CRICKET.

Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13020, 8 February 1911, Page 3

CRICKET.

SOUTH AFRICANS V. VICTORIA

[Press Association —Copyright.]

(Received Feb 7, 8.45 p.m.) Melbourne, Fob 7 VICTORIA—Ist innings, 242.

VICTORIA—2nd innings. Armstrong b Faulkner 30 Smith c Vogler b Faulkner o ]{-an,sford c Pegler b Faulkner 3 Matthews, run out 4 Kortlang c Snooke h .Faulkner 10 AVarno c Pixder b Sinclair 16 Kenny st Campbell b Faulkner 31 Par.so.ns c Snooke b Sinclair 0 Pitcher b Faulkner 0 Kyle b Faulkner 0 Carkeek (not out) 4 Extras 7 Total 90 Bowling analysis : Faulkner 1 lor 26, Sinclair 2 for 13, I'egler 0 for 2-3, \'ogler 0 for 18, Nourse 0 for -. SOUTH AFRICANS—Ist innings 324. SOUTH AFRICANS—2nd innings. Strieker st Carkecik h Armstrong 2 Zulch l.b.w. Ransford 3 Sherwell (not out) 4 Canipbell (not out) 0 Total for 2 wickets 9 Howling analysis : Armstrong 1 for 9, Ransford 1 for 0. , (Received Feb 7, 9.10 p.m.) Melbourne, Feb 7.

The match was resumed at 20 minutes past four, there being a poor attendance. Armstrong and Smith opened, Peglor and Faulkner bowling. In tho hitter's third over at the third ball Smith was caught in the slip—l for 14. Ransford made a bad stroke to short leg—2 for 18. Faulkner at this point had taken 2 wickets for 9 .runs. Matthews was foolishly run out—3 for 25. Armstrong was chaercd on driving Pegler for a sixer. At 42 Vogler relieved Pegler, off whom 25 had been scored. Kortlang retired injured. Fifty runs occupied 54 minutes. Armstrong, who played attractively, was beaten by a yoogly—4 for 51. Kenny jumped in at Faulkner but missed and was stumped —5 for 67. Faulkner had now taken 5 for 21. Kortlang then reappeared, and at G7 Sinclair relieved Y.ogl.er. Warnc was caught at deep leg-6 for 70. Parsons was caught behind the wicket on a miss-hit—7 for 75. When Pitcher was dismissed—B for 78^—Victoria had wiped off.the deficit in 95 minutes. At Kyle's dismissal Faulkner had taken C for 22. Tho innings lasted 110 minutes. The South Africans scored tho required numbor in 15 minutes, play lasting until 6.30. The wickets fell 1 for 5, 2 for 5. Sherwell made the winning hit on a drive for four, all run.

In the Australian test team Hordern replaces MacArtney, and Matthews is 12th man.