BIG CRICKET.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXI, 13 August 1921, Page 5

BIG CRICKET.

AUSTRALIA v. KENT. Per Press Association—Copyright. AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Collins, o Seymour, b Cornwallis 0 Bardsley, e Woolley, bG. Bryan 25 Pellew, o Wood, 7> Cornwallis ... 12 Armstrong, run out 102 Macartney, c Hedges, b G. Bryan 155 Gregory, e Wood, b Cornwallis ... (8 Mayne, not out 157 Ryder, c Troughton, bJ. Bryan 36 Carter, bG. Bryan .... 57 McDonald, c 'Woolley, b G. Bryan ’6 Mailey, b G. Bryan ... 22 Extras ... ......... 26 To+al 67(5 Bowling analysis.—Cornwallis 3 for 138, G. Bryan 5 for 148, J. Bryan 1 for 48, Woolley 0 for 44, Freeman 0 for 138, Harding 0 for 66, Bickmoie 0 for 36, Seymour 0 for 15, Hedges 0 for 16. keJnt. First; Innings. J Bryan, o Armstrong,McDonald 5 Bickmore, not out 12 Seymour, b Gregory 1 Hardinge, not out 15 Extras 7 Total for two wickets ... 40

THE MATCH DRAWN. London, yesterday. Kent was all out for 237—Rickmore 89, Hardinge 74, Woolley 12, Wood 31; bowling—Gregory 1 for 24, McDonald 1 for 49, Mailey 4 for 54, Ryder 4 for 72 and Armstrong none for 28. The attendance was a record for the ground.

Bickmore and Hardinge batted extremely well, but the. former had some lucky snicks and was missed twice. Continual changes were made in the bowling and the field to check the brisk scoring, but was not able to do so until the partnership had put on 154 runs—the highest so far against the Australians—when Bickmore was caught. He hi tMcDonald for three fours in one over; Armstrong for two, Ryder for another.

Hardinge played Ryder on and only four wickets were down at the lunch adjournment for 190,

After that th beatting collapsed before Mailey and Ryder, the last six wiekets only adding 55. During the afternoon, Armstrong, on behalf of his men, placed a wreath on the memorial to Colin Blythe, the famous Kentish ’bowler, who was killed in 1917.

Armstrong, replying to criticism, said he was perfectly justified in not declaring. He was there to make tlfß whol tour a success—not one particular match.

The Australians took the remarkable course of going on again, with the result that the match was drawn The Australians lost four for 119 Collins 56, Ryder (not out) 21, and Armstrong (not out) 22. The crowd jeered each delivery at the opening innings till the Kent captain spoke to them.

Pellew, Mayne, and Mailey were the other batsmen.

THE FINAL TEST. WNDON, August 11. The King and Queen will be unable to attend the Fifthi Test Match. Prince Henry will attend on Saturday.

Captain Seweß, writing in the “Daily Chronicle,” welcomes the invitations to Sandham and Hitch. He says: Vfe want two more—Rhodes and Strudwick, as we cannot expect that Br’yun and Brown should maintain the lefthand aspect of our case. He would be far more valuable at mid-off than keeper. If Sandham and Hitch played, England would be stronger than in the four preceding Tests. None can adequately replace Brown or. Hitch as