VICTORIAN ELEVEN.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 53, 4 March 1925, Page 9

VICTORIAN ELEVEN.

NORTH OTAGO MATCH.

HOME TEAM SCORE 136. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) OAMARU, Tuesday. A match, Victoria v. North Otago, was commenced late in the afternoon on the Waitaki High School ground. The wicket was good, but not as fast as the Australian wickets, although the visitors said that the ball rose from the pitch higher than they had yet experienced in New Zealand, and more like their own wickets.

North Otago batted, and made 13G runs. Zimmerman was top scorer, with 40, including one four. Jacobs played patiently for 34.

TO-DAY'S PLAY. VISITORS BEGIN WELL. (By Telegraph.—Prei.K Association.) OAMARU, this day. The cricket match Victoria v. North Otago was resumed this morning in dull but dry -weather. At the luncheon adjournment the Victorians had lost four wickets for 222 runs. Scores:— NORTH OTAGO—First Innings. Uttley, b Austin 5 Jacobs, c Miller, b Austin 34 Hartgreaves.. lbw, b Liddicutt 20 Sumpter, c Austin, b Liddicutt .... 13 Zimmerman, b Woodfull 4(5 Searle, c Liddicutt, b Willis 0 Kinder, c Ebeling, b Willis * 1 Jones, c Mayne, b Willis 4 Mackenzie, b Willis 0 Grainger, c Ellis, b Willis 0 Atkinson, not out 1 Extras 12 Total 13G Bowling analysis.—Wallace took no wickets for 19, Austin two for 30, Ldddicutt two for 20, Hartkopf none for 29, 'Willis live fox IG, Woodfull one for 10. VICTORIA.—First Innings. Wallace, run out 6 Austen, c Jones, b Hargreaves 28 Willis, c Hargreaves, b Kirder 104 Miller, c Zimmerman, b Sumpter .... 2G Liddicutt, not out 26 Hartkopf, not out 6 Extras G Four wickets for 222

THE FOLLOW ON DISPUTE. A WROXG IMPRESSION. CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. The captain of the Canterbury team, Mr. W. R. Patrick, writes as follows to the Press: —"Reference has heen made to an incident which cropped up during the Canterbury-Victoria match relative to the Victorians following on. and has created rather a wrong impression as to what actually occurred between Mr. Mayne and myself. It is true there was a misunderstanding, but seeing that New Zealand has adopted most of the amendments of the Marylebone rules, which Australia lias brought in, including the eight-ball over and the rolling of the wicket, etc., it was quite natural for Mr. Mayne to think we also had the Australian rules in regard to the follow on, namely, 200 runs. The position is that in Australia inter-State and intercolonial matches are played to a (finish, while the very hard nature of their grounds makes for high scoring, Xew Zealand being more like English conditions. We have always Tetained here the M.C.C. rule as regards the follow on, which is 150 runs.

"I write this letter in justice to Mr. Mayne, who could not have been more fair than he was in this match, and whom I am sure will carry out the very sporting traditions shown by all Australian visiting captains in past tours."