Ryder nono for 39, Mailey two for 55. COUNTY CRICKET GREAT PERFORMANCE BY YORKSHIRE. f (Received July 29, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, July 2S. Yorkshire made 548 for four wickets, and then “declared.” Holmes made 277 not out. They then dismissed Northants for 59 and 93. "Waddington and Robinson bowled throughout both innings, taking nine wickets for 63 and ten for 70 respectively.