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Hokitika Guardian, 23 June 1926, Page 3

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[Reuter Telegrams.]

AUSTRALIAN SICK LTST. LONDON, June 31

I’onsford has recovered and has rejoined the Australian team. The doctor will examine Gregory on Friday, and will decide whether he should bo, rested until after the second test. Ha is suffering from a spintered bone in the left shin, the result of an old injury, aggravated by a blow from, a ball at Nottingham.

Hendry has left the hospital, hut he will not play for a couple oi weeks.

(Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON. June 22. AUSTRALIA—Ist. Innings 384 LANCASHIRE—First Innings 149 r, \ NC'ASH IR E - 2nd. In n ings.' Makepeace, c. Oldfield b. Everett 0 Hallows l.b.w. h. Macartney Id K. T.vlde.slcy, !>. Macartney '•••• Watson, l.b.w. Macartney 27 Baines, (not out) 38 Iddon 1). Richardson 0 Green, c. Andrews, l>. Mai ley 9 MacDonald, e. Andrews, b. Mailey 2 Lukin, 1.b.w.. h. Macartney 0 Extras 4

Total 148 The weather was cold ami overcast and wicket good. Macartney and Mailey opened the attack and six overs wore sufficient to effect a separation of Baines and Green. The latter gave an easy catch to silly point. Australia won by an innings and 77 runs.

(Received this day at 11.0 a.m.) LONDON. June 22.

Rowling. Lancashire second innings. Everett, 1 for 21; Macartney, 4 for--12; Mailey, I for 91 ; Richardson, 1 for 7; Ryder. 0 for 7. Macartney again was difficult to play and Barnes and MacDonald were very lucky in saving their wickets from bails which beat them. MacDonald hit a good length boundary from ir full loss from Mailey and then was easily held at mjdon through hitting Mailey against the break. After MacDonald’s departure play became somnolent and a quarter of an hour produced three runs. Macartney howled eigtli maidens in succession and then Barnes drove him to the off for two. Duckworth was streaky. He hit three over Richardson’s bead at mid-off and a couple almost to the boundary but made a mistake in hitting out at a curly ball from -Mailey and was easily taken at fine slip by Collins, who just previously hnd failed to seize an opportunity of dismissing Barnes off -Mailey. Barnes put up a solid defence and made good- forward strokes, but be was unable to avoid an innings defeat. TEST TEAM. LONDON, June 22. The test team to meet the Australians at Lords is identical with that at Nottingham, except that Larwood and Holmes will he substituted for Hear no and -Macaulay, who have been instructed to be present.