CRICKET.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIV, 28 December 1926, Page 3

CRICKET.

(Per Press Association—Copyright.’ MELBOURNE, Dec. 24. New South Wales commenced the Sheffield Shield match against Victoria, by losing six wiekets for 188 (Phillips 32, Andrews 42. Kippax 36). The weather was fine and the w’icket good. Liddicutt was in great form with the ball, capturing four wickets, and keeping the batsmen constantly on the defensive. The batting was very slow. Phillips, Andrews and Kippax were the only men to show flashes of freedom. The others went cheaply. New South Wales in the first innings scored 221 (Hogg 40 not out, Mailey 20). Liddicut took 4 for 50, Ryder 3 for 32. The display was a wearying one, the score taking 304 minutes to compile. , MELBOURNE, Dec. 27. In the Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales, Victoria has lost one wicket for 573 (Woodfull 133, Ponsford 334, not out, Hen•dry 86, not out). The weather was fine, and the wicket excellent. The opening- pair, Woodfull and ; Ponsford, gave 20,000 spectators a thrilling day’s cricket, and the visiting bowlers and fieldsmen a grueL ling time; They started pasting the bowling with the first bail, and kept right on. Pocsldrd’s first fifty came up in 28 minutes, and his first hundred in 75 minutes. Frequent bowling changes were tried, but failed to retard the rate of scoring. The second century appeared on the board in 132 minutes, the last fifty taking I seventeen minutes. The third eenj tury came up in 180 minutes. With' i 75 more added, Woodfull was snap- | ped up by Ratcliffe off Andrews, i Ponsford was then 232. Throughout his innings, Woodfull gave a wondefful display of punishing batting. Hendry joined Ponsford, and inspired by his partner kept the tired bowlers and fieldsmen busy. Both batsmen were still going strong when time was caned. (New South Wales in the first innings made 221 in 304 minutes.) ADELAIDE, December 27. In the Sheffield Shield, South Australia’s first innings yielded 57b (Alexander 88, Williams 56, Pritchard 16). Rowe took 2 for 82, Benstead 2 for The match was resumed in fine weather. The rain had deadened the outfield, but the wicket was not iffected. With 432 on the board for six wickets overnight, South Australia went in for forcing against the weak and frequently changed bowling. Alexander played a sound excellent game, while AVilhams rattled up the runs. Queensland has lost 6 wickets for 203 (Gill 20, Oxenham 47, Thompson 91). Oxenham and Thompson made a fine stand, with lively cricket for the third wicket; otherwise the visitors found it difficult to negotiate the bowling of Williams and Halcombe. The latter is a fast bowler, still in his teens, and is playing his first in-, ter-State match. CALCUTTA, December 26. After beating the ‘lndian and .AngloIndian schools at Bengal, v. hen Sandham macle his sixth century of the tour, the Marlebone team played a drawn one-day match against the British! schools at Bengal. Endeavouring to hit up runs quickly, Marlebone lost four wickets for five runs. Then Sandham, Parsons and Wyatt played out -time.