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Taranaki Daily News, 7 September 1921, Page 3

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AUSTRALIA V. SOUTH OF ENGLAND. ARMSTRONG BATS WELL. By Telegraph.--Press Assn.— Ccpyright. London, September 5. The Australians, in their first innings against the South of England, made 444. Scores:— AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Collins, b Gilligan w Eardsley, c Louden, b Gilligan 13 1 Macartney, b Louden 45 Ryder, c Louden, b Gilligan ......... 3 Andrews, c Bowley, b Hardinge .... 132 Taylor, lbw, b Louden .*• 0 Armstrong, not out 182 Gregory, b Louden 8 Oldfield, c Relf, b Louden 41 McDonald, c Stnidwiek, b Louden 0 Mailey, c Relf, b Louden ... 0 v.... v - 2 Extras 18 Total v-.-. . 444 Bowling analysis—Gilligan took three wickets for 125 runs, Louden six for 129, Lee none for 18, Relf none for 65, Parker none for 23, Bowley none for 3, Hardinge one for 52> Wilson none for 10, Tate none for 1. ENGLAND. First Innings. Hardinge, b Gregory 7 Lee, b Gregory . 9 Rowley, run out 18 Hubert Ashton, c Collins, b Gregory 65 Wilson, b Gregory 10 Tate, b Armstrong 30 Relf, c Gregory, b Mailey . 4 Gilligan, c Andrews, b Mailey 1 Parker, b Gregory 19 Louden, b Mailey ... 21 Stnidwiek, not out 1 Extras it .-.... • 6 Total 199 Bowling analysis—Gregory five for 77. McDonald none for 20, Mailey three for 70, Armstrong one for 20. Second Innings. Hardinge, b McDonald .0 Bowley, b Gregory 0 Lee, not out <.. 7 Strudwick, not out .--6re. 0t .0 Extras ... «££ 8 Total (for two wickets) 15 Stumps were then drawn.

The weather was fine and the wicket unchanged. The attendance was 4000 when the mutch was resumed. Fifty minutes sufficed to dispose of the

remaining Australian wickets. Armstrong and Oldfield, resuming their unfinished. innings, scored freely off’ Louden and Gilligan until, at eight for 438, Oldfield was smartly taken in the slips. McDonald went in the same over. Armstrong batted 250 minutes. He was missed at . 24. otherwise his innings was faultless and he did some fine driving. He hit one fiver and 31 fours. Louden’s last three wickets cost only two nxns. The Sob.th of England replied with 199, and, following on, made a poor start, having lost* two wickets for 15 runs when time was called.

i In the first innings Gregory was in i great trim, bowling his fastest. He bagged five wickets, and Mailey acI counted for three. Batting at the open- ’ ing was slow, smart fielding adding to | the batsmen's, difficulties. The first 1 three wickets fell for 50, then H. Ashton and Wilson brought the total to 7fi before they w’ere separated. A lively partnership between Ashton and Tate added 3G, in spite of several bowling changes. The century appeared in 82 minutes. Tate’s score included a sixer. The next two, Rolf and Gilligan, failed to stay, and seven wickets were down for 123. The play in the closing stages was the best of the day, Ashton, Parker and Louden all putting the wood on freely to the various bowlers. Ashton batted 145 minutes. This was a ehanceless innings, with a perfect and sound defence. The innings lasted 165 minutes* With only 20 minutes' to play, the second innings started, and Hardinge played McDonald’s first ball on to his wicket. Bowley went at 9. Of a. total of 15. 8 were extras. MAYNE NOT PLAYING. Received Sept. 6, 9.40 p.m. London, Sept. 5. Mayne has asked to bo left out of the ' remaining match, having had too little , opportunity for practice.—Aus.-N.Z. i Cable Assn.