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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 187, 6 February 1912, Page 8

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ff . ENGLAND v. VICTORIA. VICTORIANS "SCORE 195 AND FOLLOW ON. Bj Cable —Pre* Association—Copyright, w, . . Received 5, 7.10 pan. !V •»' , Melboorne, February 5. if; - The weather wu delightful and cool, gj ■ the change being much appreciated. The §>' attendance was small and the wicket Iperfect, Aimstrong. and McDonald continued to gp the bowling of Barnes aßd Hitch. In ft. Hitch's second ovi r, McDonald played on. ;V' 7 t 90. Brown succeeded, and with three fine cuts off Hitch brought the jg century up in 113 minutes. Armstrong, | who was cautious, aarrowly escaped a E& . similar fate to McDonald. Brown was fj' executing some beautiful off strokes at (?-' (he expense of Hitch, p At 114, Barnes retired temporary, r owing to illness, and Iremonger bowled. Z'~ Brown scored 23 while Armstrong was *1 ■ making fire, then for twenty minutes g Armstrong received most of the bowling r and scored steadily, r . At 136, Douglas relieved Hitch and V Hsarne replaced Iremonger. Armstrong -V soiled Hearne for four, bringing 150 up k' in 167 minutes.' Brown was dismissed in failing to pull a long hop from Hearne. I Si B—36 —156. He had batted stylishly for j[- .05 minutes, and hit two fburers. t- ' Carkeek (4) and Armstrong (32) j'„ played out time to luncheon, when the * - score was 8 for 161. !. On resumption Armstrong batted i brightly, hut Carkeek was easily caught >' shortly after behind the stumps, and the r innings closed for 195. Matthews was £ Absent owing to the death of bis son. , Armstrong batted for 110 minutes, and ji hit four fourers. The innings occupied r IN minutes. |* Victoria had to follow on. Baring and Beits faced Douglas and Iremonger. The first ball proved fatal to Baring. I—o i . —O. Smith, who cut and drove well, played forward and was clean bowled.- '» 2—12—28. Scott was run out without scoring. 36 —28. At the tea adjournment the score was three for 33. Seitz who batted attractively, was 21 and Mc--1 Kenzie nil. On resuming, McKenzie made some {• nice back-cutting strokes and fifty occu--1 pied 64 minutes. When Seitz was 27 L he gave a chance of catching at the p wickets off Iremonger. t Hitch relieved Douglas, whose average wu two wickets for 26, and when Seitz wu 30, Smith made a loud, unsuccessful appeal for a catch at short stop off Hitch. The spectators did not approve of the appeal, f Scoring was slow, and at 71 Woolley relieved Iremonger, and Seitz was dis- * missed first ball, being caught at third ' t man by Vine, who was fielding substi- ! tute. He had batted eighty minutes and hit four fourers. * Brown was missed by Smith off Hitch's third ball, and was thereafter uncomf fortable against Hitch, who yorked him. s—l5 —14—98. Armstrong beautifully drove Woolley to the off, bringing up the century in 123 minutes. McKenzie played I attractive, graceful, forceful cricket, cutting and driving. At 122, Iremonger relieved Hitch,. f whose average was one for 38, and • Hearne replaced Woolley, who had taken \ one wicket for 12. It was a tame day's eiy. The attendance was 2144. and the kings were £57. Scores:— l ENGLAND. • Firat Innings 467 1 VICTORIA. f First Innings. Baring, c Gunn, b Hitch 11 ' Eeiti, Ibw, > Barnes o'

Smith, c and b Barnes 1 ■ Spencer, b Barnes 18 McKenzie.b Barnes..' 5 Scott, ran out 15 McDonald, b Hitch 6 Brown, b Hearne 35 Armstrong, not out 51 Carkeek, c Smith, b Hitch....,,.... 19 Matthews, absent ~.. Extras 15 Total • .u.'« • w.. r 195 Bowling analysis.—Barnes, four for 26; Hitch, three for 58; Woolley, none for 10; Ireukonger, none for 32; Hearne, one for 36; Douglas, none for 18. Second Innings. Baring, lbw, b Douglas...^.... 0 Smith, b Douglas 12 Scott, rut out .vs. 0 Seitz, c Vine, b Woolley 40 McKenzie, not out 51 Brown, b Hitch ! 14 Armstrong, not out 14 Extras i Total for five wickets 132 AN OPEN RUPTURE. PICKING THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN. Sydney, February 5. The Herald states that the meeting of selectors to pick the test and English teams was the noisiest and most quarrelsome ever held in connection with the national game. It finally degenerated into an open rupture, violent blows were exchanged, blood flowed copiously, and Hill, the South Australian selector, resigned. The paper alleges that MacalisT r ™ eived a bad ® a uling at the hands of Hill. After Hill's resignation Iredale and Macalister chose the teams. Carter interviewed states that the disgruntled players will wait till the whole team is chosen and then consider appointing their own manager. If the team considers a manager, besides the one appointed by the board, is necessary and approves Laver, whom the six desire, then none of the six will go to England unless Laver goes. Playing for Waverley Syd. Gregory scored 162. ° ' WHEN SELECTORS DISAGREE. "I'LL PULL YOUR NOSE." Received 5, 9.30 p.m. Melbourne, February 5. Saturday's embroglio in Sydney between Hill and Macalister is generally discussed. Macalister declines to say anything. Hill states that, during the meeting, Macalister repeatedly insulted him by criticising his captaincy, saying it was the worst that he had ever seen. Hill remarked: "Repeat that, and I'll pull your nose." Macalister persisted, and Hill slapped linn on the back with his hands. Macalister retaliated and the light occupied ten minutes. Hill immediately wrote his resignation on the selectorsliip, and I declines to act oil the committee with Macalister. The Board of Control meets shortly to consider the imbroglio. THE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE. Received 5, 10 p.m. Sydney, February 5. The members of the Board of Control decline to say anything about the trouble between Hill and Macalister both of whom have left for Melbourne' It is understood the cause of the outbreak was Macalister's wire to Hill during the third test match that if Macartney was chosen Hill should stand out.