BATSMEN’S DAY OUT.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2593, 12 March 1923, Page 5

BATSMEN’S DAY OUT.

G IN VICTORIAN MATCH. 8 SIX WICKETS DOWN FOR 617 RUNS. LOVE MAKES 11)2. [By Electric Cable —Copyright] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Sunday, 7 p.m.) ie _ MELBOURNE, March 11. The weather was fine and the attendance 8000 at the cricket match. The bowling was never loose and the n batsmen put up a strong defence, and )r made stylish strokes. After passing >fc . the half-century mark, Park, who has ' been below his top form this season, ' batted grandly. He gave one chance to Hartley at first slip when at 65. Love pulled the ball on. He gave a sound display, and made brilliant on strokes, hitting thirteen fours. He b was in nearly five hours, and made „ only one faulty stroke. The partner- ' ship added 19 8 to the score. Park made a century in 55 minutes, and the last fifty in forty-six minutes, includmg eight fours. Hansford played gracefully. Liddicut gave a ridiculously easy chance to McLean at cover ' when at eleven. Lowry was wicket- , keeping. Hansford reached fifty after , batting an hour. The Englishmen 11 were fielding well, and Chapman and Hill-Wood were especially good. Seven ® bowlers were tried. The bowling was “ not loose, but it was not difficult. The ■" crowd bantered the batsmen for not 11 being more aggressive. Liddicut made fifty in ninety-three minutes. Chapman was untiringly brilliant at cover. y Hansford reached the century in 133 c minutes. Liddicuct made his last fifty 11 in thirty-eight minutes, and hit eight d fours. The partnership produced 216. a d VICTORIA.—Ist innings. y d Woodful. c Chapman, b Gibson .. 6 _ Ponsford, st. Mac Lean, b Brand 62 „ Ryder, run out f 1 Love, b Chapman 192 Park, c Wilson, b Calthorpe .... 101 ■ Hansford, not out US Liddicut, c Hill-Wood, b Wilson.. 102 , Bailey, not out 11 * Extras 14 y I Total for six wickets 617