ENGLAND DECLARES

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 277, 17 August 1921, Page 5

ENGLAND DECLARES

WITH EIGHT WICKETS DOWN FOR 403 MEAD CARRIES HIS BAT FOR 182 THREE AUSTRALIANS OUT FOR 162 By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright London, August 15. Tho fifth Test match was continued today in dull and unsettled weather. The attendance reached 20,000. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of York were present. The wicket was excellent Mead and' Sandham, th.e not-out mon of Saturday, resumed to the bowling of Mailey and Gregory Mailey immediately had Mead in difficulties, but a lucky shot behind the wicket realised 4 The batsmen began by forcing the game, stealing many clever singles. The well-set field made scoring shots difficult. Thirty went up for thirty minutes’ play, the total of 150 taking 180 minutes. To tease Mailey. Mead tried turning him to the leg-side for singles. Sandham played him in front of the wicket, but both were more at ease facing Gregory. A double change in the bowling took place at 173, M'Donald and Armstrong going on. Runs camo more freely off tho new bowlers, and Mead reached 50 for 115 minutes’ batting. Shortly after M'Donald broke tho partnership, which had put on 62 in sixty minutes, by removing Sandham’s off stump. Five for 191. Tennyson Makes the Pace. Tennyson began by lashing out wildly, ami 200 appeared for 225 minutes’ play. Mead was afraid of falling into Armstrong’s leg-side trap, and stepped out and drove him. Huns came steadily, but the( fielding never slackened. Tennyson was bent on rapid scoring, punching his strokes, but tho ball was not allowed to reach the boundary. Mailey, at second slip, dropped Mead at 75, off M'Donald. Although there were many risky slmls overhead in the slips, both managed to score freely off M'Donald behind point. Mailey relieved Armstrong at 236. Tennyson, in attempting to hook M'Donald, -was struck in the chest, and play was stopped for a time. Tho batting continued to bo of the brightest, both Mead and Tennyson going for the bowling freely. Tho total of 250 appeared -for 280 minutes’ play, and Mead- got his century in 199 minutes. Bowling Daringly Attacked. Gregory relieved M'Donald, and Mead gave Mailey the hottest of returns when he was 104, but it was dropped. Fre-. quently Mead’s lusty drives delighted the crowd, who had not seen the Australian bowling so daringly attacked before. Armstrong went on for Mailey at 281. The partnership had realised 100 in 80 minutes. At luncheon the score was 300 for 400 minutes’ play. Mailey had a finger of the right hand split when he dropped the catch from Mead. . M'Donald and Gregory bowled after lunch, but the rapid rate of scoring continued. Tennyson reached his 50 for ninety minutes’ batting. Immediately after'ho hit out blindly and his stumps were scattered. This ended the record partnership for an English innings this season. Six for 312—Mead 130. Scoring Slows Down. Fender was caught in the same over after shakily surviving three balls. Hitch was next, but was unhappy against the fast bowlers, and mainly lashed out aim- ■ lossly. Since the adjournment the batting had been distinctly slower. Hitch, after twenty minutes, played' on M'Donald, who had taken three wickets within the’ half-hour. Eight for 339. Douglas justified his late arrival by proving that he could not play a forcing game, leaving Mead to improve the rate with crisp cuts and hooks. Pellew was specially brilliant in the field, stopping many hard shots. Mend reached his 150 for 2G5 minutes’ batting. A groat cheer went up when Douglas, after twenty minutes, got his first single. He took forty minutes in making 4 runs, and both bowlers constantly beat him. Mead became affected by the go-slow germ, and play became a, repetition of Saturday’s batting. The fourth century went up for 410 minutes’ play. Three runs later Tennyson declared. Armstrong went up to Mead and shook hands. Australians at the Wickets. Collins and Bardsley opened for Australia, Hitch and Douglas leading the attack. . Collins began brightly, hooking Douglas to the ropes. He was struck on tho knees in Hitch’s second over, and rolled over in pain. He survived tho appeal for leg-before. Bardsley was slow in starting, and then gave a delightful display of cutting and driving. Collins was hooking beautifully. The latter, when 11, snicked one from Hitch into Brown’s hands, but it was not accepted. Bardsley was the first to go. Playing forward to Hitch, ho was badly beaten, and his off-stump was removed. One for 33. Macartney Shapes Flukily. Macartney followed, and had a lucky escape when he had scored two, Woolley, at first slip, dropping him off Hitch. I He continued to shape flukily, and runs I were slow in coming. Collins, m I twenty-five minutes did not add to tho score. The spell was broken by a single, I while Macartney was a quarter of an hour making three. Then Macartney got going against Douglas, making several fine drives. Fifty appeared for fifty-five minutes’ play, and then ColI lins in attempting io get Hitch behind i the wicket, flicked off his bail. Two | for 54. ■ Andrews Opens Dashingly. I Andrews was next, and opened with ! rare dash. A double change in the' i bowling was made at 60, Fender and j Parkin going on. The latter was fast i and bumping heavily. Beth batsmen were lively, though the bad light was ; worrying them, and they frequently mis--1 timeil shots. The fielding, generally, i was fairly clean, Hitch at short-leg saving a lot of runs. The pair added 30 I in”twenty minutes. Both showed scant ' respect for Fender, and the century went >up for eighty-five minutes’ play, of which Macartney’* share was 34. ' Hitch relieved Parkin, and, with an i improved light, the ’-tins came fast, including numerous boundaries. The crowd was especially appreciative of An- ! draws’ hit to square-leg off Parkin, the i ball finding the ropes time and again. Tho partnership put on 80 in forty-five mintues by masterly cricket. Various bowling changes did not affect the scoring, and Andrews reached 50 for fifty minutes’ batting. Macartney got his 50 in seventy minutes, and tho total of 150 took a hundred and twenty minutes to roach. The separation came two minutes before time, Doug’as beating Macartney’s defence. THIRD DAY’S PLAY (Rec. August 17, 1.10 a.m.) London, August 16. When play was resumed to-day tho weather was fine and the wicket excellent. The attendance is large. Taylor partnered Andrews, the not-out man. Douglas finished the over, and Fender and. Hitch, took up the bowling. Tho score is now 172 —Andrews 64, Taylor 3.

