CRICKET.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 January 1925, Page 1

CRICKET.

A USTI: AI.! AX.K’ SECOND INXI NOS COLLAPSE. ENGLAND ONE WICKET DOWN. ICSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. AIELBOL'RXE, Jan. ti. To-day the cricket match was favoured with cool but sunny weather. AVheu Collins (17) and Taylor (go) resumed Australia’s second innings. the wicket was cracking a. little, and was thus conducive to shooting. Taylor took a strike" to Hen me. who howled a maiden. Gilligan followed with a maiden. Tate took the ball from IToarne. Taylor glanced him for three, the over yielding nine. Hcariie at 81 relieved Tate, who bowled from the other end. Taylor got into the forties by snicking Tate into the slips —a lucky shot. Collins, who had opened the innings was now 20, and Taylor, who was fourth batsman, 10. They‘were running well between the wickets. Collins, when 30, played a chance hack to Tate, hut the howler dropped it amid cries of “Lucky Collins.” Taylor pulled Heanie to the fence, and raised his fifty for 75 minutes’ play. Before the Australian captain could add to bis score, Hearno heat him with an off break. Collins had played a useful innings.—4/39/100. V. Richardson was accorded an ovation on going in to hat. Gilligan at long off, was fielding brilliantly. AYhen the score stood at 122. Douglas went on in place of Tate. Five runs later. Richardson was smartly caught by iStrudwick off Hearno. 5-8-120. Kelleway, “The Rock,” joined Taylor, who was going well for his century.

At lunch the total was five for 139. Taylor 70. AYhen play was resumed, Tate and Hearno took up the howling. The former sent down two maidens. Taylor drove him to the off for a single, and had eighty to his credit on the hoard. Kelleway was thirty minutes getting ten. and nearly played a bnfl. which struck the pads. Taylor got five off Tate, four'for tin overthrow. Hobbs and .Hearno carried on the burden of the bowling, maintaining perfect length. Kelleway was now playing defensively for a while, hut presently broke the spell by driving llearne to leg to the fence. Taylor reached ninety by driving Tate for a single, but the howler had his revenge in the same over, clean howling him. The retiring man played an invaluable innings, lasting l-l!) minutes, and including seven boundaries, one n live. 0-90-100.

Ilurtkopf joined Kelleway, who, in I lie next over, was caught and bowled by llearne. “The Rock” bad stonewalled I’m- bis sevenieen. Australia were in a bad position when Martkoijf went out leg before to Tate and the hoard showed 8-0-108. Gregory and Oldfield were both cautious at the wickets. Gilligan replaced Tale at IPI. Oldfield hanged llearne to tin* fence, and the seine reached 203. Tale went on again, and llearne at point, missed a difficult high catch from Gregory who was now 17. A drive oil 'fate yielded four to Oldfield. Douglas replaced llearne at 208. Gregory broke bis hat and Oldfield created amusement by swapping bals in transit. Oldfield was 30 and Gregory 18 when the lea adiouniuiont came, with the score 8-220. On iosuuipt ion. Gregerv drove Tate ter a t-mnde of singles. Oldfield, playill"; with cmfidcni-e. drove llearne for three, hut the howler soon liad satisfaction. gelling a leg derision. The rejiling In I stun n"s di-.nlay was a feu! lire of a critical stage of the game. 9-39-239 Tale appealed for leg he I’m re when Aluiloy made two, and the crowd frits very angry. In the next over, however. Mailey dragged one from She same b-n\ l"r. and lie- innings vlnval lor '.V i. Tayb.i ’•• display "as brilliant and the (iivginy and Oldfield combination yielded 07. Tate and llearne were the destructive factors, accounting fur the indifferent exhibition given I v \ list ralia. ENGLAND AT THE WIC’KET.K. ILqiuriug 372 runs tn win. Hobbs and Sutcliffe began England's second inning-, lacing Gregory and Kolle"uy. At live o'clock, A. I! iclia idson "cut oil. the score :i Hiding a! 21 H ollins placing Ihe field) and bon led a maiden. !iobl;s, "hen 17. just managed to get in before a small return from' Taylor. Mailey. at 31, look the hall, and caused Hobbs some anxiety. Eventually. amid tremendous applause from thirteen thousand spectators, Alai Ivy gut a leg derision over Hobbs. 1-22-30. .Meanwhile Sutelilfe was playing paliently. Klrudu irk joined him. The field was crowded in, and the English keeper gut going, scoring faster than Sutelilfe. The pair played mil time, u lien the hoard showed 1 for 5-1. Australia Ist. innings 000 England. Ist. innings 179 \l 'STRALIA 2nd. Dinings. Collins, b. llearne 30 Baidslev, 1.b.w.. b Tale 2 A. Richardson, h Tale 0 Ronsford, b Tate 4 Taylor, b. Tale 90 V. Richardson, c. Ktrudwick, b. llearne 8 Kelleway, e. and b. llearne 17llartkopf, l.b.w. Tate 0 Givgorv (nut. out) 3b ( Oilfield. l.b.w. b. llearne 31) Mailey, b. Tate 3 Extras •- 'total 250 Bowling:—Tate (i for 91). Gilligan <• for JO. Tyldesley 0 lur 0. llearne I for 81, Dougins 0 for 9. ENGLAND- 2nd. Innings. Hobbs, l.b.w. Alai ley 22 Sutcliffe (not out) 12 St rud» ick ( not out) 13 Extras -5 Total for 1 v. irked; 51 ENGLISH PRESS CRITICISMS. LONDON. Jan. 5, .Major Philip Trevor, witting in the “Daily Telegraph” says; “Never in the history of test cricket has there lieen such interest and excitement as is being shown in the present match, which by common consent is regarded as the supreme test of the .English team's grit. People who ordinarily ignore cricket are daily discussing nothing; else. 1 refuse to believe that Hobbs, Sutelilfe and Tate are the only members who can live up to it well-es-tablished reputation on this great occasion .therefore, my optimism is unshaken.”

Phillip Wilson, writing in the “Daily E\'ptv*.-.’ 'says: “The Australians, despite their had start, will set us at least I VI to get. If the wicket helps the bowi’-rs we "ill have our backs to the wall in the second innings.” Mr Barnes, in the “Daily Chronicle” ; surprise at ihc line weather wicket at Ab’lbourne showing signs of wearing. It Tate receives support from others, the Australians will become a struggling side. The English collapse is a tribute to Collins’ skill ul and bustling changes in the howling changes. DORRS' RECORDS. It is no new experience tor Hobbs to make a century, even in test cricket, hut this is his eighth in Anglo-Aus-trnlian tc t Cricket.

Three players still possess aggregates exceeding that ol' Hobbs, but- tho\ aie all Australians —Clem Hill (26G0 in "3 innings), and Warwick Armstrong innings)), and Warwick Armstrong (217*2 in 71 innings).

Score (Iron ml Yea r 12tl Melbourne 11112 'S7 Adelaide 1012 17s Melbourne 1912 107 I.»rrls 1012 192 Melbourne 1921 l-.'l Adelaide 1921 11.1 Sydney 1921 111 Melbourne 1921