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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 144342, 5 March 1914, Page 4

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AUSTRALIA v. SOUTH CANTERBURY. AN ENORMOUS SCORE. PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION. TLMARU. March I. The cricket match between Australia and South Canterbury was continued to-day in line weather and before a good atteudanco. Tho home team were the whole day leather hunting, Australia last evening bad three wickets down for 117 rims. The rot out men, M'Gregor and Cody, took the score to 180. Crawford was the next man, then Ransford and Trumpet'. They piled up tho runs rapidly, breaking records. Crawford hit 14 out of the grounds and made 50 in 13 minutes. 50 in ten minutes, and so on. Trumpetpleased the onlookers immensely by bis crisp and sale batting, lie made 60 in 32 minutes, and 100 msl minutes. Ho got 21 boundaries and one six. Over 200 runs were sooted in the last hour. The bowlers were frequently changed, and all the eleven tried. Scores:— SOUTH CANTERBURY.

The wickets fell: 12, 16, 70. 182, 200, 284, 411, 709, 922. Bowling analysis.— !.. O’Callagban look two wickets tor 138 runs, Rix five for 229, Houlihan one for 74, lirosnaimn none for 68. Donoghne none for 86, Temple none lor 56, Hniid.tnn none tor 67. J. Lynch none lor 21. Ferguson none lor 32. Thomas ono for 61, S. O'Callagban none for iri. [The ‘score of 922 is among the largest aggregates recorded. According to Wisdeti. in first-class matches the record is 918, made in the match Ih>tween New South Wales and South Australia, in Sydney in 1900-1. lu minor matches 1094 was scored in the match Melbourne. University v. Essonden in 1897-8. The greatest individual score in a first-class match was A. O. Manlaren's 424 made for Lancashire in a match against Somerset in 1895. Tho lota! of 628 w*s compiled in a housemateh at Clifton College by A. E. J. Collins in 1899.]

First Innings ISO AL'STRAMA.—First Innings. Dolling, l.b.w., b Rlx 11 ■ [ M'Drogor, s:. Heron, Ii Hix Cody, b O'Callaglum Mivcnnie, c Hix. 1> D'Callaghan ... (.rutvtorcl, e Heron, b Hix Hansford, b Hix Tnmipor. b Thomas Noble, hoi- out 71 106 26 o7 Ui} 'o A\) Total for nino wickets tb>2