M.C.C. V. VICTORIA

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 123, 20 November 1935, Page 11

M.C.C. V. VICTORIA

DRAWN MATCH RESULTS

HOME TEAM FAVOURED

MELBOURNE, November 19.

Adding 85 to yesterday's score, the M.C.C. team succeeded only in drawing with Victoria today, the home side dismissing the English batsmen for 252.

Victoria's slow bowlers Gregory and Smith triumphed, gaining for Victoria a lead of 80 on the first innings. Gregory's display of slow bowling was rewarded with five wickets for 69. Smith and Plant, shared the other wickets.

Victoria went in for a second knock and after Rigg (59 not out) had completed a good doifble innings and looked like being unbeaten Victoria declared to give the Englishmen an hour's batting. Details:— VICTORIA. First Innings. • (Declared for nine wickets) 332 Second Innings. Lee, c Mitchell-Innes, b Read .... 16 Rigg, not out 59 Vernon, not out 42 Extras 5 Total for one wicket 122 Bowling: Read took one wicket for 32 runs; Holmes, none for 3; Parks, none for 21; Langridge, none for 19; Sims, none for 39; Mitchell-Innes. none for 3. . < M.C.C. Firts Innings. Parks, v Scaife, b Gregory 72 Barber, c Nagel, b Plant 32 Smith, Ibw, b Gregory 24 Hardstaff, hit wicket, b Smith .... 34 Mitchell-Innes, Ibw, b Smith 0 Sims, c and b Gregory 10 Holmes, c Gregory, b Plant 34 Lyttelton, c Nagel, b Smith 7 Griffith, c Nagel, b Gregory 7 Read, c Plant, b Gregory 0 Langridge, not out 27 Extras 5 Total 252 Bowling: Ebeling took no wickets for 22 runs; Nagel, none for 44; Plant, two for 52; Gregory, five for 69; Smith, three for 60. Second Innings. Lyttelton,, lbw, b Ebeling ,\ 2 Holmes, b Ebeling ■ o Mitchell-Innes, c Plant, b Nagel .. 12 Smith, not out 6 Hardstaff, not out 0 Extras 3 Total for three wickets 23 Bowling: Ebeling took two wickets for 7 runs; Nagel, one for 3.