MATCH AT NEWCASTLE

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 22, 27 January 1931, Page 9

MATCH AT NEWCASTLE

CONSTANTINE IN FORM

SYDNEY, 26th January. In the match against the combined country team at Newcastle, West Indies won by an innings and'one run. Newcastle's desire to see Constantine at the top of his form was fulfilled beyond expectation. He scored in 73 minutes a brilliant 147, including six sixers and fourteen fours. He was also a tower of strength as a bowler. Details:— WEST INDIES. First Innings. Grant, lbw, b M'Quirk „.,... 0 Hunt, Ibw, b James 1 Decaire, b M'Quirk 1 Bartlett, Ibw, b M'Quirk 48 Headley, b M'Quirk 65 Constantine, b Woolston 147 Wight, run out .......... 35 Sealey, not out 60 St. Hill, c O'Brien, b Woolston 0 Scott, b M'Quirk ...! 7 Griffiths, b Bennett 9 Extras 26 Total ."..... 399 Bowling analysis.—M'Quirk took five wickets for 58 runs, Billman none for 31, Woolston two for 43, O'Brien none for 98, Bennett one for 40, Bell none for 26, Holmes none for 25, James one for 52. COUNTRY. First innings 251 Second Innings. Bennett, c Hunte, b Griffiths . \ 2 Woolston, c Constantine, b Griffiths . 7 Allsopp, b Constantino •- 28 Bell, b Constantine 2 Holmes, st St. Hill, b Griffiths 35 Osland, lbw, b Constantine 15 O'Brien, b Scott 5 Ewers, lbw, b Constantino * 2 M'Quirk, b Scott 14 Billman, c Hunte, b Constantine 24 James, not out 0 Extras 13 Total 147 Bowling analysis.—Griffiths three for 29, St. Hill none for 23, Constantine five for 24, Scott two for 58.