A CLOSE CONTEST

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7974, 4 December 1911, Page 1

A CLOSE CONTEST

MARYLEBONE V. QUEENSLAND

ENGLISHMEN FIFTEEN BEHIND ON FIRST INNINGS.

By Tolecrapii—Press Association —Copyright.

(Received December 3, 5.5 p.m.)

BRISBANE, December 2,

Ten thousand people attended the match between the Marylebono team and a Queensland eleven to-day. The Englishmen resumed their first innings, Hearno (15) and Mead (13), the notout men, facing tho Queensland bowling. The visitors gave a splendid defensive display, though the scoring was occasionally painfully slow. Mead and Rhodes played brilliantly. The innings closed for 275 runs, 15 fewer than were made in Queensland’s first innings. The bowling was good, that of McLaren, Cook, and Hayes particularly. The fielding was also good. The Queenslanders opened their second innings confidently, scoring freely. Jennings was splendidly caught in the early part of the innings, but it was off a no-ball. When stumps were drawn for the day two wickets had fallen for 65 runs. The howling and fielding of the Englishmen were sound. Scores: ENGLAND—First Innings. Fine, b McLaren 5 Hobbs, b McLaren 2d Hearno. c McLaren, b Hayes 53 Mead, b Cook Rhodes, not out °4 Foster, Ibw, b Cook : 4 "Woolley, c Jennings, b Hartigan ... 1 Douglas, c and' b Hayes -0 Iremonger, c and b Hayes 0 Barnes, b McLaren' 0 Smith, st Bolton, b Hayes 7 Extras 18 Total 2<5 Bowling Analysis.—McLaren three wickets for 55, Hayes four for 69, Cook two for 41, Hartigan one for 15, Barstow none for 51. Fett none for 18, Marshal none for 17, Evans none for 1. QUEENSLAND. First innings 290 Second Innings. Marshal, ,b Foster 8 Jennings, not out —......... ;■ 43 Hartigan, c Douglas, b Foster 8 Bolton, not out 4 Extras 2 Total for two wickets 05 GUNN AND WARNER. SYDNEY, December 1. Gunn, the English cricketer, declares that his hand, injured in the match England v. New South "Wales, will be sufficiently recovered to allow him to play in the first test match. It is now regarded as certain that Warner will be unable to .play during tho, tour.