SECOND DEFEAT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18348, 12 September 1921, Page 5

SECOND DEFEAT

AXJSTEALIANS’ FINAL GAME

LOST BY 33 RUNS.

AEMSTRONG A PAIR OF " SPECS."- t Pr«a» Association—By Tekgrapb—Copyright. " LONDON, September 9. The weather nvaa fine and the wicket unchanged, • and the/ attendance large. The Australians' batting waa not convincing, and they finished the first innings 49 behind the Englishmen. Jupp was in great form, and took five wickets for 54 runs. Collins, without adding to his overnight score, was stumped .by Wood, and Jupp knocked out Macartney's stump before ha had broken the ice. Two for 37. Wood missed a chance of stumping Andrews off Woolley before ho hod got properly going. Runs then came steadily, and several bowling changes were made. Andrews got in occasional good drives, and he and Bards-, ley carried the total to 116 before the latter got his leg in front to one of Hitch's. Andrews was dismissed at 130 by a fine left-handed catoh by Mead. Jupp disposed of Taylor and Armstrong in the same over. Six for 150. Eight runs later Ryder was) caught at square-leg:, three wioketa falling' in 12 minutes. Hendry, M'Donald, and Mailey provided some lively taifcend play, causing several quick bowling changes. The fielding was rather poor, and a large number of extras depreciated the good bowling. Mailey figured prominently in the Englishman's second knook, taking five wickela for 49, besides which he made a cateh off M'Donald which accounted for the.'sixth wicket. ' - " ;'

M‘Donald and Hendry opened the b6wl- ■,.. mg to Snndham and • Rhodes. Both", bp±»-. ’.", men became busy, and rattled up S9','Vhea /’ Rhodes was snapped up in the slips, With , Hearne in a merry pane was maintained. Sandham was particularly aggressive, and made some fine off strokes. Armstrong tried several changes before Mailey appeared and ended Sandham's career 'with a catch off his own bowling. Two for 87. Hearne, with 22 to his credit, was taken in the slips. Three for 92. Mailey bagged the next three wickets for an additional 15, Hendren being caught in the longfield, Woolley at tho leg boundary, and 'Hitch : from a skier, all of them trying to force ‘the’' ,; pace. Six wickets were down for 107 : j .but Mead and with their eyes bn the ■ clock, took no chances, and played out ’ time, :

LONDON, September 10. (Received Sept. 11 at 6.5 p.m.) Thornton’s team won by 33 runs, and tho Scarborough match supplied the second defeat of the Australians during the tour. Great excitement prevailed at the finish of , the game. The remaining four wickets of the Englishmen’s second innings added 27, to the total, Oldfield accountings for .three, and Mailoy finished with the fine average of.: six for 56, and McDonald four for SlaiTolf v' replied with 162, leaving jfhfc'v; Englishmen viotors by a margin of' 33. Woolley bowled finely, securing five for 36,' ’ Armstrong earned the distinction of socur- • ing the first pair of spectacles of-the tour. Heavy rain fell overnight, but the mom- . ing brought a breeze. The wicket was . slow, and the attendance 5000. In the first r ’ half-hour only two runs were made... Mead added five to his overnight score before Old-, , field caught him off M'Doruald. Douglas ' ; i, met the same fate off Mailey, after adding a_ couple. Fender played lively cricket forj'i his dozen. . •. ;

Bordaley and Collins opened Australia’a i' second strike against the bowling- of Hitch ■' and Fender. The batsmen were confident, despite the bowling- changes, and ran quickly to 46. Then Collins failed to neg-o- - tiato a full pitcher. Macartney helped .to • ’ carry the score to 75, when he lost-Bards-ley,, who was caught at mid on. Andrews was caught at mid off at 93, and 'Ryder 1 went in the same over, skying one to the slips. Macartney was out five runs later, ' making Woolley’s average f.-™» for 20. 'The' (Century appeared in 105 minutes, and then Armstrong, playing; one from Rhodes to Fender, added the second glass to his pair of spectacles. The simmer of excitement - increased when Taylor played Jupp on at - - seven for 120. ’ ,

