CRICKET.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18235, 20 November 1924, Page 10

CRICKET.

WON ON TIME.

SIX WICKETS TO SPARE.

VICTORIA DEFEATS ENGLAND.

(BY CABLE—PBBS3 ASSOCIATION —COPTBIQHT) (iUSTBALIAN AND N.E. CABLB ASSOCIATION.) (Received. November 19th, 7.30 p.m.) MELBOURNE, November 19.

Victoria defeated England by eix -wickets. The weather was dull and muggy when play was resumed. The attendance was fair and the wicket good. Mayne and WoodJull faced Kilner and Gilligan. When he had added one <o his overnight score <55), Mayne should have been run out, but Whysall, the 'keeper, fumbled the ball. Mayne then cut Ki.ner for two. Woolley was absent owinj to au. injured knee, Char>man fielding- substitu'-e. . Whysall caught " Woodfull off Gilligan'a firet ball in; the third over. Ho had been in 97 minutes. • The crowd was urging the batsmen.to hit out, and Liddicuit drove Gilligan for two, then was clean-bowled. The later batsmen went after runs. Hartkopf throw himself in, having a' close shave but adding five to the score. Then hb square cut Gilligan to the boundary. Mayne lifted Kilner to the fence and got into the seventies. "With an hour to go, and 88 runs required to win, Freeman, in the slips, at last cau?ht Mayne, who had given a stylish and chanceless display, battinj for 167 minutes'. Amidst barracking from the crowd against wasting time, Hartkopf. and Hendry became aggressive. Douglas was bowling the leg theory, but. the scoring mounted rapidly, arid' Victoria > won with one minute to go, amidst wild excitement. Scores:—. .-....' ENGLAND. First innings .. ..-'... •• •• 2 *° Second innings .... '..' 241 ' VICTORIA. First innings .. ... ... ■• 229 Second Innings. Mayne, c Freeman, b Gilligan .. 87 Park, b. Gilligan ........ .- 1 Woodfull, c Whysall, b Gilligan .. 61 Liddieutt, b Gilligan .. •• •• ' Hartkopf, not out ... •• "' & Hendry, not out ... •• •• 8 ° Extras .. •■ ..5 Total for ' four wiokete ■ . ..253 Bowling: Gilligan, four for 89; Douglas, none for 25; Woolley. none for 21; Freeman, none for' 34; Kilner, none for 79. NEW SOUTH WALES TEAM. SYDNEY, November 19. J". Scott has been selected to take Kellew'ay's place in the New South Wales team against England. - V. NORTH CANTER- , BURY. The, following will represent Ellesmere in a shield match against North Canterbury, at Rangiora:—J. Chamberlain, E. Ryde, H. Smith,. J. Coe, W. Doak, T. Eggleton, L. B; Coe, W. Leslie, E. Chambers, L. Manion and.R. Walker. Emergencies, H. Meyers, H. Sail.

'CAMBRIDGE TERRACE CLUB. The following will represent Cambridge Terrace against. Wanderers, at Lmwood Park on Saturday!—H.Pyne, W. Johnston, J. Harris, W. Mitchell, M. Wright, L'. Cutler, V. Gray, M. Gray, F. Hitchen3, E. Brownie, G. McKenzie (captain).

ANGLING.

WAIMAKARIRI AND ASHLEY

RIVERS.

Mr. P. 'J. Moiloy,!".chairman' of the' Waimakariri and Ashley Rivers Committee, submitted the following report at last night's meeting of\the Council of the North Canterbury 'Acclimatisation Society :

Fishing in the' "Waimakariri during the, month of October was very" good. Some nice baskets were,caught in and arbund Stewart's Gully, several bags of eight and liine fish being reported from" that locality, six pounds being the largest caught. With few exceptions all \the fish were ' reported to be in excellent condition. —-

During the month, there. were three small floods in the river; the whitebait and silyeries are. not so plentiful as in other seasons;' This may be accounted for by the', muddy state of the .river. Very few trout have, been caught so far on the minnow. ■ Most! of the fish were caught with the bully and set rod. When the river clears anglers expect •very .good sport, as, the general opinion ■is. that there* are a fair numbfer of fish in the river. One angler reports that lie caught a few small rainbow trout below' the Empire bridge. The trout seem to be mostly below the bridge, very few being taken higher up stream. Fishing in the Ashley Biver has been very poor, and anglers from this river . stftte there is a great scarcity of trout. The- river was in good order for the opening, but very few fish were caught. On November Ist the river came down in heavy flood, flooding the huts and the low-lying ground in the vicinity of the river arid damaging the properties. The flood rose to within six inches of the May flood.'of last year. The river is still very high, and has. cut a new channel, of v two chains wide at the mouth, which ought to cause a good run of . trout ; frpmVthesca;- "The- run. of whitebait this season was also very poor, though bullies- and silyeries aire plentiful, and anglers believe" when the river becomes: normal that fishing will be, good. , ~;. , .• ;