CRICKET

Evening Star, Issue 14508, 28 October 1910, Page 8

CRICKET

TO-MORROW'S FIXTURES. —First Grade.— Tho following matches will be continued : Albion v. Carisbrook A, on the North Ground. Carisbrook 173, Albion 157 for three wicket 3. Opoho v. Carisbrook B, atOpoho. Upohc 240, Carisbrook two wickets for 13. __ Dunedin v. Grange. on tho Nortn Ground. Grange 133, Dunedin seven wickets for 101. —Second Grade.— The following matches will be continued:—Grange v. Opoho. at Opoho; Carisbrook v. Morningtou, at Moruington; St. Kilda v. Dunedin C, at- Culling I'ark; Albion v. Buned : 'i B, on the North Ground. —Third Grade.— Carisbr**& E v. Christian Brothers B, at Carislwook. Albion 4 v. Christian Brothers A, on the Asylum Ground. Carisbrook F v. Dunedin, on the Caledonian Ground St. Kilda v Albion, on the Asylum Ground. Mornington v. Grange, at Morningtou. D.C.C. : Mil WILSON'S TRANSFER. Mr T. S. Graham (president) presided at a uammittee meeting of the Dunedin Cricket Ciub last evening, when the resignations of J. Druimiiund, W. Ilaig, K. Fleming, C. Johnstone, J. Clarke, and C. G. Wilson were received and accepted without dissent. The matter of C. G. Wilson's transfer was discussed at length, and the Chairman moved—"That this Committee strongly icfient the action of the Otago Cricket Association in dealing with the matter of C. (.'. Wilson's transfer from this club to the Carisbrook Club without giving this Committee reasonable opportunity of lirst considering the said player's application ; and, further", that this Committee consider thai the granting of such transfer without any reasons having bqen asked by or given to the Association is clearly contrary to the spirit of tlte nilo jlist' adopted by that lmdv. and an act of discourtesy towards Ihis'ciub." Tn moving tho resolution Mr [iraham said ho would like it to be noted that the Committee had no objection whatever to Mr Wilr-on leaving the club, but resented tho precipitate manner in which this particular ease was taken in hand by tho Association. .Mr Wilson's resignation was received on the Tuesday evening, but contained no intimation that he wished a clearance or intended to play risen-he re. The application for a ih.ii.mco waii handed in (M! Thursday afternoon, and it was unreasonable to expect the Committee to deal with it at such short notice. Moreover, n.i reasons whatever were stated in tho application, as the rule demands. The speaker a-'.ded that he wished to make tho club's position clear, and to dissipate the idea that they wove acting :i:i ainthing but a straightforward manner, and, to far as their nuigm-ent went, in the best interest*; of C! it kct.

In answer to a question, the Secretary .-aid that the only Mr Wilson had voiced in conversation was that he had been opposed I'm- ollicc .it the annual meeting. .Mr Mackersy, in seconding the motion, stated that he considered the club had beet: sighted by the 0.C.A., and the action that body took" in inspect to the transfer i:i question ivould iiot have been taken had the applicant been less prominent in the cricket world. Mr Wilson had received his club member's ticket over a month ago. and had had ample time to resign and to give the Committee a reasonable chance of granting his clearance in a constitutional manner. The -Association had acted entirely against tho spirit of the rule, inasmuch as. permission had been hurriedly granted a good player to transfer to a "team which was admittedly already oiw of the strongest in tho competition To prevent this sort of thing was one of the renins advanced for tho pasting of the rule not six weeks proviouslv. "This action by the U.C.A.. continued" Mr Mackersy, had further weakened the authority of the governing body, as was evidenced bv things that had since Wen dono by certain clubs in defiance ot i-ules and resolutions. _ _ . Other members having spoken in a similar strain, tho motion was put. and carried unanimously, a copy of the resolution to be icrwardsd to tlio O.C.A. NOTES BY ONLOOKETi. Beale, who was wicketkecper for Otago against Auckland last season, is now playing for Lin wood. Christehurch.. For the Petersham (Sydney) Wednesday team against the Post and Telegraph Department, at Petersham Oval, on the 12th inst., T. Andrews and E. H. Stoney put on 100 in twenty minutes, Stoney maldng thirtv in one over—viz., 6, 6, 6, 4, 4, 4. Tykkslev, who heads the batting averages" in England for tho first timo this vcar, compiled 2.265 runs for fifty-one innings—average, 46.22. He alone scored 2,000 rues during the season. The cable tho other day advised us that ,). H. Sinclair joins the South African team lor their tour in Australia. The Springboks are now fully representative, and should give an excellent account of themselves in the tour which begins at Adelaide on Friday next. " Phcenix,'' in the 'Rand Daily Mail.' recently remarked: "Jimmy Sinclair (the popular idol with the bat on the Rand) opened hist season with a brilliancy reminiscent of tho best days of Bonaor and Lyons, but was not himself (as a' cricketer) against the last M.C.C. team here. He is now again capable, to Hie full extent of his fine physical powers, and may be expected to do" his fine reputation full justice. He has always stow! in the front rank or' South African cricketers as a field and bowler (usually taking mid-off), but he eoukl not be left out of any South African team as a bowler, and his peculiarity of spin, combined with judgment. I look to «oo enhance his reputation on tho Australian. tUTf."

Tn the match Gordon v. I'niversity at Svdney on Saturday week V. Tnuuper only scored a single, while CI. G. Macartney was dismissed for a duck. .In his three" efforts for Gordon this season Macartney has made 12, 31. and 1. With the ball he was more successful, taking six wickets at a cost of 85 runs.

In the panic between Sydney District ,nnd Central Cumberland on the same, day slow-bowler Asher secured two wickets for 8 runs and six lor 23. Mr J. Herbert Farmer, ;i member ofthe Norfolk County (England) Cricket Club, and a eon of the late Mr Janes Farmer, at one time a member of the Legislative Council in thia country, torwards a handy brochure entitled ' Cricket I lints' for youngsters and others. The special advice- to fieldsmen i.s to keep the eye on tho ball; and batcinen are. told to etay "at home" when playing good goo'glies and smother them, and to hit the bad ones, of which thero will be plenty. Tho brochure k replete with useful hinte, and Mr Farmer advises that on application copies will bo forwarded free to eehoolboya. Some profitable partnerships at Christchurch laet Saturday : —A If. Xonnan and T. Carlton, 190 for the second wicket Biecaiton v. Linwood; Patterson and Watson, 150 for Sydenham v. East G'hrisfcthtirch.; Alt'. Xoniian and Caygill, 120 for tho first, wicket Riccarton. v. Linwood; T. W. Eeese and Alhvrd, 115 for second wicket St. Albans v. East Christehurch. The decision of tho Xcw South Wales Association, cabled on Wednesday last, to yelect the captain of all interstate* teams will caiwo Kitne discontent anions cricketers in Sydney. Tho question was raised at the meeting of the Association on the 17th inpt., and wns freoly discussed by the delegates. Mr T. Hartigan (Gordon), who introduced the subject, thought that in the best interests of the. game tho team should select their own captain. That had not been the practice in tho past. Hitherto the Selection Committee had elected the captain, and it was ratified by tho delegates. His club had recently issued a circular to test the feeling of other clubs on the matter, and had received a number of replies, which were opposed to the existing method. A motion was submitted by Mr W. R. Jones (North Sydney) to the effect that State teams should in future elect their own captains. The chairman said that notice would have to be given of such a motion. The way it had been done had been tho enstom fox- a long-time. Mr