The following are the scores: — ENGLAND. ? First Innings. Russell, e. Oldfield, b. M'Donald 13 Brown, b. Mailey 32 Tyldesloy, c. Macartney, b. Gregory 39 Woolley, run out 23 Mead, not out 182 Sandham, b. M'Donald 21 Tennyson, b. M'Donald 51 Fender, c. Armstrong, b. M'Donald... 0 Hitch, b. M'Donald 18 Douglas, not out 21 Extras 3 Total for eight wickets 403 Bowling Analysis.—Gregory took one wicket for 128 runs; M'Donald,five for 143; Mailey, one for 85; Armstrong, none for 44. AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Collins, b. Hitch 14 Bardsley, b. Hitch 22 Macartney, b. Douglas 61 Andrews, not out 64 Taylor, not out 3 Extras 8 Total for three wickets 172 A DOUBLE CENTURY REMARKABLE BOWLING AVERAGES (Rec. August 16, 9.10 p.m.) London, August 15. Playing for Surrey against Northants, Ducat made 204 not out. Yorkshire dismissed Essex for 66. Waddington took four wickets for 24, and Wilson four for four. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. QUESTIONS REFERRED TO M.C.C. PROTECTION OF WICKET AND THE EIGHT-BALL OVER. (Rec. August 16, 9.10 p.m.) London, August 15. The Imperial Cricket Council has referred the question of revision of law 9, relative to the protection and rolling of the wicket, to a special general meeting of tho M.C.C. The principle of the eight-ball over for Australia was approved, and will also come before the M.C.C. meeting. Tho council agreed to send an English team to South Africa in the winter of 1922-23 —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

[Law 9 reads:—"Tho ground shall not be rolled, watered, covered, mown, or beaten during a match, except before the commencement of each innings and of each day’s play, when, unless the inside object, the ground shall be swept and rolled for not more than ten minutes. This shall not prevent the batsman from beating the ground with his bat, nor the batsmen nor bowler from using sawdust in order to obtain a proper foothold.”]