AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume LVIII, Issue 21, 21 June 1926, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS

LANCASHIRE MATCH. I ; HOME TEAM’S -SMALL SCORE, Press Association-Copyright, Australian I • and NiZ. Cable Association. LONMjln. .tune. 19. In: their first innings agaanst AtiSr iferai'i'a, Lianeashire made Mb', and in - repiiy, Australia had hvo wickets down f0p124 runs when stumps wore drawn’. ' ' Ellis, I'onsford, Gregory, Hendry •and; Grimriiett were loxt out of the f'>. Au%miian side, the last-named being theHwelttJi mim. * . • . 'ito© attendance was 23,000. Tne feather wins fine but cloudy and ■' \ wrinn. Tuie wicket was easy and dry- • iag. Lancashire, winning the toss, . 'deeded to bat. In the. early stafeoa ■ Grinuhntt fielded for Collins, who was [absent. Bardsley ’ tossing for h>m. Everett and’ Mabbiirtnoy opened the "• boAvling. Everett, in the first over, wais going very wide, his deliveries .in-. r eluding on© no-tall. * ' Collins arrived at the end of half an . hour, when the. score was- only eighty all made 'iri the fust three ovens, which were succeeded by seven maid- , ' ens. . v . . . ■!'”

. Everett took sonic time to find Iks* length, but it was a ‘sufficiently uncertain.length to keep the fca/smen wondering. Eventually .Hallows drove Everett finely to the off for four, and after that- the fast bowler proved expensive, both Makepeace and Hallows touching and legging him. with ease. -. .Mailey meantime gave Makepeace ; an unha.pp(v time., .'Fxie latter was. { beaten repeatedly until ho. was bowled,, in the; .third over. _ Macartney bowled' three more maidens before, being displaced .by .' Richardson.- ■ .The batsmen were taking the ut- ■. most ca.ro and showing little mitia- ( tive. Ernest Tyldesley was content. ■ to play Mailey. -Nevertheless he was, ■'’frequently beaten, Mailey finding his length from'the start. HaiUows waS more'enterprising against Richardson. - ■’ .driyiltg-hiny to the boundary, the first , boapdiary of the match. Seventy-five, tflinutes of pEay brought the lunohj i; hour with the score at 44 for one. •iV. was out in the second over,' . after knoh, Oldfield stumping ■him';';, . < very smartly ais ho dragged his foot, a matter of inches. Hallows. who,, up to this time had been. v a model of, ; pltiencei with a periodical sparkle,, now became itore aggressive, driving Mailey to the- off boundary three t times in 'two overs. This caused the field to be rearranged to provide three ■ . men in long field. . ?i“vi Everest then replaced Richardson and his first over yielded ninfe runs. \...' • Watson, when attempting to drive ~ Mailey. misjudged the break and was i , wrelll token low by‘Ryder at mid-on. Hallows continued with forceful ba.tting till ho reached 50. including a six , off, Mailey. Then. lie. had a lucky es-, V capo’from being. slumped when going ■jc s cut to one from Mailey, but Oldfield not sighted. In the next over ;vP..ld<Jcsn plunged for six. missed and lv.;'.W»s easily stumped. I Hallows sent 100 up on the board -with a superb drive to the on bound-L-V-a-iV off Macartney, the first score oft' ■ [that bowler for ton oven's. Green. . through- gp ng out to Mailey, fell the ri third victim to Oldfield’s adroitness. ' Macdonald .was greeted with cheers. ■■K -' . only stayed* long enough to hare ’’a wupile of drives from Malloy, when || W-was ..easily caught in, the long field, p Hallows continued cautiously, though V' . - hje gave a chance at 72, Bards lev he-, in.g impeded by thoi.qrqwch - At length’ , - / suicoess came to Macartney, who beat 1 Duckworth. In Macartney’s next over . Hallows, who was ihen 84. was missed ■ at mid rm by Ryder,. but R. Tyldesley. who ran hal’d, was 'unable to get back If-.-, auid was easily run out. 'C : In the, next over Hallows, eager to ,- reach- liis century', threw caution to :j jrithe winds and was easily caught art >•:■■■; iffjidkon. Hew as the onl-i- batsman -playing, the bowling with any degree •£• of'.confidence. The innings lasted 195 30 1 minutes. ' In Macdonald’s second over Collins ,V>> swung to leg and missed the ball, t: which strufck his' foot and ho was . again cut leg before-, while in Macdonaid’s third over Macartney cut onehard' to E. Tvldeslev at third slip, but , : i- the latter failed to hold it. , Bardsley opened promisingly, but n, lively and .attractive innings was nipi ped in the hud by a smart catch, _at v» . first slip very low. Andrews survived ■j ‘ a confident appeal for leg before when i he was culv five. • . Macartney was at his best, placing; ty’ bowling attractively to' leg and r ’ finding many gape in'the field. As he, a,ud Andrew’s settled down runs began ■ , to comei freol.y, mainly on the leg side, lufitil Andrews lost his wicket . when; playing right across 1 to an inswinger. > • . Weodfull played a straight drive ’ from Macdonald, called a rim and started 'down the pitch, but Macartney refused, even though the ball hadtravelled almost to the screen. Wood- ■ '. full was then almost at Macartney’s ;ri end. He made a desperate effort to return, but without success. ' ; With Taylor in singles were the or-" -r*& dor of the day. A series of funglesj V from Parkin brought up 100 An 95minutes. ' Despite changes in _ the, j ‘ bowling runs came merrily in singles,. unt : .f i’aiylor essayed a six ard was '! Tvell held on the boundary. Richardson had only time to obtain a good off drive to the boundary before ’ > stumps Were drawn. v Details areLANOASHTRE, First Innings. ■ Makepeace, b Mailey 8-iV-.j Hallows, c Everett. Mailey 89 Tyldesley, at. . b Mailey 11.I 1 . %}■■■ ’Vjfcfctson, c Ryder, b Mailey ...... 9 , JBaimes, Ibw. b Everett 4 Iddon, st Oldfield, b Mailey 4’ f' Green, jit. Oldfield, b Mafliy 2 ■ Macdoj- d, c Baird dev, b Mailey 6’ I#*- Ducki®|th-, I>. Macartney ID' ri R. Tymosloy, run out 1 ®if, ’ Parkih. not out Oi Extras ■ - 8 gf iV ,* , ■ /fatal 149. Bowling analysis—Everett, one wio-, if")', ket for 33; Macartney, one for 19; •%; ■ -;|Maj|tev, seven for 74: Richardson, ' none for 10. hi-:- , ATTSTR.A.LTA, ■ b First Innings’ Wl , BoniMey. o Watson, b Parkin ... 11 E&J; Collins. Ibw, b Hrtcdonald Macartney, pot out 02 ‘fry ■ Andrews, b Watson 22 v; ' Woodfdll, run out :.t V jy Tavlor, c Hfillows. I) Parkin J 1 Richardson, not out 5' y . ■ Extrivs , 6 s■'. Total (for five wickets) 124 m • . .

