CRICKET

Evening Star, Issue 19127, 19 December 1925, Page 9

CRICKET

HEW ZEALAND TEAM’S TODS MATCH AGAINST VICTORIA • yisrroßS total su. CENTURY TO ALLCOTT. MELBOURNE, Docorabor 18The match between Victoria ana New Zealand was commenced to-day in hot and threatening weather, with a strong wind. Tho wicket was perfect. Gillespie, James, and M‘Beath were omitted from the New Zealand team. Mayno won the tcss. Tho New Zealanders made a bad skirt, two wickete being down for 23. Worker and Allcott wore comfortable from the outset. The former scored freely front leg glances and Allcott was strong past point. The half-century was scored ia, sixty-three minutes. Worker in one over scored three boundaries off Lansdown, a slow bowler, and then was very quiet, taking twenty minutes to score a single. Allcott hit hard at anything loose, and overhauled his partner, being first to reach 60, having then baited for eighty-three minutes. He scored 20 whilst his partner added 1. Worker completed his 60 in 123 minutes. Tho batsmen were confident and showed great defence. The bowling was well varied, but the batsmen made it appear second-rate. In the first hoar after lunch 73 runs were added. The New Zealand players cleverly stole singles. The crowd cheered heartily when Allcott readied his century after 149 minutes at the crease. He was then batting very attractively, despatching many delightful cover drives. Has fall time at the crease was 154 minutesHe hit seven boundaries.

The partnership, which yielded 193, was a elianceless display. Worker batted for 199 minutes and hit five boundaries. He played a great defensive game, ___ _ Dacrc opened confidently, Wilkmson, a left-hander, at one stage had ! throe wickets for 19. He sent down a swinging in-delivcry. A cool change during the adjonrnIment made the conditions much more' S' leasant. Dacre was uncertain, bat he it two boundaries. Two hundred and [/fifty was hoisted after 220 minutes’; I play. 1 Oliver gave a fine display of bright I batting all round the wicket. Thirty | runs were added in twenty minutes, Oliver monopolising the scoring. _ Patrick was content to play rock cricket, Oliver played a ball to the off and ran, but his partner sent him back. In turning Oliver fell yards outside the crease. Ho gave a grand in the forty-five minutes he was batting. In addition to three boundaries, he made many forceful drives, and his timing was excellent. Crawford went out in a peenhar manner. He trod on tho wicket in the making of a good leg stroke. After Oliver’s departure the scoring wan slow. Patrick, when eight, gave a difficult chance to Mayne at point off Hendry. Only three runs were scored in five overs, the batsmen being strictly on the defensive. Patrick was at tho wickets for fifty minutes before he reached double figures. Alloo played Hendry on. _ Three hundred were scored in 285 minutes. Patrick scored one boundary. Tbe attendance was ] ,500 and the gate £sl. Scores: — NEW ZEALAND. —First Innings.— Worker b Wilkinson ... Blunt c Hendry b Wilkinson 5 Lowry b Eboling —. 9 Allcott c Liddirutt b Wilkinson _ 107 Dacrc Ihw b Ebeling ... 19 Oliver run out Patrick c Hansford b Lansdown 22 Crawford hit wkt b Hendry 0 Alloo b Hendry - Cunningham not out ... Hope run out Extras ..- ... ... i— 14= Total Bowling Analysis.—Eholing, two for 58; Wilkinson, three for 40; Lansfbvn, one for 60; Bam hie, none for tis; Liddicutt, none for 2S; Hendry J two for 49.

SHEFFIELD SHIELD SOUTH AUSTRALIA v. NEW SOUTH WALES. ADELAIDE, December 18. The Sheffield Shield match between South Australia and New South Wales was commenced in bright sunshine. The wicket was good and the outfield was fast. South Australia opened sensationally, losing three good batsmen— A. Richardson, Gunn, and Pritchard—when only 111 runs had been scored. V. Richardson and Eymill came to the rescue and stopped the rot, but when the latter was caught another collapse commenced. Gregory and Maileywero in excellent form, and the fielding of the New South Whiles team was excel- , lent. Scores; — SOUTH AUSTRALIA. —First Innings.— A. Richardson Gunn - -•-• 11 Pritchard ~ V. Richardson Rymill - Murray Rtiudell not out ... Grimm ett Scott Whitty Ambler Extras 9 Total 185