FINE RECOVERY

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10993, 31 August 1921, Page 6

FINE RECOVERY

BY ENGLISH ELEVEN AUSTRALIAN.' BOWLING KNOCKED AtiOl T. CENTURY BY FAULKNER. ~ By Telegraph- Tress Asin.-Copyright Austialiat. ** 'j-jo^C» August 29. Thoro w:is \ve*aUi<\r for the intuition of tJ«> m a toll, Australia V Eleven. Tho wicket was • ki;t "and tho attendance large. • .’in.' an uphill name in the face of •r ’ tie licit, the Englishmen gave a . letter acominrt of themselves, 't'v as the result of the brilliant play I'a-iViiter and Hubert Ashton, who bated 228 out of 326 runs. Me. ''o:..i 'l again took the bowling honours. The suirT was bad, Afaolarrn suecumbiug to MeDomuM's first ball; and Foster drove one back to McDonald, mak'»n - three wickets for 33. Gilbert Ashton and Hubert Ashton wore associated, and both gave a brisk display. Gilbert hitting crisp and fine square-leg cuts off McDonald. The halfcenturv took fortv-six minutes to score. When 36. Cither t Ashton got his leg nt front to Armstrong, who displaced Gregory. Four for 60. Faulkner came next, and scoring slowed diown. Ryder replaced McDonald at 68, came on for Armstrong at I nulkner opened out. and several times sent Mailey to the boundary. The century “*’■ wm up in ciichty iniiiutcs. A rwnarkttble feature of the- tour has been the number of times straight drives off the Austir-Jian bowling have lut the opposite wicket. This happened three times within an hour tonJav. The hatting now being spirited, in spite of the eafe and attractive fielding. Further bowling changes added 50 in forty minute*. Mailey and McDonald howled ftft-er the luncheon adjournment. The latter, at his fastest, kept down the runs. At 100, Gregory reheved McDonald, ami the partnership produced the centurv iu pinetv-three minutes. The batting was again very lively, with brilliant driving and glancing. Armstrong replaced Gregory at 192, and the change was -fatal to Hubert Ashton, who went cut in the same way as hiis brother. He batted for ISO minutes. Tire for 214. . _ Faulkner bad made 73 when he lost Hubert Ashton. As he approached his century, he was inclined to be rash, but he played safe again after tea, and completed liis century in 160 minutes. In the meantime Chapman had gone out; six four 250, and. Claud©, Ashton’s fall for nil saw the '-score seven for 256, with Falcon not out. Thirty-six runs were added in 20 minutes,'including a six by Faulkner off Maaley.* The partnership produced 50 before McDonald dissolved it; eight for 307. Armstrong rang various changes in the bowling, and Faulkner engineered to get most of it, and banged his hardest. He drove one hot one back and hit Armstrong. He reached 150 io 210 minutes, and ended by smiting Armstrong to deep square-leg; nine for 326. He gavo.no chances, and hit a beautiful sixer and twenty fours The Australians had only twelve minutes of play before stumps were drawn, and lost one wicket for 25 runs. DETAILED scores The following are the scores:— ENGLAND. First innings 43 Second Innings. Maclaren, b McDonald 5 Foster, o and b McDonald 11 G. Ashton, lbw, b Armstrong ... 36 H. Ashton, lbw, b Armstrong ... 75 Faulkner, o Mailey, b Armstrong 153 Chapman, b McDonald 11 C. Ashton, b McDonald 0 Falcon, c and b McDonald .17 Gibson, not out - 0 Brearley, ruu out 0 Extras v 16 Total ... 326 Bowling Analysis.—MoDansffa six wickets for 98 rune, Armstrong three far 74, Gregory none for 61, Ryder none for 11, Mailey none for 76. There is an error somewhere in the above scores, which, as cabled, total 324, not 326, the number of runs given in the text of the message and indicated by the bowling analysis. AUSTRALIA. * First innings 174 Second Innings. Collins, e 11. Ashton, b Gibson ... 12 Bardsley, not out 8 Carter, not out ; 4 Extras 1 Total for one wicket 25 FULL OF EXCITEMENT Final of county competition. * • LONDON, August 29. . ~ . The keenest fight in the county cricket championship is on in the Mid- *— dleaex-Surrey match. Middlesex, in their first innings, made 132 runs; Surrey, in the first made 269, and in the second 184; Middlesex, now playing their second innings, have 19 runs without having lost a wicket PRESENTATION To WARNER. (Received August 30, 5.6 p.m.) LONDON, August 30. During the Middl©sex-Surrey match »t Lords the Middlesex team presented Air P. F. Warner with, a niece of plate vnd a cheque.