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Hokitika Guardian, 7 September 1926, Page 3

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AGAINST CIVIL SERVICE TEAM

[Reuter Telegrams.]

LONDON, Sept. G

The weather was overcast with an. intermittent drizzle. Play started lateand the wicket was wet. Further rain, delayed the start of the Civil Service Innings. AUSTRALIA—Ist. Innings. Woodful], b. Chapman 43 Ellis c. Sharland, b.’ Chapman ... 8 Taylor, c. sub. b. Musson 201 Collins, l.b.w. b. Cook 27 Hendry (retired hurt) 5 Ryder. Knight 26 Richardson, b. Knight 1 Ponsford, l.b.w. b. Chapman 7 Everett (not out) 300 Grimniett (not out) 13. Extras 25 8 wickets (declared) for •151Bowling: Chapman 3 for 101. Knight 2 for 20, Cooke 1 for 49, Musson 1 for 90, Sharland 0 for 9G, Webb 0 for'l7. CIVIL SERVICE—Ist. innings. Cook c. Everett, b. Richardson 3 Rippon, b. Everett '. 7 Musson. l.b.w. b. Richardson 0 Bennett, e. Ponsford, b. Collins ... 19 Webb, run out 6 Tasker c. Everett, b. Collins 4 Collins, c. Ponsford b. Collins •"> Sbirland, st. Ellis, 3>. Collins 1 Kniglit, b. Collins 0 Ross, e. Ponsford, b. Collins 2 Extras 12

Total 59 Bowling: Richardson 2 for 20, Collins 6 for 17, Maile.v w for 2. CIVIL SERVICE—2nd. Innings. Rippon, c. Collins, b. Richardson . 2 Cook, c. Ryder, li. Collins 38 Musson, e. Grimniett. b. Collins ... 34 Webb, (not out) 5 Collins, (not out) 6 Extras 8 Total for 3 wickets 93 Bowling: Ryder 0 for 9, Richardson 1 for 21, Everett 0 for 15, Maile.v 0 for 17, Collins 2 for 33. The match was drawn. LONDON, Sept. 6. Civil Service innings commenced at 2.40 p.m. The attendance was athousand. A feature of the innings was the bowling of Collins who captured six wickets for seventeen. Bennett was the only batsman to make anything of a stand and brought off some nice drives. r l lie batsmen generally were impotent and did not attempt to hit and their efforts to stop tho ball were painful to watch. Their second strike was a bit more lively, Cook and Musson driving and cutting cleanly and powerfully, the- second wicket yielding fifty-six. Webb and Collins played out time, the game ending in a draw. A STRONG TEAM. LONDON, Sept. 6. Thornton’s eleven to play Australia ; s: A. 45. Gilligan, Carr, Jupp, G. T. Stevens, Hobbs. Sutcliffe. P. Holmes. Rhodes, Tate. E. Tyldesley and Strudwifk.