BIG CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 229, 22 June 1921, Page 7

BIG CRICKET

AUSTRALIA V. SURREY

SMALL SCORING BY BOTH TEAMS 0y Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright London, June 20. Though the attendance was only moderate when tho match between Australia apd (Surrey was resumed this morning, in the afternoon there were 14,000 people present. Ducat, who was caught by Oldfield, off Gregory, when his score was 47, had played good cricket, and batted for nin-ety-five minutes. He hit four boundaries. He tried to get away from Gregory’s bumping ball, which hit the top of his bat. M'Donald replaced Gregory at 151. Hitch hit three fours off Mailey’s tenth over, Mayne misfielding one badly. Harrison was caught by Gregory at first slip off M'Donald, when he had scored 26. Eight for 166. An. interesting hour’s play ho.d produced 82. Hitch was out leg before to M'Donald, and Abel was caught by Andrews, off Mailey. Sullivan, who did not score, was not out.

Mayne and Andrews opened Australia's second innings to the bowling of Hitch, and Peach. Mayne had scored one when Andrews was bowled by Hitch with the second ball of the innings. Andrews tried to turn a well-up ball. One for 1Pellew was next, but Harrison caught him at second slip off Hitch’s first bell of his second over.'. Two for 3. Hitch troubled Taylor with his good length fast ball. Mayne was hit on the wrist by one from Hitch, causing delay. Taylor was bowled by Hitch with » no-ball. The batsmen were most cautious, and the fielding was keen, five overs producing six runs. Later, the iscoring improved, and Mayne reached 23, when Taylor was caught and bowled by Hitch. Three for 44.

Crawford replaced Peach at 41. Greg- ! ory, when he had scored a single, had: am escape. Ho played on a ball which trickled to the off-stump. A powerful drive by Gregory hit Mayne on the forearm, saving a boundary. Fender re- 1 lieved Hitch at 66. Mayne was caught from a no-ball by Fender. Shepherd, a ■ right-hand medium-pace bowler, displaced Crawford at 74, but his was a poor, over, containing two full tosses. Mayna played a straighter bat than some of his colleagues, but lost sight of a ball from Shepherd, and was bowled. His score of 48 included seven fours. Four for; 91. Four runs later Gregory was caught at second-slip, off Fender. Five for 95. After tea. Ryder and Armstrong paused the century to appear, after 98 minutes* play. Hitch was astonishingly smart: close in, and threw down the wickets of Ryder and Armstrong—close things.# Peach replaced Shepherd at 114, nnd Hitch went on in place of Fender. All tho bowlers were able to turn the ball, ‘ and the wind helped. Hitch got Ryder with a yorker, smashing the off stump.. Harrison dropped Hendry before he had scored, off Hitch. Fender replaced Hitch, and a stolen single aroused enthusiasm, the ball being four yards from the bat. Running 7 off two consecutive hits made Armstrong. puff. ’• He got 13 off Fender's second over. Hendry was out to a right-handed, catch in the slips. The batting, except that by Mayne, was poor. Tho last eight overs saw four wickets taken for 18 runs.

Surrey went in again, and when stumps were drawn had lost one wicket for 35. runs. i Gregory and M'Donald were the bowlers. Gregory’s opening over was short, nnd he bumped high. The first ball was a wide. The crowd mildly com- ■ mented on seven of the fieldsmen wearing sweaters, though it was sunny. Jea- ■ cocke scored seven off Gregory's third ( over, including a delightful hit to cover for 4. He was out to an easy catch at mid-off. With two successive balls Gregory hit Duoat, which fact elicited', more remarks from the crowd, which, broke into cheers when Sandham cover-. drove him for 4. The following are the scores: —

AUSTRALIA. First innings M 3 Second Innings. Andrews, b. Hitch 0 Mayne, b. Shepherd 48 ■ Pellew, c. Harrison, b. Hitch 1; Taylor, c. and b. Hitch —. 15; Gregory, c. Ducat, b. Fender —— 25, Ryder, b. Hitch 9 Armstrong, c. Sullivan, b. Hitch ... 31 Hendry, c. Jeaoocke, b. Fender V M’Donald, b. Fender U»' Oldfield, b. Fender - 0 , Mailey, not out - <L Extras — 19; • Total 158

Bowling Analysis.—Hitch took five wickets for 44 runs; Peach, none for 22; Crawford, none for 18; Fender, four for 44; Shepherd, on® for 11. SURREY. First Innings. Sandham, c. Mayne, b. M'Donald ... 17 i Jeaoocke, c. Ryder, b. Hendry 25 ■ Ducat, o. Oldfield, b. Gregory 47; Shepherd, 1.b.w., b. Armstrong 8 : Peach, c. Mailey, b. Ryder 6; Crawford, c. Armstrong, b. Mailey... 1. Fender, c. Andrews, b. Mailey 1| Harrison, c. Gregory, b. M'Donald ... 26 Hitch, 1.b.w., b. M'Donald "0 • Abel. c. Andrews, b. Mailey —. 5 ’ Sullivan, not out — 9 Extras — 9 Total 1-5 Bowling Analysis.—M'Donald took three wickets for 45 runs; Armstrong, one for 11; Hendry, one for 9; Mailey, three for 55; Ryder, one for 10; Gregory,, one for 36. Second Innings. Sandham, not out o. •11 Jeaoocke, c. M'Donald, b. Gregory ... 14 Dueat, not out 3 Extras * Total for one wicket 35 —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

BATTING AND BOWLING AVERAGES

London, June 19

Bardsley heads tho combined English’ and Australian batting average with 69.64. Macartney is eighth, with 50.77. Armstrong is the leading bowler with 40 wickets, average 12.27; M'Donald is fifth, 61 wickets, average 14.93; Gregory is eighth, 47 wickets, average 16.21. —Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. / remarkable” bowling

> London, Jun® 20. Bestwick, Derbyshire's fast bowler, took Glamorgan's ten wickets for 40 runs. White, Somerset, took ten Worcester wickets for 76. — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.