CRICKET.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8994, 2 December 1907, Page 5

CRICKET.

ENGLAND v. QUEENSLAND. BY TKLEGIiAPII —I'ItKSS ASSOCIATION. . Received November 30, 8.55 p.m. BRISBANE, November 30. The Englishmen began a match against Queensland to-day. The weather was fine, but. the wicket helped the bowlers. The local men made a poor itand against the bowling of Braund and Blythe, who bowled throughout the innings, and their innings was Cover before lunch for 78. The following are the scores: — QUEENSLAND. —First Innings. Brown, c Humphries, b Blythe.... 9 Hartigan, b Blythe .. 2 Redgrave, b Braund ... 11 Hayes, b Braund ... 8 Hutcheson, st Humphries, b Blythe _ ... 18 Martin, o and b Biythe ... 7 Dunn, c Jones, b Blythe ... 6 Evans, c Humphries, b Braund... 10 Thomson, b Braund ... 5 Timbury, noc out ... 1 McLaren, run out ... 0 Total ... 78 Bowling analysis. —Braund, 4 for 43; Blythe, 5 for 35. Received December !l, 4.30 p.m. BRISBANE, December 1. Jones and Hutchings scored freely in \he Englishmen's first innings. The latter's score included three sixes. MacLaren was in fine bowling form, accounting for four wickets. Sever, wickets were down for 251 when stumps were drawn for the day. Scores:— ENGLAND.—First Innings. Fane, c Timbury, b MacLaren ... 8 Hobbs, lbw, b MacLaren ... 21 Hayes, c Hutcheson, b Timbury 12 Braund, b MacLaren ... 8 Hutchings, c Hutcheson, b Timbury ... 67 Young, b Redgrave ... 40 Crawford, b MacLaren ... (3 Jones, not out ... 53 Rhodes, not out ... 34 Extras ... 5 Total for 7 wickets ... 251 VICTORIA v. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. J!Y TF. EGIUI'H— press association. Received November 30, 5.55 p.m. MELBOURNE, November 30. The weather was fine for the cpntinuafcion of the match Victoria v. South Australia. Armstrong and Tarrant for the home team did some tremendous hitting, snd the partnership produced 221 runs. Victoria's first innings realised 699, and ended just on time being called. The principal scores were Armstrong 231, Ransford 109, Tarrant 105, Warne 82, Mackenize 51, MacAiister 23, Hazlitt 21, Carkeek 22, and Carroll 29. liY XK.M'GKArif - I'JiESS ASSOCIATION'. WELLINGTON, December 1. " The senior cricket matches, yesterday, resulted Old Boys 162 (J. P. Blacklock 27) v. Midland 99 for 4 wickets (Williams 51, Quee 31). Petone 205 .(Brice 54, ls'herwood 46, Senior 39) V. Gas Company 50 for 5 wickets. Newtown made 232 (Payne 89, A. Day 41)) against Wellington. ]JY TEIJ-XiIJAPJ I —TlilvSS ASSOCIATION. DUNEDIN, December 1. The weather was splendid for the cricket matches yesterday. Dunedin (215 runs) defeated Grange (66 and 51) by an innings and 92 runs. In the Grange's first innings Torrance took' 7 wickets for 21, and in the second Melvin secured 9 for 27. Albion defeated Opoho by an innings and 140 runs. The former declared their innings closed with five wickets down for 298 (Baker 124', Adams 56). Opoho made 98 and 60. i:y -puess association. CHRISTCHURCH, December 1. The fourth round of the first grade matches commenced this afternoon. The resu'.ts were as follow: —Sydenham 219 (Bennett- 63) v. St. Albans 70 for 2 wickets. Linwood 293 (A. E. Ridley 52, Read 67, Bishop 82) v. East Christchurch 60 for 4 wickets. West Christchurch 211 v. Riccarton 84 for 3 wickets (Caygill 45 not out). "" i