THE LAST GAME
ENGLISH CRICKETERS PLAY WESTRALIA. TEAM OBVIOUSLY TIRED. SPIRITED BATTING BY COLTS. United Prtss Assosiation. —By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. (Received Thursday, 11.40 p.m.) PERTH, March 21. The last engagement of the English cricketers started to-day in ideal weather, with a match against Westralia, whose team included Ryder, Australia’s Test captain, and Grimmett, Darling and Ellis, of the Eastern States, who were invited to play against England, aa Westralia has only a bare eleven available. The attendance was five thousand. Westralia won the toss. The Englishmen showed the effects of the tour and long journey. They were evidently tired and the fielding was not brilliant, with the exception of Duckworth behind the wickets. Ryder lasted 52 minutes for 24, when he was out leg before wicket. Richardson, one of Australia’s leading players, now coaching Westralian players, batted mast of the afternoon with the local captain, Bowe. The bowling was frequently ehanged. A feature was the spirited batting of the colts. The score at stumps was five wickets for 269.—'(Australian Press Association.)
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Wairarapa Age, 22 March 1929, Page 5
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