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Hokitika Guardian, 25 February 1925, Page 1

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ITJBTRAUAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. SOUTHLAND V. VICTORIA. INVERCARGILL, Feb. 24. The Victorians commenced the second match of their New Zealand tour against Southland to-day. Owing to bad weather, there was no play in the morning. The wicket in the afternoon was in fair order, but it was enabling the bowlers to spin* the ball. Southland lost the toss and were sent in to bat, being all out for 102 runs. J. Lynch and Poole made most of the runs, and the Victorian manager stated that Lynch’s innings was as good a display of batting as they had so far seen in the Dominion. The scores arc:— SO UTHLA Xl)—Fi rst Innings. •J. Lynch, h. Hartkopf 17 Walsh, c. Ellis. I>. Eliding 4 S. Lynch, b. Liddicut 2 Kilbv, c. Ellis, b. Miller 10 Sheriffs, b. Hartkopf 0 Poole, c. Willis, h. Liddicut 54 Dixon, h. Liddicut" 21 Hamilton, e. Miller, b. Liddicut ... 3 Cook, b. Eliding 5 Goodsir, c. Willis, b. Liddicut .8 Sparks (not out') 2 Extras , 6 Total 102 Bowling: Eliding 2 for 55, Liddicut 5 for 17, Mjller 1 for 11, Hartkopf 2 for 50, Hansford 0 for 17. VICTORIA —First Innings. Mayne (out out) 29 "Woodfull, c. Poole, b. Goodsir 0 Austin, l.b.w. b. Sheriff 9 Ellis (not out) 4 Extras 3 Total for 2 wickets 51 Bowling: Goodsir 1 for 19, Poole 0 for 12, Sheriff 1 for 15, Cook 0 for 3. MAYXE’S TRIBUTE TO LYNCH. INVERCARGILL, Feb. 24.

At a cricketers’ gathering to-night Mnyne (captain of the Victorian team) said: “You have a batsman here whom they should pick in the New Zealand team; and you people should see that his name goes forward to the selectors of the New Zealand team. Air J. Lynch the man to whom I refer, played as well, if not better than any other player in Dunedin the other day.

ENGLAND A r . NEW SOUTH WALES. N.S.W. 540 FOR FIVE. SYDNEY, Feb. 24. Muggy weather conditions ruled for the third day’s play in the match England v. N.S.W. The wicket was still in good order, and favoured the batsmen. Collins and Andrews continued to hit all round the wicket. Runs came quickly and 209 was sent up after 15 minutes play. The batsmen placed the strokes nicely, Andrews being especially adept at the late cut through the slips to the bowling of Freeman and Woolley. Kilner and Gilligan dispensed with slips altogether. Whysnll was behind the wiokets, lmt cannot he compared with Strudwick. The partnership’s two hundred which coincided with Andrews’ century, took 143 minutes. Andrews was the faster scorer, Collins making his runs in spin Is. The English howling presented few terrors, hut the batsmen played carefully, and took no risks. "1 he English fielding was good, Milligan being particularly brilliant. When Collins was 145, he hit the ball low down the wicket, and _ Tyldeslcy was just able to get under it. A few rims later a smart return by Kilnor made Collins run lor his wicket. When the total was 344, England commenced howling lor the field, which was placed wide out, but ten runs Intel Collins when 173 tupped the hull back to Freeman, who accepted it. I lie pm tnership lasted 178 minutes and yielded <>7o runs, thus creating a new record for a second wicket partnership for Xew South Wales against England. (The previous one of 131 was established in the 1884-5 season by Moses and Jones). It is also a record lor a second wicket partnership m matches between N.S.W. and England, beating Barlow and Leslie, of England, viz., 00.1 runs, established in the 1881-82 sea-

SOU. • i I Collins balled for 257 minutes, and bit thirteen fours, and one live, the result of a boundary overthrow from a single. , . ... ■Four hundred were posted up i°> osi minutes’ play. Andrews went morrilv on with his run-getting, and be passed Collins’ total after being 22minutes at the crease. The attendance m the afternoon reached GOOD. Andrews topped his second century in 070 minutes, and to him goes the honour of making the highest individual score of the tour to date. When the board showed 462 ini - wickets, Kippax was run out by a smart return from Sandliain Thirty-one runs later, Andrews, when oo i stepped out to one from Tvilner, played over it, and retired He had hatted for 296 minutes, and hit Jo loms and lie gave one chance only, when be was 19. to llendren. The batting honours of the day undoubtedly belong to Andrews. The Englishmen had a hard, gruelling day on the field. After tea. though obviously tireil. Ivfiner howled well every Lime lie was called, on. and his trundling was the must troubling that the batsmen had to contend with. The scores are:— FX(!LAND—First Innings ■ l >-> XFW SOUTH WALES—Ist. Innings. Collins, e. and h. Freeman Morgan, v. Freeman. I). kilnei •••■ Andrews, b. Kilnor Kippax (run out) 99 Kelleway (not out) Punch, h. Kilnor Rateliffe (not out.) y~ Ext ras Total for 5 wickets ; ’ |fi