CRICKET.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 March 1925, Page 4

CRICKET.

THE FIRST TEST MATCH

['CY TELEGRAPH — PKR PRESS AHSOCIATrt-W.] WEI.I.INGTON, March 23. 11 The tost iiuUcli. \'iotori:t v. New ’■ Zealand whs continued to-day in fine weather. Tho wicket was wenrin<: 0 wall. The attendance was •1000. iiltmt and Worker were the opening s hatsmen of New Zealand’s second ine nines, and by sound cricket the pail put on !;I inns before Worker was 11 smartly stumped. Alloo followed him out quickly, but c there was another hue partnership be- ? tween lihint and Dempster, who added til to the total. Blunt, after a line display, was the second victim to tho wicket keeper, Ellis. lliddlestone was run out in a pcc-ti- ' liar way. Dempster drove the ball down the pitch, and it claimed off the howler’s hands on to the wicket, dislodging the hails, while lliddlestone was out of the crease. The next stand was made by Da ere and Dempster, but the latter after battin" aggressively, was beaten badly by Hansford. Patrick and McGirr went after .scoring a boundary each. Then Dacre was stumped. He had played a bright innings. The tail did not last long, and the last wicket fell for 251, giving 1 ictorift 142 to make. It was then decided to draw stumps. NEW ZEALAND—First Innings, 226. VICTORIA—First Innings 336 NEW ZEALAND—Second Innings v Blunt, st. Ellis, 1) Ransford 77 Worker, st. Ellis, b Willis 33 Alloo, c Mayne, b Wallace 1 Dempster, b Ransford 43 lliddlestone. run out, 1 Dacre, st. Ellis, b Ransford 42 Patrick, c .Millar, b Hnrtkopf ... 4 McCJirr, c and b Ransford 4 Dickinson, lbw., b Ransford < > Condiiffe, b Ransford < i MclSenth (not out) 20 I Extras 20 (

Total 20l Bowling Analysis:—Wallace 1 for 39. Liddicutt 0 for 6, Millar 0 for 27, Hartkopf 1 for 96; Willis 1 for 25; Ransford 6 for 33.