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Tas. v. Victoria
yASMANIAN cricketers have in
variably failed to find their true
form against visiting teams. In re-
. cent years Victorian sides have gener
ally enjoyed a harvest against the
Tasntanians, and' commenced the pre
sent- match" at Launceston auspiciously"
by dismissing the Tasmanians for 171
on Thursday. The Victorians, mas
tering the Tasmanian attack, replied
with 440, and at stumps yesterday
Tasmania had lost one wicket for 29.
The game was continued in. delight
ful wcath at the Launceston Cricket
Ground to-day, when Burrows and
Green, the not out batsmen, resumed
at 11.30 a.m. Batting- cautiously., they
carrie-d the score to 50 in 60 minutes,1
Green being 22 and Burrows 23. Bur
rows had a narrow: escape. at 25, when
Kempt dropped a chance off McCor-
mick's bowling.. /
BURROWS BOWLED
The partnership was brok/en when .
the - score stood at 71, /-McCormick
-scattering -Burrows' stumps for 37.
compiled in 82 runs. Martin joined
Green, and after , one run 4iad been
added the Tasmanian captain- drove
Smith hard back to the' bowler. . The
ball struck Martin and a. smart re
turn to Quin. the Victorian keeper,
.found Green well out of his crease,
but he sportingly. allowed the- Tas
manian to regain 'his fibsitioii: ">'
CENTURY APPEARS \
The' century appeared in 102 min
utes. Martin batted aggressively up
till lunch; \yhfcn his total Avas .34, .
Green /being-' 44: When play was re
sumed after lunch, Martin went ahead,
but at 43: was caught at the . wicket
off McCormick. Green was 46 when
Broomby succeeded Martin. The Tas
manian skipper reached ,50 in 152 min
utes, 'the 150 appearing, in 162 minutes./
i BROOMBY'S ESCAPE ' v
; At 1S1 Broomby had a narrow es
cape from being, run out. Liddicutt
/'came on at this juncture and imme
diately- subdued;. the batsmen; -Broom-
hy had another "life"' at 185, beirig
- dropped iiv the slips'. The fourth wick
et fell at 199, Liddicutt' ' completely
Seating Broomby. - - ' .... . . -.
The double /century appeared .next
ball, Gibson .sneaking a single. ' The
; 200 took 219 minutes to compile.
' / Scores:— .
. " ': ; / TASMANIA
First . -Innings— rl7i ; »
Second Innings
Badcock, c Quin, b Keriip . . .. . 3
..Burr.ows, b/sMcCormick : 37
'PGrecn, not out . . ../Jy. 115
/Martin, c Quin, b/McCprmick / , r.:43,.
Brqortiby, b Liddicutt: /»>//
Gibson, c and b St'cy'ens.y-. .'//''."d/
Parry, b Stevens f: :.":t'/"!0/
;,:.To\vhley,"npt o'ut . .-i/,::. '/. .'V:/; '2'.
SUndrjieJ'1 : ll'.-'- - 9;;
. Total- '(for /6-;-Wickcfs) . ; !252-
' - VICTORIA ' ;
First- Innings: — 440 ". ;
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