MELBOURNE TEAM

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 34, 10 February 1927, Page 6

MELBOURNE TEAM

WAIKATO EASILY DEFEATED

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

HAMILTON, 9th February.

The visiting Melbourne cricketers defeated Waikato by an innings and 307 runs at Seddon Park to-day. The Australians gave a great display of fielding. This is a department iv which the Waikato men themselves are proficient, but they could not approach the Melbourne standard. In picking up and returning to the wicketkeeper, P. B. Wood and E. P,. Dakin were well-nigh perfect. Play was resumed in the morning, Melbourne having 395 runs on the board and one wicket to fall. W. W. Armstrong and T. G. Armstrong between them put on 226 runs, and were not troubled by the bowling. At the opening of Waikato's second innings the batsmen, could not play Ebeling's fast deliveries, and six wickets fell for 19. Taylor played some unorthodox shots, and ran up 29 in quick time. Then Wood was called on to terminate the innings. He broke a stump when he bowled Taylor, and soon afterwards clean-bowled Johnston. The innings closed for 84. Following are the scores: — MELBOURNE. First Innings. R. Jewell, lbw, b Taylor 27 P. B. Wood, c Boyd, b Hawke 51 E. Dakin, c Skeet, b Pomeroy 26 C. Onyons, c Allen, b Badeley 48 K. Campbell, c and b Pomeroy 34 R. Rogerson, b Taylor 49 H.. Sandford, b Taylor 28 B. Eansford, c and b Pomeroy 32 W. Armstrong, b Raeburn 163 H. Ebeling, b Taylor 5 T. Armstrong, not out 89 Extras „. 25 Total „ 580 Bowling Analysis.—Taylor took four wickets for 128 runs; Pomeroy, three for 90; Raeburn, one for 31; Williams, none for 17; Allen, none for 17; Johnstone, none for 46. . : WAIKATO. First innings 119 Second Innings.. S. Badeley, b Ransford ..............^.. 5 Pomeroy, B Ebeling .........:..».„' 0 Allen, b Ebeling .'..........^ w 2 Hawke, b Ransford .„ 3 Campbell, b Ebeling V-. 0 Going, c Wood, b Ransford ,^' 5 Skeet, lbw, b Rodgerson ..»!. 7 Taylor, b Wood .' 29 Raeburn, c Campbell, b Onyons .... 8 H. Williams, not out 13 Johnston, b Wood „.. 6 Extras -^..»...........».. 6 Total 84 Bowling Analysis.—-Ebeling took three wickets for 6 runs; Ransford, three for 11; Wood, two for 10; Onyons, one for lx; Rodgerson, one for II; Campbell, none for 21.