AUSTRALIAN TEST TEAM

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19750, 17 March 1934, Page 18

AUSTRALIAN TEST TEAM

HIGH SCORING IN MATCH WITH TASMANIA. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received March 16. 11.40 p.m.) HOBART, March 16. The match Australia v. Tasmania, was continued to-day at Hobart in greatly improved weather. The attendance was over 5000. Tasmania with seven wickets down for 230, resumed batting on a good wicket, and furnished a pleasant surprise through James and Parry, both of whom batted brilliantly, notably James who scored 70 in 55 minutes, the ninth wicket adding 77 in 34 minutes. James hit eight fours. Parry revealed a surprisingly good array of strokes, and was not out with 30 runs to his credit. The innings realised 338, made in 312 minutes. Australia made a good start with Woodfull and Brown. who put on 200 in 142 minutes. Woodfull got his century and then began to hit and was stumped after scoring 124. made in 150 minutes, including one six and four fours. Brown was caught with his score at 98, made in 163 minutes. He hit six fours. Australia, at stumps had lost four wickets for 360. Following are the scores: — TASMANIA. First Innings. C. Badcock, c Chipperfield, b Fleet wood Smith 47 R. Morrisby std. Oldfield, b Fleetwood Smith 17 R. Ferrill, c Ebeling, b Wall .... 16 R. Thomas, c Oldfield, b Wall .. 53 D. Green, c. Chipperfield, b Wall . 6 J. Roth well, c McCabe, b Darling 47 S. Putman, b Wall 21 (J. Jeffrey, c Oldfield, b Wall .... 13 G. James, c Oldfield, b Ebeling .. 70 C. Parry, not out 30 M. Walsh, c Darling, b Ebeling .. 0 Extras 18 Total 338 Bowling.—Wall took five wickets for 112 runs; Ebeling two for 54; Fleetwood Smith two for 105; Darling one for 27; Chipperfield none for 22. AUSTRALIA. First Innings. W. M. Woodfull, std Parry, b Putman 124 W. Brown, c Thomas, b Walsh .. 98 L. Darling, lbw, b Walsh .... A. Kippax. not out 76 S. McCabe, c Ferrill. b James 27 A. Chipperfield, not out 28 Extras Total for four wickets 360 MATCH AT W AIM ATE In a friendly match played at Victoria Park on Thursday afternoon between the Mercantile Firms and the Waimate Club, the latter ran out winners by 29 runs on the first innings with a wicket to spare. The feature of the game was the century put up by F. Wilce lor the winners. Scores: MERCANTILE FIRMS. P. Hansen, b Wilce 1 E. Hicks, lbw., b Wilce 0 D. Mahan, c and b Beckingham .. 32 T. Calder. b Beckingham <4 I. Mills, c Keyes, b Wilce 12 W. Duckett, retired 67 H. Cameron, b Holden 3 S. Fleming, b Miller 46 C. Smith, b Miller 3 L. Leslie, b Miller 0 N. Quinn, not out 1 Extras 13 Total .197 Bowling.—L. Holden took 1 wicket for 48 runs, F. Wilce 3 for 45. M. Webster 0 for 12, R. Stvens 0 for 22. W. Miller 3 for 8. D. Keyes 0 for 26, J. Beckingham 2 for 6. WAIMATE. CLUB. M. Webster, run out i F. Wilce, retired 107 W. Granger, b Fleming 6 R. Stevens, b Fleming 26 V. Buckingham, b Leslie 7 D. Keyes, b Leslie 18 W. Miller, c Smith, b Duckett .. 19 J. Beckingham, c Calder, b Fleming 20 G. Wright, c Calder, b Hicks .... 2 L. Holden, not out 6 T. Granger, not out 4 Extras 10 Total for nine wickets .. .. 226 Bowling.—S. Fleming took 3 wickets for 74 runs, W. Duckett 1 for 35. E. Hicks 1 for 35, C. Smith 0 for 36. L. Leslie 2 for 32. TEAMS FOR TO-DAY. West End Club—Bracefield, Cunningham, Simpson, Bradley. Tubb. Turner. Taylor, Welford, Ryan, Wilde, Clarkson, Lobb. Bruce's v. Police Court. Fraser Park. 2 p.m.—H. Stray. O. Cooke. L. Cowles, D. Garven, C. Hughes, A. Rankin, B. McDonald, W. McCone, L. Howard, J. Allen, B. Allen, G. Luke. Rovers v. “Herald” at Fraser Park.— j Lillico, J. Ford. C. Ford. King. Lewis, Armstrong. Moore, Feely. Newman, Duffy, Andrews, O’Connor, Allom. Kelly.