THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 94, 4 December 1911, Page 5

THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS

MATCH AGAINST QUEENSLAND CONTINUED. HOME TEAM BATS AGAIN. Brisbane, December 3. Ten thousand people were present at the match between England and Queensland. England gave a splendid defensive display, but the scoring was painfully slow. Mead and Rhodes were brilliant. The bowling was good, that of McLaren, Cook and Hayes particularly. The fielding was also good. Queensland opened confidently, scoring freely. Jennings played splendidly. The bowling and fielding were sound. Scores: —

ENGLAND.—First Innings. Vine, b McLaren 3 Hobbs, I) McLaren 2b Mead, b Cook ... • 'J Hear no, c McLaren, b Hayes ... oo Rhodes, not out G 1 Foster, Ibw., b Cook ... ... 4 Woolley, c Jennings, b Hartigan 1 Douglas, c and b Hayes 20 Iromongcr, c and b Hayes ... 0 Barnes, b McLaren ... ••• 0 Smith, st. Bolton, b Hayes ... 7 Extras 18 Total , „ • .. . 27.3 Bowling Analysis.—MhLven, torre wickets for 55; Hayes, font for 69: Cook, two for 41 j Hartigan, one lor 15; Barstow, none for 51; Fett, none for 18; Marshall, none for "; Evans, none for 1. QUEENSLAND. First innings 290 Second Innings. Marshall, b Foster 8 Jennings, not out 43 Hartigan, c Douglas, b Foster ... 8 Bolton, nob out ... ... ... -1 Extras 2 Total for’ two wickets . . u 5