CRICKET

Evening Star, Issue 14513, 3 November 1910, Page 8

CRICKET

THE GAME IN SOUTHLAND. [Special ■to the Stah.J INVERCARGILL, November 5. Tho Southland cricket season commenced yesterday afternoon under fair weather conditions, the turf being a little soft and a strong cross wind blowing. Appleby (last season’s premiers) met Invercargill, but are behind on the first innings. Invercargill, hatting first, were disposed of for 111 (Kavanagh 46, Gilbertson 24, and Bannennan 20). Washer took three wickets for 9 runs, and Scott three for 29. Appleby lost three wickets for 1 run, but managed to reach 98 before the innings closed (Irvin 34 ; Walker 29). Banncrnian took six wickets for 44 runs. The other senior match went to Bluff by default, Invercargill Thirteen (colts) not mustering enough men to set (he game going. Tho season promises to bo a good one, and several acquisitions have been made by different clubs. Invercargill C.C. have been strengthened by the inclusion of Kavanagh (late of Dunedin), Williams (Cornwall), and Knapp (Nelson), while a number of lesser lights have also come South. At a meeting of the Soutldand Cricket Association it was decided to enter a team for tho Lord Hawke shield tournament, and will probably play one or two of the associations taking part in it. Representative matches will also be played in Invercargill against Canterbury and Otago (in February). The Canterbury Association have suited their willingness to rend down a team about Christmas or New Year to plav tho return match, which has been owing for the past sixteen, years, Southland having visited Christchurch in 1894. NOTES BY “ ONLOOKER." West CluLstchurch were dismissed twice by St. Albans, their totals being 51 and 72. “West” included Lusk and D. Reese, two New Zealand reps. Young Sandeman was the main factor in the rout. Ho took four wickets for 14 runs, and live for 31. A remarkable performance was registered for Paddington 11. and Sydney 11. recently by one W. R. Iredale. He scored SO out’of 128, the next score being Pope's 9. With the test matches against tho .South Africans so near at hand, the following clippings from a Sydney paper anent performances of probable Australian Eleven players <m u recent Saturday arc interest-ing*:-'-Macartney bowled much bettei against Wavorley, on. a bowler's wicket, by capturing seven for 29, and having the side in difficulties with his length and break. . . . Trumper compiled 58 in an hour, hit eight 4’s, and batted very soundly and briskly. . . . Armstrong bad some good batting practice agauist Collingwood, and hit up 54 out of 73 in forty minutes, including eight 4’s. His driving was lusty and well timed, and (dong the carpet;' but Warwick, in attempting a big hit, got caught on the fence. . . . W.B.’s (Bardsley) form in this innings was superior to anything I saw from him last season, and was quite a piece of classic batting. . . . Cotter was responsible for more fireworks. His 18 was made in thirteen minutes, and was composed of one 6, two 3’s, one 4, and one 2.” Carisbrook teams tor Saturday.—A: Sledeborg, Barron, Chadwick, Martin, L. Watson, Wilson, Rutherford, Ramsden, Godfrey, L. Cameron, A. P. Alloo. B; H. 0. Watson, Austin, Harraway, W. E. Bannennan, Hopkins, Andrews, Columb, Fenwick, Drumm, A. W. Alloo, F. G. Lomas.

I The best performances registered in Adelaide on the 22nd ult. were:—F. Hack j (Glenelg v. Port) 112, J. H. Pellew (Adei laido v. North Adelaide) 110 not out, E. R. Mayne (West Torrens v. East Torrens) j 107, J. N. Crawford (East Torrens v. West Torrens) four for 15. An application from A. Broad bent, a i Yorkshire cricketer, to be appointed as •'coach has been received by the Wanganui • Association.

For Linwood on Saturday Beale (the «xOrango player) made 16 and 5. A duty call to Marlborough prevented Blamires completing his innings oh Saturday. This was hard luck for Central A, who lost to North by 12 runs. Though the wickot favored the batsmen, some sterling bowling performances were registered in senior grade matches at- Wellington on Saturday. These may be mentioned : Findlay (North), five ’ for 39 ; Grimmett (East A), three for 14; Stainton (Victoria College), three for 7; O’Shea (East B), three for 7; Patrick (South), nve for 19; Guthrie (South), three for 9; E. Judd (ihrtf), ./three for 14,