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Taranaki Daily News, 30 November 1921, Page 3

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THIRD AFRICAN TEST. AUSTRALIANS’ BIG LEAD. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Capetown, Nov. 28. The Australians, in tl’eir first innings, made 396. Scores:— SOUTH AFRICA. • First Innings 180 AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Bardsley> lbw, b Blankenburg 30 Collins, b Blankenburg 54 Macartney, c Nourse, b Blankenburg .... 44 Gregory, c Hands, b Blankenburg 29 Ryder, c Taylor, b Carter 142 Mayne, lbw, b Reid 15 Andrews, c Hands, b Carter 10 Pellew, c Nourse, b Reid 6 Carter, not out 31 Macdonald, c Ward, b Carter ........... 4 Malley, c Taylor, b Nourse ............. 14 Extras 17 Total 396 Bowling analysis—Marx none for 29, Nourse one for 89, Blankenburg four f0r.82, Carter three for 104, Reid two for 63, Taylor none for 12. DETAILS OF PLAY. Capetown, Nov, 28. The weather was perfect, and the attendance 5000. Rain ©n Sunday had not affected the wicket. Scoring was steady owing 10 fine bawling by Blankenburg. Bardsley was not so confident as usual, though Collins was more aggressive. The latter was dropped at the wickets at 46. Macartney was not so enterprising as hitherto, but seemed just to have got going when he was snared in the Three wickets had fallen for 153 when Ryder set out to make his big score. The Victorian was partial to off-drives, and despite frequent bowling changes, gave a brilliant display, though he occasionally mistimed. Blankenburg, who was a thorn in Australia’s side, bowled throughout. Rydei gave ttee semblance of a chance near point in his opening over. His was the eighth wicket to fall, with the total at 357. He batted three hours and hit twelve fours. Carter hit freely on the leg side, rapidly running into the thirties through the medium of five boundaries. South Africa played out time in the second innings (Ward not out 3, Frank not out