CRICKET.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14326, 11 April 1912, Page 5

CRICKET.

On Friday and Saturday tho Cbristcljurch combined timber team mot and defeated Oxford by 23 runs. Scores:— Combined team 70 and 10,3 (Hemvood 12, Ashby 30. Hawke 2.3, Weal 18, -Marsh 1,3j; Oxford 93 and o9 (C. Feary ■10. Rucld 23, E. Feary 18. Rattray 18. Hyde li, Chambers 10, Sherlock 10). Ashby a tid Cusack for the winners bowled b«>t. and Rattray and Jtidson j tor tho loseiK. On .Monday Uie ■ com- ; b:ned timber team met Cust, a ncl were defeated on tho first innings by lo runs. Scores .-—Cust 8» and 93' for oi<-ht- wickers; combined team 7-1. The Invell team met Okains <n Easter Saturday on the Okain's ground, and wou easily on the first ; innings, by 117 rims. The scores were:— Invell 23-3 (Paterson 82, Alorlancl -33 Andrew 22); Okains 118 (Roger .Mason 28. E- 0. Mason 2li). The Linwood Wanderers journeyed to Dunsandel on Easter Monday . and played n match against the home team. The match resulted in a win for Dunsandel by 40 runs. The scores for two innings wero:—Dunsandel 124 and 102 tor three wickets, E. J. Norman 08, T. Jamieson 17, N. Brown 33, C. I Wright 15 not out, F. Owers 10. Linwood 96 and 81, AY. Griffin not out 26, I h. Koenan 20, J. Keenan 19, J. Don- j nelly 13, Egan 12. E. Frew, D. Ale- I Laughlin, T. Jamieson for Dunsandel, and Matson, Efran. and Itobson for Linwood. divided tho bowling honours. Hie invell team met a Peninsula team at Duvnuchellcs on Monday la.st, an. scored an easy win by an innings ! and 28 runs. The scores -wore-—lnvell ' MI (Graham 24, Moreiand 22), Penin- j sula o3 and 63.

(PUESa .VS.SOfIATION TKI.KOW VM. ) AUCKLAND, April 10. Tho Auckland Cricket Association recommended that the visit of tho New Zealand team to Australia be postponed to next season, when a ntimber ot voting players, especially bowlers, will have more experience.