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Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13448, 21 November 1907, Page 5

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ENGLAND Y. VICTORIA. A DRAWN GAME. Press Association-By Telegraph-Copyright Received 10.25 p.m., November 20th. MELBOURNE, November 20. The. weather was tine and the wicket sound and good. The visitors timed to leave by the Sydney express, had only till 4.15 to pull up a big deficit. Fighting a stubborn uphill battle they succeeded in making a drawn 'match. With four wickets down for 115 the outlook was anything but promising. Hutchings and Rhodes for the fifth uickct added 107 in just over an hour. Hutchings played ex ceedingly forcible nickel. The score included One sixer and 16 fours. For the ninth wicket Haidhtun" and Barnes contributed a century, the latter contenting himself by keeping up his wickets while Hardstaff rattled up the runs-. The following were the scores: Victoria.—lbti Innings , 233 Victoria—2nd Innings ..; 463 England—lst Innings 198 Second Innings. Hobbs, b Tarrant 26 -lones, c Carkeek, b Ha/Jett .82 Young, b Saundeifc 25 Braund, c Vernon, b Hazlett 4 Rhodes, c Saunders, b Tarrant 40 Hutching!:,, c Riinsford, b Saunders ... 91 Hayes, b Hazh'in 4 Crawford, 1.b.w.. b Saunders 10 Barne*, c MeAlii-ter, b Hazlilt 26 Hardstaff, not out 95 Fielder, not out ..;.... .1 Sundries ...' ....:.......... 18 Nine wickets for ............... 422 Rowling analysis—Saunders 4 for 138. Hazielt 4 for 88. Warne 0 for 68, Tarrant 1 for 57, Vernon 0 for 53. The following will represent the Timaru B team v. Waunate on i-he ' Athletic Ground 'at 2 p.m. to-day: —Douglaf, Loughnan, Squiren,, Patrick, Bryce, Sargent. Macbeath, Morgan, . Wicksteed, Mansford, and Griffiths.