THE FOURTH TEST

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 122, 16 February 1921, Page 7

THE FOURTH TEST

ENGLISHMEN ALL OUT FOR 315 GREAT BOWLING FEAT BY MAILEY TWO AUSTRALIAN WICKETS DOWN FOR 92 By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright. (Rec. February 15, 10-15 p.m.) Melbourne, February 15. The weather was cool and the wicket good for the Test match. The attendance during the day was 12,785, and the gate takings amounted to £5994. Tho Australians took the field under Collins, Armstrong being compelled to stay in bed. , x n Rhodes and Makepeace resumed to the bowling of Al'Donald and Alailey. Alakepeace began by cutting Al’Donald lor two. and. Mailey opened .with, a maiden < over. Owing to a bad throw in by Collins, Rhodes added three to his eco re - Alakepeace then beautifully snicked Al’Donald to the boundary, bringing his score to 51 in 140 minutes. In the next over, Al’Donald bowled a no-ball. Then Alailey got Makepeace leg-before, Jus average at this stage being two wickets for 55 runs. Alakepeace had put up 54, put in a rather crouching style. England’s score was now two wickets for 145. Hendren followed, and a fast, low one from Al'Donald went to the fence. Four byes were run, then Rhodes was well caught in the slips by Gregory, off Alailey, after making 73 in 182 minutes. AA’oolley was stumped' in the first over by Carter,’ off Alailey, whose bowling was well nigh unplayable. Mailey had taken three wickets for 10, his average being four for 56, with one maiden over. Douglas began by slipping Alailey for three, and Hendren drove the same bowler to the off for three. Hendren, who was cutting and running briskly, soon ran his score to 20. Pellewwas applauded for smart fielding. When the score was four wickets for 199, Gregory replaced Al’Donald, and Douglas, tapping the first ball, brought up 200 on the board in 222 minutes. Kelleway gave Mailey a spell, and clean bowled Hendren in the first over. Five for -01. Fender joined Douglas, and played up to tho lunch adjournment, when the score was five wickets for 212. After lunch, Kelleway and Al Donald continued bowling. Fender confident!} drove Kelleway to the boundary. Douglas scored five owing to a bad throw-in by Pellew, which was responsible for four. Mailey relieved Kelleway, and Fender pleased the spectators by hitting him over the fence for six. Douglas reached 50 in 103 minutes, and Fender in 73 minutes. Three hundred came up on the board in 309 minutes. Fender, taking risks with Alailey, whose bowling generally was very deadly, hit one hard and high, and was caught by Collins vu the boundary. Douglas, reaching out to Alailey, was stumped by Carter. TV addington, Dolphin, and Parkin were disposed of quickly, and at the close of the innings, Alailey, who had taken nine tickets for 121. was loudly applauded. Alaiicy’s great tewling feat was widely discussed, it being previously unequalled in Test cricket.

Australia, requiring 211 to win, opened after tea with Collins and Bardsley, to the- bowling of Howell and Douglas. Collins’s luck was again in evidence, he being missed by Douglas in the slips off Howell when four. Collins hit the first ball from Douglas to the boundary for four, but generally the scoring was slow. Woollev and Parkin replaced Douglas and Howell in the attack, but Bardsley cut Woolley for a beautiful four, and fifty came up in 53 minutes. Just later the batsmen were running neck-and-neck, and Collins was then tempted by Parkin. who sent down a full toss. He hit it round to Rhodes, who accepted the catch very neatly. One for 71. Ryder opened his score with a neat leg stroke for four off Parkin. Bardsley was just beginning to show something of his old form when he started running, but was unable to set back before Dolphin lifted the bails. Two for 81. Gregory opened by placing Parkin to leg, and Ryder, who was playing cautiously, reached double figures by a similar stroke, he being 12 and Gregory 6 when stumps were drawn. The following are the detailed scores :— ENGLAND. First innings • 284

Second Innings. Hobbs, 1.b.w., b. Mailcy 13 Rhodes, c. Gregory, b. Mailey 73 Makepeace, 1.b.w., b. Mailey 54 Hendren, b. Kelleway 3. Woolley, st. Carter, b. Mailey 0 Douglas, st. Carter, b. Mailey GO Fender, c. Collins, b. Mailey 59 Waddington, st. Carter, b- Mailey ... 6 Dolphin, c. Gregory, b. Mailey 0 Parkin, c. Bardsley, b. Mailey 4 Howell, not out 0 Extras w Total 315 The wickets fell as follow:—One for 32, two for 145, three for 152, four for 152, five for 201, six for 305, seven for 307, eight for 307. nine for 315, ten for 315. Bowling averages.—Gregory, no wickets for 31 runs; M’Donald. none for 77; Malloy, nine for 121; Kelleway, one for 47; Ryder, none for 25. AUSTRALIA. First innings 333 Second Innings. Collins, c. Rhodes, b. Parkin 32 Bardelsy, run out "8 Ryder, not out IGregroy, not out - 6 Extras 4 • Total for two, wickets 92 NOTES ON THE PLAY. Rhodes and Makepeace, representatives respectively of the White and Red Rose Counties, mnke a plucky attempt to restore the balance in favour of their side. They sadly missed the services of Hearne and Russell to follow up their fine stand. Hendren contributed a useful ecore, and although he has not done anything sensational in the Tests, the Middlesex professional can point to a good inn of tallies. His visits to the batting crease have resulted in contributions of 28, 56, 67, 1, 36, 51, 30, and 32. For a first appearance in these contests the above figures are admirable. The skipper has shaped better in the last two engagements, and his stubborn defence has been of much use. The reference in the cablegrams to the scores of 2000 runs is interesting. Clem Hill’s total is 2660, Victor Trumpet’s 2263, and Sid Gregory’s 2193. For the Englishmen, A. C. MacLaren has an aggregate of 1931. J. B. Hobbs 1751, and Tom Hayward 1747. Bardsley has reached double figures each time he has batted in the present series, although he has not performed quite up to expectations.