CRICKET.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15447, 16 February 1921, Page 7

CRICKET.

FOURTH TEST MATCH. MAILEY'S GREAT BOWLING FEAT. ARMSTRONG CONFINED TO BED. AUSTRALIA WITH TWO* WICKETS DOWN REQUIRE 119 TO WIN. JSlec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assu.l MELBOURNE, Feb. 16. i The weather was cool and the -wicket good for the test match. The Australians took the field under Collins, Armstrong being compelled to stay in bed. 1 diodes and Makepeace resumed to the howling of McDonald and Mailey. .Makepeace began by cutting McDonald for two and Mailey opened with a maiden over. Owing to n. bad throw-in by Collins Rhodes added three to his score. Makepeace then beautifully snicked .McDonald to the boundary, bringing his score to 51 in 140 minutes. In the next over McDonald bowled a no'ball. Then Mailey got Makepeaco leg before, his average at this stage being two wickets for 65. Makepeace had pat up 54 in rather crouching style. England score was now twd for 145. Hendren followed, and a fast low one from McDonald went to the fence. Four byes were run, then Rhodes was well caught in the slips by Gregory oil' Mailey, alter making 73 in 182 minutes. Woolley was stumped in the first over by Carter oil' Mailey, whose bowling was well nigh unplayable, having taken three wickets for 10, his average being four for 56, with one maiden over. Douglas began by slipping Mailey for Ihree. Hendren drove him to the oil' for three. Hendren-, who was cutting and running briskly soon ran his score to 20. Pellew was applauded for smart fielding. At four for IK) Gregory replaced McDonald, and Douglas tapping the first ball brought up 200 on the board in 222 minutes. Ivelleway gave Mailey a spell, and clean bowled Hendren iu the first over. Five for 201. Fender joined Douglas, and played up to lunch, when the score whs five for 212. After lunch Kelleway and McDonald continued the bowling. Fender confidently drove Kelleway to the boundary. Douglas scored five owing to a bad throw in by Pellew, which was responsible, for lour. Mailey replaced Kelleivtw, and Fender pleased the t spectators )>V* hitting hun over the fence for six. Douglas reached his 50 in 103 minutes, and'Fender in 75 minutes. Three hundred came on the board in 309 minutes. Fender taking risks with Mailey, whose bowling generally was very deadly, hit one hard and high and was caught by Collins on the boundary. Douglas reaching out io Mailey was stumped by Carter. Waddington and Dolphin were disposed of quickly, and at the close of the innings Mailey, who had taken nine wickets for 121, was loudly applauded. Mailey's great bowling feat was widely discussed, it being previously unequalled in test cricket. Australia., requiring 211 to win, opened after tea with Collins and Bardsley to the bowling of Howell and Douglas. Collins' tuck was again'in evidence, he being missed bv Douglas in the slips off Howell when four. Collins hit the first ball from Douglas to the boundary for four, but generally scoring was slow. Woolley and Parkin replaced Douglas and Howell, but Bardsley cut. Woolley for a beautiful four, and 50 came up in 53 minutes. The batsmen were running neck to neck. Collins was then tempted by Parkin who sent down a full toss, lie hit it to Rhodes, who accepted the catch very neatly. One for 71. Ryder opened his score with a neat leg 'stroke for four off Parkini Bardsley was just beginning to show something of his old form, when he started running but was unable to get back before Dolphin lifted the bails. Two for 81. Gregory opened by placing Parkin to leg and Ryder, who was playing cautiously, reached double figures by a sum lar stroke, he being 12 and Gregory six when stumps were dfawn. The attendance gate realised £5994. ENGLAND. First innings ... ... ••• 284 Second innings. Hobbs, lbw, b Mailey ... .... 13 Rhodes, c Gregory, b Mailey ... £3 Makepeace, lbw, b -Mailey ••• W Hendren, b Kelleway ' o& Woolley, st Carter, b Mailey ... 0 Douglas, st Carter, b Mailey ••• ol Fender, c Rollins, b Mailey ... & 1 - Waddington, st Carter, t> Mailey ... 6 Dolphin, c Gregory', b Mailey ... y Parkin, o Bardsley, b Mailey ... J; Howell (not out) ... ■•• •■• « Extras ... _J^ Total 315 The wickets fell as follows: Cue foi 32, two for 145, three for 152, four for 152 live for 201, six for 305, seven for 307, eUit for 307, nine for 315, ten for 315. , Bowling averages: Gregory none ioi 31, McDonald none for 77, .Mailey nine for 121, Kelleway one for 47, Ryder none for 25. AUSTRALIA. First innings ••• • Second innings. • Collins, c Rhodes, b Parkin ... 32 Bardsley, run out 3d Ryder, not out « Gregory, not out ... ••• ••• ° Extras ... Total for two wickets S2 AUSTRALIA V. MANAWATU. PALMERSTON N., last night. Great interest was displayed in the criuket match which commenced on the sports grounds between the visiting Australians and a Manawatu eleven. The weather was glorious. The attendance was well over 1000. Manawatu hatted first, and, contrary to general expectations, made a very determined stand. They were dismissed for 172 runs. (A. Rose 46, K. Hodder 17, A. McVicav 21, G. McNeely 28, A. Law 34). Their batting was not strong, but their display of fielding later in the day eclipsed that of the Australians. The Australians gave a very fine display of batting, and their bowling find lidding was a pleasure to watch. They have lost live wickets for 196 runs (L. Pellew 15, E. L. Waddv 13, E. B. Foresberi 20, C. P. Asher 60, A. E. Liddicut, not out, 67).

HAWKE CUP MATCH. The match produced some remarkable good bowling averages, the honor of taking the greatest number of wickets going to Smith, of the Wairarapa team. He took nine wickets for an average of 4.5 runs. The captain of the Poverty Bay team, McMahon, had the next best average securing seven wickets at an average' cost of 6.9 runs. Good averages were also obtained by Scholium and Southall, the former taking eight wickets for 6.9 runs, while the latter took six wickets for 8.1 runs. Dacre, of the visiting team, established the best batting performance, scorinp in the socond innings yesterday 61 no) out, and had an average of 30.5 for the two innings. Blair averaged 25 for the match, Ellis and -Guthrie both averaged 18, and Drake and Collins 17 each.

RECORDS OF PREVIOUS CUP MATCHES. The following table shows the resull of matches since Poverty Bay first ■annexed the Hawke Chip from Wanganui at the end of 1919: December, 1919.—Poverty Bay v. Wanganui: Poverty Bay won by two wickets. December, 1920.—Povorty Bay v. Wanganui: Poverty Bay won by seven wickets. February, 1920.—Poverty Bay v. Wairarapa: Poverty Bay won by an innings and 38 runs. March, 1920.—Poverty Bay v. Mana, wain : 'Poverty Hay won by eight wickets. January, 1921....P0verty Bny v. Wanganui: Poverty Bay won by two wickets. , February, 1921.—Poverty Bay v. Wairarapa: Wairarapa won by two wickets.