EASY WIN.
CRICKET TEST. THE FINAL MATCH. VICTORY FOR AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, March 3. The final crioket Teet match between Kngland and Australia ended to-day in a victory for Australia by an innings and 200 runs. The visitors had made 165 runs for eight wickete when stumps were drawn yesterday, and the last two wickets fell to-day without addition to the score.
There were 10,000 spectators to witness the closing: scene. They saw only two balls bowled, as Voce and Fames were both caught off big hits from Fleetwood-Smith's deliveries. Details of the scores are:— AUSTRALIA. First innings 604 ENGLAND. First innings 239 Second Innings. C. J. Barnett, lbw, b O'Reilly 41 T. S. Worthington, c Bradman, b McCormkk 6 J. Hardstaff, b Nash ~ 1 W. R. Hammond, c Bradman, b O'Reilly 5$ M. Ley land, * McCormick, b Fleet-wood-Smith 28 R. E. S. Wyatt, run out 9 L. E. G. Amee, c McCabe, b McCormick 11 G. O. B. Allen, c Nash, b O'Reilly . 7 H. Verity, not out 2 W. Voce, c Badcock, b PleetwoodSmith 1 K. Fames, c Nash, b FleetwoodSmith 0 Extras -3 Total 16fi Fall of Wkkete.—One for 9, two foj 10, three for 70, four for 121, five foi 142, six for 142, seven for 153. eight for 162, nine for 165, ten for 165. Bowlincf. O. M. R. W. McConnick .... 9 — 33 2 Naeh 7 1 34 1 O'Reilly 19 6 58 3 McCabe 1 — 1 — Fleetwood-Smith 13.2 3 36 3
EASY WIN.
Auckland Star, Volume LVXIII, Issue 53, 4 March 1937, Page 24
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