CRICKET.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 July 1921, Page 3

CRICKET.

FOURTH TEST MATCH

A BIG SCORE

UNITED SERVICE TELEGRAMS. j (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, July 25. The fourth test has begun at Manchester, The weather was cloudy, and with rain overnight, the wicket was slow and dead. Mayne, Hailey. Ryder and Oldfield were omitted from the Australian team. The Englishmen are Tennyson, Douglas, Fonder, Ernest Tyldesley. Hallows, Parkin, Russell. Aired. Parker. Woolley and Broun. Tennyson won the toss and hailed. Russell and Brown opened to the howl-' in": of Gregory and .McDonald. The >■ ore wits no wickets :or 3D - R u- '-aril 1,, j Broun 13). (Received This Day at 10.15 a.m.) j LONDON. July 25 j Brown who opened aggressively, lilted rising balls over bis shoulder and . straight drove Gregory through Kits- . sell’s legs to the boundary. McDonald maintained an exi client length rarely ( above stump high. The wicket was not ( -uited to Gregory who gave way to Macartney. In Ids second over Broun had ‘

a narrow escape of bein*s by at lirst slip. Both batsmen »• cio hiiiiiur in front of the wicket and

registered a run a minute, arriving in the twenties together. Hendry repine-! ed McDonald, hut the wicket was life- j less, and the howlers derived no assist- j a nee from it. The batt'ing slackened, excepting for occasional drives, whilst a howling wind emphasised the depressing, cotnplexing game. The first hour’s play produced forty seven. Both hats-, men u'ere sparkling temporarily, Brown | vigorously squnrocutting Macartney to _ the ropes and Russell straight driving and pulling Hendry to leg. Armstrong took the hall at fil and Brown soul hi- j first delivery to the deep leg boundary. : In attempting a similar shut with the succeeding ball, lie mid'U it, Gregoiy accepting an easy catch at fine leg. j Woolley who followed, refused to touch Armstrong's leg theory. He pie- , ter red Hendry, whom lie drove in lit"' fashion. McDonald resumed against the wind at 9(1. but was not above modi- . um pace. Russell brought the century up in 105 minutes and a lew minutes later passed his fifty, by pulling McDonald to the boundary. Woolley was singularly unenterprising, particularly iv hen opposed to Armstrong. who. changed ends. At luncheon the score ( was 1 wicket for 113 runs. 1 ; LONDON, July 25. With the score at I tor 341 the innings was then declared, hut , the Australians objected under Law .vi ( and the objection was upheld. A quat- ( ter of an hour was lost in argument over this point. Gregory’s bowling „ which contained many short pitched dip -

liveries humped awkwardly, some rising over Russell’s head. When he bad scored fi Russell gave Armstrong a chance at second slip off Gregory', which was not accepted. | LONDON. July 25. At the drawng of stumps the score was four tor 3(52. McDonald and Armstrong resumed after lunch. Woolley ignored several of the latter’s deliveries, hut was .aught at long-on with the fifth hall. He hatted for ninety minutes. 2 for 145. , . ! Mead opened briskly and watched Armstrong closely. He then decided to step down the crease to meet him. Play was without, incident till Armstrong again dropped Russell in the slips, off Gregory. The batsman was then 86. The second century was hoisted as the result of four hours’ play- Annstrong patiently persisted the leg theory, but Russell refused to be tempted whilst Mead continued stepping down the crease to smother the break. After 258 minutes Russell reached his . entiirv, and almost immediately Gregory shifted his off bail. His score included nine fours. Tyldesley lashed out at Hendry who relieved Armstrong, but the ball was beating both batsman and wicket. Play lacked life 'till the adjournment. The spectators expected a bright display after tea but for some unaccountable reason the batsmen sorely disappointed them, as the howling was without devil. It- is presumed England desired to occupy the creases while the

wicket was lifeless, in the hope to get Australia in and out twice on a. bowler’s

wicket next day. Mead changed his mind and had a hit at Hendry and was

caught at deep point He, had batted

f*r 150 minutes. 4 for ‘2OO

(Received This Day at 12.25 p.m.) LONDON, July 25

The light was dull when Fonder joined Tydlesley. Both batsmen apparently instructed to hit, opened their shoulders, runs coining quicker than at ajiv previous period. The latter drove and cut McDonald in sparkling style. Twenty were added in ten minutes and the atmosphere was charged with electricity as a result of the bright batting. Tydlesley continued to score freely off McDonald whom be drove vigorously. He scored eight in one over and reached fifty with a lucky hit over the heads of the (flips, in sixty-live minutes. The crowd were wildly enthusiastic wilt'll Ik* drove Hcndrp over the rope. 4. Three (hundred appeared in 330 minutes. Six runs later Gregory replace McDonald, whilst Armstrong went on at the opposite end, hut the scoring continued twice sus fast as previously, inducing Armstrong to place three men on the boundary where they were kept busy : Cricket sparkled in every department. Gregory bowled faster, the fielding was superb and the batting dashing, all to the setting of an excited exhilarating crowd. One over 'of GPregoryTs produced sixteen Fender scoring twelve. The partnership added eighty in thirty-five minutes.

Tennysojn at 'ten minutes* to six declared, but Armstrong objected, •

a delay of fifteen minutes occurred, during which a discussion arose as to whether England bad legally the right of declaring at that, stage.

There was a sensation when the Australians took the field again. A section of the crowd hooted them aiul cheered the batsmen on reappearing. Armstrong received a mixed reception on going on to howl. One section of the crowd hooted him hut there was some cheering. Armstrong sat on the ground for two minutes and when he rose again, he met with a hostile va-

ception, whereat Tennyson and the Umpire crossed the ground and spoke to the crowd play being held up for a further ten minutes. I It is remarkable that the English captain was so ignorant of the laws of the game as to make such a remarkable declaration.

j After the interruption, the hatting relapsed to ordinary. Hendry at second slip dropped a simple chance by Fender, then 34. off McDonald. Fender caused merriment by making a lefthanded hit off Armstrong, scoring two. ENG I,AND—First Innings. Russell, h. Gregory 101 Brown, c. Gregory b. Armstrong ... 31 Woolley r. Fellow ,b. Armstrong ... 41 Mead, e. Pellew, b. Armstrong ... 41 Tyldesley (not out) 78 Fender (not out) 44 Extras 20 | Total for 4 wickets 362 another match. LONDON, July 24 ; Warner writing in the “Morning Post,” says lie would like to see a match between the. combined Universities and Australians. It is rumoured such mriy lie played at Eastbourne at the end of August, Met.arch captaining the Varsities.