CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 March 1921, Page 3

CRICKET.

ENGLAND v. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. EASY WIN FOR ENGLAND By Telegraph.—Press Association. Deceived March 15, 8.20 p.m. Adelaide, March 15. The match between the Englishmen and South Australia was concluded to-day in dud and threatening weather. The attendance was sparse. The overnight position was that England had made 627 in their first innings, and South Australia had made 195, while when stumps were drawn South Australia bad lost four wickets for 253. On resuming to-day Rundell (119 not out) added two singles, when he was out leg before. He was batting for ninety-seven minutes, and gave a highly meritorious and chanceless display. Murray hit two fours and a single before being clean bowled by Fender. Waddington sent down four consecutive maidens. Play was now lifeless and runs were spasmodic. Loveridge reached thirty-eight, and then missed Fender, the ball rebounding off Dolphin’s pads, and found the wickets. Power, who had made 41, later got a leg in front of Woolley. Moroney tapped a short one, and it lead to Williams being run out. Ambler, the last man, saw the dismissal of Moroney, who placed an easy one into Dolphin's hands. The innings lasted three hundred and thirteen minutes. England won by an innings and 63 runs. Details of the scores are:— ENGLAND. Fix st Innings 627 SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Firr.t Innings 195 Second Innings. Harris, b Fender 84 Smith, b Howell •!••• 8 Richardson, st. Dolphin, b Fender ...... 19 Jose, lbw, b Woolley 2 Rundell, lbw, b Woolley 121 Mux ray, b Fender 20 Loveridge, st Dolphin, b Fender 28 Power, lbw, b Woolley 44 Moroney, c Dolphin, b Fender 9 Williams, run out 1 Ambler, not out •* Extras 23 Tctal 369 Bowling analysis—Howell one for 56, Waddington two no balls, one for 41, Parkin none for 76, Fender five for 109, Rhodes none for 24, Woolley one wide, two for 40. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ETIQUETTE OF THE GAME. BAT BETTER THAN THE PEN. London, March 14. Colc.nel the Hon. F. S. Jackson, the wellknown cricketer, speaking at a cricket function in Yorkshire, said the Marylebone team had met a better side\and got a good beating. All that remained to be done now was to find men to recover the ashes. Crickei was properly played with the bat and ball, and if men started playing with pen and ink they were certain to make a mess of it. The pen might slip, then there was terrible danger of smudging the high tradition of cricket. Regarding umpiring, there was one golden rule—select a good umpire and accept his ruling. If in doubt the best remedy was one the Australians always adopted. They turned round and ran as fast as they could towards the pavilion. He could not remember seeing an Australian who doubted the umpire’s decision.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. PROSPECTS IN ENGLAND. ARMSTRONG VERY HOPEFUL. Melbourne, March 15. Armstrong, speaking at the luncheon given to the team by the Cricket Association,/said they* were sure to win the ashes if the'season was dry. It would be a bit harder if it was wet, but he believed they would ”et there in any case. At a previous gathering Armstrong said he hoped the Victorian selectors would be removed before he returned. It was imperative in the ‘nterests of the game.