NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 23 December 1913, Page 5

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD.

WIN QUEENSLAND MATCH

■T CABLI—PEESB ASSOCIATION—ooPTBiaHX BRISBANE,. Dec. 22. The New Zealand cricketers won their match against Queensland by 12 rung. Continuing their second innings they made 161 runs, which, with their nrst innings score of 89, gave them an1 aggregate of 250 runs.

.The Queenslanders, who had scored 124 in their first innings, made 114 in their second effort. Sandman took five wickets for 41 runs.

The match was resumed in fine warm weather, before a small attendance. The wicket was good Robinson, Taylor, Patrick" and Bennett all did well for New Zealand, atd left Queensland 126 -to win in their second innings. Queensland's innings started disastrously. Fennelly was clean bowled by Robinson's first ball. Farquhar anil Howe succumbed to Reese, and three wickets were down for. seven runs Prout and Marshall checked the rout and the fourth wicket fell at 51, but Marshall still played confidently and redeemed the innings from absolute failure. The fielding was very good Hickmott being particularly brilliant. Ihe bowling was difficult. - At 71 the fifth wicket fell. Two others went down before the score increased Sandman securing three wickets within a few minutes. Queensland's chances of winning were considerably diminished by the fine fieTding of the visitors. The following are the scores : — NEW ZEALAND. First Innings 89 Second Innings. Snedden, st Evans, b Barstow ..... 0 Tuckwell, b Barstow """ ig Hickmott, c Farquhar, b Griffiths 1 1 Hemus, b Griffiths 25 Taylor, c and b Downey ..[[ 22 Patrick, c. Rowe, b Barstow ...... 27 Reese, b Barstow 4 Robinson, st Evans, b Downey ... 27 Sandman, st Evans, b Downey . . 4 Bennett, lbw, b Barstow ]. 16 Boxshall, not out ..'....„ 3 Sundries 14 Total ..' .~161 QUEENSLAND. \V First Innings 123 : Second Innings. \ : Fennelly, b Robinson \. 0. Farquhar, b Reese 3 Rowe, b Reese 0 Prout, b Sandman 18 Marshall, not out 66 Evans, b Sandman 8 Cossart, b Sandman :0 Downey, b Sandman 0 Barstow, run out 5 Griffiths, b Robinson : 3 Ironmonger, b Sandman ... 1 Sundries '. 10 - ' -, . ' ' - Total /.. 114 Bowling Analysis.;— Robinson, two* for 37; Reese, two for 17; Sandman, five for 41; Bennett, none for 9.