CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 687, 11 December 1909, Page 12

CRICKET.

tej|feW|® ;; Mi@B?;'Tra:BßE the i>core3^ feSj§i;.oi•jTictoria^College;'aiioV:'Wellington i South at : Hhe^ : ?first _!but 'sound'; bat-: the: part, P:f:!Sbutt'last.Saturdny'robbed' 4§£s'V?^S*;- 01 E^Hhe/|yict6ry;: : whioh,thoy had^hoped |M|v■! Bhai^^entvbut:ifirM"bail4-caught' in 'the' ; slips' :,at S33?j''i!i'the ; lwiok'ets:-io>;.ari.';hour thetf,cttnghtiby;M'J(ny':at:.mid-6n,. : bfl : atncfci.;;-: His;6t;included.;one ij 'and ten 3'sV■ • |?2ifH:i ; ?De,' ; la::oUar'e': ; had ■ lives) 1 fjp|sf;=Niven^wa's;>clean'..bowled.;,fOr.; ; 23, ; : and .the *e':live'. men ;made':'only. ;32. . Berendson,' :"wiokets .for - College,'■.-; was "important (iS^S'^P°sitipn;v^with■' some'.; slight.-success.■?•'■ 'V:. ' " :'.-: iSSfSW.lnfeiegftTfl'-toithe : i:scores, the:book said; in' g..;sgPioneiplacei'.:thot.:',the,'second innings: total, was S^?S;lss,Vand;.lin-.anothbr,-, 157;,' -Foster's .hits; when ..up:'correctly,': showed '65 instead of -61, ®SSS ; : la:? Mare'. should Hbei'o. credited,', with. :a P*lvi™W4 The .aggregate: of : CoUego taSfemight',thareforevbe;' snpposedv to be;:: nbt 311, SiiSpT^ l i? U '( l^'»ud "l 6 ?>-S.Un'the;otherhand,-:the' "slight'amendment,'. i^l?v™°K:were,:l22lli;::and7he;:'was■ put. downKas l rthis '.total: of te:fiif>"pouth.:apparently;should.bo 313 (H2 arid 171), : match;finished a draw v now know,'canthat -'4ho iftaSffWi a™;accuratcly\f;akcn,:,,Tho: South" cap-' second.earning: D#^S3*S a y m ;sj»«S properly. {Jj^plf.;'he;would,:convirice ; him'self'of ■;■ the need'• for fe^:H B ?P?7»'|9 n .ilot'him:examine:the''bowlinganaly-' his;last.match, J?t%''S?]* n T d " no ".welkthe variations.:-"'- .. ■;,- •■;.-.-. : .- ■'■'■ I '-^^i:still!"declino"to/follow, out :the ex--3 - Cthe.;::assoc'iation:.that ..they :tt .S pol^(ft^^) .' dom P^ Sfelbt^»*S^ ed ' , ? t ; t fe lt^ I 7 : ' 6 fi ort ly :thero:/will 6 'S ;l6^i)° n 'P !:tllat;c r"*et '.burlesque seen fetSK. tn .V™o...Spnth:>atsmcn;.hndvto^ : r to'the fef sfafterjshurips/had/been ' Wm^^nrii^**Ti& nt f had 4. nr '>.'hours and a Quarter "i n : Which' i akp.a.winning. Jentury ■ went^b. Si;#>";"Vhour^.timei.audit:became i apparSM ■:,-;.• -~■""• * ||arflthe./flcore, : ,f rorn; 48..:,t0;-103.:,;:;Wbcn:: Burton^hid 'shouid.^vS> PPtej f^ui^^"^^^ --m- spawd..through the■' teft^^ B '^' ; '^^' and "''^ ad s';^eW ;:H;i'i.^r.-^.'^tyICKGCSJi-■,;';*' ■.■;.;'• V>';'-''*"<.'•■ -'' '■■*''': : - •• i\'' ■ - : ahd^Patricic' ; off:drive : for ni< $SMmm&\, ts^'#:seasbni'.and? itmalte iftte#^^^i: : %^ ) P , Tler):^promptly.: review the g(^.vfe ; inetnoa3,.oi.iattack^'i.■;^■! •-';::,,.:..:''..••■ wickets :;of»^ilTfa^:Plimme : r'?%ftlter9 : £ : '>f^S?'-? u t"^ el ß nt '. s »B" 3 ;'sovernlbfwhi #jS:^^W d -.Only' 'Mst*->W vrunßj;were;;.wanted:;wheri; Johnson MlasV WH fci'. 1 ? a i i bvent;'.inV;an'd-,the-; wero overSA : . ; v:-'':yt.--;:.v^: l :.'