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Hokitika Guardian, 17 May 1926, Page 4

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[Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.] END OF HAMPSHIRE AIATCH. LONDON, Afav 14. The attendance was fifteen hundred. Afead played soundly, his placing lie'ng excellent. Lie hatted for seventy minutes and his score included five fours. A drizzle commenced shortly after liopn, but did not interrupt the play. The scoring was very slow and the slippery grass hampered the fieldsmen. Brunton when three hit a ball from Alailey and v.<is missed by both. Andefws at silly point, and Collins at midoff, the ball going to the boundary. Next ball lie was again missed by Andrews. Both were very difficult chances. The rain become heavier and play was stopped at 12.35 and was not resumed before luncheon. Livsey saved Hampshire from nil innings defeat, tie played an invaluable game, ruid cut nicely and drove powerfully. Lie hit six fours and was accorded an ovation ioi a plucky stand. Aiar.irtncy’s analysis for the morning read nine overs, seven maidens, two runs, two wickets, but in the afternoon six fours were hit off him for which Livesev was mainly responsible. The Australians opened the second strike with Taylor and Ryder who began carefully. Three maidens were howled before Taylor got a single. The same batsmen then sent a hard return to Kennedy who unsuccessfully attempted the catch with his left hand. Taylor also gave U chance to Boyes in the slips off Newman. Alter six overs the batsmen got going and knocked nine off Kennedy and Ryder eight off Newman. Ryder made the winning hit with a fine off drive to the boundary. AUSTRALIA V. M.C.C. LONDON, Alav 15. Marvleboiic in the first innings sored one hundred and ninety-nine. Ihe details are: — _ _ _ ’The Australian team omitted Andrews, Grimmott, Hendry. Ellis and Everett. The attendance was eighteen thousand. The weather was fine lmt cloudy. Rain fell overnight and made the wicket very soft. Portion of the outfield was sodden and tho start was delayed till 12.15. Falcon won the toss for Afarylehone, and elected to bat. Gregory and Macartney were the bowlers, to Alacßryan and Stevens. The former was caught in the slips off Gregory’s fifth hall. Sawdust was soon requistioned. Gregory was kicking, hut maintained a better length than in the previous matches. Hendren immediately found his feet, playing Gregorv to leg for two. and Macartney in the same direction for three. He then scored several smart .singles off Gregory. Both he and Slovens played Alifeartney confidently. Alacartncy occasionally' got a big turn, hut the hall rose slowly from the pitch. After luncheon the weather was overcast and cold. The resumption was quiet, both Richardson and Ahieartney spinning well, and only a. couple were scored in six overs. The fielding was keen, and the crowd was quickly' appreciative of a good save or a throw in. The batsmen took an hour to get 50. Hendren succumbed to a ball from Richardson, which came off his pads. He gave an excellent exhibition of leg play. Carr was ovationed on going to bat. Richardson, in the afternoon, was howling more slowly, relying on finger spin. Carr was unhappy from the start. Before he scored he was twice lien ton bv Richardson, and was then caught. Stevens, when 21, was badly missed by AVoodfull at short leg, off Richardson, and again when 34. Ho drove .Macartney bard into Ryder’s hands, ami it was drormed. Stevens nleased

the crowd by hitting out, but be lacked the style of bis colleagues, Richardson and Macartney were difficult to play and found many spots on the worn pitch. Stevens, despite his long stay, was frequently beaten. After passing fifty he was freer, and with'" Chapman scored frequently from Gregroy. Collins made bis first appearance as a bowler. He kept a good length, and Svns deceptive in bis variety. The pitch was wearing badly, and this induced caution on the part of the batsmen. Stevens, shortly after tea, made a soft return to “Richardson. His score included three sixes, and one four. He took three hours. His pnrt- ) net-ship with Chapman was the only I -bright spot of the inning and produced 101. Cl apimui played stylishly and scored four fours. He was taken by Ryder in tin- loiigfield. Richardson missed an easy return from Astill before be bad scored. A hot drive off Collins struck Ryder (at silly point) on the knee. He continued to play, but retired to deep point. Falcon, after a quiet stay knocked eight off Collins in an over, a .succession of maidens followed. The crowd ironically cheered every stroke. Three runs were scored in ten overs, and were vociferously applauded. The Mnrylebone innings lasted 2do iv ; eutes. Richardson bowled almost throughout, and kept an excellent length. He had the batsmen guessing. With the exception of Hendren and Chapman the batsmen were unenterprising. Smart fielding and throwing in saved many runs. The Australians went in live lniuuntes from time and faced Falcon mil Stevens. The latter commenced with three no balls. M.. C. C.—F irs t Innings. Maeßrynn, c Wood full, b Gregory . 1 Stevens, e and b Richardson 77 Hendren, b Richardson 33 Carr, e and h Richardson ?> Chapman, e Ryder, b Collins .51 Astill. 1.b.w., b Collins 3 Foster, 1.b.w., b Richardson 11 Haig, o Gregory, b Collins 1 Falcon, (not out) 14 Kennedy, 1.b.w., b Richardson 0 Franklin, c Oldfield, b Richardson 0 Extras 2 Total 199

Total 199 Rowling analysis.—Gregory 1 for 29, .Macartney 0 for 44. Richardson G for 81, Collins 3 for 39. A CSTR AT JAN—First- Innings. Oldfield, not out 4 Mailey, not out 5 Total for no wickets 12 Stumps were then drawn. .

anco was missing—love, “ sob stuff,” men and women crooks, boxing, money lust, and an Alsatian wolfhound. Prominent in the list was Evelyn, the Tailoress; or, The Miser’s Hoard, a very human story showing how a blonde spinster of 40 can live two lives. At home with her brother and sister-in-law Evelyn was demure and deaf, living quietly on. her 30s a week wages.

