CRICKET.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 6 January 1928, Page 5

CRICKET.

SHEFFIELD SHIELD. . NEW SOUTH WALES LI'CKYm . SYDNEY, Thursday. »• In the Sheffield Shield match against Queensland, New South Wales, in the second innings, lost eight wickets for 100 (Phillips 29). Nothling took live wickets for d 9, and Thompson one for 5. New South Wales won by 3(59 runs on the first innings, Queensland made a remarkable effort to win, time alone beating them, ’as under the Sheffield Shield rules only two hours and a half were allowed for play to-day. Thundery weather, a very bad light, and the wicket favoured the bowlers when play was resumed. Nothling bowled in deadly fashion, and wicket after wicket fell. At one stage seven were down for 71 runs. The remaining batsmen, however, playing purely on the defensive, managed to last out time, and New South Wales scored a lucky win. (New South Wales, in the first innings, made the great score of <539, to which Queensland replied with scores of 27G and 590). M.C.C. v. SOUTH AFRICA. ENGLISHMEN WIN. CAPE TOWN, Wednesday. The second test match between Alarylebonc and South Africa was won by the Englishmen by S 7 runs. The weather was line when play was resumed to-day, but the .attendance was small. The wicket and outfield were slow. The balance of the Englishmen were dismissed in twenty-one minutes, the total score being 425. Wyatt played strenuous cricket, but he was lucky. He contributed 5S of GS added by the two last wickets. Geary was suffering from- elbow trouble, and did not play, weakening the attack.

South Africa, to win, required did runs, with 275 minutes to get them in, but failed in the task, the second in-' nihgs yielding 224 runs. NOMADS AT WELLINGTON. Ideal weather ' prevailed for the match between the touring Nomads and a Wellington team at Kilbirnie lie serve yesterday. The Nomads, who were without ijic services of Tl. 11. L. Bcrnau, li. O. Tal,bot, and I. Hamilton, had first use of a fast 'wicket, but found the bowling of Lambert too good for them, the side falling for 210. b>. A. Cameron, tho liangitikei representative, played a nice innings for (57 for tlie tourists, and was well supported by I>. C. Collins, A. iU. Onley, and S. Beeves. Collins was going well when he was dismissed by a magnificent catch by Lamason off Lambert. The Nomads were very weak in bowling, and, the home side scored heavily on going to the wickets. A great stand was made by C. A. Armstrong and F. T. Badcoek, who put on 10S for the fourth wicket, carrying the score from 160 to 265. When shaping well for his century, Armstrong, who hit a sixer and fourteen fourers, was snapped up at mid-off by Bunny off Biddiford, Badcock gave a delightful display before retiring with 75 to his credit, hitting- a sixer" and twelve fourers. .1. B. Lamason played soundly for 60, and 11. M. Lambert hit eighty fourers and a single in running to. 33 in quick time. The Wellington score stood at 405 for nine wickets when time was called at 6.30. OTAGO V. WELLINGTON. (By Telegraph —Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Bay. At noon to-dav Wellington lin'd two down for 86 (Tattersall* 24, Airey 17). AUCKLAND v. CANTERBURY. AUCKLAND, This Day. At noon Canterbury had lost two wickets for 62 (Gregory not out ill, Hamilton 27), The following is the Carterton senior team to play United at Masterton on Saturday:—Smart, Tracy, Whitburn, Irvine, Suckling, Phelps, Beech, McKenzie Hart, Biggs, Denby. The Carterton juniors to play Bed Stars at Carterton are:—Welch, Trapp, Bannin, Tieehurst, Burgess, Waird, Hurley, Jacobs, Tunnicliffe Ellis, Power, C. Wise ley, and Miller. The following is the Bed Star junior team to play Carterton: —Dickason, McDonald, Minifie, Finlayson, Manson, Mason, Freeman, Shacklcton, Shackleton, Cotton, Finnertv, Fleming, Wilson.