Alter lunch the wicket greatly assisted' the bowlers, who were frequently changed. The fielding was keen, but the batsmen were dogged, making every effort to secure a draw. Hendry put up a great fight, .with; his back to the wall, batting for 80 minutes. ■ He lost Oldfield at 162, which proved to be : the final score. When Hendry went, only;i; nine minutes remained' but it proved suffij ■ cient to give the Englishmen a victory, tbo , match finishing three minutes before time amidst wild excitement. Woolley was accorded an ovation. Scores;— C. I. THOENrorr’s Eleven. First innings ... ..280

Second Innings. Rhodes, o Mailey, *b M'Donald ... ... 12 Sandham, o and b MaiJey ... '. 50 Hearne, o Hendry, b Mailey ... " 22 Hendren, o Bardsley, b Mailey 1 Woolley, o Collins, b Mailey ;... ...... 3 Hitch, o and b Mailey ... ;... 7 Mead, c Oldfield, b M'Donald 17 ' Douglas, o Oldfield, b Mailey ...' ... 7 Jupp, c Oldfield, b M'Donald 2 Fender, b M'Donald ... 12 Wood, not out _ 4 • Extras ... ... ... ... ... 9 Total 146 Bowling Analysis.—M'Donald, 4 wickets for 51 runs; Hendry, 0 for 12; Mailey, 6 for 66; Armstrong, 0 for 18. ' Australians. First Innings. ■ .*' Collins, st. Wood, b Woolley 12"' Bardsley, lbw, b Hitch ', ..... 55, ", Macartney, b Jupp ' ..." 0 "' Andrews, o Mead, b Woolley 43 Ryder, c Hendren, b Woolley ... ... 22 Taylor, b Jupp ... 8 Armstrong, lbw, b Jupp ... 0 Hendry, o Wood, b Fender 38 Oldfield, b Jupp 0 M'Donald. b Jupp 11 Mailey, i.ot out ... ... ... 13 Extras / 29 Total ... ~v ... „.. 231 Second Innings. Bardsley o Hearne, b Woolley ... ... 57 . Collins, b Woolley ■ w 20Macartney, lbw, b Woolley 22 / . Andrews, c Hearne, b Woolley 'l2 Ryder, c Hendren, b Woolley ... ! ... 0 Taylor, b Jupp '.. 1Y ' Armstrong, c Fender, b Rhodes ... ... 0 Hendry, b Jupp ..; ... 25 N - Oldfield, run out ... 14 M'Donald not out ... 0 Mailey, lbw, b Jupp 0 Extras ... ... IE . Total ... \ 162,' Bowlintr Analysis.—Hitch, no wickets for, 4 runs; Fender, 0 for 24; Jupp, 3 for 47 J' Woolley; 5 for 36; Rhodes, 1 for 25; Hoarn©, 0 for ,11. BATTING AVERAGES. LONDON, September 10. (Received Sept. 11, at 5.5 p.m.) Mead 69.64 ' Macartney ... 58.37 Bardsley ... , ... 55.45 .• Russell 54.65 . . - Shepherd 52.97 . -. Hardinge 51.9? E. Tyldesiey ... 50.51 Bryan 50.21 Sandham 49-23 Hearne 48.21 Dusat 47.02 , Hallows 45.09 Armstrong ... 43.95 ' Hend.en 13.50 Woolley 43.33 BOWLING AVERAGES. , Wickets. Runs. Wilson 51 11.19 ' /. Rhodes 136 12.31 ' Armstrong 106 14.56 M'Donald 150 15.97 Gregory 120 16.53 Wpolley 155 16.57 Durston ... : 136 19.35 Mailey 146 19.68 . Douglas 129 20.21 —A. and N.Z. Cable.

CLOSING OF CRICKET SEASON.

absence of high-olass bowling.

LONDON, September 11. (Received Sept. 11, tit 11.5 p.m.) The match between Middlesex and the Rest of England which begins on the Oval on Monday, wilt end tho cricket _ season. The absence of high-class bowling in English cricket is shown by tho ynpreecdented fact that Middlesex and Surrey, the foremost two counties in the championship,, have not a bowler among the leading 15 bowling averages, and only three among ■', the leading 26. —A. arid N.Z. Cable.