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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 9013, 24 December 1907, Page 6

CRICKET.

ENGLAND v. VICTORIAN ELEVEN.

BY TELEGRAPH— PMSSS ASSOCIATION. ; deceived December 23, 9.37 p.m. J MELBOURNE, December 23. The weather was fine and ->oler for the continuation of :hti match between the Englishmen ,?, >d a-Victorian eleven. Shortly after i-staiining Rhodes had a narrow escape from being caught behind the wickcis. He played a great innings, his score including a sixer and ten fo'irers. With Fielder as a partner 07 was put up. in twenty-two minivitw. Fielder got his 50 (including t\--» sixers) in thirty minutes by force- '•>)! batting. Vlnsrlund with nine wickets down [or 503, declared their innings -io-ed. Scores:— ENGLAND. First Innings. Crawford, c Horan, b Collins 43 Kobta, b Armstrong 77 :.?nyes, c Warne, b Armstrong 98 Vblohings, c McKenzie, b Armstrong 4 ■'Sunn, c Saunders, b Tarrant 24 Jhrdstaff, c Horan, b Tarrant 34 Fane, b Tarrant 17 }>a;:nes, lbw, b Armstrong 15 Kbodes, not out l° s Homphrjes, c McAlister, b Collins 15 I-'iolder, not out . 50 Sundries 2i Total for nine, wickets 503 Bowling analysis.— Armstrong 4 .vHetsfor 104'; Collins, 2 for 111; farrnnt, 3 for 92; Smith, 0 for 36; \v:u-ne, 0 for 39; Saunders, 0 for VICTORIA. , . .. First Innings. KcKenzie, b Rhodes I 9 Warne, c Gunn, b Rhodes 31 Hansford,-b Barnes. 38 Armstrong, not out ■ 32 Tarrant, not out. 30 Sundries 6 Total for three wickets 156 The batting of the home team showed that they had the huge total in mind, all playing on the careful side. Rhodes was in excellent form with the ball.