ENGLISH CRICKETER!

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18939, 10 February 1925, Page 9

ENGLISH CRICKETER!

MATCH AGAINST YICTOHIAAUSTRALIANS FARE BADLY* -• •' :• ' ; ' ' ; • ' ■ ■ ' ' ~ SECOND INNINGS . ; COLLAPSE.. SIX WICKETS FOR 14 RUNS. • By Telesrauh—Prtss Asaociation—< CopyriijJt*. (Received 1 a.m.) A. and N.Z. MELBOURNE. F«b. 9. The cricket match kctween England and Victoria was resumed to-day. England had scored 500 runs in the first- innings, and Victoria had 35 runs on the board for the loss of one wicket. The :tiot out batsmen wei'q. Woodful (14) and Ryder (5). The weather was sultry, and the wicket sticky after heavy rain. Douglas was not playing owing to the effects of the motor accident in which he was involved, Bryan taking up the duties of captain. Ryder, playing recklessly, was caught off a lofty leg hit, and Hendry was taken in the slips first ball. Woodful played very cautiously. Hansford gave a neat display, and reached 20 in 30 minutes. Woodful 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 alter lunch, Woodful particularly so. H« reached 50 in 159 minutes. When 52 he gave an easy chance of stumping off Kilner. Ransford got 50 in 101 minutes. The ball was -playing' tricks, but the batsmen were watchful and resourceful, the partnership yielding a century in two hours. Woodful drew the ball on to his wicket after batting 159 minutes. He hit two boundaries. It was a fine innings in the circumstances. Ransford was in 144 minutes. He played stylishly, and hit four boundaries. The wicket became very bad after tea, four wickets going for the addition of nine runs, Heme and Kilner being; the destructive agents, Atkinson v.-as bright, and the others stodgy. Kilner and Hearne were almost unplayable toward the end of the innings, which yielded 179, and Victoria followed on at fivs o'clock.' On a bad wicket the batsmen appeared helpless before Kilner and Hearne. Details of the scores are:— ENGLAND. First Inningi ** *.500 VICTORIA.—First Innings. Mayne, u Tyldesley, b Tate ... . « 9 Woodful, b Hearne .. .. • • 60 Ryder, c Sandham, b Kilner v., 13 Hendry, c Hearne, b Tyldesley . . 0 Ransford, c Freeman (sub) b Hearne 52 Willis, c Bryan, b Hearne ~ . .. 3 Atkinson, c Whys all, b |Ci!nc-r 13 Ellis, c Tyldesley,' b Kjlner < „ .« 2 Wallace, c Sutcliffe, b Kilner . «. 5 Rayson, b Kilner •« .<3 «4 0 Ironmonger, not out k « ». 0 Extras f , « « .« ». 12 Total k «. km- «. 179 Bowling Analysis.—Kilner took five wickets for 48 runs, Hearne three for 39, Tate one ior 19, Tyldesley one for 44, Howell, none for 17.; VICTORIA'.; —Second Innings. Woodful, c Hearne, b Kilner ». 2 Ellis, c Tyldesley, b Kilner . , », 1 Ransford, c Tate, b Kilnsr 1 Wallace, b Kilner ..' ". . .. 2 Rayson, c Freeman (sub), b Kilner .. 0 Ironmonger,-stpd-Stnidwick r l* Hearne 0 Hendry, not out --** ■ • ♦,» 6 ■ Extras.,— »«■" - "ev 2 Total for six wickets .. > « ». 14 Bowling Analysis.—Kilner took five wickets ; for 3 runs, and Hearne one for nine. FOURTH TEST MATCH. THE AUSTRALIAN TEAMr - Australian and N.Z. ! Cable Association, (Reed. 5.5 p.m.) ■ MELBOURNE; Feb. 9. The Australian team to play England in the fourth test match will be chosen to-morrow. Speculation is rife as 4© whether Collins can equal Armstrong'# hitherto untouched record of captaining a team winning five test matches. It is expected that several players new to international cricket will be given a chance to win their spurs and also beer wo acquainted with the test match -atmosphere in view of the Australians' tour in England in 1926.