CRICKET.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8985, 21 November 1907, Page 5

CRICKET.

VICTORIA v. ENGLAND. By Telegraph—Press Assocu.t'.on. Received November 20, 10.25 p.m. MELBOURNE, November 20. The weather was fine and the wicket was sound and good. The visitors were timed to leave by the Sydney express, and had only till 4.15 p.m. to pull up a big deficit. Fighting a stubborn, uphill battle they succeeded in making it a drawn match. Requiring 499 to win, an J with four wickets down for 115, th.3 out'ook was anything but promising. Hutchings and Rhodes, for the fifth wicket, added 107 in just over an hour. Hutchings played exceedingly forcible cricket, and his score included a sixer and sixteen fours. For the ninth wicket Hardstaff and Barnes contributed a century, the latter contenting himself with keeping up his wicket while Hardstaff rattled up the runs. Scores: — ENGLAND.—Second Innings. Jones c Carkeek, b Hazlitt ... 82 Young, b Saunders ... 25 Braund, c Vernon, b Hazlitt ... 4 Rhodes, c Saunders, b Tarrant... 40 Hutchings, c Ransford, b Saunders ••• 91 Hayes, b Hazlitt ... 4 Crawford, Ibw, b Saunders ... 10 Barnes, c. McAlister, b Hazlitt 26 Hardstaff, not out ... 95 Fielder, not out ... 1 Sundries ... 18 Total for 9 wickets ... 422 Bowling analysis Saunders 4 wickets for 138, Hazlitt 4 for 88, Warne 0 for 68, Tarrant 1 for 57, Vernon 0 for 53.