VICTORIA’S EASY WIN

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 December 1930, Page 5

VICTORIA’S EASY WIN

WEST INDIANS COLLAPSE IRONMONGER IN FORM [BY CABLE —PBESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] MELBOURNE, December 1.

The game between Victoria and the West Indies was resumed in delightful weather, and on a fast wicket. Constantine, who had recovered from his strain, bowled with great pace, and he speedily wound up Victoria’s innings. Ho dismissed Barnett and Hassett in successive deliveries, and two overs later dismissed Darling and Alexander with his sixth and 'eighth balls respectively. Constantine’s figures in the morning were: —Five overs, one maiden, 22 runs, four wickets. He showed his versatility by catching Ironmonger brilliantly at third slip. The last five wickets were dismissed in 44 minutes —a totally unexpected slump. It is obvious already that Constantine will have to bear a great load of responsibility throughout the tour, as the other bowlers appear to be lacking in sting. The visitors’ second innings proved a debacle, the batsmen being all at sea with Ironmonger, who maintained an accurate length, made pace off the wicket, and turned the ball deceptively. He bowled 14 overs and 3 maidens. Headley was again attractive, batting 54 minutes, and hitting three boundaries. Hunte and Grante gave a neat, display, batting for 80 minutes. The visitors’ downfall was probably duo to the wicket being much faster than on Saturday, but. they will do better when they are more accustomed to the vagaries of Australian wickets.

The attendance was 10,000, and the gato £3OO. The West Indian innings lasted 155 minutes. The scores were: —

WEST INDIES—First Innings .. 212 . VICTORIA—First Innings. Woodful, b Constantine .. .. 0 Ponsford, c Grant, b Scott .. . • IST Hendry, c Birkett, b Martin .. 44 Ryder, c Roach, b Scott .. -. 65 Rigg, c and b Birkett 126 Darling, b Constantine S 3 Barnett, c Decaires, b Constantine 58 Hassett, b Constantine 0 A’Beckett, not out .. .... • 13 Alexander, b Constantine .... 0 Ironmonger, c Constantine, b Griffiths 6 Extras: 13 Total: 594 Bowling:—Constantine 5 for 64; Griffiths 1 for 104, Martin 1 for 109, Scott 2 for 153, Birkett 1 for 101, Roach 0 for 45. WEST INDIES—Second Innings. Roach, 1.b.w., b Alexander .. • • 3 Hunte, c Alexander, b Ironmonger 12 Headley, 1.b.w., b .. 13 Grant, c Hendry, b Hassett .. 26 Decaires; 1.b.w., b Ironmongei’ .. 0 Constantine, c Darling,, b Ironmonger. ! Birkett, c A’Beckett, ’> Ironmonger 7 Wight, b Ironmonger 7 Scott, c Hendry, b Ironmonger .. 7 Martin, b Ironmonger .. .. 34 Griffiths, not out .. - • • ■ 9 Extras 9 Total 128 Bowling:— Ironmonger 8 for 31, Alexander 1 for 25, Hassett 1 for 48,, A’Beckett 0 for 15. QUEENSLAND V. N.S. WALES. BRISBANE, December 1? In the Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales, Queensland in tho first innings scored 490 for four wickets (Gough 137, Thompson, not out, 186, Oxcnham 67, Benstead, not out, 47.)

M.C.C. V. TRANSVAAL. 4 PEEBLES BOWLS WELL. (Received December 2, 10 a.m.) JOHANNESBURG, December 1. Marylebone, first innings, 238 (Wyatt 58. Hammond 70, Chapman 37. White 36). Brown took 3 for 64, Vincent 3 for 54, A. Hall 3 for 53. Transvaal, first innings, 176 (Taylor 46). Peebles took 5 for 45, and White 3 for 13. . Marylebone. second, lost 3 lor 65. When Transvaal’s score stood at 105, four wickets fell without the addition of a single run. Peebles, at one stage, had an average of three wickets for four runs.