.h-v,:'. :; SySM^Fairly ; Brisfc^attihg':^h- ! i wicke't'by/ C.' p!:3J^^ 3o hjan(UlCiny'ig;.;to]d /against the. 'East 1 A: Wt% :^W^ ! ' ln >K° /.of //the'-'afternobn. §fcs/«'#°s.;Wpre"obteined;:atia//rapid: : ratb, > 4SftbSF a h^: .was fo/comev:'./'. |3iS'P a «tVV;l7Bi/Central ) .five:for,49;,/i:The:twovnot.' PSS/;J oU Wen;:Kinvig-(10)jarid;Eoberts:(1). .did:not KSfft;.^??™'j* : Pf a ther,:long;:fqur ; -runs:/were added: was,:bowledvby; Gibbes. ■/ -V.;.'.-'-; ■:• ''": |h !^^#: S n: :cominonc'ed> a /partnership'bf ;73^whicb: pK^^tedjvan,/:hpur.;.and>;a' i .quarter./aKinvig: and ; i^i®?;9™°?j»hb/;played/a/safe,i'game; ; sot themw K#'£W? : :W^V,« I bbes' , and'::Hales'/Wtacked.:ft te'liS^'W^apd-'^ben'=Hutchiugs''went- oh;' the :rate ? feflSrot/.scprlng i;was.i:i-educed"/ohly//a' /trifle. vAt! '90,' pSs^W ld rS W&rf :^?V "P-P a rt:-.of'..Kmviß'.':.vraJi'-:eM«l."'when-'E; O; te(l^^ a^{:W?¥': s I 'PS./hold';a':fast:ball;;off>Gibbbs; i B^s?S/v^ i^':?viP°^ a V^PP°T^/ f ? tt T e d:^ l^|:«';^^'a'/;mbment;.:Hicks'6h. l v was : " placed teN^^^.? cr^ itj;M ' VGibb^'ana «t : he/'scbre-board |||ytenno;nnQel;;;.^B-^3lfta tea|:^^> v^a " d JMillef : ; B^|^Vp°'?'Plete,' ; ..bver, "and',' no '■■ addition^:to i, tho'"score'. |^|K< wa A;made:befbre/the;ninth',wicket'fell.V'Gibbes to ."Miller," IS'y'l>' l ?^ d^"W't ."e Satisfaction:, of /seeing it. grazd -the p^i.p»; / disappintment;:was:jpossible.v';^!,,>tv:c;Ajiii' §0$ p:&M^^^ i^^n WS dc Pehapd/'/bn -fWilsbn :, < and ?^ w , a ''yTfl c ;'.? :£lt luired;:to 'of /'.those.Settled: down'de- 1 P# runs^w.At-'U9 ) ''the;:gamo • feS||§?.was//almostVehdedf*Lanß'.Bteppcd' l butUo drive /missed teifj te'jhe,;.\ballKit:;/.Mmained.y B&NiiiSjP AWickets) wicket-' Kg;: g:koep^r ; :let::ithe!: i ballygo':by: ; //;/B:tr>!i;:.v' ■: /.:/..; ; pvpj Onlyri :..mprb:iruhs^were::'obtained; be-' P~$ rt-vfpre'.the/partnership'.was diss'olved.*vThe wicket pBSiS& : ;/pinß <:pne../.intbSLittle's';handsf ath/pdint. ; ; JThe; KjiflF "minutes' B/aavigijinlithe'/gast. second' ihnirigs/:'players'- : 'beihg"ihore' teKygconcPrriipdMth/:tSe:resultiof- / E^ : v:a[ya d ibming/hwicketi* N6...-.1; pgif.gamb/'was'yjust:¥fihishirigV//play;'. "wasZ/ivstopped ff, s bowlers "alike: |f«yfe v j'^;"ap^ eto h'e:4last ; ':; outi'';and; pS;;;piEastJfieidenleh:-were-.-,appareritly,'/endeavouring Kpc'wjj tpgkeep:,sset6heiln;?/and ■; the": latter: .succeeded. s%i&ssh&d\, : :'to B^?J&doubtful:.:.wh/ethex?:;the'. ; 'suburbah*;teahl.'would Ki&|%rfl aV P'hi a de;/50; : .:but-;;the;bowlersi;were: hot,siip/-; ftA&SjfcPPrted;./: th e S ;^'«sls^attihgjArasV:w.itbbut/: cbhfidehce; ; \:v !: i': ' k: , ,;".:■•. ball pj^KwildlyZiafcythd^wicfcets^ it;i¥?hard;::tp:;snggest./.anything Efl.yi3«phafejha.S;-a';mbre.?deihbralisirig/ . than'- an. |sf#'ii:«lOT«n.. ..gettihsi l tb-:/6ixes/:/nhd'/sevens .like .that. 'fi^Mffiil* /: rao "Sthe'::fault:"of^hc:/m'eh/,whb : db ; not: ifi.'iWi'fs;''back.;rip/than.'tlie : .fa'ult.bf.4hd:men' : :\vho v :ab::thrbw' v wildly;'/ : ; ; ''rft:/:.V.>".