BATTING DEBACLE

Northern Advocate, 10 February 1925, Page 5

BATTING DEBACLE

ON WET WICKET. VICTORIA FOLLOWS ON. SIX OUT FOR 14 RUNS. (Received 9.10 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. Intermittent rain yesterday, causing -a wet pitch, proved a demoralising factor where the Victorian batsmen weTe concerned, in the match against England, and at the close of the day's play the board showed the following sensational figures:— England, Ist innings 500 Victoria, Ist innings 179 Victbria, 2nd innings (6 wkts) 14 The weather was sultry and the wicket sticky after heavy rain on Sunday. Douglas was not playing, owing to the effects of his motor accident, Bryan taking the duty of captain. Ryder, playing recklessly, was caught off a lofty leg hit and Hendry was taken in the slips off the first "ball he received. Woodfull played very cautiously and Ransford gave a neat display. He reached 20 in 30 minutes while Woodfull took 97 minutes to notch a similar number. An adjournment of 40 minutes was necessary on account of rain before lunch. Both batsmen were resourceful after lunch, Woodfull being particularly good. He reached 50 in 159 minutes. When at 52 he gave an easy chance of stumping off Kilner. Ransford got 50 in 101 minutes. The ball was plaving tricks, but the batsmen were watchful, their partnership yielding a century in two hours. Woodfull drew a ball on to Iris wicket after batting for 159 minutes and hitting two boundaries. It was a fine innings.in the circumstances. Ransford was in for 144 minutes. He played stylishly and hit four "boundaries. He has been in great form in his last two big games.

The wicket became very Twirl after tea, four wickets goins: for an addition of nine rung, Hearne and Kilner being the destructive asrents. Atkinson was bright, but the others were stodgy. Kilner and Hearne were almost unplayable towards the end. The inninsrs yielded 179 and Vic'tcria followed on fit five o'clock, but on the bad wicket the batsmen appeared helpless before Kilner and Hearne. The following are the details:— VTOTO-RTA. . First Innings. Mayne, c Tyldesley, b Tate ■ '9 , Woodfull, b Hearne 60 Byder, e Sandham, b Kilner 13 Hendry, c Hearne, b Tyldesley •.. 0 Bansford, c Freeman (sub), b Hearne 62 Willis, c Bryan, b Hearne 3 Atkinson, c Whvsall, b Kilner 13 Ellis, c Tyldeslev, b Kilner 2 Wallace, c Sutcliffe, b Kilner 5 Eayson, b Kilner 1 Ironmonger, not oxit .* ;.... 1 12

Total 179 (The individual items as cabled give «, total of 181.) Bowling.—Kilner tools 5 wickets for 48; Hearne, 3 for 39: Tate, 1 for 19; Tyldesley, 1 for 44: Howell, 0 for 17. Second Innings. Woodfu'll, c Hearne, b Kilner .... 2 Ellis, c Tyldesley, b Kilner ...... 1 Ransford, c Tate, b Kilner 1 Wallace, b Kilner 2 Eayson, c Freeman, b Kilner .... 1 Ironmonger, st. Strudwick, b Hearne 1 Hendry, not out 4 Extras 2 .Six wiekets for 14 Kilner took 5 wickets for 3 runs; Hearne, 1 for 9.—Press Assn. VICTORIA ALL OUT. ENGLAND'S EASY WIN. (Received 3.20 p.m.) \ MELBOURNE, This Day. [Victoria were all out for 12, Ryder 15, Mayne 0, Atkinson 15, Willis (not out) 0. Kilner took five wickets for 18 runs and Hearne five for 30. England won by an innings and 271 run.—A. and N.Z SOLLY JOEL'S TEAM. FOURTH UNOFFICIAL TEST. (Received 12.35 p.m.) CAPETOWN, February 9. In the fourth unofficial test match England's second innings realised 164 —Macßryan 2, Tyldesley 42, Russell 33, Jameson 4, Tennyson 6, Kennedy 33' Parker 0, Geary 0, Bartley not out 2 dnd extras 6. South Africa in the second innings had scored 16 for no wickets when stumps were drawn, Susskind (4) and Siedle (8) being the opening pair. Rain interfered with the plav.—Renter. CAPTAINCY CALIBRE. SPORTING ETHICS SUPREME'. (Received 2.10 p.m.) COLOMBO, February 9. Lord Hawke, who has arrived here, interviewed on the question of a professional captaining an English test team said that no Temarks made by him had been directed against professionals as such. What he had meaut was that it would be a bad day for English cricket if no amateur could bo found good enough to captain an T'V glish side.

Lord HawTce added that it took more than a great cricketer to make a good captain. He did not think that the scries of matches, between gentlemen and players had unearthed a great professional skipper. After strongly criticising Parkin's effusiong in the press he said: "Gilligan is a fine sportsman, "who has won wide popularity for himself and for -the English in Australia, which is more important than the mere- winning of matches. We cannot criticise his methods and tactics from the distance of many thousands of miles, but I would rather England had a sportsman like G-illigan, for a captain and have lost than that one should merely hove played to win."—Reuter. ' SENSIBLE COURSE. PARKIN COMMENT ENDED, j (Received. 9 a.m.) LONDON, January 9. (Parkin, the cricketer, has accepted the Lancashire president's suggestion to cease writing cricket articles. —Reuter. PLUNKET SHIELD. WON BY OTAGO. CANTERBURY WELL BEATEN. DUNEDIN, This Day. Otago defeated Canterbury in the Punket Shield match by nine wickets and thus secured the Shield for the first time. The following is the final position of the match:— Canterbury, Ist innings ... 137 Canterbury, 2nd innings ... 154 291 Otago, Ist innings 238 Otago, 2nd innings (one wicket) 54 292 In order' to win the Shield Otago not only had to heat Canterbury, but to secure a sufficient margin to lead in the averages. As each province would have lost one match they had to win by seven wickets at least, b,u|j. as Canterbury again collapsed they were, only left with 54 to get. Of these Shepherd put on 27 and then Worker and Blamires put on the rest and Otago won handsomely. In Canterbury's second innings Talbot scored 35, Oliver 39 and Crawford 23. Dickinson took 5 wickets for 46 runs and Torrance 2 for 49. —Press Assn.