DECISIVE WIN

Northern Advocate, 20 December 1932, Page 5

DECISIVE WIN

> ENGLISH CRICKETERS FIRST TASMANIAN MATCH. INNINGS AND 12G RUNS. MITCHELL 11 FOR 144. BABCOCK BATS FINELY. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received 9 a.m.) LAUNCESTON, December 19. The cricket match between the English touring team and Tasmania was concluded today. England had an easy victory by an innings and 12(5 runs. In reply to England’s total of 502,

Tasmania made 229 in the first innings. Badcock topped the score with 57 and Putman scored 5(5 not out. Mitchell took six wickets for 70. The eighth-wicket partnership added 56. The innings lasted 200 minutes. Tasmania followed on and scored 14-7, Badcock being undefeated with _.43. Details of the scores are: — ’ ENGLAND. First Innings 502 TASMANIA. First Innings. Badcock, b Mitchell 57 Burrows, st Ames, b Mitchell .... 41 Green, run out 8 Martin, Ibw, b Mitchell 19 Putman, ‘ not out 50 Morrisby, b Bowes 4 Gourlay, st Ames, b Mitchell .... 0 Parry, st Ames, b Mitchell 0 James, e Paynter, b Mitchell . y .. 16 Walsh, not out 5 Rushforth, absent, hurt 0 . Extras 23 Total 229 Bowling.—Bowes took 1 wicket for 70 runs; Mitchell, 6 for 76; Brown, 0 for 45; Vocb, 0 for 12; Tate, 0 for 9. Second Innings. Badcock, not out 43 Burrows, e Wyatt, b Tate ...... 1 Green, b Mitchell 21 Martin, Ibw, b Brown 13 Putman, 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.—Bowes took 0 wickets for 15 runs; Tate, 1 for 10; Voce, 0 for 10; Mitchell, 5 for 74; Brown, 3 for 28. SHEFFIELD SHIELD.

VICTORIA WELL PLACED,

HARD TASK FOR QUEENSLAND

(Received 9 a.m.)

MELBOURNE, December 19

In the Sheffield Shield match against Queensland, Victoria ecored 339 runs in the first innings (Woodfull 38, O’Brien 64, Darling 128). Oxenham took four wickets for 54 runs, Bx;ew 2 for 71, and Thurlow 2 for 109. Queensland, which scored 126 in the first innings, had lost one wicket for 19 runs when stumps were drawn, COLLAPSE OF N.S.W. -ELEVEN RUNS TO WIN.

THREE WICKETS IN HAND

ADELAIDE, December 19

In the Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales, South Australia, in the second innings, scored 251 (Nitschke 27, Catehlove 32, Tobin 61). O’Reilly took 3 wickets for 53 runs, Stewart 3 for 59, Howell 2 for 51, McCabe 2 for 25.

New" South Wales in the second innings lost seven wickets for 7~>. McCabe was top scorer with 19. New South Wales’ sensational collapse when within sight of mn easy outright victoiy was cine to the deadly howling of Wall and Grimmett, the former talcing four wickets for 2.1. However, New South Wales requires only 11 runs to win with three wickets in hand.

BRADMAN’S CONDITION,

MAY PLAY ON FRIDAY

(Received 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day,

Don Bradman has been granted permission by the Now South Wales Cricket .Association to play against Victoria at Melbourne on Friday. Ho must, however, first pass a medical examination.