CRICKET

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 162, 8 January 1912, Page 8

CRICKET

ENGLAND v. GEELONG FIFTEEN. \ By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Melbourne, January 6. England, with eight wickets down for 285, declared the innings closed. The .chief scores were: Douglas 43 and Mead 65. Geelong has lost two wickets for 41. j Received 8, 12.45 a.m. a Melbourne, January 7. t Captain the Hon. C. Curwen, one of s the Governor's aides, played for the r Englishmen at Geelong. The match $ was drawn. Geelong scored 277 in the \ first innings. Liddicutt 129 and Baker 34 were the chief scorers. Hitch took j three wickets for 71, Gunn, one for 22, i Woolley one for 44, Vine four for 56,' i Curwen four for 23. England lost four ' wickets for 118 in the second innings. '■ Woolley 23, Curwen and Mead each 33 : not out. HILL AND HOBBS. Adelaide, January 6. Hill, commenting on Hobbs' 'letter complaining of the barracking of the Australian crowds, considers that he acted unwisely. Nothing could be fairer than the treatment of players at the first test. At the second it was only goodI humored and nowise hostile. Australian | players were barracked just as much as j the Englishmen. J THE TEAM FOR ENGLAND. ; Sydney, January 6. It is stated that the cricketers intend to take legal action in connection with the Board of Control's proposal to send a representative with the team to England, on the ground that such action ' would be an abrogation of the agree-' ment. SOUTH AUSTRALIA v. N.S.W. Received 7, 5.5 p.m. Adelaide, January 7. I South Australia in the first innings scored 281—Dolling 105, and Murray 48. Bowling analysis: Cotter, four for 67; Kelleway, three for 44; and Emery, three for 63. New South Wales has lost one wicket for 19.