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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18199, 21 March 1921, Page 2

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AUSTRALIA v. OTAGO. VISITORS DISPOSED OE EUR 22G. RAIN POSTPONES PLAY. Iho sound of falling rain in the night must have given some anxious moments to local cricket enthusiasts, but Saturday morning broke fair enough, with the prospects of a fine attemopu for the resumption of the Australia-Otago match. The weather, however, continued to give cause for anxiety all day. The light was frequently not good, a smart shower fell during the lunch interval, and finally the approach of a drenching thunder shower closed play for the day a little after halfpast 4. The attendance when play was resumed at noon was fair, but from shortly before 2 for an hour or more the crowds thronged in till the attendance was close on 4000. On Friday £IOO altogether was token from gate and grandstand and tearooms, and the takings on .Saturday were in the vicinity of £2ao, so that the Cricket Association will at any rate net be out of pocket over the visit. The Kaikoxai Band was present during the afternoon, and contributed some much appreciated selections. Dinner and af tern on tea far the players and others were provided by lady friends of the association.

Pellew had an unfortunate mishap just as play was about to start, He was out on •the field practising with some others, when he trod on a ball and twisted his ankle so badly that friends carried him off. He went in to bat later when his turn came, but took Richardson to run for him. After scoring a single he fell a victim to a good catch behind the wickets y Galland off Oarlton. The not out batsmen, Bogle and Lampard, made a slow start, and when Kippax replaced Lampard matters did not improve. The play for 55 minutes before lunch produced only 31 runs and out of 18 overs the Otago trundlers sent down seven maidens. The rate of scoring continued slow throughout the afternoon, and there is no doubt that it represented a genuine tribute both to the soundness of the Otago attack and the accuracy and speed of the local fielding. In this latter department the team showed up to much better advantage than it_ did the previous day, and really clever pieces of work were much more common tha.n mistakes. The shower at 1 o’clock did not make as much difference as might have been expected, but what difference there was favoured the visitors, as the bowlers had a slippery ball and an easy wicket to worlc with. After Lampard had been disposed of early in the day’s play the only batsmen to stay at the wickets at all were Dr Dogle, Kippax, and Ransford. Bogle’s top score of 69 took him 190 minutes to compile. The other two were more attractive to watch, but even they showed scarcely any aggressiveness. The Otago team is to be congratulated on having disposed of such a formidable side for 226, and if the local’ batsmen rise to the occasion the visitors may possibly be extended yet. Otago’s second innings lasted only 20 minutes after the tea adjournment, and in that time A. Alloo fell a victim to a simple catch. ■ Eight extras made the principal contribution to the total of IS before the light failed and the rain came. At 5 minutes past noon play recommenced with A. Alloo bowling from the end opposite the pavilion to Lampard. The batsman pulled his fourth to square leg boundary and added a single in the same direction off the last. Carlton took up the ball at the pavilion end, and Lampard got a single to leg off his seventh, giving Dr Bogle his first ball of the day. Lampard off-drove Alloo for 2, bringing up 90, and out him for a single, making his own score 50, after 76 minutes at the wickets. Bogle added a single to leg before the" over closed. Carlton sent down an over bowling well to the off. Bogle mostly left it alone, and a maiden resulted. Alloo’s fourth ball Lampard out high towards M’Mullan at point, and the fieldsman, jumping, brought off a beautiful right-handed catch.—4—so—92. The partnership had added exactly 50. Kippax. was the incomer, and ran a close single off his first ball. ' In the next over M'Mullan was applauded for smart fielding, when Bogle ran another risky run. Carlson sent down another maiden, but 3 were run for byes off the over. Kippax and Bogle each added singles off Alloo. Carlton, who continued to bowl to the off, sent down his third maiden in succession, only on© run having been scored off his four overs. Alloo also was showing a preference for the off. and he, too, sent down a maiden. Bogle ran a single from a short nicely-placed stbbkC from Carlton’s first. When Kippax added another off the same over, 100 was signalled on the board. The first century had taken 112 minutes to compile. 'Kippax hit Alloo’s first clear to the leg boundary, but the rest of the over was uneventful. Carlton ..sent down yet another maiden. In Alloo’s next over a smart shower came on but did not last. That over also was a maiden. Bogle got a single off Carlton and another was added for a leg bye. Bogle survi -ed an appeal for leg before by Carlton. Shortly before the luncheon adjournment Casey came on in place of Alloo. Kippax touched his third, and Galland (the wicketkeeper) and Carlton failing to get to it, it went for 4. 