Australia In Sunderland by Keith Gregson

Author:Keith Gregson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: cricket, Sunderland cricket, cricket History, The History of cricket, Australia cricket, sport history
ISBN: 9781780924151
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited 2013
Published: 2013-07-30T00:00:00+00:00

The ‘Dapper’ Lorry Squance

His was a life well worth living. A cavalier batsman of high quality with particularly delicious off side shots and an audacious contempt for bowlers’ reputations, he was, too, a superb fieldsman, whose apparent languid nonchalance lured many a run-stealing batsman out of his ground - and to his doom as Page leapt like a panther’.

The rest of the side was made up of Wake, Bell, Spiller, Milam and Goodrick. John Wake was a right hand bat, Frederick Bell was a left hand bat, William Spiller ‘a good fast bowler on his day’. Charles Milam was a right hand bat and right arm medium pacer and Ashley Goodrick a slow left armer who took 120 county wickets at just over 20 runs each.

The Durham men were to have their skills sorely tested during those July days of 1921. By the end of the first day, a Saturday, the visitors had established a lead of 34 with five wickets in hand. The Durham side batted first, making a dogged 168 mainly thanks to mid-order stands, which took the score from 29 for 3 to 135 for 6. Captain Kinch made 38, Doggart 37, Scott Page 24 and Squance 3 McDonald and Armstrong took the honours with the ball, returning 4-28 and 4-82 respectively. Towards the end of the day Taylor (54) and Armstrong (44) held together an Innings which had started to wobble a little.

On the Monday, Mayne and Ryder went quickly but hopes of a collapse disappeared as Oldfield (24 not out) and ‘Stork’ Hendry (30) took the Australians to 267 - a first-innings lead of 99 runs. Hopes of a nicely balanced match evaporated as McDonald again (5-23), Hendry (2-19) and Mailey (3 - 38) dismissed Durham for 121. Once more the middle order prevented a complete disaster with a similar combination of Squance (23), Doggart (37 not out) and Scott Page (29) moving the score from 27 for 4 to 110 for 6. The 24 runs needed by the visitors were rubbed off without loss.

In light of the strength of the Australians, the middle order batsmen could afford to feel satisfied with their individual contributions. A delightful cartoon in the local paper depicted Doggart ‘ defying the lightning of five different Australian bowlers’ in the second innings

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