EASY VICTORY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 20, 20 December 1932, Page 7

EASY VICTORY.

ENGLISHMEN AT LAUNCESTON.

FINE BOWLING BY MITCHELL.

LAUNCESTON Dec. 19. To England’s total of 502 Tasmania in the last day of the match at Launceston replied with. 229 in the first innings, Badcock being top scorer with 57 and Putnam next with 56 not out. Mitchell took six wickets for 70 runs. The eighth wicket partnership realised 56. The innings lasted 200 minutes.

Tasmania followed on and scored 147.

England won by an innings and 126 runs.

Following are the scoTes: — ENGLAND.

SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCHES. COLLAPSE OF NEW SOUTH WALES.. ADELAIDE, Dec. 19. In the Shieffield Shield match against New South Wales, South Australia in the second innings, scored 251 (Nitcnke •27, Catclilove 32, Tobin 61). O’Reilly took three wickets for 55 runs; Stewart. three for 58; Howell, two for 51; McCabe two for 25. New South Wales in the seoond innings has lost seven wickets for 75 runs. McCabe was top scorer with 19.

New South Wales’s sensational collapse when within sight of an easy outright victory was due to the deadly bowling of Wall and Grimmett, the former taking four wickets for 25. However, New South Wales requires only 11 runs to win with three wickets in hand.

VICTORIA v. QUEENSLAND. MELBOURNE, Dec. 19. In the Sheffield Shield match against Queensland, Victoria, in the first innings scored 339 (Woodfull 38, O’Brien 64. Darling 128). Oxenham took four wickets for 54 runs; Brew, two for 71; Thurlow, two for 109. Queensland, in the second innings, has one wicket down for 19.

D. G. BRADMAN’S HEALTH. MAY PLAY AGAINST VICTORIA. Received December 20, 10 a.m. SYDNEY, Dec. 20. D. G. Bradman has been granted permission by the New South Wales Cricket Association to play against Victoria on Friday. He must, however, first pass a medical examination.

First innings 502 TASMANIA.—First Innings. Badcock, b Mitcheil 57 Burrows, st. Ames, b Mitchell ... 41 Green, run out 8 Martin, l.b.w., b Mitchell ... 19 Putnam, not out 56 Morrisby, b Bowes 4 Gourlay, st. Ames, b Mitchell 1 Parry, st. Ames, b Mitchell ... ... 0 James, st. Ames, b Mitchell 16 WaLsh. run out 0 Rushforth, absent, hurt ... 0 Extras ... 22 Total 229 Bowling Analysis. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Bowes 16 2 70 1 Mitchell ... 17 0 70 6 Brown 10 2 46 0 Voce 4 0 12 0 Tate 4 1 10 0 Second Innings. Badcock. not out ... 43 Burrows, c Wyatt, b Tate ... 1 Green, b Mitchell ... 21 Martin, l.b.w., b Brown 13 Putnam, b Mitchell 5 Morrisby, c and b Brown ... 20 Gourlay. st. Ames, b Brown 0 Parry, c. Voce, b Mitchell 24 James c Brown, b Mitchell 10 Walsh, c Wyatt, b Mitchell ... ... 0 Rushforth, absent ... 0 Extras ... 10 Total 147 Bowling Analysis. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Bowes 6 1 15 0 Tate 7 2 10 1 Voce 4 0 10 0 Mitchell ... 13.6 0 74 5 Brown 11 3 28 3