CRICKET.

Evening Star, Issue 14786, 30 January 1912, Page 8

CRICKET.

EXGLI.SriM.KX v. TASMANIA. The weather wa.s warm and the wicket goe<! for tho coucluditi'' day's play of the match M.C'.O. Team v. Tasmania at Hobart vesterday. Tlicm was a wonderful change In local men's batting, lludsou. Paton.. and P.oddam being partieulaHy aggivssive. Patou's innings, which realised 112. war, faultle-s. S-even luiwlers wore tried, with repeated ch-ingo.i. When the Patou-Bod-<lam partnersliip w.is broken a "rot" set in. Thereafter Flitch secured three wickets for no runt.. Seores: Tasmania, 124 and 555 (Martin 54. Hudson 51, Pn.tort 112, ]!«!ddam 50); Kngland, declared closed at four wicketc lor 574. Tin> visitmvs wen _by an innings and 95 runs In 'Tasmania's second innings Harnes took one wicket folio, l\ stor two for 60, Ibearne none for 88, Hitch four for 42, lremor.ger none- for 23, Vitit? two for 36. Woolley none fur 34.

SHFFtTKIJ) SHIELD MATCH

• Victoria's second innings' concluded at Sydney vestcrdav for 366 runs, M'Kenzie 121, Matthews 2"l, Armstrong 60 not out, and t'arkeek 28 being the principal scorers. j Cotter took live- wicket", for 110, ITazlett three for 90. Kmerv two for 62. In their second innings New' South Wales lost three I wickets, ior 50 (Gregory 15, "Macartney 10 I m.i oiitb Xew S'jtit'h wen by seven wickets. PL IT XK ET SHIELD IIETAIX ED BY CANTERBURY. The P.A. message from Chrietchurch fives' the following'arcount of the finish of the nnitch ycftord.iy :—Wellington's batting wa.s not inm-h. of an improvement on tht'" first dav. Gibbes. who was easily the best, was beaten badly by Reese once or twice earlv in the innings, and (gave a couple of chances later, but. apart from this, played exceedingly solid cricket, lie look no' risks, was rarely in trouble, i and made his runs by good telling sho'.e in 1 all directions. Midlane showed great ini- ! provcmer.t on his first innings ; indeed, ).-• j seenu-J a different batsman, tor, whilst 1 his defence was jttft as found, his scoring ic-tr-okes were beautifully execul>d. his ■ cutting being really fir.-t class. Mahoney i wee also a much improved batsman, showj in- the best of dc'fnico. and .scoring runs by' forceful and ttylifh. strokes. I'U'-.ng I the part.nei.-bios b-etwren (iib'nes and MidI hu'ie aeal Oibbu; and Mahoney. Wd'ingtoii ! a.wav.- mmed to have a sp<irling churn e. j for t'auterbury's bowling was not :i(.->ly Iso good as in tlie lirst innings. After ! .Mahnuev's <!epaiture. however, their iusk I wiis gen'erallv recognised as .ib.ait as iiope- ! less as any tiling in cricket 0. n t>e. Of ihe j other batsmen" Crombie plaved a !:vily I innings, hitting Sandman ncny (otbe j fence "more than once, whilst Brice got into i doubles by very cautious and n->t very I :'ockl plnv." Reese was in g-od form w ;, !i I the ball.'and had the h-i'.snic n nlayog hiif. i from .-tart to finish. He kept a stamiard ', length, and with sufficient off spin to make 1 him reallv ditlieult. Benn-ett failed to keep !■ ,-i .goo.l lV:ii:th. .-.!i--1 w:is not :-e. straight ias iisikil. Saixlman wars also lengUdess 1 at first, but later bowled well, whilst T. j Carlton, thougli not howling too well, got I a. couple of "wickets at tho end very cheaply. The umpiring did not give the t utmost satisfaction. It is certain mistakes ! were made, but they were fairly evenly I distributed between the two fcides. ! Scores : I C'ANTESEI'RY. : h'iiv-t [linings 277 1 Second Innings 12" j Wr.Lt.IS<"iTON. I First Innings 173 I Second Innings. i \V. R. L. Gibbet: not out ~ 75 I-'. A. Midlane b Reese 16 i J. .1. Mahonev b Reese 14 E. V. Rlamir'es- lbw b Reese 7 \V. S. Biice e Sandman b Patrick ... 11 E. M P.eeehey b Sandman 2 t l>. Pa'trick b Sandman 5 M. d. Crombie ibw b Reese 21 A. il. Fentou run out 7 .}. X. Sauudcr.- lbw bT. Carlton ... 1 C. A. l'.erendsen c \V. Carlton b T. Carlton 0 Extras 32 Total 193 Bowling Analysis.—l. If. Bennett, none for 27; I). Reese, four for 47; 1). Sandman, two for 40: 'I". Carlton, two for 21; 1!. G. Hic-kmott. none for 4 : W. Patrick, one for 14 : W. Carlton, none for 0. Canterbury won by 108 rune. A GISBORXE BATSMAN. L. M'Mahon. of the Wanderers' Club, has been out only once this season, and by making 109 (not out) on Saturday he brought his aggregate runs up to 491.