CRICKET.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3659, 22 December 1920, Page 4

CRICKET.

THE FIRST TEST MATCH.

ENGLAND ALL OUT FOR 190. This day. > AUSTRALIA.—2nd 'innings. AUSTRALIA.—£nt Innings, Whdn stumps were drawn the Australian score was as follows: Collins, c Waddinton b Douglas 104 Bardsley, b Hea/me 57 MacArtney, b Douglas 69 Taylor, c Woolley b Parkin .. 51 Pellew, lbw. b Woolley .. 16 Kelleway, c Russell, b Woolley 78 b Parkin ......... 158 Ryder, run out • 6 Gregory, run out >•••••• 0 Oldfield, c Strudwick, b Pairkin 16 Mailey, not out 0 Sundries 26 Total ' ..-.;.■. 581 Bowling Analysis: Parkin 3 for 102; Douglas 2 for 79; Woolley 2 for 90; Heairne 1 for 124; Hitch 0 for 40; Waddington 0 for 53; Rhodes 0 for 67. ENGLAND.—Ist Innings 190. ENGLAND.—2nd fnnings. Russell, c Oldfield, b Gregory .. v 5 Hobbs ? not out Hearne, not out .. 23 Total fo,r 1 wicket 46 COMMENT ON THE GAME. SYDNEY, This day. The Telegraph comments that the strength of the English bowling seems to lie in the fact that .while not quit'e good enough to produce sensational results, it is good enough to reduce run getting to a minimum. The paper adversely criticises [the Australians Tunning &otwee<n (tjhey wickets, and estimated that in Monday's play they lost over forty safe runs from this cause, but apparently the tragedy of the three runouts of the first day ha<j left its impress. Paying a tribute to the English fielding, it says that between them Hitch, Hendren and Hobbs must have robbed Bardsley, whose innings is described as the sweetest he has played for • some time, of one hundred runs.

CHKISTMAS DAY s MATCHES. On the Oval on Christmas Day ((Saturday) the combined Taihape Clubs will meet the TTtiku and Civil Service combined team at 10.30 a.m. The following selections have been made: Taihape: F. Read, J. McAuliffe, Dr Sinclair, A. Joblin, W. Goddard, C. Timbs, J. Timbs, L. (, Eichards, Cherry, Hindman Taylor and Gifford. Utiku-Civil Service: A. Bentley, W. Bentley, Cosgrove, S'imms > O'Sullivan, Baumber, Goldsbnpy, Beechey and Fankhurst. Any player not being able to play should notify Mr J. Eteveneaux not later than Thursday evening.