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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, 12 January 1921, Page 5

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N.S. WALES V. SOUTH AUSTRALIA (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) vAiJiiUiuiaii & iN.Z. Gaoip A&aocUfcSiiuu) ADELAIDE, Jan. 11. , The cricket match was continued in fine weather. The wicket was slightly wearing. New South Woles in their second innings made 770 —Bardsley 235, Hendry 65, Andrews 44, Carter 60, Kelleway (not out) 103. ' -

South Australia in their second innings have no wickets down for 13. ADELAIDE, This Day.

Bardsley was caught at mid-off when he equalled the Sydney score. Ho hit 23 fours, and batted 303 minutes. It I was a_ remarkably sound display, and ! he gave no chance till the end. He was cheered to the echo. Gregory caused some merriment. When hitting a soft one to mid-on he ran towards the pavilion, but Hendry j mulled the’catch, and Gregory man--1 aged to get to the bowler’s end—a i roundabout run of 40 yards. I SYDNEY, Jan. 11. j The Victorian teachers in their 1 second innings made 218. j The New Zealand in their second in--1 nings scored 4 for-34. ! New Zealand won by eight wickets. | ENGLISH TEAM. , MELBOURNE, Jan. 11. j At a meeting of the-Cricket Associa-j 'lion it was announced that the Mary-, llebone Club, up to the present had re-1 ceivpd £12,500 as its share of the gate j money for matches played by the EngI lish team; I ADELAIDE, Jan. 11. j The English team, has arrived, and' commenced practice for the test match j on Friday, MELBOURNE, This Day, Owing to pressure of time, the Englishmen’s two days’ match, at Stawefl, t scheduled for yesterday, was cut cut-' out. AUSTRALIAN TEAM FOR ENG-' LAND MELBOURNE, This Day. Oldfield Has been added to the list of centuries for the English tour. ARRANGEMENTS FOR AUSTRALIANS’ VISIT CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 10. The New Zealand Cricket Council; met to-night. i It was suggested on behalf of the | Palmerston North Boys’ High School! that the council should waive one off the rules of the Heqthcote Williams' * Shield competition to allow .the Wai-j taki Boys’ High School to play a cha!-} Ic-tige match with its 1920 team about) the middle of February. It waa decided to reply that the council had no’ power to waive the rule, which requires that one year’s team may not play after the resumption ,of school the next year.*

. It was announced that the Australian team’s two months’ tour of New Zealand would cost £2600 .. approximately/, and it had decided to allocate the 'financial responsibility as follows Major associations, £3OO each ; Hawkes Bay and Southland associations, £2OO each; minor associations, £l5O each, the. council to be responsible for the balance. i

The following associations .. .telegraphed . that they would guarantee the amounts asked for in resp'ect of the Australians’ tour Wellington, Invercargill, Wanganui, and Palmerston North. Marten and Taranaki South telegraphed that they could not find the guarantee.* •It was decided to cable to the Board of Control, Melbourne, that the tour be arranged, the first match to take place on 4th February, and the tour ending* on 19th March, also asking df berths had been' secured for the 27th inst." It was decided that a match be arrarged between a combined team from the minor against Australia, to be played at Wellington if possible, provided the associations arrange for the payment of the expenses of their players and find the guarantee. Mr D. C. Collins was appointed sole selector of the team to represent the minor associations. It was decided to hold over ~ the drawing up of aetailed programme till replies have I eeh received from, all the associations. . NELSON ASSOCIATION SATURDAY’S MATCHES ■ Senior. Old Bovs v. Athletic A, Park 1. Richmond v. Athletic B, Richmond. Junior Xamura-v. Richmond, Park 2.