CRICKET

Grey River Argus, 24 August 1945, Page 2

CRICKET

ENGLAND WINS TEST. LONDON, August 22. England won the fifth and final Victory Test by six wickets. Scores: Australia, second innings, 210 .(Pepper 23, Cristofani 110 not out). Phillipson took six for 58, Pollard two for 46, Wright two for 44. England, second innings, 141 for four (Hutton 29, Robertson 37, Edrich 42 not out). Pepper took two

for 18. ~. . Christofani, with a magnificent fighting century, gave Australia a lighting chance of averting defeat, but England’s batsmen, with 150 minutes left for play, scored the necessary 141 runs comfortably. , Cristofani, Australia s eighth batsman, treated all the bowlers alike. He hit powerfully all . round the wicket. Seven were down for 8b when Cristofani came to the wicket. With Williams, who batted for 9U minutes for 12 runs, Cristofani added 95 for the ninth icket. The Eng-

lish bowler, Phillipson, playing his first match of the series, took six wickets for 58 on a wicket which made the ball kick dangerously. England lost three good wickets for 70, but.sound batting gave them the victory.