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Taranaki Daily News, 22 July 1921, Page 3

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AUSTRALIA V. YORKSHIRE. A RETURN MATCH. By Telegraph.—-Press Assn.—Copyright. London, July 20, The Australians began ft return match with Yorkshire at Sheffield to-day. 1310 weather was dull, but fine and hot. TLere was a largo attendance, and the wicket was hard and fast. Mayne, flyder, Hendry, and Carter stood out. The Yorkshire eleven was composed of Burton, Wilson, Rhodes, Holmes, Sutcliffe, Oldroyd, MacAuley, Waddington, IL Kllner. Robinson, ff!len. Armstrong won the loss and sent in Collins and Bardsley to tho bowling of Robinson and Waddington. Collins was missed in the first over and bowled in the next, not attempting to play the ball. Bardsley was also missed at 4 by Holmes at first slip, a distinct chance. The fielding then Improved, and, though the bowling was hlgt class, quick changes were made. Macartney was i getting busy when Kilner replaced Robinson, ’ and, in his first over, the Sydney crack fell a victim to his weakness for dragging the ball into the wicket.—2 for 34, Macartney’s comparative failure made Bardsley very cautious, and ho only scored 16 out of 44 in 50 minutes. MacAuley caone on at 49, aad in txU first over Andrews was caught at second slip.—3 for 50.

With Taylor as partner the lefh||ander opened out a Little and got several, good fours behind tte wicket. Taylor only scored 2 in his first SO minutes, yet was hitting hafd, but all his strokes were smartly sfielded. He was missed at 8 by Allen behind the wicket. The crowd, which numbered 8000, was delightfully enthusiastic. , Wilson, who was making his first appearance since his return from Australia, was cheered for stopping a terrific drive by Taylor to mid-on. After lunch he felleved MacAuley, and Barceiiey was nearly run out third ball. A hundred came up in 92 minutes, but the very useful partnership was broken at 128 by Taylor returning one to Waddington. The Australians then met with disaster, four wickets falling for only 11 runs. The final »core was 231.

Tho last of the four wlcketa to fall was ’Bardsley's, who soon after Gregory arrived, played back to a bailer and was bowled. He was missed twice, and his innings was patchy, and at times ultra, careful, but It redeemed the score from insignificance. He was in nearly three hours and hit six fours. Waddington uud Wilson met with much success, the former bowling particularly well after iunck, by which time the attendance had increased to 10,000. A valuable . stand by Gregory and Oldfield followed, which carried the score to 205, and, after the latter left, McDonald helped to Increase it to 254. Gregory was last out nt the same tot»L Yorkshire lost one wicket for 29. Scores;— AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Bardsley, b Wilson Collins, b Waddington g................ 0 Macartney, b Kilner 27 Andrews, c Waddington, b MacAuley 5 Tnylor, c and b Waddington 23 Armstrong, lbw, b Wilson .«»<••..•••••• -1 Pellew, b Waddington 2 Gregory, b Waddington 68 Oldfield, lbw, b Rhodes 23 McDonald, lbw, b Wilson jo Malley, not out q Extras * 1S Total YORKSHIRE. First Innings. Sutcliffe, b Gregory 15 Holmes, not out g Oldroyd, not out 2 Extras 2 Total (for one wicketj 23 FURTHER DETAILS OF PLAY.

AUSTRALIANS KEPT QUIET. Received July 21, 5.5 p.m. London, July 20. Wilson preserved an irreproachable length, even Gregory playing him guardedly. For Oldfield, Waddington reduced his pace to fast to medium, but delivered an express pace at Gregor;. At no time during the tour have the Australian batsmen been kept so quiet. George Hurst, tho famous Yormhire professional, appeared with Waddington’s sweater, and was tremendously app-auded. Wilson brought Kllner to silly point when oowdng. Tne crowd cheered singles ironically, but Oldfield could not be moved from most careful play. After tea tho scoring became more irequent, and Oldefild opened It s shoulders with boundary drives. When given out he uesitated before leaving, and looked back twice as though surprised at the decision. During the McDonuld-Gregory partnership runs came quicker than at any other per.’ou of the day. At onb stage 21 were scored in ten minutes. Gregory’s 50 took eighty-four minutes. Waddington and Robinson followed Rhodes with the ball, and at 233 Wilson superseded Robinson. Yorkshire’s ground fielding fell away after tea, but there were instances of brilliance. The innings lasted 250 minutes. Gregory hit ten fours and batted 109 minutes, providing a chanceless and valuable effort left-handed. Bowling analysis —Robinson none for 31, Waddington font for 83, Kilner one for 26, MacAuley one for 45, Rhodes one for 27, Wilson three for 24. Wilson bowled twenty-one overs, of which -thirteen were maidens. The attendance, reached 15,000 when Yorkshire went in for half an hour’s batting, Gregory and McDonald opening the attack. Tho crowd cheered the early success. Both bowlers were sending in very fast stuff, which was bumping a lot. ENGLISH COUNTY PLAY. Received July 21, 5.5 p.m. London, July 20. Playing against Gloucester, Woolley took eight wickets for 22 runs. Against Surrey Ernest Tyldesley made 123. Against Essex Hendren made 103.