CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1026, 16 January 1911, Page 7

CRICKET.

THE THIRD TEST MATCH. OPINIONS AND GATE RECEIPTS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Oopyrlitlit. Sydney, January 14. R-eforrine to the third Test match, tlio "Daily Telegraph" says:—"The Africans batted more Asefensively than -in tho ' previous matches, probably because they , lost the other luatchcs. . .- . The South Africans should have scored more runs, but showed lamentably' bad judgment in running between the wickets. Faulkner , was the only exception. They were also poor in the field, slow, to gather in the ball, and slower to return it. The win, however, proves that, given equal weather conditions, there is not much difference between the teams." The total receipts for the match were •£ll9l. - "THE-HARDEST-FOUGHT TEST." Sydney,"January 14. The "Herald" statesirr-'-'Uhe match was the hardest-fought Test in' the history of nricket. Cotter s magnificent rush at'tho i finish.was the sensation,.,'of'the match. Australia went down fighting like Grenvills and jtlie little. Revenge. South Africa's win was the reward' of -pluck, skill, and unswerving determination. South Africa has shown that- she is a worthy competitor; for' the cricket supremacy of tho Empire. The. aggre'egate score-r1646 —was over a liuudred more than was pre- . viously Scored in a 'Test match, it is nineteen years sinco 'Australia lost in i-delaide." - THIRD-CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP, ■ AN INTERESTING MATCH. An'extromely intei-eSting match, whiVh ■probably■ sfivties;"'tho"- third-class championship in favour of, tho Catholic Young Men's- Club, wa.'s Splayed at the colleg" ground on- < Sat-iifday afternoon. Their opponent's were-Wellington East. It.wa." eoon 'evfdent 'thaf;'the" Catholic eleven were at the wickets to stay, and, lnt<in the''afternodhj only three of them had been "dug"' out, tho total -then standing at 209.. Towards this Warne played a lino innings for. 103 not. out, Leydon 45, O'Sullivan 23, and M'Grath 23. , The in- .' nihgs. ,;was."- then declared closed. Tho wicket was.'a. -little dead and very easy, and. the East bowlers (Forrester, Clark's and Kennedy), though bowling very well, got no/assistance, from it. It was wearing, however, when East went in and inclined to kick. The latter began well,, a long stand, being mado by Prain and Kelling, who filaycd good defensive cricket for 29 and 25 respectively, their, object being to play out time for a draw. When they t were-.got .rid of, however, tho end soon came, wickets falling rapidly, the only other double-figure' scorers being Currie 20, and Kennedy 18. • Bowling for tho Catholic Club, O'Dowd captured fivo . wickets for .40 runs, Carroll'three for 27, and O'Sullivan two for 18.' Warnc's 103 is said to bo the highest individual score in third-grado cricket this season, and their total is also tho best -which has been registered. Their win is therefore a good one; During tho. progress of the match, an East player, named Currie, . brought off a sensational catch in the slips,' l which',-was warmly applauded all rouud the ground; ' • Templars journeyed to the Hntt on Saturday and defeated tho locals by nine wickets, and 7. runs. Hiitt, in the first innings, made IS runs and in the second 97 (Baiimber 33, Evertoii "21, France not out 10).- .Templars declared "their first innings closed w-tth- six wicke.ts down-for--73. (Dooley 1 '• 27i" ;, la}mbert 23).; lii the ond innings the visitors-made 49 for ono . wicket. .. Ryan-.not out- .29, and Wright not Out 17, made .the required .runs in 20 minutes.. Por the locals Everton bowl-' ed best. For the visitors''Blenkinsop,- in the Hutt'first innings, took six for.9,and Pooley' threo 'for 9. In:the 'second»[:iii•nings Pooley took'five for 23 and Brown two for 2-1. - * Karori defeated Y.M.C.A. by 30 runs. Karori-made 104 (Atkin 4G, Cornish.-17, Brooker M). Y".M.C.'A. " made 74 (C, Thompson 23, W. L. Wilson 17, .and Mabin 13). Bowling for' Y.M.C.A. Mabin ■took five wickets for 54 runs, and M'Elligott three for 13. For Karori Brookertook four for 20, Cornish four for! 2(5, and Lower, two for one. -JUNIOR ASSOCIATION. Kilbirnie'defeated Seatoun by an in-mngs.-.and 78 runs. , Seatoun mado 10 in their first innings arid 20. in their second 'essay... Kilbimie made■ 108 :\vith .the loss of a single wieket (Russell 45. Tilyard 45 not' out). Bowling for the winners, Thomas took nine wickets for 15 runs and Pooley .five for 10. ■ ; : . JUNIOR GRADE.' , St. Mark's defeated East by an innings and 20 runs. East, in. their second in- , ninxs, ..made 53 (Connole .31). Bowling for St. Mark's, Smith took five wickets for 25 and Harris -four for 28. "HOUSE" 51-ATCHES. A match was played on Newtown. Park , between .the. Telephone Exchange A and The Dominion teams. The Dominion side consisted mostly of substitutes; only five members of tho club .played. 1 However, through good batting bv. Suckling (a substitute) and good bowling by Boyle nod Pilkington victory unexpectedly went to Tin-;. Dominion. In their innings Tjie Dominion* scored 87, 43. of which was contributed by Suckling'and 13 by J. T Brown. -Hayes bowled-well for tho Telephone eleven. In-their .turn at the •Wickets the Telephone replied with 69. Boylo.. took'' seven wickets for 18, and three fell .to Pilkington. Playing "at -Duppa Street on Saturday a team .representing the Vacuum Oil Co. defeated another representing the l'rouso Lumber -Co/, Ltd., by 91 runs. Vacuum Oil midd 40 (Liixford 12 and Jardine 12). Prouse Lumber Co. compiled only IS. In . the second inniiigs tho winners mado--79 _ for. four wickets and declared. A. Wilson made 30 not out, Jardine 16, and Andrews' 14. Requiring 101, the Prouso Lumber Co. team made only 10 runs, including three extras. Earnshaiv, with eight wickets for 6, Luxford with two for 9, P. Maysmor with five for no runs, and 1. W. Wilson, with two for 7, bowled well for Vacuum Oil Co., as did G. Harris, nine for 40 (including "hat trick), Pay, three for 41, Ranson, two tor -5, for Prouso Lumber, Ltd. MID-WEEK REPRESENTATIVES. CANTERBURY TEAMS. The following Canterbury Thursdav players will represent their province iii matches against tho local Wednesday roVffwtativH to be played in Wellington at the beginmug o£ next week;— r S SH 01 ;L T - K. Barrett, C. Bright, — Bettle, P. Campbell. B. Edser, J. M Mahon, P. Pritchard, W. Simpson, and E. Sefton; .emercencv J, L<j W is _ JuniorS. Andrews - Baker, & Booker, C. Francis, T. Gelletv, C. LafferK- T p 3lr,rgan, - PoUard, W. R*id, G. Si'mpJo,,; and P. H. btevenson; emergency, I{. Gallagher. . Messrs. Basc.aud (senior) and Robinson (junior) have been nominated by the visitors as umpires', and approved by the local , association.:. Mr. Southgate will bo asked by the local . senior team to act as umpire. The local umpire for the junior contest has not yet been selected. MATCHES-IN THE WAIRARAPA.' (By Telceraah.—Special Corresoondent.l' Masterton, January 15. Cricket matches were continued yesterday in excellent weather, results being as follow:—Masterton, 173 and threo wickets for 103 (Esson 50, not.out, Redmond 27), defeated South Wairarapa, who made 117 and 155 for seven wickets, their second innings being declared closed (Coberof't SO, Miller 22, Sievors 37, not out, Cundy 32, not out). It was a sovcn ; wickets' victory. Carlton defeated .Carterton by 23 ■ runs on the first innings. Carlton made ' 213 and 1!IS for nine wickets (Moss '.17, Darvillo 31, and Wuiigh 21), and Carter--1 ton made 100 (I*. Heecho.y 65, Smart SG). St. Matthew's li junior tram defeated Msunwrvill# juuiors by 91 runs an tho first innings. At the end of the first junior, round St. A - aro loading with 12 points, while St. Matthew's B and Mn.stert«n. whe ore t on tlio list, tuive aEivgatei! li poinla cari.

