CRICKET.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 30 December 1901, Page 4

CRICKET.

[per press association—copyright.] England y Bendigo. Melbourne, December 23. The Bendigo team lost 12 wickets for 199—Earles 78, Freeman 27.- The m itch was played in the extreme heat of 110 in the shade. The Bendigo match was drawn. Bendigo in the Ist inning i male 293 Dekavin 41, Sarvas 26. The Englishmen in the 2nd innings lost 4 wickets for 204 Jonei 33, Tyldesley 73, Jessop 27, Gunn 29, Quaifc (not out) 25. Yictorla y. New South Wales. Melbourne, Dec 28. Victoria in the first innings made 300 —Armstrong 137, Saunders (not out) % extras 14. '~ ' Noble took 7 wicketslfor 44. Hopkins 0 for 20, M‘Beth 2 for 69. Howell and ' ” i •he were amongst the other bowlers .I, but received a lot of punishment. ISuw South Wales in their innings made 231—Iredale 13, Trumper 10, C. Gregory 0, Howell 27, Noble 26, Duff 51, S. Gregory 10, Kelly 4, Hopkins 42, Clarke 24, M‘Beth (not out) 6, extras 9. Laver took 5 wickets for 41, Saunders 1 for 48, M‘Leod 1 for 41, Trurable 2 for

Canterbury y. Otago.

Christchurch, December 28. Glorious weather was again experienced for the conclusion of the interprovinoial match to-day. Callaway (24) and Lawrence continued Canterbury’s second innings, which stood at 116 for seven wickfets. The pair made a good stand, but at IC2 Callaway was dismissed after a good innings. Garrard helped Lawrence to add another 20, but the last wieket fell at 186, Otago winning by 122 runs.. The scores were in Canterbury’s second innings, (continued), Callaway 46, Lawrence 36, Garrard (act out) 9, Boxhall 0. Extras 16; total 186. Bowling—Downes 3 for 78, Monk 2 for 25, Fisher 5 for 67. After the match the Hawke’s Bay representatives battled for an hour, the combined team taking the field against them, Albert Trott delighted the spectators with some hard hitting,