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Taranaki Daily News, 1 March 1920, Page 7

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VICTORIA v. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. LAST OF SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCHES. By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyrlght. Received Feb. 29, 5.5 p.m. vt , , . „ Melbourne, Feb. 29. i,,h, *t ?/!£',, tanlnKS a B« ln " South Ausralia. y 408 (Meyeß 55p Lam „ t « , f^n k V t J i , i l- Eoß,ln K "".ilysl": Rundell -_ior M), A. Richardson 2 for 89, Phillips 4 for /f. S °i' ! n A first innings produced 178 i n? eW , 23 ' V - Blflinfflson 30, L. Pellew 25. ,;,i? f" ,ir ,?? n ■?"■ "'l ll '"'™ 32). Bowling Lrnn" V J l "",?.' 4 , for 43 ' H >' dw * f « *«. Armstrong 1 for 27, Llddicutt 1 for 17 i.,™w Au5,r ? 1 , la ' ln "»eir second innings, lew 4) 9 for 45 !Smlih 1(! ' c - p *'' 1 th f r WM flnc mA ,hl > wicket Rood. i'wJ. r Lansfon and Ryder had the misfortune to be run out when going E(T ong. Lampard play?n„.k«?1 e 'in/lnlshed Innings. Phillips, a . outh ,1 bowler was In great form to-day. and took three wickets in his first three overs. f„S'. A " strn !i;' l ' s MPI.V was weak, and they £ m Vi- The ma " ,h flnls! '« "i" season's Sheffield Shield contests. Tho Shield has already been won by New R rat ], Wales, as It now is impossible for Victoria, (o secure sufficient runs in be.it New South Wales' average. —Aus.-X.55. Cable Assn. HAWKE'S BAY v. WELLINGTON. FIRST DAY'S PLAT. By Telegraph.—-Press Association. Wellington. Feb. 2S. The cricket match. Hawke's Bay v. Wellington, was begun to-day. The wicket was heavy owing to rain early In Ihe morning and tho previous two da\s' downpour. Hawke's Hay first innings realised 121 (Stevens 38. O'Brien 24, Charles 23). Eight batsmen were caught out, as the day was good for slow howlers. Wellington went, in at. 5 pm. and at the end of an hour had lost six wickets for 42 runs (Warno 18, Solmder 13), O'Connell. wlih slow breaks, took five wickels for flficen

Saturday afternoon, the Old Boys winning on the first innings. The scoring of both teams was low. Details:— HIGH SCHOOL. First Irralngs. Willis, b. Osborne S Palmer, c. Eggleton, h. Bottrill 3 Hlne, b. Eggleton .... 5 Brown, b. Bottrill ' .'.'. .' " 5 O'Halloran, b. Hughes ....."...!..'!,' 15 Greiner, run out o Smart, c. Hughes, b. Eggleton ...,., 0 Sinclair, b. Hughes o Pope, c. Osborne, b.. Hughes 0 Osborne, b. Hughes 7 Inch, not out ".!'.!!'..'.!!",' 1 Ertras ,!,.!.!! 11" 8 Totat 47 | Bowling analysis: Osborne, 1 for 7; Bottrill, I 2 for 17 ; Hughes, 4 for 10; Eggleton, 2 for 5. Second Innings. Palmer, b. Hughes , 3 Willis, b. Hughes 2 Hlne, c. Morrison, b. Wynyard 6 Brown, b. Wynyard 3 O'Halloran, b. Wynyard 0 Greiner, b. Eggleton 4 Smart, b, Eggleton ;..,. , 4 Osborne, b. Bottrill it; Sinclair, b. Eggleton t 0 Pope, b. Bottrill u Inch, not out i Eitraa ~, \\ g Total 45 Bowling analysis: Bottrill, 2 for 14; Hughes, 2 for 12; Wynyard, 3 for 4; Eggleton, 3 for T. OLD BOYS. First Innings. Bottrill, 1.b.w., b. Sinclair 1 Bewley,. b. Sinclair 28 Hughes, run- out 2 Osborne, c. Brown, b. Inch 0 Wynyard, b. Sinclair 0 Eggleton, b. Sinclair o Qutlliam, c. O'Halloran, b, Sinclair I) Saiton, b. O'Halloran 5 Foi, run out t Morrison, not out °4 Lash, b. Sinclair '.] "o Extras jj Total .... 39 Bowling analysis: Inch, 1 for 13; Sinclair, 0 for 12; O'Halloran, 1 for 9: Brown, 0 for 11; Palmer, 0 far 16. OTHER MATCHES POSTPONED. The Old Boys-High School match was the only one played on Saturday. New Plymouth B forfeited to Naw Plymouth. A, and the tmatch between Freezing Works and Tikorangi wis postponed, as we.ro the Saturday junior NORTH v. SOUTH MATCH. POSTPONED TILL MARCH 10. The secretary of Iho North Taranaki Cricket Association notifies Hint the return match between North Taranaki and South Taranaki will not be played on Wednesday. Owing to North players not being free for that day a postponement to the following Wednesday (March 10) has been arranged.