AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 71, 24 March 1910, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.

. J" ..THE TAEANAM MATCH. r r f' . A DRAWN GAME. If.'' I (By Telegraph.Press Association.) . ■■ '~;' ■[( NEW PLYMOUTH, Wednesday. ;. ..R The cricket match, between the Ans- : iraKan eleven and Taranaki -was re--2 snmed to-day. The Australians' first in- - nings closed for 168, two ahead of Taranaki's score. The local team's second ■ venture realised 157, and when stamps ■were drawn Australia had lost eight : '■" •jriekets for 13S. The match provided an i '■- exciting finish. Requiring 10 runs to •-.-.. win at a quarter to six, and all the re- ' liarble batsmen out, the Australians appealed against the light, and the game ■ ended in a draw. Southall, the left-hand bowler, principally accounted for the -Ismail score of the Australians, capturing ■Tt during the match 11 wickets for 127 urns, and bowling unchanged through--3 cut. The scores are:— :V '-'jt 31484KAKX — First innings 166. • i"" r ' Second Innings. 5 Gb&Ol, b Whitty.—„ ~,.... ..... 0 ' -Weston, b Kelleway w-~ .... 28 fl : : Lash, by Whitty ~.■...... 2 JjtwsßL, c Emery, b Whitty......,, 2 Cole, b Kelleway ™ 0 ; - . Greatbstch, c Mackenzie, b Whitty 4 ,-BWbertson, c Facy, b Whitty 2 :•- -\ Dnnkip, thrown out. ..,..,,.. -- - ._, 18 ■ EggJeston, b Emery _„ „_. 4 % ■ Pergham, c Emery, b Simpson ~ 22 t" - i: Pratt, b Simpson ... ________ 31 Gegg, b Emery. __.„__ 4 ;- "Hill, b Bmery — .„ . , . . 5 .Clarke, h Emery— _„ _ 1 goathalL not *"** ■ .- : 0 ■ Extras -- ~- ~.,,,, ,■ 34 Total ____ 157 Bowling —Whitty took five - :*3ckeis for 33 runs; . Kelleway, .two for "•■ 17; Emeryj four for Simpson, two for "28.. . ■ ' 1 ATjSTBAXIA-— innings _ 168. I - r Second Innings. Simpson, c Pratt, b Cole_*___._... 12 Mayne, h Sonthall . '.. ~:. .31 ■■. Kefleway, b-Southall -,»«. ... 2 Emery, st Smith, b Southall 40 ■ Smith, b Sonihall ;. , 10 'Facy, c and b Cole __».. __ 19 • Whrfcfcy, c Cole, b Southall 0 ' Bardsley, ran out. ;„ . 5 Dodds, not oat. . 2 Hopkins, not oizfc.:___-.— •••_........ 2 •'? Extras „ __ 15 Total for eight wickets 138 " Bowling - Analysis.—Southall took five tickets for 49 runs; Cole, two for 48 fey Oarke,: aone.for 26. Sf A '. SECOND TEST TEAM. I ' WEUUDsGTON CRITICISM. -*"' • |6y Telegraph.— Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, this day. ';-*■ ,' That particular ■ section of the com- "« inanity which takes its cricket seriously Is saying some unkind, things concerning ." -P. Midkne's omission from the Dominion ggr team to meet the Australians in the §§ second Test match,■'beginning on Saturj| day; and the opinion is: freely expressed ft, that Canterbury influence has been, at ■work -with the selector; Mr. Dug. Hay in Slf excluding the ■.Wellington man from the g|||i team. Before leaving, for Australia Borne seven, or eight years ago, Midlane, of Wellington; was generally recognised _ " as being one of the very best batsmen ■-, in New Zealand;! Both A. EX Trott and H. Trumble during their visits have cor- ; ioborated; this; view. In the present year SEdlane's scores in rep. and cup : wicket aggregate something like 532 for •even completed innings, giving an average of 76. -Against■ the Anstralians he : has batted/ four times and made top •. More on two of- these occasions. In the ■only other representative match he ||M,took part in, he made top score in both V.jijjminga. These figures, however, do not -_s| appear to.be good enough for a place ; r, m the Slew Zealand team, so the critics referred to presume that there are _- ! batsmen in New Zealand cricket to-day .. . : to whom an- average of 7.6- is nothing