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Taranaki Daily News, 14 March 1921, Page 3

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SOUTH AUSTRALIA v. ENGLAND. ENGLAND’S GROWING SCORE. By Telegraph.—Press '^ssn. —Copyright. Received March 13, 5.5 p.m. Adelaide, March' 12. The match between the Englishmen and South Australia was continued to-day in brilliant weather. The Wicket was still excellent. The attendance was small. The overnight position was that South Australia’s first innings produced 195, while England had lost one wicket for 128. On resum(ng to-day Russell (35 not out) and Rhodes CfO not out) continued England's innings. Russell was immediately aggressive. Rhodes was cautious, and gave two possible chances in succeeding balls off Richardson in slips, and to the bowler. Russell, scoring fast with faultless strokes, overhauled Rhodes, scoring 78 to Rhodes’ 42. After lunch Russell, batting brilliantly, scored all round the wicket. When 137 Rhodes should have been run out, the wic-ket-keeper falling to take the ball when Rhodes was yards away. The partnership was not dissolved until 397, when Russell, after completing his second century, hit across a straight one from Murray. The partnership yielded 368, which approaches a world’s record, and 328 for the second wicket.

Rhodes, batting cautiously, brought up his second century. When 210 he missed a googly one from Smith and was stumped. He batted for 315 minutes, and bit seventeen fours. Douglas and Woolley played out time. Woolley hit twenty from one over of Smith’s, including a unagnificent sixer into the pavilion. When Stumps were drawn England had lost five wickets for 540. Details are:— SOUTH AUSTRALIA. First Innings 195 ENGLAND. Firm Innings. Hobbs, c sub., b Williams 18 Rhodes, st. Ambler, b Smith 210 RUssell, b Murray 201 Waddington, e Ambler, b Loveridge 0 Douglas, not out 58 Fender, c Murray, b Smith 17 Woolley, not out 27 Extras 9 Total (for five wickets) 540 AUSTRALIA v. CANTERBURY. CANTERBURY IN GOOD POSITION. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. The match ’between the Australians and Canterbury was resumed yesterday in dull weather. The wicket was heavy and favored the bowlers. The gate receipts were £361. The overnight position was that Canterbury had five wickets down for 234. Hayes (sfi not out) and Worker (23 not out) resumed for Canterbury, and between them put on 105 by attractive cricket. Hayes, who was missed by Iremonger at 62, at length put a leg before one from Asher. Worker was caught by Waddy in deep field. None of the others showed to particular advantage. The Australian fielding was crisp and clean, and frequently evoked applause. Waddy and Richardson opened for the visitors. Waddy made runs by powerful shots and at a lively rate. Lampard gave a sound and stylish exhibition, marred by one chance. Liddlcutt was aggressive and punished all loose stuff. Scores:— CANTERBURY. First Innings. Blunt, c Iremonger, b Lampard 80 Brosnahan, lbw, b Forsberg 5 Page, c Pellew, b Iremonger 27 Patrick, c Richardson, b Lampard 15 Reese, c Lampard, b Llddicutt 16 Hayes, lbw, b Asher “6 Worker, c Waddy, b Asher 54 Sandman, c Waddy, b Asher 0 Brunton, not out 5 Read, lbw, b Iremonger 10 McLachlan, b Iremonger 0 Extras 23 Total 310 Bowling analysis—Forsberg one wicket for 47, Llddicutt one for 46, Iremonger three for 75, Asher three for 52, Lampard two for 45, Kippax none for 8, Richardson none for 15. AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Waddy, lbw, b Sandman 25 Richardson, b Sandman 17 Lampard, c Blunt, b McLachlan 60 Llddicutt, st Brunton, b Sandman 44 Kippax, b Sandman 5 Ransford, not out 14 Ratcliffe, run out 6 Pellew, not out 6 Extras A 23 Total (for six wickets) 200 Bowling analysis—Sandman took four for 78, McLachlan one for 30, Read none for 64, Blunt none for 7. NORTH TARANAKI COMPETITIONS. SATURDAY’S MATCHES. Im the competitions on Saturday New Plymouth North met New Blymouth South on the Pukekura Park grounds, and Old Boys played the High School on the school grounds. The North-South game resulted in a win for the South team by 16 runs on the first innings, and Old Boys defeated School by eight wickets. NORTH v. SOUTH. Batting first, North made 43, Clarke taking five wickets for 15 runs. South netted 59 (Burns 21). Quickfall’s average in the bowling was six wickets for 20. A second innings by North realised 131 for six wickets (Palmer 30, Mason 26). Details of the scoring are:—■ NORTH. First Innings. Palmer, lbw, b Clarke 9 K. Macdonald, b Clarke 8 E. L. Mason, b Clarke 10 W. H. Quicktali, b Bragg 0 P. Stainton, b Clarke 9 Carey, run out 2 R. Oliver, b Inch 0 D. Doiie, not out 1 F. Newell, b Clarke 0 E. Hoffmann, b Inch 0 Extras 4 Total 43 Bowling analysis—Clarke took five wickets for 15 runs, Bragg one for 18, Inch two for 4. Second Innings. Stainton, b Bragg 13 Carey, c Sheppard, b Saunders 8 Palmer, c Burns, b Clarke 30 Mason, b Clarke 26 Quickfall, b Inch , 2 Macdonald, b Inch 6 Doiie, not out 13 Oliver, not out 20 Extras 13 Total (for six wickets) 131 Bowling analysis—Saunders took one wicket for 10, Clarke two for 42, Elliott none for 10, Bragg one for 12, Inch two for 15, Morison .noue for 7.* Burna none for 18. (

