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Hokitika Guardian, 20 June 1921, Page 4

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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. HAMPSHIRE CRICKET.

LONDON, June 18 j ’Hampshire resumed in glorious wea- I ther with a hot sun. The wicket was j fast. The attendance was small, j Mayne* fielded for Bardsley, whose thigh j was -painful. Hendry and McDonald j were bowling, but after M.C.C.’s 284, which was the previous highest- total against the Australians, had been pass- ; ed, Mailey replaced 'the Victorian. Three hundred appeared after 215 min- - ut-es’ batting. Mead was caught off j Hendry, when be bad reached 129. ; The ball stuck him up and flew off the ; edge of his bat to the wicket-keeper. His innings lasted 155 minutes, and in- j eluded 18 fours. Mead was missed at ) 53, but apart- from that, it was a fine innings. His off strokes especially j were well timed. Bowling averages were:—McDonald, one for 44, Armstrong one for 34, Ryder three for 75, Mailey three for 119, Hendry two for 71. When Hampshire started their second innings, the attendance was 1000. Hendry and Andrews were the bowlers, both being faster than usual at the start. Brown, who is a left-hander, made some hard strokes, but excellent fielding prevented scoring. Amusement was created when’Fry went for for a short run. Pellew aimed at the wicket, but caught Fry on the Tied. Brown retired as the result of a wide. Fry was caught by Mailey on the second attempt when 37. Following the the scores: — HAMPSHIRE—2nd Innings. Fry e and b Mailey 07 Brown (retired hurt) E Bowel 1 b Ryder 5 Mead c Oldfield b Pellew 0 Housie (hit wicket) b Mailey 20 Isherwood c Oldfield b Mailey 24 Tennyson (not out) 10 Remnant (not out) 10 Extras 0 Total for five wickets 135 Bowling averages :— Hendry none for 25, Ryder one for 25, Mailey three for ■lB, Pellew one for 37. AUSTRALIA V. SURREY. LONDON, June 18 The Australia v. Surrey match opened in cloudy weather, with a good attendance, and on a perfect wicket. Collins, Macartney and Bardsley were omitted from the Australian team. The Surrey side is:—Fender, Crawlord. Pcacocke, Sandham, Ducat, Harrison, Abel, Peace, Hitch, Shepherd, and Sullivan. Armstrong won the toss, and elected to bat. Hitch and Peach opened the howling. Hitch got Andrews with the third ball of the match, which took the middle stump, when Andrews was playing back. Muync was then one. One for 5.

Peach is a right-handed mediumpace bowler. Most of the scoring was through the slips, who at first wore widely placed. Pellew, when playing well forward, lost his middle stump, which was sent flying in Hitch’s third over. A curious incident occurred when .Mayno and Taylor were together. Sullivan. the wicket-keeper, threw the ball at Muyne’s wicket, and the ball went gently to the boundary, but there was no score. Maync cut Hitch hard on to his wicket. 3 for 42.