110 up. Rain began again to fall, and Torrance went on in place of Carlton at the pavilion end. An appeal for Ibw against Bogle off Torrance’s second ball was not sustained. After failing several times to get on to Torrance, Bogle hit him to fine leg for 3 —the only score of the over. Oasey was bowling well to the off and Bogle left him severely alone. The over was a maiden, and the luncheon adjournment was then taken with rain falling steadily. The scoring had been painfully slow. The 18 overs of the day had produced only 31 runs, and had included seven maidens for some 55 minutes’ play. The total was 113. A plentiful supply of sawdust was sprinkled on the pitch during the adjournment. Torrance resumed bowling to Kippax just after 2 o’clock, and the batsman pulled his first almost to 'the boundary for 3. Bogle got the next well to leg, but Higgins did a smart bit of fielding, and only 1 resulted. Kippax and Bogle each added another, the over producing 6. Casey took the ball at the opposite end, and continued to work the off theory. Kippax cut him for 1 and brought 120 up. Boglo hit Torrance’s first to the square-leg boundary, and cut him for a single. Kippax got 6n to a full toss from him, and sent it to the on boundary. A hundred and thirty went up when Bogle cut Casey for a single. Kippax drove him for 2, and another went for two leg byes. In the next over Bogle hit Torrance to leg for a single, and then Kippax smashed him to the on for 4. A cut for a single brought 140 up. The fielding was quick and clean, and assisted materially in keeping down the runs. Both batsmen were beginning to open' out, and several singles were added. Then Bogle cut. Casey sweetly for 4. Kippax drove Torrance for- a single, and Bogle did the same with the next, which Carlton mis-fielded. Torrance’s last ball Kippax lifted high to mid-off, where Carlton made no mistake with the catch. Tho retiring batsman, who had made a sound stand, was loudly applauded. 6 —29 —149. Waddy was the incomer, Carlton took up tho bowling in place of Casey, and his over produced two singles to Bogle and one to Waddy. Another single to Bogle and a leg bye were the net result of Torrance’s next over. Waddy did not seem too happv to Carlton, who sent him down a maiden over. Bogle pulled Torrance to souarc leg for a single, and Waddy drove him for 2. Then Waddy put him up to M'Mullan, at point, who plunged forward to get it. He fell, and for a moment the crowd thought he had it, but it was on the ground. The disappointment was turned to delight when Torrance's next crashed into Waddy’s stumps. 6—3—157. Pellew limped on to the field next, taking Richardson with him to do his running. When ho hit the first, fur a single, lie caused some amuse-, rnent by forgetting about Richardson and running himself. Tho second ball of Carlton’s, next over Pellew touched, and Galland just got his hands on it, securing it safely at a second attempt. 71 —15S. The captain, Vernon Ransford, followed, and had a very popular reception from the crowd. He opened his account by cutting Carlton for 1. In Torrance’s next over C. Alloo won applause for smart fielding. A couple of byes brought 160 up, and Ransford out Torrance for a single. Carlton’s next over produced only 1; then Ransford opened out to Torrance, and sent him to the leg boundary. He added a smart run off a short stroke before the over ended. ’Ransford brought 170 up by hitting Carlton’s first strongly to the leg boundary, A smart run saw Bogle reach the crease only just in time. Ransford glanced Carlton to fine leg for a couple. Bogle cut Torrance for a single, another was added for a leg bye, and a further single to each batsman brought 180 on tho board. Tho crowd thought Ransford was out when Torrance snapped up one seeming to come straight from his bat. but it was a bump ball. Oarlton sent down a maidrn over to Bogle, largely thanks to good support in tho field, and then Alloo came on in place of Torrance. Ransford got a single off him, and another went for two bveu. Oaaqr took

the ball from Car'ton. and Hansford sot. Ids second well to les for 1. Jdo next over produced 2, includin':; 1 for ri; 'nm-throw. 190 up. Bogle got a <. : ”o oo f A!Vo next over, which was ntin-r > ■■?.-> rry; .dee. Each batsman took a sin.-'o. and l:n-ri bogie out Oasey sweetly to the boundary, bringing his own 50 up after 170 minutes’ phy. Ga - land mode a splendid attempt at one Tb'gle had put to leg, but inot faded to hold it. A single to Bogle 'brought the aide’s total, to 200. Hansford added singles off Casey and Alloo. Torrance was now given a turn at the far end, and Bogle -ot him to leg for 2. A little later ho got him to the fence with a similar stroke, bringing 210 up. Carlton was trying frequent changes in the bowling, and went on himself again at the pavilion end. Both batsmen ran smart singles off him, and a leg bye followed. Again each batsman added singles from the same over. Bogle got a full toss from Torrance to log for a couple. Two hundred and t" - entv went mi when Kansforct square cut Carlton for 1. Hansford got Torrance to leg for 1. and then the bowler broke through Bogle’s defence, and ended a long, if somewhat laborious, career. 