TO-DAY'S PLAY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16305, 21 December 1920, Page 8

TO-DAY'S PLAY.

A BIG SCORE. * Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received December 21, 10.50 a.m.) f m ~ . SYDNEY, December 21. Iho weather is fine nrotoSiC 0 hT, T? Ilis ri ?>“ hand, when proteaing his head from a hot return bv Douglas on Saturday, Mailey may llot h \ able to howl if requited to-day. (Received December 21, 2.43 p.m.) Australia has five wickets down for 39‘.1 Kolloway (in) . Armstrong (in) . ' V * THE ENGLISH BATTING. CRITICS DISAPPOINTED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received December 21. 9 a.m.) „ ... ' LONDON, December 19. w i ~ profoundly disappointed at Gnglaud s batting, and fail to see symptoms pt supposed decadence in Australian bowling. On the contrary it is fully tonal to the pre-war standard. “The Times” says;-The Englishmen bed their chance, but failed rather dismally. The Australians achieved a startling performPrae’- t lelr bo ' vllll!? bring extremely good at NEWSPAPER COMMENT. Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association. (Received December 21, noon.) The morning paper critics regard Au»’T’ a '’.’inning position They describe die play llg correct, but not lively. The Herald says that the bowling presented few terrors to the batsmen, whose attack was well maintained throu-di-out. The fielding was somewhat below the standard sot on Friday. The ‘I Telegraph says that the bowling, although only "moderately successful, _ was good, aided by smart fielding at a limited scoring capacity.