CRICKET

Hokitika Guardian, 30 November 1929, Page 5

CRICKET

M.C.C'. V. QUEENSLAND.

VISITORS MAKE 171

(Australian Press Association)

BRISBANE, November 29. The cricket match between Queensland and the English team began today. The visitors won the toss, and batted first. The attendance was five thousand. The weather was fine and hot.

Gilligan and Duleepsinhji delighted the crowd by their batting, Duleepsi'nhji being particularly attractive. His all-round play and his on-side hooking were a feature. He batted for 62 minutes for 68 runs, and hit nine fours. Gilligan made 33, and hitsix •fours.

Ducat, the English coach in Queensland, impressed, but the others fell easily before the attack of Oxenham and Hunvood.

Oxenham, who is a test tour <1 certainty,” secured three legs before decisions, two of them in succession.

Barratt aroused enthusiasm by lifting Oxenham for six. The last nine wickets yielded only 40 runs. O’Connor kept wickets well. The fielding was generally fair. O’Connor and Levy opened "he Queensland innings, but the Queensland captain was bowled by Nichols. There was no ten adjournment, the English innings having closed between three and four o’clock for 171. Scores:— M.C.C.-—First'lnnings.

Gilligan, b Rowe 53 Dawson, e Brew, b Hornibrook ... 7 Duleepsinhji, c Brew, b Hunvood ... 68 Ducat, l.b.w, b Oxenham 13

Turnbull, c O’Connor, b Hunvood 3 Worthington, 11b.w., b Oxenham 4 Nichols, 1.b.w., b Oxenlmm 0 Legge, b Oxenham 4 Barratt, c Hubbard, b Hunvood ... II Benson, c O’Connor, b Hurwood ... 4 Allom (not out) U Extras ... 4 Total 171 Bowling analysis.—Hornibook l for 26, Hunvood 4 for >4B, Amos 0 (for 21, Oxenham 4 for 37, Brew. 0 for 25, Rowe l for 10.

QUEENSLAND AHEAD

BRISBANE, November 29,

Levy and Gough were associated in a partnership of 138, which was broken when Levy was caught in the rt/ips. He gave an exhilarating display, scoring most of his runs with well-placed shots behind the wicket. He [hit' fourteen fours, and batted 85 mintues -for 86 runs. _ .■‘' A, . ■

. Gough batted solidly, and he hit six: fours. He made 52. k : :: c i

The fielding was lax. The English total was passed in 118'minutes. The fast bowling of Nichols was the most troublesome.

Oxenham lost his wiolcet mfter n sound display for 26. QUEENSLAND.—First Innings. O’Connor, b Nichols 4 Levy, c Duleepsinhji, b Nichols' ... 86 Gough, b Nichols 62 Rowe, b Nichols ... 0 Oxenham, b Duleepsinhji . 28 Weir, b Nichols ... ... .... ... 8 Hubbard (not out) 7 Brew (not out) 8 Extras •... 6 Total for six wickets 187