CRICKET.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIV, 23 December 1926, Page 9

CRICKET.

THE GAME IN AUSTRALIA. (Per Press Association —Copyright.'; MELBOURNE, December 23. In the Sheffield Shield match, Queensland in the second innings made 217. Rowe 20, Mayes 70, Gough 21. Victoria won by an innings and 169 runs. Play has delayed an hour owing to heavy overnight rain. The ground was sloppy and sawdust was freely used. Mayes and Gough batted well under difficult conditions. The other batsmen made a poor showing against the bowling of Ryder and Alorton. Morton took 4 for 55, Blackie 2 for 55, Ryder 3 for 27, Hartkopf 1 for 35. In the first innings Victoria made 533, and Queensland 147. ADELAIDE, December 23. In the Sheffield Shield match New South VValets in the second innings lost 6 wickets for 446 (Andrews 126, Kippax 42, Morgan 116, Jackson 56 not_ out, Phillips 52. New South Wales won by four wickets. The weather was cloudy and the wicket good. The overnight not outs carried the score to 189, wdien Kippax was smartly thrown out by Pritchard. Andrews and Morgan, despite numerous bowling changes, gave a vigorous display of stylish, attractive batting. They brought the total to 301. Andrews lost his wicket through jumping out to Williams’ first ball after the luncheon. Morgan played slashing cricket and gave one chance—an easy catch at sight which Grimmett dropped. Jackson played a lively punishing game against the tiring bowling, though the fielding was smart. In the first innings New’ South Wales made 341. South Australia made 286 in the first innings, and in the second strike compiled 286.