\ ,SEi;py?g6ti'HheraSelye3:i6ut , rdS'/:iast:/:as'..p jf#yf.PJ!rylved:^bn^nough/itp/;ge£-/what': scoreV'was' : :::,,i/ -^-/v^to.-;,.,'.::,,';-,-..; ®^^Tuckeyyill ; tS?«fci/f ??.fe A -/and. Wills,: has -:beeni.promoted-' to ■ fill: /feK'feiipW;Plabo,,j<lt;is/hard/'tbvimagirie.how i East/A' . S#:-;a'«.wll ; *anngeiwithout:Tuoker;. : SSc^SaUckershas:/a J :/gift: : for;'.pickihg:vout v y . 'S&Wty P]?y^ r fc t hat= :Wil!;jhakev..names ;tor:.themselves.. - ;iS<i^2?W^atest.splectioni;is:l'indlay;:of r Wellington S^fi9i.^P' 1 ?g«-/".Other3 i iwere:=L"bmax;:'Hutcliihgs > ; Moh- ; #w? ir-fpSV' -■■ V""nsV M.Grimlnetti":;' Edwards, ; : : Dal'^^iHgleish/vandi^bbieV:^'':./.."?'/::; ;:'?..-:-.:-.;:■■,■'■' :.':;'■ -, jKp;PS? h b^prabti(w-'wicket:/.in'i:theV m iddle ; : flayers last WK s y^i- l : n f^Py''iP ro TPd:/to:.be:. a;/dangerous concernj #i ; p,S!iPVvafter:one:nighty playv/it :was abandoned;' >i^!:;^JM h 9 u SP/defeated::by;:seven:.wickets:.Hutt were &: ;?<vjsP ow l n ? ; ? om P' iniprovement.ln'st Saturday.' In|^3fe:^^ r ?^ a f' E <>dgersV':but3;oh'the:second:'day.the:' MS^^vfroraZ/thp^prth' had : :othe'rs."to.get out.' : and confident '«, nd 'ho/was .rewarded-/with \<m .^nd j oflf-/.;co,ur'se'' : : '.lJod'gera 4lso &)^.'y/-j a " < lP i :"tp;'thevscore;V':B:::V.;'v' ; ,::./ ;,'/.;fl'- -'.-'■,/,: ■ SS'i3t^i^f?y;? f :^Bv'playiS ;! . 1 ?^ 1^!1 '"^ 10 :mndb:'!i;/desperato effort. j4'^^:::^:?^3 l^: li> I this.:effort; they/lost'three iwickots. SvKS 'effect.'"..";'>■'■ been'mhdP '; v to : ' renew': Connpr.s/engagement bythe Sduth ; Australian : l#iSy«V,Wp ko !l' ■:• Associatibn. :. :4 He/":will: accordini:lv .reSS'.'.'i:>rnain:an/the/:State; ; ";'.' ; " ':'.::;.... :xv. h '.:.-. .the/;M.C.C.-'team, .has hecepted feW#. B ;« nv »t ati of/: the/i M.C.C. /to </gb: :to South' Si':;hrg^'Africa v tliis,/ I winter'asvsecondiwicket-keeper - ' i*K.-Sb;/Ivis/i|PP(>rted that: A; C. Maclaren has joined ■ ;»;.'.;* ;,:?■: of. motor; engineers. 'What' ||;;.jf:;».- i iyill:he'lbe:',roported.as.having jbined"next? ' : at ; ..the welcome, S/^?'wgiVbn:,.hy:, : thevVictorian ~,Cricket, '.Association, A^'v'i'i'.i/'iaiiU.th'ate'in: his i ..o"piflion.,Warwick .Armstrong K3A:i!,.j:is-the..best/all-round: cricketer in.'the world. ■ - "current'in .Sydney .to. the /effect .gJ///iS:'that:,/y¥.:fßardsley.:may:ireturn v .;tb::lreland,: to JiS'is'Jv'.tako -Tup/-a.;business /appointment./^ %■;.■ ■/.;:.;::'' :§'? ; /;/*'rtSTliere ':has :been: heary-'Bcoring-iiri' Saturn ; last::rophth::/prbyidinß jthree'/pentUries/in Kv'i : ;vvß9nidfc ??£%i'-Sii-:A:ihcotihg,bf/prominent:men;Of.,Bombay 'has', •SSfe'appointed?nn/vinfluentibl"'committee to arrange :SS: "h. ':;,:for,''n:,:l'cpresantativP/.lndian biickbt..team "to /Mi^?: "Eugland ; in/-/the earliest iyearl" possible, : riil..:'t^ 1 'that 'the/'Jam:of./Nawanngar "/(Prince p^;'L : -:/llarijitsihhji).:',::,will;::captain' ; thof/tcam-/': letters p/i::::/,' /c'n .thb ;sul)ject ihave alreadj,';beeni,'ient; to -lord' Md:Mr."A.zC.;MaoLMen,v/v : ,^: v :::. i ::; : ::-.f.

