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Hokitika Guardian, 10 May 1921, Page 3

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SURREY’S INNINGS. UNITED SERVICE TELEGRAMS. (Received this day at 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, May 9. The drying wicket, under the influence of the sun added to the difficulties of theLhome team’s batting and gave Armstrong and McDonald a great opportunity of which they fully availed themselves. Knight and Sandham opened carefully, but the wicket soon began to go.. Armstrong, who got a turn on as well as going straight through with his leg break and proved deadly. A section of the crowd resented the tea adjournment as there had already been an interval between the innings since the start at 2.30. With three down for seventeen, Macartney displaced McDonald, hut the latter came back again at thirty-two. The half century appeared for sixty-fiVe minutes. The batsmen continued to follow each other in quick succession. Sandham was playing a stubborn waiting game, and Fender was forcing the pace, he alone showing ability to negotiate the bowling. Andrews dismissed the former by a nice catch at silly point. Fender was taken at long off. McDonald, helped by the damaged pitch took a heavy toll of the tail, the innings closing for seventy-nine. Surrey following on, had wiped' off 22 of the27B deficit without the loss of a wicket when stumps were drawn, Play starts at 11.30 to-morrow. "T LONDON, May 9. The “Daily Chronicale” commenting on Surrey’s collapse, says the brilliant side were pathetically helpless before Armstrong on a dozing wicket. Armstrong's 6 for 38 eternally entombs the idea that the Australians cannot do the utmost on a sticky bit of turf. Woolley couldn’t do better. The fielding was tin air tight brand, and *nd (done wan worth the admission money «6 enhanced rfifas,

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