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Hokitika Guardian, 15 January 1921, Page 3

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ADELAIDE, Jan 14

When th o third test,, match started -the weather was threatening, with heavy clouds in the sky, but later the sun came out, and the day was bright. Armstrong’s jJToverbial luck stuck to him, and winning the toss he had first use of a perfect wicket. Collins and Bardsley opened to How-

ell and Douglas. The batsmen began carefully the first noteworthy hits being two successive braces credited to Collins off Douglas. Bardsley secured the first four by smacking Douglas to leg, and Collins treated Howell similarly. Next over Bardsley turned Howell sweetly to the ropes. Collins’ late cutting was exquisite. Bardsley got out to any easy one from Douglas, and was stumped' by Strudwiek. He was batting 37 minutes and hit two fours. The score board read

7 32 14. Kelleway succeeded, but hardly, made a decent stroke, before he hit Parkin high, and was caught in the slips by f Fender, 2—45 —4. . • Taylor’s life was equally short. Collins late cut Parkin, which was smartly returned by Hendren. Taylor ran care lessly half way down the pitch. Strudwick took the ball cleanly, and Taylor s career was at an end. 34—54—5. This score was generally regarded as a disastrous start. Armstrong then joined Collins. The captain had a great reception, and he started by making a beautiful which reached within an inch of the boundary. i Meanwhile Collins continued his pretty late cutting. At 91, Douglas came on again. Off him Collins reached his 50 in 93 nnnu- * tes. Armstrong, who was going leisure lv, tapped an easy one from Douglas which Strudwick held. 4—96—11. Pellow filled the vacancy. When at . 53, Collins had a lucky escape, skying one to the long field, which Rhodes failed to hold. With a new bat, Collins drove Douglas for four, bringing up 103 in 111 minutes. Collins was again narrowly missed at 61 by Hendren at third man. Pellow thanked England for his companion’s let-off by hitting Howell to the boundary. He then fluked two past Hendren. Howell was bowling well, but unluckily. Runs now came spasmodically off Parkin. Collins glanced two fours. He then touched one uppishly, which the Lancashire man (Parkin) just failed to reach.

The score of 150 was posted after 170 minutes play. This was the signal for Collins to drive Woolley high to the boundary ,making his score 88. Pellew livined up with a brace off Parkin, and a four off Woolley. Fender came on again, and Pellew appreciated him, scoring 10 off his over.

At the tea adjournment, Pellew was 45, and Collins was 96, with a total over 180 wickets for four wickets. Pellew did not long survive, on resuming, he being run out owing to an unfortunate misunderstanding. Collins played Rhodes "hard to third man remaining stationary; Pellow ran but failed to get back in time to save his wicket. Gregory signalled his appearance by hitting two fours off Rhodes. His combination with Collins was the brightest of the afternoon. Collins hit Rhodes to the square leg boundary bringing his score up to 119. On the next bairGregory was caught by Strudwick off Fender and a promising partnership was cut short. 6 —269 —10. Ryder succeeded Gregory and Howell and Douglas took up the bowling. Collins recorded 132 by putting Howell to leg. His late* cutting was a. superb feature of the match. Ryder drove Douglas straight along the ground, the ball eluding Makepiece and Parkin. Collins hit a high loose one from Fender right to the fence. He was giving a glorious display and went to his 150 in 248 minutes, getting his runs everywhere. With his score at 162 Collins attempted to lift Parkin to the boundary, but Rhodes took a clever catch. 7_295—162. Collins played a masterly innings, Ins on side hooking being superb. He was batting 258 minutes, and bit 19 fours. OldAeld joined Ryder and the young wicket keeper shaped vigorously till the end and scored twice as fast as his companion. It is estimated that the attendance was 16,000. The following are the scores: AUSTRALIA.

Collins, c. Rhodes, b. Parkin 162 Bardsley, »t. Strudwick, b. Douglas 14 Kelleway, c. Fender, b. Parkin ... 4 Taylor, run'out •••• iJ ♦ Armstrong, c. Strudwick, b Douglas 11 Pellew, run out Gregory, c. Strudwick, b. Fender 10 Ryder, (not out) 66 Oidfield not out) - 2 Sundries Total for seven wickets 313 COLLINS SCORE. (Received This Day at 8.30 a.in.) SYDNEY, January 15. The “Hqrald” representative states despite faults, Collins’ innings proves he is a great batsman, especially considering that six leading batsmen fell for less than eighty runs. In four visits to test wickets, Collins has aggregated 40 runs. The Englishmen while blaming their luck also blame their faults. The ‘Telegraph” states Collins mistimed many balls. At the first blush one is tempted to call him lucky. Collins was dropped in the fifties and sixties by Rhodes and Hendren, off Howell ,the same as in Melbourne. England lost its grip on the game through bad fielding, though their ground work was superb.