■ Six members of the Australian cricket team wore: ontertained ...by the-. South Australian Cricket-Association,oh their arrival at Adelaide, and' W;,BaTdsley was presented with, a gold'medal as on appreciation of his porformarice.. in. heading: the batting averages for tho ; tpur.i:V:':,f";.':;;-::vV':'.',:':,- '"::■'-. K .- ■';■ Vernon Hansford was hon. secretary, to .tho sports, committee on the way out on the Orsova, and towards the end of : the voyage his fellow passengers presohted' him with' a < parse of • sovereigns. ." It is understood that the present was madp as a mark of esteem and regard for tho famous left-hander in connection with his approaching marriage.... ..-.,..:..•' Tin'summing up; the'.late season in England, Laurence' Wppdhouse wrote:—"George Hirst at last hasto.surrender ! his tenancy of the 'best all-rounder' in England; but he will do "so ungrudgingly, : /Tbr'-his/, mantle .: falls on the. shouldersipfi-Wilfrid, Rhodes, .who has .helped Hirst" niarijr-n' time to win the championship for. Yorkshire.'. Two: thousand ruus and 'well: over.one hundred wickets is. Rhbdes's bag for thetyearrsbone. has to recant and discard the idea that';Ehodes can no longer bowl. It/is' more .thari'probable, too; that.-he will fulfil :his'threat and/make a century In a test match' before he.;has .finished.' He batted splendidlv at'the/Oval in the":fifth Test match." . '"

! : Commenting, .upon thoN appointment of /Mr. •J'.-'.N. Crawfoi-di-late :--»f Surrey,':to a position nt/Sti' Peter's ..College, Adelaide, the London "Sportsman" says:—Mr. J. N. Crawford: ivill ■have every.'' chance of playing first-class cricket in. South: Australia when he becomes qualified, . .• that he,may be a niebtlier of .a .future: Australian' team visiting these shores is • distinctly, premature. .■ Mr Crawford,' who: will not be''twenty-three years of age until December 1. next, is:a magnificent nil-round cricketer, and may also. prove .hiniself «"■ great player under the colonial conditions so different from those prevalent in this country." ■'■'' ' : New ■;.South Wales may yet lose the services ofiWarren, Bardsley, the champion left-handed batsman," who arrived back in. Sydney on November-. 27, after his/trip:to England with tho Australian:cricket team, In an interview 1 tho Glebocricketer said he had received a muhificent offer from an Irish sportsman to settle in Ireland,and play,oricket there. !'lt'will not. be,;as:a ; : professional;" said'Bardsley. '"This gentleman offers me ■ a lucrative position, - and wants: me .-to ;help:'alorig Irish:.cricket. ':-This' gentleman;is .very keen-oil sport, arid js already,.paying,,one South African .professional .£ls a week. J ( don't know whether to accept' liie^oljer. or not. I want to consult my people ln.Sydney .first. There.is no truth in-the statement.that Northampton County officials 'made me an offer:to play with them." 'It is hazarded W ...ono,!'. paper .that' Mr. "S. ./H. .Cochrane, of bray, ;is,the gentleman.who has: made, the offer. He, has : a. ■;■. private cricket ground, which /possesses a. palatial pavilion.'. "• ■'--',' ;•■ • ■ :■-'■■ \!l?? si - '' A )'««k (writes.';Long,Slip" 'in,the "Otngo' Witness).-. .some;:, comment ,was inade'onthe prospects:of Otago'for Plunket "Shield favours hisyear, H and;the suggestion was thrpivn, out thatsomething might.be done ifi tho direction ?l a -f i f e ' T a " em ?V to secure:the trophy-not for ; ifeelf,:.l would havo.it undewtood, but for tho, power , the possession of "it would'wield for h^futu r e;:of :the::game>;at:Hhis. end'of the Z?H V '''° ne ; ln .a«thority .informed me' that : meters ...were T being -worked quietly toWards' that end, and .1 .told not to Be surprised if Canterbury and Wellington, failing to mksttW tempt. .