That was one side of her character: the other side revealed a miser, a shoplifter, and a methylated-spirit drinker. Curiously enough, however, the two characters were intermingled, the demure spinster haying a subtle influence over the adventuress.

It was the spinster who sewed the miser’s secret hoard of soiled banknotes, amounting to more than £3O, into the clothing of the adventuress; it was the spinster who pub salts into the methylated spirit; it was the spinster who stole hats that did not fit her. And it was the spinster who stood in the dock and seemed to play noughts and crosses on a piece of blotting-paper with the gaoler, who had to write down questions and receive her answers.

Mr C'ancellor. the magistrate, 'who was concerned about the effects of a mixture of salts and methylated spirit, remanded the blonde spinster, who admitted her guilt, in custody.

Our next moving drama was The Silent Gramophone, “featuring” Reginald King, Madge Cooper and an Alsation wolfhound. Reginald. King, a typical film hero, tall and athletic, with artistically waved hair, clasped in a firm grip the small, white hand of Madge, a fair-haired, blue-eyed girl of whom he was obviously very fond.

Detective King (no relation to Reginald) and Detective Nixon called on the couple at Tavistoek-plaee, King’s Cross, about a gramophone missing from a house in Great Portland-street. At first there was some little difficulty about the names, the detectives insisting that King’s names was Pago, while he contended that it was Ratcliffe. Conceding that names meant nothing, the party joined an Alsatian wolfhound in a bedroom, where Reginald King took a cheque-book from his pocket and placed it under the bedclothes, whereupon lie was arrested. So long as the officers confined their attention to Reginald the Alsatian wolf-hound remained indifferent, but when they began to show an interest in Madge the ferocious dog took his cue and a prominent part in the proceedings. Racking out of the room with Reginald, the detectives later returned, with reinforcements, for Madge, who, by the aid of a ladder, bad climbed the garden wall and entered the adjoining Peabody Buildings. At first she threatened to sot the dog-wolf on the officers. but eventually she went quietly to join Reginald, who, pleading guilty himself, sought desperately to keep her out of the affair. Rut Madge was loyal to her man and stoutly declared that she had 'helped him to steal. The two continued to hold bands until they were remanded, the man in custody

and the girl on bail. The Alsatian wolf-hound was not called.

Very tall and bread he wk's, with a huge chest measurement and a military moustache and figure, and I was not surprised to learn that at one time he had been a sparring-partner for Jack Johnson; ex-world’s heavy-weight boxing champion. But he had the human failing of curiosity, and it brought him to the dock. - \

On the previous afternoon a young constable with .a Yorkshire accent and a keen sense of duty was regulating the traffic in Regent-street when he saw a crowd of more than a hundred people outside the New Gallery Kinema.' Seeing no cause for the crowd the constable, with the familiar, “Now then, pass along, please,” cleared the pavement of all but the inquisitive exsparring partner, who declined to pass along until his curiosity was satisfied, so lie found himself before an inqusitive inspector at Vine-street.

Ho was discharged, but not before be had given the court liis exact position by taking a true bearing between Oxford-street and Piccadilly-circus, which found him to he facing due south, allowing for magnetic variation, outside the New Gallery Kinema.

The Vanishing Overcoats; or, The Episode of the’ Concert Artists’.. Club, was the next thrill, in which Wilson James Lukonin n and Claud Boyer Chandler, entertainers, thwarted the dark scheme of Harold Taylor and John Craig, who made the mistake of returning-to the scene of their crime.

At 3 o'clock the overcoats of the entertainers were hanging in the club ; at 4 o’clock they were gone. At 6 o’clock Taylor and Craig entered the club and told the doubting steward that they were members. Craig had three bottles of the club’s stout in liis pocket and Taylor had two vouchers showing that the overcoats had been left in the cloak-room at the Oxford Circus Tube station.

Both young men insisted that they had been drinking very bard from 11 o’clock until 3, and Craig offered to prove it by taking the court round to the different public-houses they had visited.

A detective, however, declared that both were feigning drunkenness, and Taylor, who had been previously convicted, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, while Craig, who had a clean sheet, was remanded.

Dick, wearing leggings, and Dolly, matching him with Russian boots, said that they were just having a little argument outside a cafe in Tottenham Court-road. The argument, said a sergeant, consisted of the man pulling the woman out: of the cafe and the woman pushing the man off the pavement. “ f never touched her, did I, Doll?” declared Dick.

“ Certainly not,” repled Doll, a woman of Juno-like proportions. “You just put the key on the doorstep and the sergeant put his hand on you.” Dick and Doll paid los each.