CRICKET

Taranaki Daily News, 19 February 1921, Page 5

CRICKET

ENGLAND v. N.S.W. FIRST DAY’S PLAY. I ENGLAND 6 WICKETS FOR 402. By Talegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Feb. 18, 7.25 p.m. Sydney, Feb. IS. Though the weather was cloudy and rain was threatening for the cricket match, England v. New South Wales, the wicket was good, being hardly affected by yesterday’s storm. A strong south-westerly wind blew thrtoughout the day. The attendance was 9000. Douglas won the toss, and sent in Hobbs and Rhodes to face the bowling of Folkard and Hendry. Both batsmen displayed great caution, Hobbs proceed-'' ing patiently till he was brilliantly caught by Oollins at extra mid-off. Driving Mailey a little later, Rhodes reached 50, and he was then smartly taken behind the wickets by Oldfield. Makepeace and Hendren entrenched themselves, the latter’s brisk and enterprising play being a feature of the day, and it was in marked contrast to his partner’s stonewall tactics. He lifted Mailey for six, and smote another which hit the top of the sightboard. He reached the century in a hundred minutes, but was clean-bow led by a succeeding ball from Mailey. He scored 45 per medium of boundaries.

The weather was chilly after the tea adjournment. Makepeace and Woolley seemed for a big partnership, but in the seventies Makepeace snicked Mailey to Oldfield; who accepted the catch. Woolley, next over, was caught at srst slip by Gregory, off Punch, who was maintaining the best length of the seven bowlers tried. Fender and Douglas scored off any loose balls offering, without taking undue liberties, but both were missed early, Folkard dropping a hot one from Douglas at square leg, where Gregory, at first slip, unsuccessfully juggled with a chance from Fender, both off Mailey. Douglas frequently endeavored to pull slow bowling to the boundary, and succeeded on seven occasions before being caught at fine leg by Folkard, off Andrews, for 46. The score was then 6 wickets for 382. Fender- lifted Mailey a straight hit for six, bringing up the fourth century just before six o’clock. As the players left the field heavy rain fell. The New South Wales attack was devoid of- “pep”, the side sorely missing Gregory and Kelleway. The fielding was excellent, a feature being that of Bardsley, Punch, Andrews and Taylor, each hitting the wicket from outfield returns. Owing to a ricked back, Gregory was unable to bowl. Following are the scores:

ENGLAND. First Innings. Hobbs, c Collins, b Mailey 41 Rhodes, c Oldfield, b Mailey 50 Hendren, b Mailey 102. Makepeace, c Oldfield, b Mailey .... 73 Woolley, c Gregory, b Punch 20 Fender, not out 58 Douglas, c Folkard, b Andrews 46 Wilson, not out 4 Extras 8

Total (for six wickets) 402 —Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn. AUCKLAND v. AUSTRALIA. FIRST DAY’S PLAY. AUSTRALIA BATTING WELL. By Tolacraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. The match between Australia and Auckland was commenced at Eden Park to-day in beautiful weather. The wicket was in good order. Auckland won the toss, and elected to bat, Hemus and Horspool being the first batsmen. The innings opened disastrously. a<s both batsmen were dismissed for only one run each. Hornibrook’s bowling was particularly good, and it was chiefly due to (his work that the Aucklanders were dismissed for the small total of 120 runs. The Auckland captain (Smith) played a good innings for 39. The Australians batted confidently, their score at the close of the day being 158 for three wickets. Details of the scores are :

