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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16365, 2 March 1921, Page 8

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BARRACKING INCIDENT. ENCLISH COMMENT. TACTLESS TELEGRAMS. Br Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association. (Received March 2. 9 a.m.) LONDON. March 1. The ” Daily Herald ” says Australians do not object to Wilson and Fender as cricketers, but as journalists, and shocking bad journalists at that. Our former protest against the selection of amateurs as a eocial asset has been amply justified. Their capacity for sending tactless telegrams is reminiscent of the ex-Kaiser. What Enelish cricket needs is new blood; these amateurs have only contributed bad blood. The • 'Manchester Guardian ” says, editorially, that however icgrettable the barracking of Wilson and Fender, it was not altogether unprovoked. The main point is r.ot -whether the allegations of the barracking ci Hobbs is true, but whether ’t is tactful that players should have reported the scene. If the crowd made itself a nuisance, the tactful course would have been fox Dousrlas to protest to Armstrong, leaving the latter to take action. This is not the first instance of tactlessness during the tour. There umpire’s decision in the First Test. Such incidents in a country where partisanship runs wild, do not, assist towards an easeful and felicitous atmosphere. "Why will players or spectators insist, on importing a dreadful seriousness into a joyous game? AUSTRALIA’S SUPERIORITY LESSONS OF THE SEASON. Australian and N.Z. Cable Aeaociation. (Received March. 2>, 10.20 a.m.) SYDNEY. March 2. The “ Sydney Mbrning Herald ” fays that probably no series of Teat matches was so completely devoid of match interest, or thrilling fluctuations cf fortune. In the Adelaide match only was there (he semblance of a close fight. Throughout the tour the Englishmen had been handicapped by illness and accidents to players, entitling them to the genuine sympathy of everyone. Australian superiority with the bat and ball, and in the field, was never seriously challenged. The “bosie” style of bowling had been successful, and was s. dominant feature of the season's pia> . Mailey deserves warm congratula-tion on his success. A striking lesson taught was the importance of slip fielding. It was impossible to estimate the influence of catches being held or dropped. bowlers to know that they were supported by good slips, who should be specialists just a? the wicket-keeper. Both countries are now level pegging with forty Tests each. but both declined to comment on the inciTEST MATCH AVERACES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received March 2. 12.11 p.m.) SYDNEY, March 2. The leading averages in the Test series are AUSTRALIA. Batting. Runs. Average. Macartney . . . 269 88.6 G Armstrong .... 461 77.38 Gregory .... 442 73.66 Collins .... 557 61.83 Pellew .... 819 53.16 Kelleway .... 330 47.14 Bowling. Wickefce. Average. Kelleway . . . ID 23 Armstrong . „ . . 9 22.66 Gregory . . .23 24.17 Mailey .... .86 26/37 ENGLAND. Batting. Runs. Average. Hobbs ... .505 30.5 Douglas .... 364 39. SS Russell . . . . 258 36.85 Makepeace . . . . 279 3-187 Hendren .... 319 33.9 Woolley .... 255 28.5 Bowling. Wickets. Average. Wilson . . . .3 12 Fender . . . .12 34.16 Parkin . . . .16 41.87 Douglas . . . S 5*2.5

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MATCH AGAINST WAIRARAPA. [Per Press Association.] MASTERTON, March 1. The cricket match Australia v. W&irarapa fifteen commenced to-day in fine weather and on a good wicket. Wairarapa batted first and made a deplorable showing. At luncheon they had lost ten wickets for 56. After lunch the team was disposed of for 81. Moore carried his bat through the innings for 22. P. Smith with Buckley were the only others to securo double figures^ The Australians in their first innings opened well and knocked up a century in fifty-five minutes and the second century hoisted in one hour and forty-five minutes. After fire wickets had fallen for 233 a change set in. and the last five wickets fell for 60 additional runs. WAIRARAPA First Itmhsge. Collins, c Lampard b Liddicutt . 5 Moore, not out .22 Dacre, c Ransford b Forasberg , . 2 Torrance, st Ratcliffs b Asher ... 4 Hoar, run out ...... 4 Smith, c and b Liddicutt .... 2 Henderson, c Roneiord b Liddicutt . 0 Cook, c Ratcliff® b Liddicutt 0 Miles, b Asher . . . . .2 Murray, c W&ddy b Asher ... 2 Smart, c Richardson b Liddicutt . . 0 Buckler, c Lampard b Asher ... 1 Welch," c Ransford b Asher. ... 4 P. Smith, c Ransford b Ash or . . .16 Sznitha.ll, c Waddy b Liddicutt ... 4 Extra® ....... 4 Total SI Forasberg secured one wicket for 12 uns; Liddicutt, six for 27; Asher, six for 24; Richardson, none for 14. AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Bogle, b Dacre . ..... 46 RichardeKm, run out - . . . .24 Asher, c Collins b Dacre . . . .21 Kippax. c and b Dacre . . . .55 Liddicutt, b Henderson . . t .61 Pellew, c Buckley b Henderson . . .21 Lampard, c Miles b Torrance . . . S 6 Waddy, b Henderson . 0 Ransford, not out . • - . .18 Rat-cliffe. run out ...... 13 Forssberg ..... 6 Extras . 7 Total . - . . . .293 Bowling Analysis—B. Smith, no wickets for €0 runs; Southall, none for 24; Collins, non® for 43; Dacr®, three for 61; Hoar, none for 23; Murray, on® for 20; Henderson, three for 28; Torrance, on® for 27. SUNSHINE PLAYERS ▼. CARRERAS. A match was played at Hagley Park yesterday afternoon between Mr Walter George's Sunshine Players and L. Guiney’s Carreras. Following are the scores:—Sunshine Players li>7 (C. Lawrence 25, Frank Haining 20, E. Body 12, Barry Hitching® 21, James Schofield 10, Wallingford Tat® 10). L. Gainey, R. Nash, F. O’Cannell, It. Cooper, D. Still and V. Bogle divided the wickets for the Caurrera«. who reolied with 150 (O. Johnston 60. R. P. Gray 10, S. l’riestnftll 13, L. Guiney 81 retired, S. Hickmott 40 retired. D. Still 30 retired). E. Body, C. Lawrence, Barry Hitchings and Harry R-oss took the wickets for tho Sunshine Players. BUNTING AND CO. v. STRANGE AND CO. A friendly match was played on Saturday between teams representing Bunting and Co. and Strange and Co., the first-mentioned winning by 21 runs. The chief scorers were O’Connor, Mayo and Beaconail for Bunting's, and and Pitt for Strange’s. O’Connor and Cook were the most successful bowlers.