AUCKLANDERS IN -FINE FORM. (By Telegraph—Press,-Association Auckland, January 15. Tho sixth round of tho Auckland Cricket Association's matches was concluded yesterday in perfect weather and on good wickets. A feature of the day's play was tho number of good "scores made by senior, grade batsmen. L. G. Hemus made 122, not out, Horspool 83, Farquharsou 87, not out, Wallace 81, not ont, Ralfe 88, and Hadden 62. Tho professionals, Pearson and Shaddock, bowled well, the former taking seven wickcts for 66 runs, and the latter five for 29. Tlio results are as follow, wins being secured by Pousonby, Eden, and North Shorel'onsonby versus Grafton: Pousonby, 268 and 85 for six wickcts; Grafton, 232 (Horspool 83, Harvie, nob out, 42, Sloinan 31). Ponsonby won by 36 runs on tho first innings. Parneil versus Eden: Parneil, 127 and 117 for six wickets (OllifF 38, not out). Cummiugs took four wickets for 31 ruus. Eden, 249 for four wickets, the innings being declared closed (Hemus 122, not out, Cumraings 46, Brook-Smith. 39). Eden won od tho first innings by 122 runs. University v. North Shore: University, 138 and 123 for three wickets (Wallace 81, not out); North Shore, 270 for five wickcts (Farquharson 87, not out, Hidden 62, J. Ralfe 88). North Shore won by 13 runs on tho first innings. >

MASTERLY DISPLAY BY SIMS. . Christchurch, January 14. Grade cricket was. resumed to-dav in fine weather, and tho wipkets wero in good order. Tho leading team, St. Albans, was beaten by Riccarton by five runs after some i exciting play. Crawshaw, for tho losers, played a magnificent innings for 89, not out.. T. Carl-, ton, for the winners, took nine wickets , for 99 . runs. West Christchurch defeated East Christchurch by 43 ruus on tho first innings. For the losers, Sims gave an exhibition of excellent cricket, scoring 134 not out. Edmonds assisted-with. 48, but the others proved unequal to the occasion. Linwood was'beaten by Sydenham by 79 runs on the first innings. For Linwood, Beale, an ex-Otago player, -was top-scorer* with 46, Thomas making 42. Sydenham, in their, second innings,notched 155 for six wickets. Paterson, a promoted junior, made 78 by capital cricket. GOOD BATTING AT DUNEDIN. \ Duncdin, January -14, Crickot matches were continued to-day in perfect weather. Opoho'beat Dunedin by 11 runs on the first innings. The former mado 22S and 77 for six: wickets. Dunedin's total was 217 (Eckhold . 65). Carisbrook A defeated Grange by an innings and 53 runs. The former made 200, and Grange responded with 04 and 53. Carisbrook B completed their first innings against Albion, the effort totalling 551 (Austin 187, Watson 186, and Drumui 60). Albion replied with 237 for eight wickets (W. Slienherd 75, R. Shepherd 57). " - 'Cricketers should not: fail to see the stock of cricket requisites at Laws ami Manning's, Courtenay Place.*