'.."TOUR OF YORKSHIRE TEAM SUGGESTED. :to . to-, LONDON. Jane 13. So tong as Yorkshire holds undisputed swa,y. ;jn county cricket the opinion iis freely expressed that the county could undertake a,u Australian tour on its own. ; Lupton, the county ' captain, was enthusiastic at the idea, but said the suggestion must naturally emanate from the Australian Board of Control and be fully.,approved by Marylebone. He added far as the county is concerned finance is, not likely to prove an obstacle. It would- be possibly to give the Australian States a good game. -Certainly the team would enjoy -the oxporioilce. It would! bs necessary to try to brino- the whole of the present , team together with, kgvcral colts as reserves. ’ ’ Coljins said, the visit would, be eiqoellent for Australian cricket. YorkIsib/iro was a, fine side, though he ; doubted whether th© bowling was strong enough easily to dismiss Die • State teams on. a plumb wicket. The project of Yorkshire county cricketers touring ~A( y ,.stra.li a,sex jj ter was mooted ouite unofficaally, during the visit of the Australians to Sheffield, saYs. the Daily Chronicle, The ddea originated with th© visitors, the belief that a visit of tho .team, .which won _ the county championship four years in succession, and still heads tlie table, would be a, big attraction. Tho Daily Chronicle adds 'that }t, is certain the team would be able to make a show against tho strongest; State sides, and it is ecfuanv certain, ,that the pi avers would jump at the chance of snob a trip. , Mr Toone, the Yorkshire secretary, and various newspapers* are bugv denying that tho ‘ Y'v-ksto’* ormWors nre. ; going tp Australia. h”t tb©„Daito Chfohiide made it clear that it was o v,p. ~, frlpflidlv, 1 pnod-hunmiured inter(phanee between the me«h©m nf +£e tea.nvs while pliari-ncc at S’etfield.. turallv the question of +onrs is in tho "hands of the Board of Control.

TEAM FOR AFRICA. “OBSERVER” ON MODERN ifTENDENCIES. (Received' 9.55 .am.) (Sun) LONDON, June 20. ’ The “Weekly Despatch” understands that the Marylebone Club is Sending a team to South Africa in the ailtumn, with Gilligan as captain. Tate has accepted the invitation. .' The “Observer” recalling a remark in Lillywhite’s Annual of 1882, that unconsciously, and perhaps without, suspicion the Australians had senfofsly and perceptibly aggravated the symptoms of the commercial spirit in cricket, declares that the suggestion still holds. The visitors never attempted to disguise their paramount •interest in the gate returns. The .ncreasing tendency in the last twenty •years is to only regard the tours in two aspects—a crusade for the defeat of England and a commercial proposition. * They have never understood nor appreciated the importance England attaches to the County championships. If international cricket, ■ceased we would be poorer, but if County cricket lost its grip cricket would quickly die. Lengthening matches by a single day is one thing and unlimited extension another. We have suffered enough Prom the influence of the Australians’ unlimited cricket upon our leading players. A time is imlisoonsible.- The true interests and delights of the game will be more and more observed so long as England And Australia are more concerned m Avoiding defeat than forcing a win. f the process advances far enough the day of reckoning will come when )he public awakens to the fact that ■he gajnp R .really dead and they will seek.recreation elsewhere. The vhole tqpdency in modern sport has been to increase the pace. Is cricket MoueVto deliberately reverse the process,? C;i ,n.-