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Hokitika Guardian, 9 June 1921, Page 3

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UNITED SERVICE TELEGRAMS

AG A INST GLOU CESTEIt

(Recoived This Day at 9.45 a.m.) LONDON, June 8. When stumps were drawn Australia had three wickets down fob 421. There was an adjournment at five owing to rain. ] The Gloucester team is: F. Robinson, ~ D. Robertson, R. Rowland, Williams, Dennett, Parker, Dipper, Smith, Mills, } Hammond, Barnett. ] From Australia, Collins Carter and Taylor were omitted. , Armstrong won the toss and opened with Mavnc and Bardsley. The attend- f ance was seven thousand. The wicket ( was fast and weather fine, but dull. i Parker who is a loft band bowler above medium pace and Dipper who is a light j hander of medium pace, with a high do- f liverv, started the attack. The bats- f men notched 25 in seventeen minutes, Mayne’s contribution being eighteen. Mills replaced Dipper at thirty-five, ( Bardslav welcoming him by bitting fourteen off one over. Mnyne and Bardsley vied with each other in a neck ( and neck race, tho former hooking halls , on the middle peg round to leg in an , audacious manner. He scored fifty in f an hour, the century'immediately tol- f lowing. Bardsley reached fifty, ton . minutes later. Bennett and Hammond , took a turn at the attack. The former in his second over clean-bowled Mnyne; , who made seventy-eight, including . fours. It was his only confident innings of the tour. : ' LONDON .June 8. An incomplete report shows that Bardsley and Macartney made the pace merry. Macartney hit up fifty five minutes. When 56 he should have been stumped by Robinson, off Mills. Bardsley at 132 played Dennett on to tho wickets. 2 for 281. This was a partnership of an hour’s brilliant attractive batting, particularly leg work. Bardsley hit seventeen fours. Andrews came in, and scoring continued free. Parker came on Instead of Dennett when the score was 318. At five o’clock rain caused a quarter of an hour s adjournment. On resuming Parker and Mills howled. Macartney, after a chance of being run out, reached his century in 105 minutes, taking risks. He was again missed at 119 by cover point. At this stage, fifty was added in twenty minutes? Macartney’s share being forty-two, chiefly boundaries. With one short of 150 Macartney was clean howled by Dennett, and Andrews and Pellew were together when the stumps were drawn. AUSTRALIAN—First Innings. Mnyne b. Dennett j Bardsley, b. Dennett 132 Macartney, b. Dcnnet 140 Andrews (not out) '2 Pellew (not out) Extras 13 Total 421 THE HOURS QUESTION. LONDON, June 7. Mr Trevor, writing in the “Daily | Telegraph”, says: “I am afraid that j money is at the bottom of the hours controversy. Do not wrong the Australians by saying they alone are out for money. We are out for money too. Neither the Australian nor the Englishman will stand the use of the word 1 “shan’t”. Tlio Australians inherit from ' 1 jjg a repugnance to threat. I hey must ’ recognise that we won’t tolerate a ’ threat of direct action, which is not an amenity of'the civilised workf. Neither 7 they, nor we will stand it; therefore the panacea for us is arbitration. Ihe . hours and days question is not a matter of principle, but of expediency. Therefore the public expects both sides to find a half-way house.

cricket items. < Keren r.l This Dnv at 12.25,,p.m.) . i T LONDON. .Tune 8. ]>l„yin<.t for Middlesex against Yorkshire.' Haig took five wickets fort 33, Dnrston two for 87. Fry playing for Hampshire against Lancashire made a duck. Mead 31. Surrey made .610 for five wickets ; against Northampton. Peacock with 1 gandham made 292, unfinished. Ducat made 134.