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Otago Witness, Issue 3782, 7 September 1926, Page 57

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THE AUSTRALIAN TOUR THE SUSSEX HATCH. LONDON, August 31. The complete scores were as follows: tnding in a draw. Scores:— AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Woodful], lbw, b Tate 52 Ponsford, c Gilligan, b Tate 11 Macartney, lbw, b Gilligan 0 Ryder, c and b Cox 11 Bardsley, not out 118 Andrews, c Williams, b Gilligan ... 70 Taylor, c Williams, b Gilligan 8 Oldfield, c Bowley, b Gilligan 4 Grimmett, c and b Cox 6 Everett, b Tate 7 Mailey, st Williams, b Cox 4 Extras 26 Total 317 Bowling Analysis : —Tate, three for 66; Brown, none for 69 ; Cox, three for 72; Gilligan, four for 67; Bowley, none for 17. Second Innings. Woodfull, c Bowley, b Brown 12 Macartney, run out 65 Bardsley, b Tate 13 Ryder, b Cox 5 Ponsford, not out 26 Taylor, not out 13 Extras 19 Four wickets (declared) for ... 153 Bowling Analysis : —Tate, one for 39 ; Brown, one for 31 ; Bowley, none for 31; Cox, one for 33. SUSSEX. First Innings. Bowley, c Andrews, b Mailey 69 Tate, c Oldfield, b Grimmett 24 Holmes, c Woodfull, b Everett 4 Holdsworth, run out 49 Duleep Sinhji, st Oldfield, b Grimmett 1 Cook, c Oldfield, b Mailey 42 Williams, c Grimmett, b Mailey ... 23 A. H. Gilligan, st Oldfield, b Mailey 9 Cox, b Grimmett 3 A. E. Gilligan, c Andrews, b Grimmett 10 Brown, not out 1 Extras 5 Total ... 240 Bowling Analysis:—Everett, one for 46; Ryder, none for 23; Grimmett, four for 63; Mailey, four for 103; Macartney, none for 0. Second Innings. Bowley, lbw, b Grimmett 30 Tate, c Taylor, b Mailey 55 Cook, b Everett 25 Holdsworth, c and b Grimmett 18 Williams, st Oldfield, b Grimmett ... 5 Holmes, not out 8 Duleepsinhji, not out 12 Extras 4 Five wickets for 157 Bowling Analysis Everett, one for 14; Grimmett, three for 42; Ryder, none for 48; Mailey, one for 28; Macartney, none for 21. AUSTRALIA v. ENGLISH XI. LONDON, September 1. The match at Folkestone against an English XI was commenced on a good wicket The attendance was 5000: Larwood, aided by a strong wind, was always dangerous. The early morning mist had softened the surface of the pitch, causing the ball to kick badly. Ponsford and Collins played the bowling with ease, the runs coming mainly from Freeman. The batting, however, lacked distinction. After giving a sound and confident display, characterised by fine off drives, Ponsford’s leg stump was taken by Larwood, the board reading 101 for four wickets. It was left to Bardsley and Hendry to provide the partnership of the day, the sixth wicket yielding 113. Hendry played forcefully, cutting and off-driving splendidly. He scored quickly, but when the total was 233 he was dismissed by a magnificent low catch by Astill when trying to turn a ball from Larwood to leg. Hendry had batted 85 minutes and hit fourteen 4’s. Bardsley was sound but slow, while Gregory played his usual vigorous game. He hit two 6’s. / Larwood’s bowling was magnificent. He maintained a consistent length, and demanded constant watching. England's innings opened in a poor light. Gregory, with the wind at his back, bowled at a great and Jardine and Woolley were compelled to play for safety till an nppeal against the light was successful. September 2. Play was abandoned for the day in the Folkestone match after it had progressed 20 minutes, owing to torrential rain September 3. The weather was cold and misty and the wicket soft when the game against the English eleven was resumed. The attendance was 2000. Pardine and Woolley did not last long, * the former being out to a magnificent low leftliand catch by Oldfield. Woolley was easily taken in the next over, the total being 76 for three wickets. Gregory was unable to get his usual pace on the soft pitch, leading the batsmen to mistime their strokes. Hendren scored quickly by means of attractive cuts and smart running. As (he afternoon advanced the mist became thicker and the light wae very poor, and the game developed into something approaching a farce. Calthorpe played an admirable all-round innings. He drove vigorously, and was eventually dismissed by a good catch by Hendry second alip. The board then read 148 for •even wickets. Play was interruptad for nearly an hour owing to the bad light. It waa resumed

