SHEFFIELD SHIELD.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 302, 21 December 1926, Page 7

SHEFFIELD SHIELD.

MATCHES IN PROGRESS. SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S LEAD. I ADELAIDE, December 20. The Sheffield Shield match, South Australia v. New South Wales, was continued to-day. The visitors carried their over-night score of 203 for three wickets to 341, in reply to the home team's first innings' score of 500. j Andrews made 86, Ratcliffe 46, Hogg 24, Mailey 21, Morgan 26 not out. For South Australia Grimmett took four •wickets for 110 runs and Williams five for 155. Andrews and Ratcliffe made a good start and made things lively for a time. ; After that Grimmett and Williams kept the batsmen quiet, and they soon ranj through the remainder of the visitors. , In their second innings South Australia had made 168 for five wickets when stumps were drawn. Gunn made \ 20, Eymill 50, V. Richardson 13, Alexi ander 44 not out, and Pritchard 27 not out. QUEENSLAND V. VICTORIA. GOOD SCORE BT PONSFORD. i MELBOURNE, December 20. The Sheffield Shield match, Victoria against Queensland, was continued to-day. In Saturday's play Queensland, in their first innings, made 147, Victoria replying with 108 for no wickets. Victoria to-day increased their score to 511 for seven wickets. Woodfull, who I was 50 not out yesterday, made only 6 more when he was out for 56, Ponsford made 151, Hendry 140, Ryd?r 37, LiddiI cutt 16 and Rigg 62. I Ponsford and Hendry made the most lof the weak Queensland bowling, and lin spite of frequent changes and. keen j fielding, kept the fieldsmen busy. Their I partnership put on 217 runs in 142 I minutes. Ponsford gave two chances, one j when his score was 10 and another when he had made 144, while Hendry gave a difficult chance when he had made 27. When stumps were, drawn King had made 39 not out. The wicket was good and the outfield much drier. SMALLER BALL QUESTION. LAW TO BE ALTERED. (Received 11 a.m.) 1 LONDON, December 20. After dealing with the proposal for a I smaller ball, interviewing manufacturers and considering various represen- ', tations, the special sub-committee will i recommend to Marylebone that the circumference should be a minimum of , 8/13-16ths of an inch to a maximum of ; 9in, and that the law should be altered 1 thus in 1927 and enforced in 1928. i It is believed the law is not being • introduced till 1928 because manufac- ; turers already have their 1927 stocks. AUSTRALIAN ACTION. SYDNEY, December 20. The Cricket Association discussed a suggestion from the Marylebone Club that a smaller ball should be used. A committee was appointed to secure the ; opinions of batsmen and bowlers and to j report to the Board of Control. J M.C.C. IN INDIA. ■ r i ! ; DELHI, December 20. ■ j The first Test between the Maryle- • ' bone cricket team and All India resulted i' in a draw decidedly in favour of the ! home team. i India made 437. Deodher contributing I 148. Marylebone, with live wickets down ■in their second innings, was only 22 ; j runs ahead when the game ended.—(S\di ney ''Sun.' - )