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Hokitika Guardian, 15 December 1924, Page 4

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HOKITIKA 15. v. KANIERI. These teams met at Kanieri, when Knnieri won by a substantial margin. Kanieri made Ift) (IT Twoomey .'sl, C. Fleming 28. I>. Hutchison 1!). G. Head It. W. Fleming 13). Curley took 1 for 31 .T. Bannister 1 for If), A. Thomas 2 for 31. C. J. King 1 for 2!). Coulson 2 for 4’. Hokitika made 57 fCarlcy 18. Walters It). Medhurst 8. C. .1. King 8). C. Fleming took 2 for iti. Hnwnt I for 12. A. Head 3 for 15, G. Head 1 for l.

[by TELEOnAPII —PEII PRESS ASSOCIATION.’] AGATNiST M C.C. SYDNEY. Dee. U. England yesterday commenced a match against an Australian Junior Eleven in fine weather on a good wicket. The Juniors’ first innings realised Hi!) runs. .Inssell.vn made 47. and Callaway 35. In the howling. Freeman took I for 415. England in the first innings lost none for 5)5. Hobbs is not out With 50 and Sutcliffe not out 40. .Mr A. Noble captained the Juniors, but lie failed to score. Most of bis team suffered badly from stage I right, and were unable to show their true form. GOOD SYDNEY SCORING. SYDNEY. Dee. 11. Plying for AVestorn Suburbs against Mosman. IJardsley made 90. For North Sydney against Balmain. I’cnnyciiik scored 121. For Petersham against Central Cumberland. tlie veteran E. L. A\ adily. scored 90. For Pandwick against AAaverley. Liiiuby took Ci for 37. THE FIRST TEST MATCH. The first Test match between Australia and England will be commenced on tlie Sydney Cricket Ground next Friday, December 19th. The selectors of the Team are IT. L. Collins, who was appointed captain liv the Board of Control, Clem Hill, and E. E. Bonn. Of the twelve men selected l’onsford and llendrv. are Victorians, and the Richardsons bail from South Australia. The nine others are from New South Whiles and all have played for Australia before.

Among the unsuccessful claimants for places in the eleven may ho mentioned Kippax. Ryder, Hartkopf, W'oodf ill. Mavno. Tarrant. Wallace, l.iddicutt. Grimmet and Horuihrook. THE SELECTED PLAYERS. COLLIN'S, THE CAPTAIN. Collins lir.st sprung into prominence as a leader when he was captain of the A.I.E. team alter the war, and his control of that learn and the N'.S.AV. eleven was unstintingly praised by the critics. He was prominent in interstate cricket before the war. scoring close on 300 for New South Wales against Tasmania. Then with A.I.E. team he topped the flatting averages and was second only to Gregory as a howler., lie bowls left-bandied. 'Flaying for N'.S.AV. since the war he lias scored 111. ino. and 108 against Victoria. and 133 against South Australia. In tlie 1920-21 season Collins made 100 against the Englishmen for N’.S.W. and was chosen in the Test team. 11l lii.s first test match he made 7(1 and |(M. and since then his figures for Test matches have been 01, 102. 2L 09. .52. o. .37. 17, 40. 51. giving him a total of 028 for twelve complete innings. His average of 52.33 is tho highest of any Australian.

BARDSLEA'. liardsley's figures for Test mutches speak for themselves, and stamp him as cue of the greatest left-handers the World lias seen, lie has played 38 innings. has been three limes not out. total runs highest .score 130. average 33.37. lie is tlie only Australian who has made over 2009 runs in three successive visits to England, lie has made two centuries in Test cricket, and in the vicinity of 50 centuries in lii-st-* Ins- cricket. fn the recent match

' W. V. I n-l ncl. I’.-rd I" di-pl-iv. ,-(l III:, lie .( Infill 111 adding all'll her eeiilurv In his list. (ill Ft 101 iV. Orogory is the greatest Test match winning force in cricket to-day. A slip held as great as any the world has seen, with an uncanny -sense of an. tieipatiou. an express Imwler who can make the ball “ll.v", and a line forceful lull, lie is a member of tlie famoiis Oregon family, and sprung into prominence as a member ol the A.1.1*. team. In the two Test series in which he has played lie lias .scored nOB runs at an average of 17 and Jins taken -12 w ickets at cost of 20 runs apiece. MAI I.EY.

Mailer, the googly-howler, is wellkmiwn to Xew Zealanders, having toured the Dominion in 1014 and 11)2:1. lie was wonderfully .success I ill against the last team that visited Australia, taking more wickets —thirty-six—-than have been taken by one howler in a series before. In the fourth match ill Melbourne he captured nine in one innings. Altogether in Tests he bad taken -Fi wickets at a cost- of 28 runs apiece.

OI.DFIF.DD. (ihllichl. the w icketkeeper, was also a member of the team that visited Xew Zealand last year, lie is a fine bat and a stylish wicketkeeper. HEXDHY.

Hendry, a line all rounder, is second only to Orcgory as a slip fieldsman. For Xew South Wales lie has performed ah|y with both hat and hall, hut this season is playing for Victoria. Mo won a place in the Australian team that toured England in 1021 through Kollowav dropping out, and tin’s year lie captained the Australian eleven which played the F.nglishmcn at Brisbane.

I’OXSFOHD. l’on-sford. the young Victorian batsman, last season scored 020 runs for his State in Shellield shield games, averaging MS runs per innings, and 218 against Queensland. The previous season lie created a world’s record for firstclass cricket by .scoring 120 against Tasmania. lie also did well ngainst the Englishmen this year at Drisbaife by

compiling 88. lie is a brilliant outfield. KF. LEEWAY. Kellewav is probably the host medi-um-paced howler in the C’ommonwealtli. and :i batsman with dogged determination. When bis side wore up against it in 1021 in the third Test at Adelaide he made 1 17, being at the crease for seven hours. In Test cricket he lias made (SI I runs for 18 complete innings, averaging .01.11. and he has taken 20 wickets at a cost of 28.i)l runs apiece. THE DICTDWJTfSOxs.

A. Richardson made a brilliant 200 against, the Englishmen this year for his State. Smith Australia. lie is one of the most consistent batsmen in Australia. and has made well over 1000 runs in Sheffield Shield cricket. He is also a good medium-paced liowler. V. V. Richardson, the South Austra-

lian Captain, who toured Xew Zealand in 1021 with Hansford’s team, lias scored four centuries in bis last four Sheffield Shield matches. He lias bad -10 innings against X.S.W. and Victoria, and lias scored IG7I runs at an average of 43.

TAYLOR. Taylor was the schoolboy phenomenon of X.S.W.. and lias since fulfilled his early promise. He was a member of the A.T.F. team, and was in both series of tests since the war. Tn Test cricket lie has played 13 completed innings for 403 runs, with an average of 31.00. Last season lie was in great form in club cricket, but was not so good in Sheffield Shield matches. He is a brilliant field, and has also represented his State at*football.