SOUTH. • Sheppard, b Carey 4 Clarke, c Macdonald, b Quickfall 3 Weston, b Quickfall ...•••«' 0 Elliott, b Quickfall 2 Bragg, run out 2 Morison, st Stainton, b Quickfall 6 Burns, c sub., b Quickfall 21 Ber& b Mason w (i Saunders, b Mason 1 Inch, b Quickfall 6 Hughes, hot out 1 .Extras 9 Total 59 Bowling analysis—Quickfall took six wickets for 20 runs, Carey one for 13, Mason two for 14. HIGH SCHOOL v. OLD BOYS. The result of the above matdh was a three point win for Old Boys, though the School eleven could have avoided such a defeat by stonewalling, but they did not choose this course, and played a sportsmanlike game. High School secured 85 in the first innings (Palmer 27, Taylor 29). Of the opposing bowlers Billing took four wickets for 7 runs. Old Boys declared their innings closed with five wickets down for 163 (Bottrill 64, Colson 36). Palmer was the moat successful of the School bowlers. The Schools second attempt resulted in a total of 96 runs (Palmer 44). Osborne took eight wickets for 39 runs. Old BoyS followed on and had two wickets down for 23 when stumps were drawn, having just passed their opponents' total of 184, and they thus won by eight wickets. Details are:— HIGH SCHOOL. First Innings. Palmer, c Billing, b Osborne 27 Brodie, b Osborn# 0 Lasb, c Eggleton, b Osborne 2 Hughes, b Osborne ••••••• 2 Mahraj, lbw, b Osborne £ Taylor, not out 29 Palmer ii., b Bottrill 6 Holden, b Billing 4 Collins, b Billing Q Foden, c Osborne, b Billing o Nicholson, b Billing 1 Extras 12 Total 88 Bowling analysis—Osborne took five wickets for 29 runs. Billing four for 7, Bottrill one for 7. Secgnd Innings. Palmer, c Eggleton, b Bottrill 44 Brodie, b Osborne 1 Lash, b Osborne 8 Hughes, b Osborne 6 Malraj, b Osborne 5 Taylor, b Osborne 1 Palmer ii., c Willis, b Bottrill 7 Holden, b Osborne o Collins, not out 7 Foden, b Osborne 3 Nicholson, b Osborne 0 Extras 14 Total 96 Bowling analysis—Osborne took eight wickets for 39, Baling none for 22, Bottrill two for 21. OLD BOYS. First Innings. Bottrill, c and b Lash 64 Papps, c Brodie, b Palmer 22 Osborne, b Mahraj 18 Colson, not o3t 36 Bewley, b Palmer 21 Monteath, c Lash, b Palmer .... i 0 Extras 2 Total (declared for five wickets) ... 163 Bowling analysis—Palmer took three wickets for 40, Lash one for 44, Mahraj one for 19. Secoud Innings. Eggleton, run out 1 Quilliam, lbw, b Palmer 7 Bottrill, not out t Papps, not out 5 Extras 3 j Total (for two wickets) 23 POSITION OF THE TEAMS. V The position now is very interesting. Old Boys, in wins, have a lead of one point, but with the practice followed by the association of deducting points for losses. South are in the lead by two points, having only lost two niatctes, whilst Old Boys have lost three. The next match between Old Boys and South will therefore be looked forward to with interest.