Word: matching
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...when Australia won her first match on English ground, cartoonists pictured an urn containing the ashes of British cricket. Since then the teams have contested for the "ashes...
...seldom a time when it is not shining down on a cricket game. Last week, when London was in darkness and the old, sick king stirred in the night at Buckingham Palace, the most important cricket of the year was being played in Melbourne, Australia. This was the third match in the series played yearly between a team of picked Britishers and a team of picked Australians for the "ashes...
...their first innings of the third match, England had 417 and Australia 397. When Australia had completed its second inning, the tourists went in to bat on a wicket that after a rain and five days of play was ridged and torn so that it favored the bowlers; it did not seem possible that the English batsmen would be able to reach 332 runs to win. Jack Hobbs gave the visitors their start; shortly after the interval for tea, he was bowled out with 49; Herbert Sutcliffe continued with Jardine and the day's play ended with nine wickets...
...soon became evident that the Pennsylvania and Loree interests had joined for a run-run-pull-away match against the New York Central, B. & O. and Van Sweringen interests. At the year's end the situation was this...
Taking the last three matches by successive falls, the University wrestling team came from behind to defeat the Columbia matmen 18 to 11 before a large and enthusiastic gathering in the Hemenway gymnasium Saturday evening. Superior technique displayed by the Columbia representatives in the lightweight classes gave the visiting grapplers a 11 to 3 lead at the end of the fourth match, Captain Joseph Lifrak '29 being the only member of the University team to gain a decision in the early part of the evening...