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Taranaki Daily News, 17 December 1920, Page 5

CRICKET.

TEST MATCH PROSPECT®. * fit MUCH INTEREST IN BBITASf. PEBSS COMMENTS. ; j By Telegraph.—Press Aim.— I Ca@irVlM> ■ 1 Beceived Dec. 18, 5.5 P*; London, 15. Tho newspapers are devotln® to tbc k.«st match prospects. II W» *t fir* - be.ined the wicket was uflllkfif ttf recorer before Friday, but later report* fodftftt* that - there are prospects of a food wfcket and Hue weather. v;-;* Critics generally agree that Mjjtlas tss ~ ltinde a good eelectbi, though It fe iUgAnftlft whether the «*e , .?cc«<»n is final Of wflwidttt on the weather on FrldaV dU^vtyte" Newspaper prophets are CBQtlW)i» adMMfo ' that Australia is more formidable thill 'Vila . believed a month ago. It la pointed out tint l; the Australlana are practically tailless » (*• >- tarda batting, though their bowling u Hf» ■ uncertain; nhoiets England appeat mie fotmldable In ilie fowling, but may tall ifey ii the batting. Parkin's fate sgilirt Ml South Wales batsmen, also, Armatroflgl ,ll awaited with Interest. Widdlngton'* riwpit successes are welcomed. Aus.-N.SS. .Cljpl# Aasn. - ... * 1 LATEST WEATHER PROSPECTS/'' Received Dec. 17, I.B# tM. ■ Y Sydney, Me. It A thunderstorm, with hefty rain ahd M|l, broke over the city during UIS tie night, but It is Mtr line. The outlfek for the cricket match to-morrow la good, 41 the wicket Is veil protected. The English team for the test match till not be picked till' toHnorrow morning.—AlA.N.Z. Cable Assn. THE TEBT MATCH WfCKET. Sydney, Dec. It* v With the exception of a slight shower Ikt evening the weather has been line and fUW since Sunday night. A southerly change is ■ anticipated. The test wicket la perfectly sound. It !pl again hosed yesterday and covered Kith a t|(• paulln. • SECONDARY SCHOOLS SHIELD MATQH» By Telegraph.—Frees Axtodatlctg. Palmerston NOrtft, Last Night. i Tl'o first match for the Heathcote WlilUfcs Shield commenced today between, MMMfek . f North Boys' High School and Na&fef B#* i High School, Fnlmerston wrested the Shield s last season from Auckland Grammar Bchool. ■ The weather was fine but windy, and the wicket favored the batsmen. • Napier batted first, and the IsnlSg* mi like a procession, all being out for 47. Harmon, Paltnerston's bonier, paralysed the Napier team. Palmeraton made 230 In their first innings. ' Hodder being top scorer with 84. 1 Napier, in the second Innings, had lost three wickets for 41 when stumps were drawn. > INTER-COLLEG|ATE MATCH, WANGANBI T, WELLINGTON.' Wellington, Last Night 1 The annual cricket match between Wellington College and Wanganui College Wat played to-day. The visitors outclassed the home team, winning by an innings and II ■-una. The score waa as follows;-; WANGANUI. ' First Innings. , . I Gilmer, c. MfKenzle, b. Banks'- u.ni St , Cameron, c. Burt, b. Okey 8 , Stone-Wigg, 1.b.w., b. Burt M1 ..,i.w # H»wltt, b. Oakey o ; Ludbrook, 1.b.w., b. Oairey I ' 'Porrlit, i'. Nlcholls, b. Oakey 19 Gilmer, b. Burt 5 Weils, c. Childß, b. Oakey 5 Giesen, c. Oakey, b. Burt * • Hall, not out # Buchanan, b. Burt 3 Extras tl Total " Bowling analysis: Mackay, 0 wicket* for 19 runs; Burt, 4 for 16; Oakey, S for S8; Banks, l for 5. Second Innings. < Gilmer, c. Carlson, b. Oakey t < Catueron, b. Mackay 5 Stone-Wigg, (. Oakey Hewitt, b. Oakey .......0 Porritt, b. Oakey . 6 Ludbrook, 1.b.w., b. Oakey .... IS Gilmer, not out IS Weils, c. Burt, b. Oakey J Buchanan, b. Mackay . .... 0 Giesen, c. Burt, b. Mackay ® . Ball. b. Mackay ( Extras ................ » Total *S Bowling analysis: Mackay, 4 wickets for 30 runs; Oakey, 6 for 26. WELLINGTON. First Innings. Burt, c. Cameron, b. Wells 5 Mackay, c. Hewitt, b. Stone-Wigg ~IM, IM J] Banks, c. Cameron, b. Welle. ...A... M McPlce, b. Wells •« Clillds, b. Wells ti Nicholls, b. Wells 11 Carlson, c. Hewitt, b. Gilmer ? McKenzle, b. Weils , *»■„• $1 TMyard, not out vi.«.».n IS Oakey, b. Gilmer 0 Nelson, b. Welle 0 Extras 83 Total 11l Bowling analysis: Wells, 7 wicket* for 48; Gilmer, 2 for 64; Stone-Wlgg, 1 for 21: Ludbrook, 0 for 8. > TEAMS FOR TO-MORROW. Tho following will represent the Boys' Bltft School XI. to play to-morrow, at 1.45 p«. on the school ground.—Hine, Willis, Palmet, Hugliee, Lash, Brodie, Tajlor, Smart Hsy(leai. Ballanlyne, Nicholson; emergenciM, llolden, Wood, Noble.