Crawford, who has not appeared for v since 1919, replaced Reach, and Taylor was caught off Crawford’s first ball—a magnificent low right-handed catch at point. Although the wicket was fast. 50 runs took 56 minutes to compile, off seventeen overs. Hitch occasionally bowled his fastest, hut was good on the slower ones. Armstrong took some time to see him . Gregory Had a narrow escape from being run out. Fender went on instead of Hitch at 54, after an hour’s batting. Seven thousand people were now present. It was hardly understandable that such a small score should ho made, except by the absence of the steadying influence of Bardsley and Collins. The fielding at the time was brilliant, and the howling steady, with a good length, being seldom more than stump high. Bad judgment was shown by Ryder in attempting a third run off one of Gregory’s hits, Reach making a fine throw from the long-field. Hitch replaced Fender at 79. Gregory, with a great straight drive, off the third hall from Hitch, after lunch, brought up a hundred, after 103 minutes. Hendry hit two consecutive similar strokes on Peach, edging the first to Abel, who dropped the catch, hut caught the next. ‘ Crawford missed Gregory at 114, off Hitch. Fender, at i bird slip, just touched the next hall when travelling to 1 ho boundary. Gregory was taking risks in hitting out lustily. Shepherd missed the easiest of catches from Gregory at mid-off, when the batsmen was 45. Gregory’s hitting brought on Fender and Crawford. McDonald also opened his shoulders. When approaching the hundred, Gregory Was more careful. Mailey took no risks. Gregory passed the hundred in 135 minutes. Then he fell before Hitch. LONDON, June 18. Eighteen thousand were present when Surrey started batting, McDonald and Armstrong bowling. In the latter’s first over the bowler stumped and appealed for Peaeoeke’s wicket. Several good strokes were fielded admirably. Peacocke caused enthusiasm among the spectators by jumping out and driving Armstrong for four. Consecutive maidens were entirely due to excellent fielding, wherein Taylor was prominent. It took half an hour to make 19. Mailey, Armstrong and Ryder bowled in turn and scoring strokes were infrequent. Following are the scores:— AUSTRALIA—Ist Innings. Andrews b Hitch 'I Maync, played on, b Hitch ff Pellew b Hitch 14 Taylor c Peacocke b Crawford 1 Armstrong l.b.w. b Fender <8 Gregory e Abel b Hitch I^l Ryder run out ® Hendry c Abel h Peach 16 Oldfield b Hitch 3 'McDonald l.b.w. h Fender 21 Mailey (not out) c ] Extras 10 Total !••• 213 Bowling analysis, Australians iun-|

ings :•—Hitch 5 for 74, Peaoh 1 for 45, c Crawford 1 for 50, Fender 2 for 28. o SURREY—Ist Innings. r Sandham c Mayne b McDonald ... 17 t Peacocke c Ryder b Hendry 25 r Ducat (not out) 23 s Shepherd l.b.w. b Armstrong 8 1 Peach c Mailey b Ryder 6 1 Crawford c Armstrong b Mailey ... 1 i Fender (not out)' 2 ] Extras 3 i I. 1 ' | Total for five wickets 85 1 BIG SCORING. LONDON, June 16. ! There has been phenominal scoring j in first class cricket on fast hard wieki ets. Eighteen centuries were made on ' Wednesday and Thursday, including three by Australians, also Douglas, I Russell and Woolley cabled. Hearne made 170 against Essex, Harding made 163 (not out), Seymour 122 (not out) j against Worcester. Dipper made 104 i and Barnett 100 against Derbyshire. | Shepherd made 143 against Cam- ! bridge. ! 1 “WHY ENGLAND IS DOWN.” LONDON, June 18 Writing in the “Evening Standard” Lord Harris explains “Why England is Down.” He declares there is no mystery about the present supremacy of j the Australians. “They are beating us,” he says, “with two great bowlers, just as we beat them in pre-war days with Barnes and Foster. We must • find a bowling genius before we can hope to win. I was much impressed at 1 Lords with the fact that we were never able to rattle the Australians in the field.” quest for new blood. j 1 LONDON, June 17 1 The English selectors, aided or discouraged by the critics are, still search--1 ing for new blood capable of extending 1 the Australians. 1 The county matches against the Aus- " tralians are being watched with fever- ’ ish interest. Any man making a stand is immediately brought into the limelight, and his claim is urged for inclusion in the tests. Dipper, who is the first Gloucester man since Grace to bat first in the tests, has found favour hy his confident display, and he seems a certainty for inclusion in the next ' test team to play at Leeds. England’s hopes are being revived by Hearne’s recent form, and the fact that Hobbs is now practising at the nets. As regards Crawford, everything depends on ' Saturday’s trial. With Mead and Fry also in the limelight, there is hope of a ’ sterling fight at Leeds. I WARNER ON AUSTRALIANS. 1 LONDON, June 18. 1 Warner in “The Cricketer,” says: — ; There never has been a more accurate S bowler than Armstrong. Warner has a fine appreciation of Macartney, whom he describes as the most attractive batsman in the tea,m. Whenever he appears, one hears a happy murmur of e expectation from the crowd which selt dom, if ever, is disappointed. Referring to Carter’s 46 and his partnership with McDonald, he says that they upset England’s calculations.