Sheffield Shield

Grey River Argus, 3 January 1935, Page 5

Sheffield Shield

VICTORIA DEFEAT S. AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE, January 1. In the Sheffield Shield match, South Australia in the first innings made 264 (Badcoek 48, Shepherd 80). McCormick took four wickets for 82, and Sievers two for 32. Victoria in the first innings lost one for 21. MELBOURNE. January 2. In the Sheffield Shield match against A ictoria to-day South Australia in the second innings scored 234. Nitschke made 48. Lonergan 64 and Badcock 39. In the bowling Fleetwood-Smith took 4 for 90 and Ebeling 3 ftfr 52. Victoria, who in the first innings, scored 415. required 83. and obtain these without loss in the second innings, Rigg making 38 and Darling 41. Victoria thu s won by ten wickets. TALL SCORE. BY TWO QUEENSLANDERS. (Received January 2 at 11 p.m.) SYDNEY. January 2. In the Sheffield Shield match ngainst New South Wales Queensland in the first innings scored 494. Andrews made 253 and I_ >s Tn the Kdwlig Theak took 3 yor 123, Chilvers 3 for 91. and Chipperfield 2 for 65. The Andrews-Bensted partnership J yielded 335 runs, or nine short of world’s best total for the seventiß w cket, established by Ranjitsinhji and Newshaw for Sussex against Essex in 1902. • New South Wales in the second innings lost 1 for 178. Broyvn made 89 and Fingleton not out 87. Stumps were then drawn. BARBADOES, January 1. The Marylebone-Barbadoes match was drawn. Barbadoes lost 7 for 149 declared (Carew 43. Hollies 3 for 26, Paris 3 for 59). Marylebone 5 for 221 (Wyatt 51. Hendren 54. Hammond 39). CAPETOWN. January 1. H. F. Wade, the Natal Currie Cup captain, has been appointed as captain of the South African team to tour England this year. Cameron will be vice-captain. Wade has already had experience of plaving cricket in England in 1927-28-29. participating in the Yorkshire League, when he secured an average of 60 runs per innings each season. The South African Cricket Board of Control decided to apply the amended lbw. rule to all matches, including the tests played by the South African team during the tour in England.