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Greymouth Evening Star, 2 December 1926, Page 2

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t ■ ———ot N.S. WALES’ NARROW WIN. s ■ ■ i (Australian & N.Z. Cable Assn.) y BRISBANE, December 1. a Playing New South Wales for the a Sheffield Shield, Queensland in the t second innings made 391 (O’Connoi' >, 196). New South Wales won by eight i- runs. ii The weathei' was fine and the ” wicket good. O’Connoi' continued to e bat soundly till, with only ten runs •, needed to win, he became over anxi ions, and was run out in attempting - a difficult one. 1 M.C.C. TOUR IN INDIA DELHI, Dec. 1. Playing at Bombay, Marylebone v. Hindus, Earle scored 130 including eight sixes and eleven fours. Two of the sixes were the biggest hits ever i seen in Bombay. Tate and Earle add- ; ed 154 in seventy-five minutes fox* the i sixth wicket. N.Z. ENGLISH TOUR. (Per tress Association.) • CHRISTCHURCH, December 1. The New Zealand Cricket Council to-night decided to suggest that the i selectors choose a maximum of eight • certainties by not later than the middle of January. An effort would ; be made to announce the appointment s of the manager by Christmas. . It was decided that as the maximum number of shares, 3000, have been subscribed, the New Zealand Cricket, Ltd. Company go to allotment. MARIST V. STATE SCHOOL. A return match between Marist and State Junioi' school teams was played at the school yesterday. Both teams played well, but Marist proved the victors by 23 runs. The scores were, Marist 41 and 31; State 26 and 23. The best batsmen were Marist, Brown .19, Sigley 10. De Fr.eatus 8; State Jones 10, Morrison 8, Goodall 6. Bowling honours: Marist: De Freatus, Morris and Brown; State: Rose, Kibble, and Goodall. The following team has been selected to represent State School juniors against Otira at Greymouth on Saturday:—Rose, Aiderton, Morrison, Goodall, Pascoe, Clough, Kibble, Ross, Jones, Kirkwood, Wallwork.