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Hokitika Guardian, 16 February 1921, Page 1

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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. FOURTH TEST MATCH AIALLEY'S GREAT HOWLING FEAT. .MELBOURNE, Feb 15. The weather to-day was cool and the wicket good for the test match. The Australians took the field under Collins. Armstrong was compelled to stay in bed. Rhodes and .Malicpeace resumed, to the bowling of McDonald and Mailey. Makepeace began by cutting McDonald for two. Mailey opened with a maiden over. Owing to a bad throw in by Collins Rhodes added three to his score. Makepeace then beautifully snicked McDonald to the boundary, bringing his score to 51, in 140 minutes. In the next over McDonald bowled a no ball. Then Mailey got Makepeace, by leg before. His average at this stage was I two wickets for 55. Makepeace had put up 54. but iu rather a crouching stvle.

S England’s score was now 2 tor 145. | liendren followed. A fast, low one ' from McDonald went to the fence and I four byes were run. Then Rhodes was well caught in the , slips by Gregory, off Mailey, after makI ing 73 in 182 minutes, j Woolley was stumped off his first hall Lv Carter, off Mailey.

Mailey’s bowling was now well-nigh unplayable, he having taken three wickets for 10 runs, and his average being 4 for 55, with one maiden over. Douglas began hv slipping Mailey for three. Hendren drove Mailey to the oil' for three. Hendren who was cutting and running briskly, soon ran his score up to 20. Pellew was applauded for some smart fielding. At 4 for 199, Gregory replaced McDonald, and Douglas, tapping his first |,all, brought up 290 on the hoard in

222 minutes. Kelleway gave Mailey a spell. He clean-howled Hendren in his first over.

Five for 201. Fender then joined Douglas and the pair played up to lunch, when the score was 5 for 212. After lunch Kelleway and McDonald continued the bowling. Fender confidently drove Kelleway to the boundary. Then Douglas scored five, owing to a bad throw in by Pellew. which was responsible' for lour of the inns. Mailey then relieved Kelleway, aim Fender pleased the spectators by hitting I. ini over tlio fence tor six.

Douglas reached his 50 in 103 minutes. and Fender his in 73 minutes. Tire third century came up on the board in 309 minutes. Fender was taking risks with Mailey. whose howling Konerallv was very deadly. Fender hit mi,, hard and high, and he was caught I v Collins on the boundary. Then Douglas, reaching out to Mnil- , v was stumped by Carter. After this Wnddington. Dophin and Parkin were all three disposed of quickie, and this was the close of the inn-

! ' Miiiloy, wb<» had taken nine wickets tor 121 runs, was at the linisli loudly applauded. | Maile.v’s great bowling I'onl is being 1 widely discussed. U has never pre- ! v ionsiv been equalled in test cricket. ' Australia, requiring 211 to win, 0pen,,,1 a [t,.r tea with Collins and Bardsley. to the bowling of Howell mid Douglas. I Collins’ good luck was again in evidence. be being missed by Douglas in the slips off Hendren when only four, t Collins bit the first ball from Doug- , las to the boundary for four, but gen- ’ orally the scoring was slow, i Woolley and Parkin replaced Douglas and Howell's attack, but then Bardsley cut Woolley for a beautiful four.

i Fifty runs came up in 53 minutes, j The batsmen were running neck and

neck. | Collins was then tempted by Parkin, ! who sent down a toss. Collins bit I it, round to Rhodes, who accepted the ! catch very neatly. One for 71. Byder followed, and opened bis score J with a neat leg stroke for four, off Parkin. ! Bardsley was just beginning to show something of his old form, ".ieu he started running, hut was unable to get hack before Dolphin had lifted the hails. Two for 81. .1 Gregory came in and opened by placing Parkin to leg. Then Ryder, who ! was playing cautiously, reached double figures by a similar stroke. | "Ryder was 12 and Gregory 0 when ! stumps were drawn. ; The attendance was 12,780, and the ; gate realised £‘5994. The following aro the scores.

ENGLAND -FIRST iNNTNGS. llobbs, e. Carter, b. McDonald .... 27 Rhodes, e. Carter, b. Gregory U Makepeace, c. Collins b. Mailev ... 117 Hendren, c. Carter, b. Mailev 30 'Woolley, 1.b.w., h. Kcllnwny 29 Waddington, b. Maile.v B Douglas e. and b. Mailev 50 Fender <:. Gregory, I). Kelleway ... 3 Dolphin, b. Kelleway 1 Parkin run out 1° Howell (not out) 0 Extras ®

Total A USTR A LI A—FIRST ININNGS. Collins, e. Rhodes, b. Woolley 59 Bardsley, b. Fender Ryder, l.b.w Woolley J Taylor, bit wicket, b, Fender 2 Pellew, b, Fender ■ Gregory, c Dolphin, b Parkin 77 Armstrong (not out) 3 Kelleway b Fender "7 Carter, b Fender 0 Mailev, run out McDonald, b Woolley Extras 13 Total 389

ENG 1 >AND—SECONI) INNINGS. Hobbs, l.b.sv, b. Mailey 13 Rhodes, c. Gregory, b. Mailey 73 Makepeace, 1.b.w., b. Mailey 54 Hendren, b. Kelleway 32 Woolley, st. Carter, b. Mailey ... 0 Douglas, st. Carter, b. Mailey 59 Fender, c. Collins, b. Mailey 59 Waddington, st Carter, b. Mailey 6 Dolphin, o. Gregory, b. Mailey ... 0 Parkin, c. Bardslev, h. Mailey 4 Howell (not out) 9 Extras I 4 Total 915 The wickets fell as follows; 1 for 32. 2 for 145, 3 for 152, 4 for 152, 5 for 201, 6 for 305, 7 for 307. 8 for 307, 9 for 315, 10 for 315. Howling analysis: Gregory 0 tor 31, McDonald 9 for 77, Mailey 9 for 121, Kelleway 1 for 47. Ryder 0 for 25. AUSTRALIA SECOND TNNTNGS. Collins, c. Rhodes, b. Parkin 32 Bardslev, run out 38 Ryder (not out) 1Gregor.v (not out) 6 Extras 4 Total for 2 wickets 92 . THE HAWKE CUP. GISBORNE, Feb 15. The Hawke Cup match was continued to-day and resulted in an unexpected victory for Wairnrapa, who heat Poverty Hay by two wickets, Wairnrapa continued their first innings and made 116. Poverty Hay’s secend innings realised 56 (Drake 18, being the only double figure scorer). The challengers having to make 103 to win scored the total for the loss of eight wickets. Dane 61. Collins 22, thus winning the Hawke Cup which for two vears lias been in Poverty Hay.