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NZ Truth, Issue 998, 10 January 1925, Page 8

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Might Have Been Close Finish

BUT ARTHUR MAILEY ARRIVED

On the last day of the second Test at Melbourne, it looked like being a classic finish when England required only 113 runs to win, with a stubborn pair like Sutcliffe and Douglas at the bat, and, to follow them, hitter Chapman, also Gilligan and 'Tate. Could not four English wickets get 113 runs?

But m a little over three-quarters of an hour the crafty Mailey bagged three of the four, while Gregory skittled Tate, and the second Test was won by Australia by 81 runs.

In breaking the Sutcliffe — Douglas partnership both bowlers had a share, Sutcliffe (127 m this innings, 176 m the first) being caught by Gregory off Mailey. Then Mailey beat Douglas with a leg break, and caught Gilligan (England's not very fortunate skipper) off his own bowling. Gregory finished it up by bowling Tate. Hitter Chapman, who did not hit, was- left not out with 4.

Tate and Gilligan did not score; with Tyldesley, they make up three English ducks, or (including Woolley's first innings failure) four. Australia had one duck m the match, the property of Hartkopf. •

In England's second hit, Mailey took fiye wickets for 92 runs, Gregory four for 87, A. Richardson one for 35.

To regain the "Ashes" England must now win the remaining three consecutive Tests.