AUCKLAND. •First Innings. Hemus, b Forsberg 1 Horspool, c and b Hornibrook 1 Somervell, b Hornibrdok 20 Smith, b Iremonger 39 Garrard, c Iremonger, b Hornibrook 12 McLeod, b Hornibrook 30 Snedden, b Iremonger 7 Gillespie, b Hornibrook 2 Irving, b Hornibrook ... 0 Player, not out 0 Rowntree, b Hornibrook 0 Extras 8 Total 120 Bowling analysis.—Hornibrook took 7 wickets for 47 runs; Forsberg. 1 for 7; Liddicutt, 0 for 26; Lampard, 0 for 20; Iremonger, 2 for 12. AUSTRALIA. v First Innings. Bogle, c Rowntree, b Player 7 Richardson, lbw, b Player 36 Lampard, b Somervell 32 Kippax, not out 49 Liddicutt, not out ?..... 28 Extras 6 Total (for three wickets) ..... 158 OTAGO v. CANTERBURY Dunedin, Last Night. An interprovincial cricket match, Otago v. Canterbury, was played at the Carrisbrook grountb this afternoon. Light rain before the start of the game made the surface slippery, and the. wicket favored the batsmen. The batting on both sides was very weak, and the scoring was low. Otago in their first innings made 138, and have >made 60 for five wickets. THE TEAM FOR ENGLAND. SYDNEY PAPER’S CRITICISM. By Telegraph.—Press Assn —Copyright Sydrtey, Feb. 18. The weather is fine, but more rain and thunder js expected. The Telegraph says the one big shock in the team for England, which sails in the Osterley, is the inclusion qf Mayne, who latterly has been a very mediocre batsman. There will be a great outcry m UM »ti(i oU«r States. Half-a-dezsn

batsmen in New South Wales are more deserving and, if a Victorian must go, others there are more entitled. iHearme remained in Adelaide on medical advice, convalescing till the team rei urns. (Punch replaces Trennery. THE FOURTH TEST. BRITISH PRESS COMMENT. London, Feb. 16. The Westminster Gazette says that the severe test match defeat confirms the impression formed in earlier games that the Australians are superior in allround capacity. They have proved equipped cricketers in the best sense of the word, rather than the specialists whom the English game is apt to de-velop^—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. N.P.H.S. v. TOWN ELEVEN. On Thursday the New Plymouth High School team met a town eleven on the school grounds. The school batted first and ran up a total of 226. The feature was Hine’s inpings of 115. The town eleven had made 133 for three wickets when stumps were drawn. Hasell made 57, and Osborne (35) and Bewley (30) also played a useful innings. Details are:— HIGH SCHOOL. Brodie, 1.b.w., b Cole L 19 Hine, c Papps, b Cole 415 Palmer, c and b Cole . 1® Lash, b Cole 11 Brown, c Cole, b Bottrill ... .-j... 15 Taylor, c Lowrey, b Bottrill 6 Nicholson, c Bottrill, b Cole 6 Griffin, b Bottrill I Hughes, 1.b.w., b Cole 9 Foden, not out 6 Holden, c Lash, b Cole 3 Extras 21 Total 226 TOWN TEAM. Hasell, c Hughes, b Palmer ....... 57 Papps, b Brown "J Osborne, st. Brown 35 Bewley, not. out . 30 Cole, not out ® Extras 4 Total (for 3 wickets) 133 SATURDAY COMPETITION. POSITION OF THE TEAMS. The position of teams in the Saturday competition is now as follows: Matches

Old Boys have secured three threepoint wins and New Plymouth South one. High School lost two matches by default owing to the school holidays. The following will represent New Plymouth North against High School at the school ground at 1.45 p.m. to-day:—-P. E. Stainton, W. H. Quickfair, E. L. Mason, J Carey, S L. Palmer, R. B. Macdonald, R. Oliver, O. Kinsella, S. Quickfall, J. Priar, F. Newell. Emergencies, D. Doile, Hoffman. The following will represent Old Boys against New PlynWuth South on ttye Sports Ground, play commencing at 2 p.m. sharp:—-Bewley, Billirig, Bottrill, Buxton, Colson, Eggleton, Johnson, Osborne, Papps, Quilliam and Willis.

played. Won. Lost. Pts. Old Boya 7 5 2 13 New Plymouth S. .. 7 5 2 11 New Plymouth N. 7 3 4 6 High School 7 1 G 2