AUSTRALIANS' TOUR

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18323, 13 August 1921, Page 9

AUSTRALIANS' TOUR

MATCH AT KENT. V VISITORS’ BIG SCORE. MATNE MAKES A CENTURY. Prea* Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, August 11. The weather was line and the wicket unaffected by the overnight rain. The attendance was J 2,000. The favourable conditions. combined with weak bowling and poor fielding, enabled the Australians to pilff up a big total. Mayne, as well as Macartney and Armstrong, topped the century. Macartney and Gregory resumed their unfinished innings to the bowling of Cornwallis and Woolley. The batsmen immediately became aggressive. Macartney once had a narrow escape by mis-hitting Woolley. , Thirty-three had been added when Freeman and G. Bryan took over the attack. Macartney mis-hit the latter, and Hedges, at deep cover, took a good catch. The batsman had played a patient and occasionally brilliant innings, which ■ included twenty 4’s. Five wickets for 547

Mayne began quietly, but Gregory continued his lively career, and hit up 50 in (A. minutes. At 379 Harding relieved Freeman. The fielding was inferior to tho first day’s, but occasionally smart work saved some boundaries. The fourth century came up in 284 minutes. Then Gergory skied Cornwallis, who had relieved Biyan, and tho wicket-keeper accepted tho chance.

At the luncheon adjournment the score was 425, but, contrary to expectations, tho Australians failed to declare.

After luncheon the fielding became poorer still and, indeed, almost casual, and runs mounted in spite of the bowling changes,, ti'l, at 495, Ryder was caught. Carter partnered Mayne, and tho pair kept the fieldsmen busy. The regular bowlers were tired out, so Seymour and Biokmore were tried, the former bowling lobs. Freeman reappeared at 549. and G. Bryan a little later on found Carter’s stumps with a good ball at 596. He had batted 55 minutes, and hit one sixer and, four 4’s. Mayne, who was then 106. had lust previously teen missed by Seymour off Hedges. At the tea adjournment the total was 613. On resuming 17 were added, and then Woolley diemissed M'Donald with a nice catch. This was not, the end of Kent’s troubles, for with Mailey (the last man) in both batsmen continued .to put on the wood against the tired bowlers and fieldsmen, until Brvan beat Mailey’s defence. Mayne exhibited fine punishing play for over three hours, and carried h;s bat. He had twenty 4’s in Ids 157. The innings lasted seven and o-half hours. With 45 minutes to go Biokmore and Brvan opened for the county, Gregory and M‘Donald being the bowlers. Scoring wes. slow. Bryan was caught in the slips, and Gregory removed Seymour’s leg stump. Mailey relieved Greeorv at 37. Mayne dropped Hardinge off M‘Donald when ho was 10, an easy catch. Play ceased at 5.30 p.m. Scores:— Australia. —First Innings. Collins, c Seymour, b Cornwallis ... 0 Bardsley. c Woolley, b G. Bryan ... 25 Macartney, c Hedgea, bG. Bryan ... XSS Pellew. c'Wood. b Cornwallis 12 Armstrong, run out _ 102 Gregory, o Wood, b Cornwallis ... 7B Maviie, not out 157 Ryder, c TVoupditon, bJ. Bryan ..., 36 Carter, b G. Brvan 57 M'Donald. e Wool lev. bG. Bryan ... 5 Mailey. b G. Bryan 22 Extras 26 Total 676 Bowling Analysis.—Cornwallis, three wickets for 138 runs; G. . Bryan, five fijr 148: J. Bryan, one for 48: Woolley, no wickets for 44; Freeman none for 138; Hardinge. none for 66; Biokmore. none for 36: Seymour, none for 15; Hedges, none for 16. Kent.—First Innings. J. Bryan, o Armstrong, b M'Donald 5 Bickmore. not out 12 Seymour, b Gregory ... 1 Hardinge, not out 15 Extras - 7 Total for two wickets ... ... 40 A declaration closing the Australians’ innings against Kent at lunch-time on Thursday would have been so absolutely safe that it is natural that surorise was expressed at the continuation of ihe innings after lunch. As it is unlikelv that eighteen Kent wickets can be captured on the third day of the match, the inference is that Armstrong was desirous of giving batting practice to the team —four members ot which had not gone to the wickets at all for a week—in view of the lest match which is to be begun to-day.

One of the effects of his decision not to close his inning on Thursday is that the selection of the Austra'ian team for the final feet match is a more difficult matter than it was on' the occasion of any of the three previous tests. The omission of_ one man only may be said to be a certainty. O'dfield will stand down in order that Carter may keen wickets. Ryder and Mavno h"vc not had a place in any of the previous four test The former will probab’y be omitted attain, thouorh he h*s some pood battinp nerformances to his credit. May no’s most recent, batting performances have been hiVhlv impressive. In successive completed innings he has scored 69. 17, 80, 24, ?0. and 51 and this lot ho has now canned by a not out inm'ncs of 157 against Kent. It may he suspected, however, that his weakness in the field will keep h'm out of the team. Then there remains the question whether Mnilev or Taylor or Hendrv is to bo the fourth man who is to look on at the pame. This is the second occasion on the Australians’ tour on which there have been three individual scores cf over a century in their : nnin<rs. The "revinug occasion was in the match- avainat Hamnshire. in which Bards’ey.' Tvr«cnrt,ney. and Taylorscored more than 100 runs each. THE FINAL TEST. LONDON. August 11. The King and Ouoen will he unable to attend the fifth test match. Prince Henry w’ll attend on Saturday. Mr Sowell, writing in the DuTv rhrnniclo. welcomes the invitations to Snndhom and T T ;|cb. He says; “We want twb more— Rhode* and Sfrurlwick. As we cannot ev-rw-t Bvvnn, Brown should maintain tbo left-handed asne"! cf our case. He would he far more valuable at m-d-off than as wickef-keener. H Sandham and Hitch nlnv. Bneland will be strouper than in the four preceding tests. No one can edoquatelv rpnlace 'Rr-wn on Hitch as fieldsmen.”—A. and N Z Cable.

ENGLISH CRICKET. LONDON, August 12. (Received August 12, at 5.5 p.m.) B. Hendren will play for Rochdale vice 0. 11. Parkin on Saturday. A VETERAN BATSMAN. LONDON, August 12. (Received August 12, at 5.5 p.m.) Lord Harris, though now 71 years of age, captaining the M.C.C. team against Philadelphia, made 25 runs, after which he was stumped.—A. and N.Z. Cable.