CRICKET

Hokitika Guardian, 24 December 1932, Page 5

CRICKET

M.C.C. V: TASMANIA

RAIN INTERFERES WITH PLAY.

(Australian Press Association )

HOBART, December 23

The ,s e cond match, England versus Tasmania, was commenced at Hobart to-day, but the play wag hampered by lain icon after the icoimneiicernunt. Tasmania won the toss, and batted, but they started disastrously losing thv capdain, AtkinsDii, for nought, and Badcock for Mur. Two wickets w©re down for thirteen when heavy rain drove tlfe players to the pavilion a l . 2.35. The rain continued, and play was abandoned. Scores:— TASMANIA—First Innings. Atkinson, c Ames, b Allen ... 0 Badcock, c Ames, b Verity ... 4 Green, not out 9 Burrows, not out 0 Total for two wickets i 3 8. AUSTRALIA v. QUEENSLAND. LATTER OUT FOR 134. ADELAIDE, December 23. In the Sheffield Shield match against South Australia, Queensland in the first innings made 134. Be n st e au scored 33, Marshall 33, -and Oxenham five. Tobin took throe for 48, ana Grimmett six for 35.

South Australia in the first innings lost two for 166. Richardson made 26, Nitschke 94, -and Lonergan (not out)

VICTORIA v. N.S. WALES

•MELBOURNE, December Zf

Heavy rain to-day rendered o'a-y in-' possible in the Sheffield Shield cUcl’fk match. New South Wales versus Victoria.

(Received Dec. 24th. at 8 a.m.) SYDNEY, December 23,

It is reported that Larwood strained his side in the second innings in the first test at Sydney, since when he has not bowled. His condition is causing anxiety and there is some doubt as to whether be will be able to take his place in the second test, but is having a try out on Monday.

COMMENT ON SECOND TEST,

(Received Dec. 24th. at 8 a.m.) LOjNDON, December 23.

Newspapers are beginning to give attention Ito the second test in Australia. The “Daily Express” says: “It is the- business of the Australian batsmen to find a way of combating tbe deliveries of Larwood and Voce. One would think that Woodfull, Ponsford and the rest knew alii that was to bet known about bowling. The writer believes they do and that the Sydney failures were due to England’s bowlers -being at the peak of their form, and to th© surprising timidity of the batting.”

EQUAL TO BRADMAN.

HEADLE>Y OF WEST INDIES,

LONDON, December 22

Lord Tennyson, the Hampshire cricket captain, responding to the toast of j “Cricket” at a recent dinner, said | that G. Headley, who will visit EngjTand next summer with the "West Indians, is “every bit as good a. bat as j Bradman and one of the best cricket- [ ers ever seen in this country.” Referr- | ing to the rides of the game, Lord | Tennyson said that the “snick” Ibw had not been a success in county cricket last summer, and should he done away with. If a batsman “was good enough to touch the hall, he ought to he allowed to get away with it.”

OXFORD CRICKET CAPTAIN.

CHOICE OF AN AUSTRALIAN

LONDON, December. 22

With everyone talking Australian cricket, it seems only natural to find Oxford choosing an Australian, B. W. Hone, of Adelaide, to captain its cricket team next summer, says an English critic. He is not the first player from the Commonwealth to be honoured in this way, for the famous Parramatta all-rounder, R. H. Betti ngton, who are triple blue just alter the war, led the Oxford eleven to a great victory by an innings and 227 runs in 1923.

Tt is surely rather significant, but a splendid tribute to the sportsmen of the Dominions, to recall that last season a South African, A. Melville, captained Oxford at Lord’s. And to Melville belongs the rare distinction of captaining his university in two consecutive inter-university matches.

CANTERBURY BOYS’ TOUR.

TWO MATCHES AT GREYMOUTH.

Two more matches were played by the Cainerhmy Roys’ representative cricket team at Groymoulli yesterday, hut those were interrupted hv rain. The senior match was against a team of West Co; st Colts, who had scored 138 for the loss of six wickets when i-ain caused an adjournment. Lindbom scored 41, and Gilmore 35 not out. The West Coast third grade representative team were beaten by Canterbury Boys on the first innings. They .scored 49 (Sinclair 21). For the visitors

Toomey took 3 for 19, Sieralcowski 3 for 19, and Stout 3 for 8. Canterbury replied with 91 for four (Evans f«l not out),