BIG CRICKET.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 20 November 1924, Page 5

BIG CRICKET.

—■ .. VICTORIA BEATS ENGLAND. WINNING RIGHT ON TIME. MAYNE GIVES FINE DISPLAY BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT MELBOURNE, Nov. 19. ’ Victoria defeated the English cricket* ers by six wickets. ...... The weather was dull and mugev when play was resumed. The attendance was fair and: the wicket good. Victoria s not out men, Mayne (55) and Woodfull (54) faced Kilner and trilligan, the overnight score being 111 for one wicket. _When lie had added one to his; .score, Mayne should have been run out, but Whysall, the wicketkeeper, fumbled the ball! Mayne then cut Kilner for two. Woolley waa absent owing to an. injured Cha P man fielding as substitute. Whysall caught Woodfull off Gilligan s first, ball in the third over. He had been in 97 minutes and made 61. The crowd were urging the batsmen to nit out, and Liddicutt drove Gilligan for two. Then lie was clean bowled by the latter. The batsmen went after runs. Hartkopf threw himself into the task, having a close shave; but adding fi ye. to the score. Then he square eutGilligan to the boundary. Mayne lifted Kilner to the fence and got into the seventies. With an hour to go and 88 runs required to win, Freeman, in slips, at last, caught Mayne, who had given a stylish and chanceless display, batting 167 minutes for 87 runs. Amidst barracking from the crowd againsf wasting time, Hartkopf and Hendry became aggressive. Douglas was bowljng the leg theory, but the scoring mounted rapidly, and Victoria won with one minute to go amidst wild excitement.. ; -

Details:— - , ENGLAND. First Innings 240 Second Innings 241 VICTORIA. ! ■ First Innings 229 Second Innings. Mayne, c Freeman, b Gilligan 87 Park, b Gilligan i Woodfull, c Wliysall, b Gilligan .. 61 Liddicutt, b Gilligan 7 Hartkopf, not out ........ .... 56 Hendry, not out ....... ..... 36 Extras 5 (for four wickets) .... 253 ; Bowling analysis—Gilligan took four; wickets, for 89 runs; Douglas) none for 25; Woolley, none for 21; Freeman, none for 34; Kilner, none for 79. GRAND LOT OF SPORTS. MAYNE PRAISES OPPONENTS. Received Nov. 19, 10.5 a.m. MELBOURNE, Nov. 20. Commenting on the cricket match, Gilligan said that Victoria ha® a fine batting side and entirely deserved the victory. Although the English, team was handicapped by the loss of Heariif and Woolley, the fact was that during the-match the team got its first taste of a truly Australian wicket this season. . Mayne said that the visitors could have made the local team's win impossible had they > wasted time or bowled so that the batsmen would rarely obtain a hit. 1 He was satisfied that the Englishmen were a grand/ lot of spoils. / \

RECOMMENDATIONS CONFIRMED'

• (Received Nov. 20, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 19. The Marylebone Committee' has confirmed the advisory board recommendations and requested the counties to report at the end of the year on the result of experiences, of covering the Wicket.—Reuter. SATURDAY’S TEAMS. V ■ ' S The following will represent Hawera against a combined country team at Hawera, commencing 2 p.m. sharp: Dalgleisli, Thomas, Graham, Giblin, Plank, Mills, Nielsen, Bernard, Machin, Lay, Galvin. NORTH v/ SOUTH. Hours of play have been arranged ns follows: 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.; ’1.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m.; 3.40 p.m. to 6 p.m.