M.C.C. V. VICTORIA

Hokitika Guardian, 7 March 1933, Page 5

M.C.C. V. VICTORIA

HOME TEAM’S LEAD

BRIGHT CENTURY TO DARLING.

(Australian Press Association.)

MELBOURNE, Mar c h 6

The weathe r was pleasant and the wicket rolled out well" for the resumption oif th© match M.C.C. versus Victoria. o’Bri, an gave a purely defensive .display, batting for 73 minutes. He .hit .three boundaries. Bromley gave a -difficult chance near th e sight boar a to .Mitchell off Hammond -before scor--’ ing. Bromley, who had a tendency 'a recklessness,- tried a big drive, nut skied th e ball in t,he i3>-p?. He batted 36 minutes hit .three boundaries. . Darling gava a bright display reaching fifty runs in 57 minutes. Oakley was also on th e look-out for runs, which came at a good rate. The partnership realised one hundred runs in 68 minutee. Darling reached his century in 149 minutes. Oakley’s was a fin. e display of driving, hi© innings lasting 76 minutts. He hit six boundaries. Darling batted 164 minutes, scoring twelve boundaries and giving a,n excellent exhibition, the only blemish being a very difficult chance to Alloa at cover when 48 off Brown. E'bekng mad e many , batsmanlike strokes. Barnett batted fifty.two minutes and hft one boundary. The last wicket partnership of Ebeling and Ironmonger created considerable enthusiasm and added forty runs in nineteen minutes, Ebeling driving .excellently and cleverly running for the strike. Ebeling was at the wicket 82 minutes -and hit eleven boundaries by powerful driving and pulling, with well-placed strokes. The attack looked unimpressive without Larwood and Allen. 'Brown secured 'the f average, but bowled many balls of a bad length. Tate kept a good length, -but lost whip off the pitch. Bowes was effective with a new; ball.

.England batted for an Shorn*.. S u tcliff© was beaten by a;* excellent ball. He batted for half an hour. The scores at 6 tumps were; ENGLAND—First Innings. Sutcliffe, b Plant ... 75 Wyatt, o O’Brien, b Ebeling ... 8 Hammond, c Plant, b Fleetwood

i ;l Smith 1 ... ... 59 Paynter, c Ironmonger, b Plant 30 Allen, c Oakley, b Ironmonger ... 0 Brown, std. Barnett, b Ironmonger 4 Tate, not out ... ... 94

Voce, b Ebeling. ' ... ... ‘ Duckworth, c EbeUng, b Darling 15 Mitchell, c Oa.ldev, b, Ironmonger 6, Brnves, run out' 20 Extras < ... 3 Total ••• 321 Bowling analysis: Ironmonger 3 for 82 Plant- 2 for 55, Ebeling 2 for 56. DarliH2 1 for 4, Fleetwood Smith l for 07, Alexander none for 49, Bromley none for 5. VICTORIA—-First Innmga. O’Brien, 1.b.w., b Bowes ... ... 20 IRiasr.' c Verity (sub.), h Bowes ... 21 Darling, c Duckworth, b Bowes ... 103 Bromley, c Hammond, b Brown ... 19 Oakley, c Wyatt, b Voc e ' 50 Plant, 1.b.w., 'b Tate ... ... ••• 1 Barnett, -st. Duckworth, b Mitchell 17 Ebeling, not out ... 68 Fleetwood-Smth, c Duckworth, b Brown Alexander, 1.b.w., b Brown fc Iro.nmon2 e r, b Voce ... Extras ••• Total ••• 527 Bowling analysis: Bowes 3 for 93; Voce. 2 for 62; Tat.? 1 for 31; Hammond 0 for 14; Mitchell 1 for 50 ; Brown 3 for 63. ENGLAND —Second innings. Sutcliffe, b Ebeling ... Hammond, not out Total for one wicket 29 THE M.C.C. VISIT TO N.Z. WELLINGTON, March 6. (Latest advices from Australia confirm earlier reports that the Nawa-b of Bata ucl i and Jack Hobbs will not accompany the M.C.C. team to New Zealand. The fitness of Larwood for play is a matter of doubt. During th e fifth test, his left foot gave him trouble.

Tihe New Zealand itinerary has been amended, owing to the team having to leave Auckland o,n April 4th. The dates of, tihfv Wellington and Christchurch matches Me unaltered. The 'Auckland match (second test) will be played on March 31, April 1 and 3.