AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN

Southland Times, Issue 19257, 22 June 1921, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN

THE SURREY MATCH AUSTRALIAN BATTING POOR (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, June 20. Ducat’s innings was a good display and lasted 95 minutes. It. included four boundaries. He lost his wicket trying to get away from one of Gregory’s bumping balls, but it hit the top of his bat. McDonald replaced Gregory at 151. Hitch, who was next man, hit three fours off Mailey’s tenth over, Mayne misfielding one badly. Harrison was then caught in the slips off McDonald—l 66 for 8 wickets. An interesting hour’s play had produced 82, but the last two wickets fell quickly with the total at 175. Hitch and Peach were entrusted with the bowling when the Australians went in again, Andrews and Mayne being the first batsmen. Andrews was bowled by Hitch’s second delivery in trying to turn a ball, which was well up. Pellew also met with disaster, being caught in the slips in the next over—two wickets for three runs. Hitch troubled Taylor, who joined Mayne, by his pace and good length. Mayne received a blow on the wrist from the bowler which caused some delay. At the luncheon the total was two for 13 runs. The attendance was 8000.

Hitch bowled Taylor in his second over, but no-ball was called. The batsmen were very cautious and the fielding was of the keenest. Five overs only yielded six runs, but just as the scoring began to improve Taylor returned to Hitch—4 for 13. Craw ; ford then replaced Peach.

Mayne and Gregory got together and put on 47. The latter very nearly played one on to his wicket early in the innings, the boil just trickling past the off stump. Une of his powerful drives hit Mayne os the arm, and prevented a boundary hit. At 6b Fender relieved Hitch, and Mayne was caught from a no-ball.

Shepherd displaced Crawford at 74 and after one poor over with two full tosses got rid of Mayne. He was in forty-five minutes for 48, which contained eeven fours, and had played with a straighter bat than some of his colleagues—9l for 4. As soon as Ryder came in Gregory was caught in the slips—--95 for 5.

By the tea adjournment 12,000 were present. Ryder and Armstrong were now together. Hitch, fielding astonishingly close in, threw down both their wickets. It was a very close thing. Peach and Hitch came on again. The wind helped Hitch who smashed Ryder’s off stump with a yorker. Harrison dropped Hendry before he had scored. The pair remained till 139 appeared and then both were caught. Hitch and Fender rapidly finished off the remainder and the Australians were all out for the poor total of 158. The attendance reached 14,000 in the afternoon. The Australian batting, except Mayne’s, was poor. In the last eight overs four wickets fell for only 19 runs.

At the close of the day’s play Gregory and McDonald were bowling. Seven fielders were wearing sweaters, though it was sunny. Jeacocke made seven off Gregory’s third over, including a delightful hit to cover for four. He went out off an easy catch at midoff. With two successive balls Gregory hit Ducat, which elicited more remarks from the crowd, who cheered when Sandham drove him to cover for four. The innings to the present has occupied 36 minutes. At the drawing of stumps Surrey had lost one wicket for 35, so that the match is in a very interesting stage. The detailed scores were as follows: AUSTRALIA. First Innings 213 Second Innings. Andrews, b Hitch 0 Mayne, b Shepherd .. 48 Pellew, c Harrisong b Hitch ........ 1 Taylor, c and b Hitch 15 Gregory, c Ducat, b Fender 25 Ryder, b Hitch ’ 9 Armstrong, c Sullivan, b Hitch ...... 31 Hendry, c Jeacocke, b Fender 4 Oldfield, b Fender 0 McDonald, b Fender 13 Mailey( not out) 2 Extras .. 10 Total .. .. 158 Bowling analysis:—Hitch five for 44, Peach none for 22, Crawford none for 18, Fender four for 44, Shepherd, one for 20. SURREY. First Innings. Sandham, c Mayne, b McDonald .. .. 17 Jeacocke, c. Ryder, bHendry ...... 25 Ducat, c Oldfield, b Gregory 47 Shepherd, 1.b.w., b Armstrong 8 Peach, c Mailey, b Ryder 6 Crawford, c Armstrong, b Mailey .... 1 Fender, c Andrews, b Mailey 11 Harrison, c Gregory, b McDonald .... 26 Hitch, 1.b.w., b McDonald 20 Abel, c Andrews, b Mailey 5 Sullivan, not out 0 Extras 9 Total 175 Bowling analysis:—McDonald three wickets for 35 runs, Armstrong one for 11, Hendry one for 9, Mailey three for 55, Ryder one for 10, Gregory one for 36. Second Innings. Sandham, not out 11 Jeacocke, c McDonald, b Gregory .... 14 Ducat, not out 6 Extras 4 Total for one wicket .... 35 NOTES BY TWELFTH MAN. At the time of writing, Surrey has one wicket down and about 160 runs to make. The results of the match so far should make many people revise their estimate of the Australians. I have pointed out once or twice before this that there is no justification for applying the adjective, “unbearable,” to the visitors (even though they are an unusually powerful combination), and their display in this match should help to disprove some of the wild statements that one hears.

Of the Surrey batsmen, Ducat seems to have batted in something like his best style. He has been one of Surrey’s star batsmen for years, but last season he was troubled with his eyes. He has one famous stroke, a “leg flick,” which with him is made by wrist work all through the movement. He has knocked up one or two big scores this season and if he does well in the next innings, his chances for the next test will have to be considered. Harrison and Hitch are not specially good batsmen and theirs were valuable innings. Both seem to have got their wins quickly by spanking Mailey to the boundary.

No one was clean bowled in this innings. The first six wickets were divided among six bowlers, and then Mailey and McDonald took the next four, two apiece. Australia’s second innings is described as popr, and their batting shows what a dif ference the absence of Macartney and Bardsley makes to the team. However, it should also be remembered that Surrey are much below their full strength. Mayne, who top-scored with 48, is a good bat on hard wickets. He seems to have batted confidently, despite being hit hard on the arms by two balls. The innings, however, was poor, the star batsmen failing badly when runs were required. Hitch’s bowling on the second day was better than ever. He is a fine field and a fair bat, and with his experience must be regarded as a test possibility. But he will need to have played well to displace Durston. Fender, who has also done well, is a very resourceful bowler, noted for breaking up partnerships. Bestwick, who is reported elsewhere to have taken 10 wickets in one innings against Glamorgan, did not play more than once or twice for Derbyshire last year, having been lured away to League cricket by its financial attraction. The feat of taking 10 wickets in an innings is extremely {are ia pricket, Office

1906, the following instances are noteworthy :—r1906, A. Fielder, Players v. Gentlemen, at Lord’s; 1906, G. Dennett, Gloucestershire v. Essex, at Bristol; 1906, Vogler, Eastern Province v. Griqualand West, at Johannesburg; 1907, C. Blythe, Kent v. Northamptonshire, at Northampton; 1914, A. Drake, Yorkshire v. Somerset, at Weston-super-Mare.