in deference to the wishes of the crowd, the last 40 minutes being played in an unpleasant drizzle. Astill brought off a series of good cuts off Grimmett. He and Smith added 45 for the eighth wicket. The match was drawn. Details: AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Woodfull, c sub b Larwood ... ... 2 Ponsford, b Larwood 47 Macartney, c Calthorpe, b Wyatt ... 4 Collins, c Smith, b Larwood 29 Bardsley, hit wkfc, b Larwood 55 Ryder, c Chapman, b Larwood., 6 Hendry, c Astill, b Larwood 81 Gregory, b Wyatt 33 Oldfield, b Larwood 5 Grimmett, c Smith, b Wyatt 0 Mailey, not out ... 2 Extras 10 Total 274 Bowling Analysis:—Larwood, seven for 95; Astill, none for 57, Wyatt, three for 36; Freeman, none for 48; Jardine, none for 6: Woolley, none for 9; Calthorpe, none for 13. ENGLISH ELEVEN. First Innings. Jardine, c Oldfield, b Gregory ... 38 Wyatt, c Oldfield, b Gregory 0 Woolley, c Grimmett. b Gregory ... 31 Hendren, lbw, b Mailey 30 Calthorpe. c Hendry, b Ryder 25 Chapman, b Mailey 9 Tennyson, c Gregory, b Ryder ... 2 Astill, b Collins 35 Smith, lbw, b Grimmett 16 Freeman, not out 4 Larwood, not out 0 Extras 9 Total for nine wickets ... 199 Bowling Analysis.—Gregory, three for 51, Hendry, none for 22, Grimmett, one for 33, Macartney none for 6, Ryder two for 30, Mailey two for 29, Collins one for 19. CIVIL, SERVICE MATCH. LONDON, September 4. The civil service team to play the Australian cricketers will be chosen from the following:—Collins, Cook, Rippon, Musson, Webb, Bennett, Vincent. Ross, Chapman, Sharland. Ccsare, and Tasker. Bardsley, Gregory, Macartney, Oldfield and Andrews were omitted from the Australian team. A. Lippen and T. Knight replaced Vincent end Cesare in the Civil Service team An interesting feature of the match is that the home team is captained by H. Collins, a brother of the Australian skipper. H. Collins won the toss and sent the Australians in. The weather at the opening was bright and hot, but the wicket was wet and easy, until the sun’s influence was felt, when it began to cut up considerably. The attendance was small. The batting in the early stages was not inspiring though the bowling, on a dead wicket, despite frequent changes, w&s not difficult. Taylor played himself in and then flogged the bowling, using a great variety of strokes. He gave one chance when 150. Sharland dropping a skier sent up off Chapman. Finally Taylor was caught at long on after batting 275 minutes, during which he hit 21 fours. Everett slogged the tired bowling. Hendry was in only a few minutes when he strained his side, and he then retired. The Australians have lost eight wickets for 440 runs. Scores: AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Woodfull, b Chapman 43 Ellis, c Sharland, b Chapman 8 Taylor, c sub, b Musson 201 Coilins, lbw, b Cook 27 Hendry, retired hurt 5 Ryder, b Knight 26 Richardson, b Knight 1 Ponsford, lbw, b Chapman 7 Everett, not out 93 Grimmett, not out 5 Extras 24. Total for eight wickets ... 440 NORTH OF ENGLAND TEAM. LONDON, September 2. The North of England team to meet Australia at Blackpool will be:—M Foster, Carr, Enthoven, Root, Parker, Geo. Gunn, Kilner. Hendren, Whveall, Parkin ,and H. Smith (of Gloucester). NEW RECORD BY HOBBS. LONDON, August 30. Playing for Surrey against Middlesex, Hobbs made 316 not out, making a new record score, his previous highest being 266 not out for the Players against the Gentlemen laat season. This is Hobbs’ tenth three-figure score this season, and his 139th in his career. His season’s aggregate is 2766 runs, with an average of 83. He batted 415 minutes, and his forty-one 4’s. He gave no chances, and also created a new record for the highest score at Lords, beating Holmes’s 315 not out, also against Middlesex, last season. LATEST AVERAGES. BAITING. Inn. N.O. Runs. Aver.

THE LEADING PERCENTAGES. LONDON, August 31. The leading percentages are now as follows: Lancashire 75.71. Yorkshire 74.23. Kent 65.71. E. Tyldesley heads the Lancashire batting list with an average of 69.55 and C. H. Parkin the bowling with 36 wickets for an average of 15.13. AUSTRALIAN AVERAGES. The following are the latest Australian averages, including the match against Durham which is not rated as a first-class county: BATTING.

