CRICKET.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 84, 8 April 1905, Page 12

CRICKET.

I- I i, \ The matches commenced on Saturday ' pr week were concluded to-day. * I The Eden-North Shore match, which '' could not be commenced with the others * owing To the state of tnc ground, was ll started on Saturday last, Kden having' ;the game well in hand when stumps were ~ [drawn for the day. Nonh Shore, with , ;a man short, batted first. Hussey and, p Prime making a promising siart. ."!!) runs i 0 ;being on the hoard when Prime was t bowled for 20. Ilussey carried hi? score j. ,1(1 .".7 before beinpr caught behind the n 'Wickets, making his run? in free style. s , The rest of the innings was a procession. t 'none of the others being able to stand ;up to the bowling of Lusk and Smith, , itlie whole side being out. on a srooa : wicket, for 73 runs. Lusk clean bowled five for 39 runs, while Smith had even better figures, tak- . ing four wickets, all caught, for 19. s Eden's display at the wickets wa-. only c moderate, live wicket? falling for 97 runs. , p extras being responsible for no less than" 20. Klliott made 10 runs. Smith 20. and Clark 2:5 (not out). Lusk beiu? clean s bowled for a 'duck." ; s Hussey bowled with remarkable sue- ' ._ cess, taking four wicket.* at a cost of If, ' n runs, gelting Kllioit, husk, and Shenc herd, all good bats. : At a. recent mef-ting*t>f the Board of a Control of Lancaster Park. Christchurch. the question of obtaining P.ulli soil was t discussed. Mr V. C. Raphael was asked tn communicate with tne controlling; ■ I bodies of the Australian eri.'ket grounds" and obtain further infoi-nation regarding the soil. Sonic> question has arisJii as to h the effect of frost , )n Bnlli .-oil. The 1 opinion has been expressed here that the '• soil cannot stand fro«t. and,after n time d crust?. It was further stated that if football is played the BuIH soil will be p tramped into the ground and Inst, if New South Wale- experienced its first s defeat tin* season at the hands of Tas- .- mania, hut only three of the iirs; eleven y were included in i!ir> team. The island s Mate won by (is runs. The scoring on i, either -id" was only moderate, not <>n • ), of the four inning- reaching 2U<>. NVw 1[ South Wale- led on the tir.-t inuings by I,'i. but on going in the second time to „ get 170 they collapsed against t.he bowl- £ I ing of (.'. .i. Kady and K. Windsor, the venture only reali.<ina 10' J. Windsor obtained 41 and 20. and look, for the match. -i\ wickets for 122. K.idy wa- had cheap for •> and 0. but he made amends with the ball, account ing for MX for •~)7. and r live for 41. eleven for !W. a remarkably good performance. Mackay headed the i. New South Wale- li.-l with an aggregate ;- of S2. No one il-c managed to get [>roi> perly goin-j. Two goods bat-men mi tlio visiting side. A. 1.. -lohu-ton and (',. L. c CarTisi-y. were .1 i-uii —<■>! for :) "pair" ~ ea'-li. In New South Wall's' second inh niiiii-. -i\ v"ii among-t the double figure-*. ii yet -thi- tnlnl was no more I him 102. n Tabnrt Wind-or 2d. Douglas :!1. and ( ) P.iion "7. not out. saved the home <e<-.md y innings. Tasmania made 1-30 in eacli inn ningsHowell. the Canterbury cricketer, is i .f leaving for .a prolonged stay in the Old : I Country. Mr K. 11. Kratikish will also c be absent from C'hrisU-nurch nest sea- :- son. 1- A correspondent writes stating that c playing for Mercer against Tuakau on ! Ii Saturday W. Brown, the crack loft - s hand bowler, in the first innings took il 7 wickets for 1 run- Mc bowled lU ■ v overs, Ciintaining -i l maiden overs: and h in the second innings took :i wii-ki-:s •f for IS runs: t•> I a I for ihe male!). 10 rt wickets for !!• nms- a nally tine per- * formanco. He has b.nvleci ihp cricket r season through wiilnun b«'iny rlmngod, II and lias taken up l<> dale 00 wickets for :l a total of 2-">l run-, a bowling feat any !• bowler night be proud of, made up as 11 follows: -Against Pukekohc, 1 wicui'is ■- for 10 runs: Mauku. li for -'>■. Frankton p .Tuiu-tioi:, 7 for 30; married v. single, ej s for 8: Hoinbay. !• for 42; Pukekohe. ii fl for 34: Mauku. fi for 30; Bombay. 5 - for 27: Tuakau. 10 for lf>. Harry (Jrahnm's i ngagemont as coach of the Boy-' High School lias expired. '' J Tbe ex-Vic.orian iias been offered anoj ther noxt season, but failing 1 I obtaining einploymeni during the winter : months he will return to Melbourne, p I In order to encourage coumry cricket j- I the Otago Cricket Association purposes . sending ;wo lot'al teams away at Kaster J —one to the Uoldtiokls di-.rict. and the c other to the Palmcrston and Oamaru ! districts. j s I Stanley and D'Arcy Douglass, of the ' I Kurajong Cricke: t'iub (N.S.W.i. a week J, or so ago bowled Colo team for 6 runs (two of which were byes I. These bro- !(. thers performed a stiil more remarkable q feat on Saturd.-.y last against (;4rosc ~ Vale team. The brothers Douglass dis- ,. missed the team for 2 runs, their bowl(j ing averages reading: 1). Douglass. 4 I overs. 1 run. f> wii-kcts: S. Douglas. 3 . i over-. 1 run. 4 wickits. On the previous i^; Saturday the latter bowler took live ~ wickets for no runs, and the former _ four for 4. t. An action for aliened breach of pro,r iu:-e to marry, in whk-h the plaintitF i- > Miss Margaret MDiarmid. ami the ue:s fendanl Thomas Walter Hay ward, the ; t well-known cricketer, will shortly come ,on for trial at the Knglish kw C"our;s „• before a Judge and a common jury. It r is understood that the lady is an' Aus--0 tralian. and that she claims heavy dams a - e? ?- ---t Leading members of ihe Australian i, team have expressed their indignation y a! the refusal of the New South Wales i and Victorian Associations tn allow kv players to have a representative on the (j beard of control for international eric- • s ket. A cable has been sent to tlie South , c Australian body, which is in favour of ( f allowing the players to be represented, v that if the Melbourne Club brings out (j an English team, the Australian Eleven 1 will certainly play against it. The i- players have, therefore, only done what ' t was expected of them, and that was to ! a show fight. Even if they had been given ; it i representation, it Vas anticipated that J

the players would cause trouble, especially as it is proposed that the board shall have control of the finances of tours in England and Australia. If the associations act fairly towards the Marylebone Cricket Club, the days of the Melbourne Cricket Club bringing out English teams to play test matches are past. As the New South Wales, and Victorian Associations hare both agreed as to the rules of the proposed board of control for international cricket, it is understood that those two bodies will call a meeting to start the board- South Australia has declined to agree to the proposals adopted by the other associations, and will, therefore, either have to stand out or accept the rules as adopted by Xew South Wales and Victoria. There is no doubt about the board coming inTo force at an early date.