FOURTH TEST.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 July 1921, Page 5

FOURTH TEST.

A DRAWN MATCH. AUSTRALIA’S SMALL TOTAL. DEFENSIVE PLAY. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, July 26. The weather was cloudy, with intermittent sunshine, for the resumption of the fourth test match between England and Australia. Rain overnight made the wicket soft, the ball cutting through it. England declared their first innings closed at four wickets for 362.

I Bardsley and Collins opened the Aus- ■ tralian innings to the bowling of Parkin j and Woolley. When Bardsley had <made 3 Parkin got his wicket. Macartney opened in characteristic audacious fashion, driving i and cutting Woolley in his first over, but !he was more circumspect when opposed !to Parkin. Neither batsman was comfortable, and the scoring slackened, only singles resulting. This was partly due to the well(placed field. When the score was 31 Pariker relieved Parkin, bringing the two left|handers on together. This spelt Macart- • ney’s downfall, for the new bowler struck a puzzling length, and found Macartney’s j wicket in his second over with a good length ball. Defensive play followed, but ‘good fielding kept down runs. Coffins had ;made 16 out of 43 in 75 minutes when 'Fender relieved Woolley, and Andrews hit a full toss straight to Tennyson at midoff. Taylor was completely beaten by Fender with a leg-weak. The rapid fall of : the wickets put the crowd in high spirits, i though not for long, as Pellew and Collins ■ settled down to cautious play. Hie first .7" took 100 minutes. Pellew once skied i Woolley to cover when he had made 7 r but | Parkin failed to hold it. BACKS TO THE WALL. j Twelve overs yielded 12 runs, and the (crowd then got weary of the inonoItonous play, and ironically cheered Pellew for playing Parkin to leg for a couple, the ’only scoring stroke in a quarter of an I hour. The field closed round the wicket land the crowd commenced cheering every ‘hit, but the batsmen were unperturbed, and played with their backs to the wall on a I shocking wicket. ! Peiiew finished by deflecting Parker into ITyldesley’s hands at third man. The partnership had added 30 runs in 80 minuted. Collins was in his element stone-walling. ■He used hin pads freely, and only scored nine in 90 minut<*s. Armstrong commenced brightly, glancing Parker to the leg boundary twice, these being the quickest boundaries of the day. A hundred was posted in 190 minutes—Collins 27. The only noteworthy shot in the following half-hour was .a square cut to the boundary by Collins, .off Fender. Douglas and Parker assumed control of the attack at 120 Notwithstanding that Collins was simply stonewalling, the partnership added 45 in 50 minutes, the fastest scoring of the match, but many sundries were included in this • core. Armstrong played too late, and Douglas hit his off stump.

i At 4- pan. the Australians still had four I wickets in hand, with the wicket improving under the influence of the wind. The crowd began to realise that there was no hope of dismissing them twice. Gregory joined Collins and got in several bright strokes behind the wicket, off Parkin, and also drove Woolley hard. Several bowling changes were made, but neither batsman could be tempted to abandon his cautious methods. Prior to the tea adjournment Coffins scored a single, afrer half an hour’s unproductive batting. This brought prolonged applause. AUSTRALIA MAKES 175. Ten minutes after the adjournment Col fins’ fine stand was terminated by his putting his leg in front of Parkin. He had batted five minutes under five hours for his 40, and received a fine ovation.—Seven for 161.

[ Carter was bowled first ball. Gregory and Hendry exercised restraint, adding only 5 in 20 minutes. The former had been in ninety minutes before succumbing to Parkin. Macdonald all but lifted Woolley over the ropes with a straight hit. Hendry, endeavoring to turn Parkin to square-leg, placed him into Russell’s hands. The innings terminated for 175, the result of 325 minutes’ play, after Parkin had secured four w’ickets for only 10 runs. With forty minutes to go, Tennyson sent Parkin and Hallows to the wicket, and the game took an amusing turn, Parkin, as usual, providing comedy, and both crowd and fieldsmen enjoying the sport. When stumps were drawn England had lost one wicket for 44. The match was drawn. Details of the play are: ENGLAND. First Innings (for 4 wickets) 362 Bowling analysis: Gregory, one wicket for 19 runs; Macdonald, none - for 112; Macartney, none for 20; Hendry, one for 74; Armstrong, two for 57. Second Innings. Parkin, c Collins, b Andrews 23 Hallows, hot out ’..j 16 Parker, not out .' 3 Extras 2 Total (for one wicket) 44 Bowling analysis: Hendry, no wickets for 12 runs; Andrews, one for 23; Pellew, none for 6; Taylor, none for 1. AUSTRALIA. ) First Innings. Bardsley, b Parkin 3 Collins, lbw, b Parkin 40 Macartney, b Parkin 13 Andrews, c Tennyson, b Fender ...... 6 Taylor, b Fender ...... 4 Armstrong, b Douglas 17 Pellew, c Tyldesley, b Parker 17 Gregory, b Parkin 29 Carter, b Parkin j 0 Hendry, c Russell, b Parkin ..' 4 Macdonald, not out 8 Extras _ 34 i Total 175 ! Bowling analysis.—Parkin, five for 38; Woolley, none for 38; Parker, two for 32; [Fender, two for 30; Douglas, one for 3. 1 The fall of the Austrlaian wickets was: One for 9,2 for 33, three for 44, four for 48, five for 78, six for 125, seven for 161, eight for 161, nine for 166.