CRICKET.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXIII, Issue 9038, 30 December 1907, Page 5

CRICKET.

INTER-STATE MATCH POSTPONED.

Press Association—Copyright. Received Dec. 28, 7.58 p.m. Melbourne, Dec. 28. The inter-State cricket match was postponed until Monday owing to the ground here being unfit for play.

ENGLISHMEN AT BENDIGO

Received Dec. 30, 1.5 a.m. Melbourne, Last Night. The match England v. 18 of Bendigo was resumed. Bendigo in their first innings, made 55. Blythe took 7 wickets for 31, and Crawford 6 for 15.

OTAGO v. WELLINGTON.

Press Association.

Wellington, Dec. 28. Ideal weather prevailed when the Otago-Wellington match was resumed to-day. The local men made a wonderful recovery, the last four wickets adding 244 runs. Blacklock gave a masterly exposition of clean, vigorous hitting, registering 60 in 54 minutes. Eleven fouters were included in his score, seven of them being from successive hits. Mahonev was batting three hours and eighteen minutes for his 84 runs, only one chance being debited against him, and that at 35. Monaghan and Hales established a local record in representative matches by putting on 84 for the last wicket. Monaghan, who had three sixes to his credit, was unbeaten* with 47, while Hales was credited with 48. Torrence was the most successful bowler for Otago, capturing 6 for 70. He had no success with the ball today. Fisher’s two wickets cost 94 runs. In their second strike Otago again gave an uninteresting exhibition, and the rate of run-getting was very tedious. Two wickets fell for no runs, but Austin and Siedberg, and later on Siedberg and Eckhold, altered the complexion of affairs and when stumps were drawn the score read, 115 for 4 wickets. Siedberg notched 45 and Eckhold and Mackersy are not out with 23 and 20 respectively. Monaghan was the most successful bowler. Otago, with 6 wickets to fall, have to compile 74 runs to avert an innings defeat.

WANGANUI Y. MARTON,

This match was played at Marton on Saturday and resulted in a win for Wanganui by 51 runs on the first innings. Wanganui played with only ten men, and were without the services of K. Cave, but nevertheless played well, and the tail of the team proved very strong. Marton were not in very good form. Hedges had the best bowling average, 4 for 24, and Marshall batted well in both innings. After the match the Wanganui team were hospitably entertained.

Appended are the scores;— MARTON.—First Innings.

Marshall, b F. G. Holland K. Fullertou-Smith, c H. B

Cave, b W. B. Cave .. .. 1 B. G. Signal, bF. G. Holland 11 Broad, c&bF. G. Holland . . 1 R. Fullertou-Smith, bW. B. Cave 16 O. Rawson, b W. B. Cave .. 5

Miles, b W. B. Gave .. .. 3 Hedges, bW. B. Cave . . .. 3 A. Signal, bF. G. Holland .. 0 Kerr, bW. B. Gave .. .. ( 0 Wilson, not ont .. .. Extras .. .. .. . . 13 Bowling analysis: F. Holland 4 for 27, W. B. Gave 6 for 19, Treloar 0 for 6, Luxford 0 for 10. Wanganui.—First Innings. H. B. Gave, b Hedges .. .. 21 Treloar. b Signal . . . . . . 40 White, b Broad .. .. .. 0 Luxford, b Hedges . . .. 1 Pickering, ran out . . .. 0 F. G. Holland, c Marshall, b Hedges 3 G. Holland, b Marshall .. 10 Thompson, c Marshall, b Hedges 14 W. B. Cave, b Signal .. ..13 Murchie, not out .. .. 7 Extras . . ’ . . . .. 13 Total 136 Bowling analysis : Broad 1 for 38, Hedges 4 for 24, Marshall 1 for 53, A. Signal 3 for 11, Miles 0 for 5. MARTON. —Second Innings. Marshall, c F. G. Holland, b Pickering . . . . . . 27 Hedges, c Pickering, b White .. 6 K. Fullerton-Smith, b C. Holland 11 Kerr, b White . . . . . . 3 B. G. Signal, not out . . . . 10 Miles, bC. Holland . . . . 0 A. Signal, b G. Holland .. 0 Wilson, not out . . . . 3 Extras 9

Total for six wickets

Bowling analysis: O. Holland 3 for 4, White 2 for 20, Pickering 1 for 29, Murchie 0 for 6.