A RARE FEAT

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12040, 19 January 1925, Page 7

A RARE FEAT

DOUBLE CENTURY IN TESTS. J R. E. FOSTER’S GREAT EFFORT. Ryder’s feat has been bettered only twice in teat cricket. R. E. Faster, Worcestershire amatur, holds the record with 287 for England against Australia at Sydney in December, 1906 He was playing in his fort teat.' Hews* batting seven henna,'hit 45 fours—a test mtdb record-—and the latter part of his innings was particularly' brilliant. ,He and I>. C. Braund added 19®for the fifth wicket (a record for these nnaj; A. E. Bdf helped him to add 115 for the ninth, and Ktai last wicket partnership with W. Rhodes resulted in the addition of 190 runs (the record for these games). He started rather shakily, and gave a chance at 51, tut the rest of the innings was (lawless. He lost hie wicket through abaar eadunsdion. Tb* total of the inning was 577. KURDOCtH’S BIG SCORE. W. L. Murdoch holds Ike record for Australi* with 9fH, made at the Ou4 in August, 1884. He batted for a little ever eigbthours and hit 24 fours. He gave chances at 46, 171, and 205 (the last-named a very difficult one). Murdoch) and J. EL Scott pot on 207 for the third wicket and Murdock and P. & McDonnell 143 for the second wicket. The total of the 'inning wal 551. 1 , GREGORY, COLLINS. HOBBS. KS. E. Granary is the only othef lostsumn hedges the above-mentioned , and Ryder,' who has made a double ■ century in /test matches' although J. B. Hobbs registered 261 against the South Africans last season mod H. L. Collins, playing for the Australia, Imperial Forces eleven in. when wan vir* tasllya tertgarae against Snath Af- < 6 E. flrcgury’a coufaibcUon of 2GT ' wan nude in Sydney in December, 1 1894. > Ho wan batting 4| Imn and hit 28 fours. He ana G. Cffflsn put on 139 for the filth wicket find Gre- , gary and, J. ML Blackburn made 164 for the ninth wicket- In recognition of.tine.feat, a collection was mfcen up ,<m the ground for Gregt-iy»and reaised £lO3- The total of the imuhas wue -686, yet Australia was beaten yjr 10 runs ae the result of a bad wicket ti their teocod innings. GREAT ALL-ROUNDER. . John Byder, the Victorian allrounder, his established agrest record in inter-9tato cricket. He played in all the' test natdw against the' las* Rnriiah team to visit Australia end did 1 well with' the last Australian eleven in England, although he did not (day. in the tests. He is a sound Maes with good strokes in front of the wicket particularly, and has an attractive Style. 4n Sheffield Shield games he has scared 9663 runs, an average of. 48, arid haa-taken 107 wickets at 27 runs •piece. ' Aa a howler he is a feet medium said on his dsy hs «*»» bevsf : deadly. MATCH OFJCASUALTIES ENGLISHMEN UNFORTUNATE.. . BrWgwdt-hcs JHL-^sniitt (Beeetved January 19, 04.0 a.m.) _ SYDNEY, January 18. The “Sadly Sun” comments’ that the test is likely to go down in history , as the match of casualties. “Probably never before has % team had sueh treacherons iil-lnck, but. however seriously the mishaps msv haws affected the state of the game, it would he entirely ennonaous po sum gest that if they had not happens Australia would have been in an ns tenable position. “Ryder and Andrews had mastered the English howlers, Tate and Gilli gan included, when the chapter of ae cidents occurred,” The “Sun” states that an X-rgy examination has disclosed no bone broken io Freeman’s wrist. It is not known whether he will be able to play again this match. VISITORS* BAQ LUCK TATE THEIR MATCH •'WINNER. AUSTRALIA MISSES BARD3LEY. By Telegraph.—Ptwe Ann. —Copyright. SYDNEY. January 17. The “Sydney Morning Herald”’ commenting on the third cricket Test, says: ‘“The much discussed spin of the ! com again favoured Australia,, and ( with- a pitch so eminently suited for' run-getting everything was in favour of. another big first innings total for Australia. -‘Expectations, however, are far from being realised, and close play has brought the Australian side to a position upon which, on paper, it can scarcely congratulate itself The absence of Bardsley has quite upset the hatting order of the . Australian side, and, incidentally, has emphasised the importance of a suitably arranged batting Ofder of going in. AN IDEAL PAIR. “Bardsley and Oollins have long been recognised as an ide#l pair of opening batsmen, where soundness is an essential batting qualification. In a sense the day’s cricket wae a triumph for the Eriglish team. Their plan of attack eentreo round Tate, and it was intended that he should bowl for an hour or ao during every playing period with

the other bowlers mainly keeping runs down; at the other end. ‘‘But this flan went astray when Tate injured himself and when his captain also fall a- victim to a sprain rand had Ho leave the fieldrior most 'of the afternoon. In the loss of the foil vigour of Tate’s howling attack in the latter |>art of the day the side suffered a severe handicap, as Tate undoubtedly il] the English team’s match wiiK »«r.“