CRICKET

Wairarapa Daily Times, 16 February 1935, Page 5

CRICKET

ENGLAND v. WEST INDIES. GEORGETOWN, Thursday. The third cricket test, England v. West Indies, commenced to-day. Rain throughout the night flooded the outfield and held up the start until 3.45. p.m. The scores at stumps were:— ' ENGLAND. First Innings.

Townsend, lbw, b Rolfe Grant .... 16 Wyatt, not out 17 Smith, c Headley, b Hylton 25 Paine, not out 0 Extras 6 Total for two wickets 64 SHEFFIELD SHIELD. SYDNEY, Friday. The concluding matches in the Sheffield Shield series have commenced. At Brisbane, New South Wales, In their first innings, made 233 (Finglcton 74, Chipperfield 63, Marks 56; Gilbert 6 for 64, Oxenham 2 for 46). Queensland have lost three wickets for 94 (Sides 33 not out, Levy 27 not out). At Adelaide, South Australia in their first innings made 200 (Badcock 47, Lonergan 45, Waite 35, Lee 46; Fleet-wood-Smith 5 for 60, Sicvers 2 for 39). Victoria, in their first innings, have lost three wickets for 61.

HAWKE CUP. PALMERSTON NORTH, Friday. In the first innings Marlborough made 123 (Barratt 31) against Manawatu and have lost 1 wicket for 10 in the second innings. Manawatu compiled 132 in the first innings (McVicar 32, Norris 23, Gallichan not out 20). N

TO-DAY’S PLAY. PALMERSTON NORTH, This Day. The Hawke Cup match was resumed this morning in fine cool weather and with a strong easterly breeze. Hundleby and Cresswell resumed Marlborough’s second innings, but with the score unaltered Hundleby snicked the fast bowler Gallichan into the wicketkeeper’s hands. Two for ten. In the next half hour’s play Marlborough lost two more wickets, Cresswell being .caught when 11 and A. Neal bowled for nil, the score being 36 for 4 wickets. At the luncheon adjournment the score was;—Marlborough, all out for 94; Manawatu, 1 for 51. —(P.A.)

All cricket matches which were to have been played to-day have been postponed on account of the heavy state of the wickets through rain.