8—69—2121. The retiring batsman had been at the wickets for three hours and 10 minutes for his total of 69. Ironmonger was next. Ransford cut one of Carlton’s, and a particularly smart return ' of Westbrook’s enabled Galland to run Ironmonger out before he had scored. 90 —221. The over was a maiden. Hornibrook followed, and each batsman got a single off Torrance. Ten minutes before the 4 o’clock tea adjournment Ransford drove Carlton almost to the boundary for 2, and then lifted his next ball to Westbrook at point, whose catch ended the innings. 10 —35 —226. At a quarter past 4 Otago opened their second innings with Shepherd and A. Alloo. Hornibrook took up thp bowling from the pavilion end to Shepherd, who opened the score with a sharp single off his fourth. Alloo ran another close one off his sixth and Shepherd drove the last, a full toss, hard_ for a single. Ironmonger had the ,bowling at the far end, and Shepherd nicely cut him for a single. A leg bye gave Shepherd the bowling again, but the only result of the remainder of the over was another leg bye. Shepherd got a single off Hornibrook’s first, and then Alloo spooned one up to Waddy, who was waiting close in at mid-off. I—l—7, Bell filled the_ vacancy. The light at this stage was decidedly bad. Shepherd played Ironmonger with caution, and his second over was a maiden. Hornibrook’? first went for a bye, then Shepherd pulled him to the on for a couple. Another, wont for a couple of byes, and the last one for three byes. Light rain was beginning to fall, and’ an appeal against the b’ght was upheld. The disappointment of the crowd at seeing the players go off was voiced bv a considerable section. Five minutes later, however, when the lightning flashed and the rain began to come down in floods there was no one visible to question the wisdom of the umpire’s decision. Scores:— Australia. V. Richardson, 12421, e Alloo, b Carlton ... 10 O. P. Asher, 122211111, b Torrance 12 A. W. Lampard, 11231411411121124411111141121, o Jl'Mulian, b Alloo ... ... 60 A. E. Liddicutt, h Torrance 0 Dr J. Bogle, 11111124111111113114111114111111 1111142111241112, b Torrance 09 A. Kippax, 11144311424111, o Carlton, b Torrance I 29 E. L. Waddy, 12, b Torrance , 3 L. Pellew, 1, o Galland, b Carlton 1 V. s. Hansford, 11141412114211111111112, o Westbrook, b Carlton 35 n.” Ironmonger, run out 0 P. Hornibrook, 1, net out !!! ... 1 Extras ig Total 226 Bowling Analysis: A. Olioo, 136 balls, 2 maidens, 46 runs, 1 wicket; T. Carlton, 191 balls, 7 maidens, 40 runs, 3 wickets; L. Casey, 96 balls, 1 maiden, 57 runs; B. Torrance, 162 balls, 1 maiden, 68 runs, 6 wickets. ’ Otago. First Innings 127 Second Innings. J. Shepherd, 11112, not out g A. W. Alloo, 1, c Waddy, b Hornibrook ... I H. Bell, not out q Extras g Total for one wicket is Bowling Analysis; Hornibrook, 24 baUs, 6 runs, 1 wiokot; Ironmonger, 16 balls, 1 maiden, 1 run. Play will be resumed at 2 p.m. to-day. The charge for admission has been reduced to Is. Arrangements have been made for play to continue till 6 p.m., even though the required number of runs for a win should he made earlier in the afternoon. TEST MATCH AT WELLINGTON. DEADLOCK OVER CHARGES. <Pbb Ukited Press Association.) WELLINGTON, March 19. The New Zealand Cricket Council and the committee pf: the Wellington Association are at variance over the question of charges, 1 ;of admission to the test match, Australia v. New Zealand, to be played at Wellington at Easter. The Now Zealand Cricket Council has fixed the charges as follows: One shilling to the ground, 3s to the ground and enclosure, and 4s to ground and stand. The Wellington Association considers that charges for the recent Wellington-Australia match—viz., la and 2s, fair end reasonable, and declines to go beyond that, and may refuse to manage the match if -the Cricket Council maintains its attitude.

A COLLEGE MATCH. ST, ANDREW’S v. M'GLASHAN. CHRISTCHURCH, March 20. At the cricket match, St. Andrew’s College, v. M'Glashan College, St. Andrew’s made 104 (England not out 69). M'Glashan College made 76 in the first innings (Green 20), and in the second innings lost six for 49 (Stewart‘2l). ENGLISH-AUSTRALIAN CRICKET. PERTH, March 19. The Australians’ first innings brought 256 (Taylor, retired, 60; Armstrong, retired, 63; Macartney 52). Clomenger took three wickets for 80 runs. The Goldfields have four wickets down for 65. —A. and N.Z. Cable. SURREY CRICKET CLUB. PLAYERS’ CRITICISM CONDEMNED. Pres l : Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, March 18. Tho committee of the Surrey Club has passed a resolution that it is very undesirable that cricketers, whether amateur or professional, shohld .write comments or article for the newspapers while the matches in which they are engaged are in progress. —A. and N.Z. Cable.