GENTLEMEN v PLAYERS. LONDON, September 1. In their first innings the Players made 225 (Whysall 88, completing his 2000 runs for the season, Newman 57). Stevens took four wickets for 53, and Haig three for 41. The Gentlemen have scored 65 for one wicket. September 3. Gentlemen, first innings, made 294 (Challone* 56, Duleep Sinhji 71, Geary taking four for 62) against Players, who in the second innings made 165 for two (Whysall 71, E. Tyldesley not out 50). The match was drawn. Somerset in the first innings made 329 for eight, declared (M. Lyon 107, MacBryan 131, Robinson six for 87) against Yorkshire, who made 254 for six in the first innings (Holmes 55. Mitchell not out 51). Rain interfered with all the matches. COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP. LONDON, August 31. Surrey: First innings 579 for five wickets, declared (Hobbs 316, not out, Jardine 103, Sandhara 58). Middlesex: First innings 275 (Hendren 101 not out, Dales 52). Second innings 241 (Stevens 63). Holmes took four for 47. Surrey won by an innings and 63 runs. Essex: First innings 498 for six wickets, declared (Cutmore 53, Freeman 52, O’Connor 62, Russell 156, Nicholl 81, Douglas 54, not out). Second innings 10l for seven wickets, declared (Russell 57). Hampshire: First innings 384 (Tennyson 111, Mead 90, Kennedy 51 not out). Second innings 146 for one wicket (Day 59, Brutton 65, not out). The match was drawn. Notts: First innings 292 (Whysall 97, Carr 67). M'Donald took five for 93. Second innings 19 (M'Donald six for 86). Lancashire: First innings 454 (Makepeace 180, E. Tyldesley 140). Second innings no wickets for 38. Lancashire won by 10 wickets For Kent, against Nor than ta, Woolley made 217. Freeman took seven for 49 in the first and five for 82 in the second innings. Kent won. For Warwick, against Somerset, Calthorpe made 103 (not out). For Somerset, Macßryan made 129. The match was drawn. For Yorkshire, against Glamorgan, Leyland made 191 and Robinson 124 (not out). Robinson took five for 56 and Macaulay seven for 32. Yorkshire won. For Gloucester, against Leicester, Parker took five for 114, and Mills six for 28. For Leicester, Geary took five for 29. Gloucester won. Parker has created a world’s record by obtaining his 200 wickets in a season for the fourth time in his career. NEW ZEALAND TEAM. LONDON, September 3. The fixtures for the New Zealand cricket team’s tour in 1927 are nearly completed. They include matches against the M.C.C. and all the first-class counties except Hampshire. There will also be games against several of the minor counties, Oxford and Cambridge Universities, the Army and Navy, the Civil Service, Wales, East, West, and South Fkigland, and rrobably two matches or three in Soot-

Hobbfl ... . 38 3 2802 80.05 E. Tyldesley 47 6 2270 6756 Mead ... . 45 8 2326 62 39 Sutcliffe ... . 41 7 2120 62.64 Hendren ... . 47 9 2181 57.39 Woodfull ... . 31 4 1520 56.29 Chapman ... 28 4 1261 62 54 Macartney 30 3 1391 61.51 Hearne ... • 31 4 1384 51 25 Makepeace .. ... 52 6 2295 49.89 Ilardingo 50 5 2227 49.48 Other Auatraliana Bardsley ... . 33 3 1424 47.46 Ponsford ... . 25 4 901 40.95 Hendry ... . 9 1 316 39.37 Andrews ... . 34 3 1137 36.67 Gregory ... . 2T 6 813 35.48

BOWLING. Wkts. Buna. Aver. Rhodes ... 108 1556 14.40 Parkin 30 630 16.15 Tyldealey 125 2052 16.41 Mercer 136 2239 16.46 Macartney 48 846 17.60 Grimmett 96 1727 17 62 Tate 140 2473 17.66 Macaulay 128 2301 17.97 Larwood 127 2318 18.25 Parker ... 207 3799 18.35 Other Australians. Richardson ... 47 907 19.29 Mailey ._ ... 117 2326 19 88 Collins 5 126 25.20 Gregory 36 1124 34.22

In. N.O. II.S. Runs. Av. \V. M. Woodfoll... 30 4 201 1542 59.30 C. G. Macartney... 30 3 160 1418 52.52 W. Bardsley ... 33 4 *193 1409 48.58 W. II. Ponsford ... 24 4 144 822 41.10 T. J. E. Andrews 35 3 164 1255 39.22 J. M. Gregory ... 26 6 ■130 783 39.15 •I. S. Ryder ... 33 7 109 952 36.62 H. L. Collins ... 24 1 *99 797 34.65 H. L Hendry ... 8 1 71 237 33.42 A. J. Richardson 29 8 100 682 32.58 J. L. Ellis ... 15 5 43 322 32.20 J. M. Tavlor ... 35 3 95 737 23.03 W. A. Oldfield ... 18 5 *43 278 21.33 S. 0. Everett 3 1 59 115 16.43 C. V. Grimmett ... 18 2 41 261 16.31 A. A. Mailey ... 20 5 21 110 7.33 *Not o»t. . BOWLING. Wkts Runs. Aver. C. G. Macartney ... ... 55 868 15.78 C. V. Grimmett ... 101 1772 17.54 A. A. Mailey ... 124 2376 19.16 A. J. Richardson ... 47 947 20.15 H. I.. Collins ... 4 107 26.75 J. M. Gregory ... 33 1073 32.51 S. 0. Everett ... 15 488 32.53 T J. E. Andrews ... 7 240 34.28 J. S. Rvder ... 19 786 41.37 11. L. Hendry ... 1 95 95.00