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Hokitika Guardian, 24 May 1926, Page 1

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AUSTRALIA V. CAMBRIDGE. . [Reuter Telegrams.] LONDON, May 21. The attendance to-day was four thousand. The Cambridge fielding was very smart, the picking up clean, and the returns accurate. Woodful, when 72, had a lucky escape from being run out, Turnbull throwing down the wicket from twenty yards away. Woodful was several times lucky. Afost of his runs came from punches in front of the wicket. He hatted for four hours, and hit six fours. Dawsou opened Cambridge’s second strike hv brightly driving Ryder and Macartney powerfully. The warm sun, which was drying the pitch, suited the howling to perfection as a biting wicket kept the University team on the defensive. Macartney’s average at one stage was two for five. He captured a wicket in each of the two overs for the addition of three runs. Richardson replaced him shortly after. Dawson batted soundly for. 85 minutes. Turnbull drove forcefully. Collins made frequent changes in the howling, using Macartney. Grimmett, Richardson and Ryder, and the wickets fell quickly. Witli an hour to play, Trvine and Alachin endeavoured to dig themselves in. The score then was 9 for <36. 'l'he last wicket stand was invaluable, and occupied eight overs. Alachin got in somo nice leg strokes. Grimmett was deadly after tea, getting a huge break on the ball. AVith only twenty-five minutes to hat, Australia required 59 runs to win; hut with the easy dismissal of Ryder and Andrews, due to over anxiety, the last hope disappeared. Meyer sent down an excellent variety of balls. He is described as tho best bowler yet opposed to the Australians.

AIJSTR ADI A .—First I nnings. Collins, I) Aleycr 8 Bardsley, c Irvine, b Enthoven ... 14 Macartney, e. Lowe, b Meyer 29 Ponsford, 1.b.w., h Meyer U Andrews, 1.b.w., b Meyer 32 Ryder, o AHyer, b Enthoven C Woodful (not out) 98 Ellis, b. Irvine 2 Grimmett, b. Enthowen 6 Mailey, l.b.w.' Meyer 4 Eixtras ....'. 18 Total 235 Bowling: Enthowen 3 for 40, ARvor 6 for 05, Irvine 1 for 67, dagger 0 for 34. Lowe 0 for 11. CAMBRIDGE—2nd. Innings Dawson, c. Ellis, b. Grimmett ... 22 Lowe, b. Macartney 8 Duleepsinghji. b. Macartney 0 , Ingle, l.b.w. b. Macartney 2 Enthowen, b. Macartney 0 Turnbull, b. Grimmett 21 Robbins, b. Grimmett 0 Aleycr, c. Collins, b. Grimmett ... fi Irvine, l.b.w. b. Grimmett ft Macheii, h. Grimmett 9 Jagger (not out) 6 Extras 7 Total 81 , Bowling: Ryder 0 for 10, Macartney I for 21, Grimmett 6 for 28, Richard- , son 0 for 9. AIJSTR A LTA—2nd. Tn nings Ryder, b. Meyer, (3 Richardson, (not out) 0 Andrews, c. Alachin, b. Meyer ... 3 Ellis (not out) 1 < Extras 1 . i Total for 2 wickets 1J ] The match was drawn. ] AGAINST OXFORD. < LONDON, Afay 22. 1 Tho match Australia versus Oxford c University began to-day. Varsity going 1 in first, and making 131. 1 OXFORD, First Tunings. Serrurier, b. Ryder 2 Sturt, c. Brown, b. Richardson ... 7 Holmes, c. Taylor, b. Grimmett ... 20 0. H. Taylor, 1.b.w.. b. Richardson 34 ; Legge, b. Richardson 5 t Stephenson, e. Ponsford, b. Richardson 45 Butterworth, c. and b. Mailey 0 J. A 7. Richardson, b. Richardson ... 3 Greenstbck. b. Richardson 0 Abel, 1.b.w., b. Alailev 2 f McCanlis, not out 0 I Extras 13 < Total LSI ! Bowling analysis: Gregory 0 for L>, * Ryder 1 for 13, Grimmett 1 for 27, j Richardson 0 for 28, Mailey 2 for 35. 1 AUSTRALIA, First Innings. 1 Bardsley. b. McCanlis 3ft AVqodful, c. Abel, b. Serrurier 21 Taylor, (out out) 30 ' Ponsford, !>. Holmes 4 \ Andrews, (not out) 2 1 Extras 9 , ] Total for three wickets 90 1 Stumps wore then drawn. NOTES ON THE MATCH. Collins, Macartney, Oldfield. Everett and Hendry^were omitted from tho Australian team. The weather was cloudy and warm, and a heavy thunderstorm yocsterday left the wicket soft. Oxford won the toss and decided to take first strike. The batsmen played carefully, scoring slowly. Serrurier played one from Ryder on to his wicket. Holmes was stylish and . confident, and was missed by Ellis when 11. The Australian fielding was good, and the batsmen rarely got shots past the fieldsmen. Holmes was caught at long on, having played a patient and safe innings. The game, which, after lunch, showed signs of life, relapsed after Holmes’ departure, Taylor being the only one to do anything with the bowling. Grimmett yielded a dozen singles, but kept the batsmen playing. Stephenson, when 13, in attempting a short run, was run out, Ponsford, at mid-on, throwing down the wicket. Ryder, however, 1 obstructed Stephenson, who was allowed to continue ill response to the Australians’. appeal, notwithstanding the fact that he had been given out by the umpire. Stephenson then opened out and hit Atailey for ten in one over, utilising li'is fine physique to advantage. He continued to hit the ball around merrily. Taylor also, livened up. getting eleven in one over from Alailev. Stephenson then drove Richardson straight for six, hitting the sightbonrd. and in the same over Taylor was dismissed. In the next over of Richardson’s, Stephenson was mfignificently caught at longfield by Ponsford, who ran twenty yards, and held the hall sideways. Richardson then, dismissed h]s namesake and Greenstoek "itli successive balls. Tho innings occupied 190 minutes. Richardson howled a splendid length, and got some turn on the ball. When the Australians went to the wickets, fixe thousand people were present, Btirdsley aud Woodful opened to" Buttersworth and AlcCanlis, both fast, good-length howlers. The. batsmen scored an average of one run a minute, mainly from Greenstoek, who came on after .a few minutes. Wood- 1

ful WPS smartly snapped up at the wicket, Taylor got quickly to work with a beautiful drive to the boundary. He drove crisply, giving one of the best displays of the tour. AlcCanlis had Bardsley beaten in the second over, and Holmes with a fast right, bowled Ponsford with, the fifth ball. TATE’S VIEWS. t,ONDOX. May 23. Tate, broadcasting last night, said: “ AA 7 e are up against a brilliant side, hut the recent match at Lords suggested that we have bowlers and fieldsmen who can get them out for a moderate total like three hundred, which will be necessary if we are to win. How fe" new men have come in England. Our opponents have set the pace for some years but I will never admit England lags behind.”