ENGLAND V. TASMANIA.

Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 29 January 1908, Page 58

ENGLAND V. TASMANIA.

-" - -" HOBART," January^ QA. - The weather was 1 -fine, -to-day <or the match England 'v. Tasmania. "-England has lost -eight wickets for ' 427 (Hobbs 5&, i Fane-62,.H.ut<?hings 51, JBfardstaflE 106, ii 9),, ~ '*'"■;%■ > °*;. r -*. i : . j• TV '*: '. /^HOBARTj January -v26. .> • The ctickjit" iriatcK- yenv en "^gland f and Tasmania 'vr^s. 1 oo^tiriireol 'y«Bterd^fty. ThiVEn^iehmen^wio-TiAd-Jaaade l^? runs - v 'toy- the, lass of eight .wictets <m -Eriday, : concluded', their 'first*, inriii^s. for- " 455 lYouog' 20).^jsTa^mama:-comjalfd' 113 in,. t ■fKeir ''first" iimin'gs 'o^dTO^r3^E'ady T 29^p,. and "have lost oflip wicketrtsprV96l- va, their r second innings^ .(Hawßpa,-',^iVTabart>_uob j out 47, Burn not out .23).

Some very good cricketers liave hailed ■- from "Tasmania,, and 1 three- of them — George I Bailey, jßurn,-" and Eady-r-have secured ■* places in Australian elevens. Matches between Victoria, and, .Tasmania were played { long, before- the contests^ between- Victoria arid New South, Wales. Tie first^game , between ..ythe turo former' took place in February/ 1851,. arid wae won by the Tasmanians by three wickete.*- Altogether, Tasmania and-Victoria have met 29 times, the former ; proving successful on 11 occasions and- the • later-«on -18. In several matches, -However, the Victorians have conceded odds. Last season, a- pretty good- ,, team, inoluding - M'Alister, Rush, ■ Horan, Vaughan.^Ellifl, and Collins was .beaten by five -wicket*. 'The ■'scores -Victoria 128 (Vaughan 31) and .277 ' (M'Alister, 168, Vaughan-26), and Tasmania, 200, (Eady 61^ arid R.-Hawson''4s) and 206 for five wicketa (Hawson 90 not out and Dddde- 43>. Bady, "secured 13 wickets for 185 'funs. -In the game with Warner's team Northern Tasmania ' managed, to make a draw. The Englishmen scored 353 (Hayward 134, Hirst 51, and Rhodes 39), and' their opponents ( l4r(Dodde,4B, r Windsor 33/>W«<j*«ook<26) , and ,259 Jorr three" wicke^raavighy 164'npfe , outKand .'Douglas' .S9).'"\Tfhe .well-Jmown .r. r ;NW;Ze*Jinder,^L-liA^ s©afc rtobk^pact in, , £his'<matcH^«^, i made; 6Jand -OS. ' „ . -and .if jh%\Uv«4 ' ca^J^b^jmef^j^dn&^^uiai^i^'slif^ra'j va*high^'placß?i&^etralMinr-"cricket.v a*high^'placß?i&^etralMinr-"cricket. -^Iri .&•- 'Nofth v arid 7 Sputh"^6&manianr-TMafoaj-playedv' :.»lGKris|mas-.he, fiiae" jtotaP