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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 34, 10 February 1904, Page 3

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ENGLISHMEN v. VICTORIA. COLONIALS' REMARKABfcE BREAKDOWN". Received Feb 9, 920 A.m. MELBOURNETFeb 9. The second day's play produced the sensation of the season, the Victorians all being disposed of in forty-five minutes. Heavy rain fell during the night, and on a drenching wicket Rhodes and Arnold had the batsmen at their mercy. Rhodes took the first two wickets with his first two balls, and Bosanquet missed Trott off the third, robbing the bowler of the " hat

trick." Arnold also made a sensational start, catching McLeod off his first ball, and securing Rainsford from a catch by Rhodes off his second delivery. The first four wickets went for nil and for eight balls. Trott achieved the distinction of op-

ening the score. Laver got a single, and was then yorked by Rhodes. Five wickets for five runs. The Yorkshire bowler had secured three wickets for one ran. Baker was missed off Rhodes immediately he started, and

Trott narrowly missed being caught off the same bowler by Arnold. Baker jumped out at one from Arnold and succumbed. Six for 18. Trott's time had now come, and the seventh wicket

went down with the score at 14. One more single came f rem the remaining wickets, Saunders being too ill to bat. The innings concluded with a score the smallest ever made against an English team in Australia. Heavy rain again set in, and <he game was' Stopped till late in the afternoon, when the Englishmen knocked off at the 66 required to win, for the loss of two wickets. Warner and Hay < ard went to the wickets, and the local bowling was not able to do the great things Rhodes and

Arnold had done. The score mounted < steadily till Wurner gave Trotta catch at point. One for 26. Tyldesley had seven to his credit when McAlister missed him in the slips off Laver. As a result of a piece of smart fielding on the part of Scott Hayward was run out. Two for 60. Foster, the new- - comer, wis missed by McAlister in the slips before scoring, and Tyldesley then made the winning hit. Details of the scoring VIOTOBIA, Second Innings.

McAlister, c Strudwick, b Rhodes 0 > McLeod, c and b Arnold.. 0 j Armstrong, cStrudwick, b Rhodes 0 , Trott, c Arnold, b Rhodes ../ 9 , R&insford, c Arnold, b Rhodes ~ 0 1 Laver, b Rhodes 1 Baker, at Strudwick, b Arnold ~ 3 Scott, not out ■.. .. 1 . Carkeek, c Bosanquet, b Arnold 0 Fry, c Bosanquet, b Rhodes ... 0 i Saunders (absent, ill) 0 Sundries ... 1 Total 15 First innings 299 Grand Total ... 314 Bowling analysis: Rhodes took five 'wickets for 6 runs, Arnold four for 8. BNGLIBRMEN, Second linings. ;»•> Warner, c Trott, b McLeod ... 16 Hayward, run out .. ..' 26 Tyldesley, not out 23 Foster, not out 1 Sundries 2 Two wickets for ... ... 68 First Innings 248 Grand Total 316 Bowling Analysis '. McLeod took one wicket for 24 runs, Liver none for 9, Rainsford cone for 12. The Englishmen thus won by eight 'wickets. The following will represent the New Plymouth Rovers in ttjeir match against the Inglewood C.C. to be played on the Tnkapa Ground on Thursday: A. Bewley, Elliott, Frost, Frost, Lash, Martin, Medley, Robertson, Robertson •- Spencer.