^««&.£S^ ; r'Thefirst representative 'm^fch' : 'of-'tae.season'' and ; the Canterbury selector is - gettinir hV« players ..into form.;, > The^ : CantSry?6tagd .match- in L the,opin on of: a, ChristchS l .wnter),istho,match:Oftho.ycar;ahi the most S'o( ttl and> Callaway , now i rcsident::in -Dunedin, and -Ksher.and Downes k av ?, lla y°} the.Ota'go'.team' ?hot St ° " C ? nt . cr . bu ff ■« now in the lead with the number of wins-the.race of recent years having been^neck.and.neck, .with only a margiff of one , win-botween tie sides.:,: The'match ; shpuld : ,bo:.wen worth ,watching.?:if"cS pricket .Association.vwillv scad up;a team' ropre, ;sentingthe State.,schools;. •--- : v."'- "' ". a^D^ th rl >I ??¥ tS ! lield figures already ,"™Wdpthe,,Chnstchurch,: ''Press": saysiAha't i '.Auckand.should..'havtf.iio':difficulty', in retain.; 'mg:th6,championship.ngauist:Wellih!;ton.i:';'The :^rw^' d " s '^ re '- tt >^?S' 6omW na«ohi:and' ;with:,Eeh s. assistance.and tho "confidence .'ini y ; hls ' , lnc ? us ' on ." the writer-fancies' it -will.-.take' a, stronger' side 'than " Wclliriirtbh :Possesses'.;to kat them.,, Canterbury should:!," wvn ,^I *r ; ' t M'^ U '°M a " de " :^Go^erl)ury^are.;liardly:so^tron K 'a jear,,ant(.it ni.ust.be'admitted that-things''will feHi^u U u wny;av W '■'.■'»» , ' , 6rder; thaft the' ;ll^^f l l d , : 'J ,o .'-'t r , ou ,elit'r,to-: Christchurch. Still, Canterbury wilMiave a strong side-:' and' ,as; : the, ; men. are ..practising assiduously, there: ' «e prospects: of :.success.'. ; 'Whatever tno...results :ot _.these, matches, may : :be, Otaco's chancei of beating: the;hs'.ders' must bo reckoned .decidedly : : good, v ; llncartnoy,':. will i strengthen jwi-alroady..strong,sids.;'enormously,' ;and if [Cnllaivay^also:assists:the:'side,:Otago will have one of ..the-, strongest -bowling teams ;that' has overplayed .for any. .province.' :'- ■'■ :•:•'•:' ? , the district ■ scheme ; wns:carried:by:the:Christchurch clubs, one of Jnp.. cp.nditions.. ! agreed that: - those cricketers, who Iplayed for' five-years -for' their district club .would: have the option'."of -con-' ,tinuipg .to, play .for: that .district lf.they, subsequently, T chans:ed their, residence .to' another dis,tTict,,,'.Nowthat..the,:period has almost .'expired," thero;is'_ac;notice.:of motion beforejthe Canterbury.: Cricket to ..'disperise with this condition,':'so ; -that players can: only'iplay for ,™6i d is"itit they.'hye.'ini': Apart .'from, the fact that; there, maY.Be good sense in' the :new ideiii : .there,',, ist; something radically: wrong in that•' a" conditioniwhibh,takes,five years,to come.into ,gect;and .has riot been 'discusso'd: by: the'dis.trict clubs:,since .it was ..passed,'-should'run -a" risk .of ..being deleted' without having had a chance ..0f... proving ...or ..disproving its ■ worth. .If:.tho. "original resolution were altered ■ to ■provide that .players ..who. have, played for their district .club,:for five", consecutive years could .have?tho\pptiori,'-: qn''.leaving, -tho'district, '■■ of I playing for; their old: club for two'.''years,'' after ..which/:they':must:play .for their".new district,: it:-might, be ; ::an ; ..improvement.—"Canterbury: Times."::^vv■•■ ;; -v.?.'': :-::.•,'.- ; , : .'•'.'■.",'■.•.". :'■':'■'■. ~- : : ' , ;