ENGLAND v. VICTORIA.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12615, 18 November 1911, Page 7

ENGLAND v. VICTORIA.

SIX WICKETS FOR 247.

(Pi-ess Assn.— iiy Telegraph.— Copyright.) M_LBOtJRNE, November 17. There was perfect weather to-day, when the English cricketers , commenced their match -against Victoria. The wicket was good, but 'there was only a moderate attendance of the 'public. The attendance was 6000, and the weather and' wicket are ■ still perfect. On 'the •'whole England's batting, was unimpressive and ;at times tedious and lacking enterprise, especially before the tea adjournment. • Warner, Barnes, Gunn, Strudwick and vine Jwero omitted from the English; team, and Doug•las tOOkj .tile tutbtiiihfV. . >Vlif-her is still laid, iup; bUt iS -'fycbVermg- Douglas -Wii the toss jfroiit. Armsi};6tig, who captained .Victoria, and idei-ldeji What.. . „. ....... '•••.-• „- -„ j HobbS, and, Kinnear.. openetl against the bowling ,of ..Macßow and , Lhver. . Hobbs scored [quickly with .clean, ciiiip and well-limed^ cutting, blit. in- attempting,, to., drive Matthews, who had relieved Macßow, .JTobbs . mishit and Xaver took a magnificent; catch at point with 'one' hand. Rhodes succeeded Hobbs, and the scoring slowed down, ,50 runs occupying an hour, Kinnear after., 7o minutes only reaching J9 runs, but .Rhodes scored' l9 in , twenty-eight Tninute*3. ' - } Seventy was up at the luncheon adjournment, with one wicket down. Steady and cautious. batting followed, with a keen attack, but, there was smart fielding. Kinnear gave a. chance when he was 28 off Macßow to Carkeek-, wild was. wifcket-keeping. Tile . efehtUrJ* occupied 165 mlnUteS. Rliodes was beaten by LaVer, and got liis leg in front. Mead soon . lo'sk j„hne«f,. who- Wattetf cat'ef till V, scoHhg irlbstly on tlie leg. Hear'ne followed, but- was diffident, iind wais sdbn dismissed by Matthews: The next, man, Foster, made a single and was badly missed by : Macßow at mid-on oft Kvle. Mead was batting freely, a feature of his play being his fine placing, chiefly to the . on side. When 34 he was dssmisse*d, Carkeek smartly taking - him at the wicket off Kyle. He batted 76 minutes .and hit four fourers. Douglas came next. . Kyle bowled excellently, and at, one stage his 'average was 12 overs, 8 maidens, 11 runs. Kyle is a fast-medium, with a. fine length. On resuming . after the tea- adjournment tho 1 batsmen wero watchful; Foster with a lovely late cut off Laver made three, and secured 35, being the top score, so far. ■ One hundred and fifty runs occupied 180 minutes in the getting. . There was notlp'ng attractive about the batting for a long period. Foster reached 50 after 90 minutes' play, when he was badly missed at mid-on by Smith off "Kyle. Foster then livened up slightly, and put in some pretty cuts ond glances. Two. hundred, was up in : 240 minutes, Douglas taking 74 minutes' befote. scoring '-double ligur_..,-. when the spectators cheered ironically, but Douglas was unperturbed. Foster was now getting attractive and stylish, and hitting on both sides of the wicket. He reached his. century for 134 minutes' play, and hit 12 fourers. He was caught in the slips the next ball. Ah expert's opinion, like that of McLaren, is tliat older players are preferable to so many young ones for a tour like the one to Australia When stumps were drawn for the day. England had lost six wickets for 247. j Following were tho scores': — | ENGLAND— Ist Innings.

Total for six wickets ... ..; ... 247 Wickets fell at 1 for 32, 2 for 81, 3 for 83, 4 .for 113, 5 for. 139, 6 for 246.

Hobbs, c Laver, b Matthews 21 Kinnear, c Kyle, b Macßow i.. ... 32 Rhodes, lbw, b Laver ... 28 Mead, c Carkeek, b Kyle ... ... ... 34 Hearne, b -Matthews ... 6 Foster, o Armstrong, h. Laver 101 Douglas, not out • ... ... 10 Smith, not out 1 Extras... ... .... ... 6