RECORD CRICKET.
RYDER'S GREAT INNINGS.
FINEST SEEM IN MELBOURNE
(Per Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day.
Ryder's innings was the finest exhibition of clean hitting ever seen on a Melbourne ground. Off successive balls from Andrews he hit 4. 6> 4, and 6. His score of 295, which is his highest, included six 6's and 33 4's. He batted 245 minutes.
The previous world's record in firstclass cricket was obtained by Victoria against in 1922-23, when Victoria scored 1059. Victoria's first innings occupied 633 minutes. At one stage, when Ryder and Liddicutt were batting, 50 was scored in 16 minutes and 100 in 38 minutes. Mailey was the only bowler to_ trouble the Victorians, the others being unmercifully pasted. Ponsford's partnership with Woodfull produced a record for - a first wicket in Sheffield matches.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVII, Issue 10806, 29 December 1926, Page 5
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