CRICKET.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 16680, 1 March 1920, Page 4

CRICKET.

SATURDAY MATCHES. Duly one match was played on Saturday, High School and Old Boys mooting on the former’s ground m a friendly game. The competition match between Tikorangi and Freezing Works was postponed cm account of the wet weather in tho morning. New Plymouth B forfeited to New Plymouth A. Details of tho scores in the High School match are; * HIGH SCHOOL. First Innings.

Bowling analysis: Osborne, one wicket for 7 runs; Bottrill, two for 17; ! Hughes, four for 10; Eggleton, two for 5. Second Innings.

Bowling analysis: Bottrill, two wjck- j ets for 14, Hughes, two for 12; AVyn- ' yard, three for 4, Eggleton, tnree for . 7.. OLD BOYS. j First Innings. I

Bowling analysis: Inch took one wicket for 13, Sinclair, six for ‘2; O’Halloran, one for 9; Brown, none for 11; Palmer, none for 16. HAAAGCE’S BAY v. WELLINGTON. FIRST DAY S PLAY. Per Press Association. AVELLTNGTON, Feb. 28. The cricket match. Hawke’s Bay v. AA’ellington, was begun to-day. The wicket was heavy owing to rain early in the morning and the previous two days’ downpour. ' Hawke's Bay first innings realised 121 (Stevens 38., O’Brien 24. Charles 23). Eight batsmen were caught out, as the day was good for slow bowlers. Wellington went in at 5 p.m., and at the end of an hour bad: lost six wickets for 42 runs (AVnrne 16, Schrader 13). CVConnell. with slow breaks, took five wickets for fifteen runs.

VICTORIA v. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. _ , ■ MELBOURNE, Feb. 29. Victoria's first innings against South Australia yielded 406 (Meyes 55, Lampard not out 66, Liddicutt 34). Bowling analysis; Rundell, two wickets for 69 runs; A. Richardson, two for 89; Phillips, four for 87. South Australia's first innings" produced 178 (C. Pellew 23, V. Richardson 30, L. Pellew 25, A. Richardson 26, Williams 32). Bowling analysis; Mullet, four wickets for 45 runs; Ryder, four for 82; Armstrong, one for 27Liddicutt, one for 17. South Australia, in their second innings, have lost no wickets for 45 (Smith 15, C. Pellew 26). Tho weather was fine and the wicket good. Tho Victorians’ batting was consistent. Hansford and Ryder had the misfortune to be run out when going strong. Lampard played a fine nnfiij! isheil innings. Phillips, a youthful bowler, was in great form to-day, and took three wickets in his first” throe overs. South Australia’s reply was weak, find they followed on. The match finishes the season’s Sheffield Shield contests. Tho shield lias already been won by New South Wales, ns it now is impossible for Victoria to secure sufficient runs to beat New South AVales’ average. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. °

Willis, b Otiborno Palmer, c Eggloton b liottrill .. . ;i Hinc. b Eggleum Brown, b liottrill O’Hallonin, b Hughes . lo Greiner, run out 0 Smart, c Hughes b Egglclon 0 Sinclair, b Hughes 0 Poire, c Osborne b Hughes 0 Osborne, b Hughes 7 Inch, nob out H Total 47

Palmer, b Hughes . 3 AViilis, I) Hughes 2 Iline, c Morrison b Wynyard . . 0 Brown, b AVvnvard . 3 O'Hallornn, b AVvnvard . 0 Greiner, b Eggloton Smart, b Egg le ton Osborne, b Dotti-ill . 1C Sinclair, b Eggieton . 0 Pope, b Bottriil inch, not out Extras ■„ 6 Total 42;

Bottrill, l.b.w., b Sinclair 1 Bewley, b Sinclair 2a Hughes, run out 2 Osborne, c Brown b Inch Wynvaixi, b Sinclair 0 Eggleton, b Sinclair 0 Quilliam, c O’Hallorau b Sinclair 0 Saxton, b O’Halloran s Fox, run out 1 Morrison, not out 24 Lash, b Sinclair 0 ' Total 69