CRICKET
SHEFFIELD SHIELD.
POINTS AND AVERAGES. SYDNEY, Wednesday. The followiiig are the. positions of the States in the Sheffield Shield contest:— Victoria, 25 points; New South Wales, 16; South Australia, 10; Queensland, 8. The possible was 30 points. Darling (Victoria) heads the battingaverage with 70.44, followed by O’Brien (Victoria) with 54.36. Gilbert (Queensland) leads the bowlers with an average of 18.21, and Chilvers (New South Wales) is second with 18.82. Fleetwood-Smith (Victoria) took the most wickets, namely, 63.
DREARY TEST MATCH. GEORGETOWN, Wednesday. The newspapers and public are strongly protesting against the unsatisfactory third cricket Test, especially at the dreary batting and the playing for a draw, which is regarded as a violation of the spirit of the game. The public are also demanding that future tours include Tests exceeding four days. _____
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 21 February 1935, Page 2
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