CRICKET

Hokitika Guardian, 3 February 1931, Page 5

CRICKET

.WEST INDIES SCORE. VICTORIA START WELL, i Australian Press Association.) MELBOURNE, February 2. The weather was fine and the wicketslow at the resumption of the match, West Indies versus Victoria. Runs came freely from the start, Grant especially hatting much more enterprisingly than usual. The running be- ; tween wickets was delightful, but towards the end of the innings this was over-done, and Grant and St. Hill committed suicide by backing up too far. (•rant gave a good display for a hundred and thirty-eight minutes, and hit eight boundaries. Sealey gave a bright exhibition for forty-seven minutes hitting two boundaries. The total is the highest for the tour. The batsmen were confident tkroughou. Nagel, a tall medium-fast bowler, bowled well. Since the resumption the feature of Victoria’s innings was the powerful driving display of Sandford, who hatted sixty-eight minutes, hitting ten boundaries. Fontaine gave a 1 solid display. The visitors’ bowling sadly lacks « first-class slow bowler, but otherwise the attack was fairly good. Scores.— WEST INDIES—First Innings. Roach, stpd. Quinn, b Cordner ... 104 Martin, run out 44 Headley, l.b.vv., Cordner v 77 Dix.'tiimy o Eaton, b Nagel ... ?(i Birkett, e Fontaine, b Cordner ... 20 Grant, run out 84 Sealey, e Rush, b Nagel 41 Barrow, c Fontaine, b Nagel ... 8 Francis, not out 10 St. Hill, run out 0 Extras 15 Total 495 Bowling analysis :—Nagel 4 for 111, Wilkinson 0 for 112, Healey 0 for 75, Cordner 3 for 154, Fontaine 0 for 15, Sandford 0 for 13. VICTORIA—First Innings. Ellis, c Grant, b Francis 0 Eaton, c Francis, b St. Hill 43 Fontaine, not out ... 69 Sandford, e St, Hill, b Griffiths ... 70 Rush, not out ... ... 22 Extras 6 Total for 3 wickets 210 ANOTHER. DELAY. BRISBANE, January 2. In the Sheffield Shield match Queensland v. Victoria, there was again no play on account of rain. KELLER CUP COMPETITION 1930-1. 3rd AND FINAL ROUND. February 15th—Ruatapu v. Kanieri lit Kinner!. Hokitika v. Ross at Hokitika. Rimii u bye. February 22wd.--Rimu v. Ross nl Ross. Kitnieri V, Kam‘»T at Kinder!, lluatapu a bye.

March Ist.—Kanieri v. Rimu at Rimtt. Ruatapu v, Hokitika at Ruatapu. Ross a bye. Ala roll Bth.—Ruatapu v. Rimu at R.iinn. Kanieri v. Ross at Ross. Hokitika a bye.

March 15th.—Hokitika v. Rimu at Hokitika. liuatapu v. Ross at Rnatnpn. Kanieri a bye.

N.Z. TEAM. AIATCH BEFORE DEPARTURE. AVELLINGTON. February 3. A suggestion, that the New Zealand cricket team should play a match with a Wellington eleven prior to its departure for England, was made by the management committee of the A\ cllington Cricket Association.