CRICKET NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 March 1923, Page 4

CRICKET NEWS.

irSTlUtliN A-S*n N.z. OARI.E ASSOCIATION .M.C.G. V. N.S.AY. SYDNEY, March 5. ! The weather was tine and the wicket good for the match. The attendance ■ was small. Play commenced an hour earlier, to enable the Englishmen to cat'.-h the .Melbourne express. Caltborpe settled down to a patient innings, but soon lost llill-Wood, who was caught behind the wickets. Chapman gave n glimpse of his early lirillinncy. when Hendry terminated his career, with a high lctt-nandcd catch at line slip. Titicbmarsh and Calthorpe added sixtv runs hid ore Mailey churned the former, who stepped across the wicket in endeavouring to pull him to square i leg. Kelleway at cover point, caught McLean next ball. Caltho’pe reached tin* eeiitnry* aft-cr three lours and twenty minutes’ hatting. He pulled Hendry into the wicket l' n runs Inter. His eflort was an invaluable hut colourless one. He gave three chances. Mailcy’s howling was remarkahle. He mixed good balls mid rubbish, bike Txelleway and Scott his average sulfered through faulty lidding mi tin* New South Wales side, which was far lieln" ihe representative standard. Freeman and Gibson delighted the spectators with a lively last-wicket pa rtnership, adding loity-iour rims in fifteen minutes. M.O.C. First rollings -'■> M.C.G. Second Innings. Calthorpe, b. Heodi\ 110 Hill-Wood. e. Oldfield. T. Scott ... -10

I.awry, c. Oldfield, b. Mailev 0 Chapman, o. Hendry, b. Mailev ... IS Titchmarsh. 1.1).w. b. Mailev 116 Mcl.ean c. Kelleway b. Hailey ... 0 Hartley e. Hendry, b. Mailev 4 Brand, 1.b.w.. b. Andrew- 22 Gibson (not out.) .. 30 Freeman, 1.b.v,. b. Andrews 22 Sundries 8 Total 206 Bowling analysis: Mailev. 5 for 118; Scott. 2 for 76; Andrews, 2 for 13; Hendry 1 for 34 : Kellowav 0 for 42. N.S.AV., First Innings 314 BOXING. lAO NOON. March 1. Bloomfield (Britain) outpointed l’onj tignac (France). i Maseari (France! knocked out Bill j Handley in the sixth round. Handley was felled three times, but returned to take the fiercest puni-dnueut. The crowd accorded him au enthusiastic ovation for bis pluck. .McTigue sirs that aft- r ! eating 30 bla k boxers in .America, ha has net any mis giving; r.lmut bis match with Siki in Dublin, on March 17. A return match between George Cook •mil Grabbl'd is being discussed. Cook has been deterred from training by an injured band, which has sufficiently recovered to permit lighl training. A. Lloyd may be matched against MeI Cormiek or Dave McGill.