CRICKET.

Evening Star, Issue 15065, 23 December 1912, Page 2

CRICKET.

SHEFFIELD SHIELD. South Australia (six wickets for 420) continued their first inninqs at Adelaide on Saturday, a total of 569 runs being registered. Steele carried his bat for 125 ft ew South Wales had lost four wickets J?V 77 """ (Tamper 0, Gar. Waddy 35. Uilins 79, Minnett 35) at the call of time'. SOUTH MELBOURNE v. MARLBOROUGH. The local eighteen at Blenheim were dismissed on Saturday for 148, the highest contributions being Pearpoint 37, Jackson 28, Gouldmg 20, and " Extras" 29. Bowling analysis: Giller, 3 for 25; Kenny, none for 11; Kyle, « x for 27; Trott none for oo ; M'Oormack, 7 for 23; Scott, 1 for 10. When stumps were drawn South Melbourne had 334 on for six wickets, of winch Sykes made 115 without a bad stroke. Others: Trott 0, Scott 51, Giller 5, Kenny 33, Deas 44, Kyle (in) 22, M'Cormack (m) 18, extras 41. WELLINGTON v. TOURING TEACHERS. The match between Wellington and the ftew South Wales Teachers was continued on the Basin Reserve, Wellington, on baturday. Though the weather was fine the attendance was small. The game ended in a draw. Scores: New Pouth Wales Teachers 153 and 258 for six wickets (Barnes 78, Harvey 53 not out), Wellington 116. - » PLUNKET SHIELD. The following have been selected to represent Auckland (defenders) against Wellington this week for the Piunket Shield: Hemus (captain), Cummings, Kountree, Brookes-Smith, Taylor (Eden) Dacre Sale (North Shore), Oliffe, Sommerveli Parnell), E. Horspool (Grafton). N Sneddon (Ponsonby); twelfth man, Kavanah (Ponsonby). AT OTHER CENTRES. ■ Auckland—The fifth roimd of the district cricket matches concluded on Saturday .in perfect" weather. In the EdenJNorth Shore match the former team won on the first innings by 8 runs, the scores being: Eden 161 and 227 for eight wickets, -North Shore 153.—Ponsonby defeated ParneJl by 81 runs on the first innings, the scores being : Painell 181 and 110 for two wickets, Ponsonby 262.—University de-feat-ad Grafton by 70 runs on the first innings. Scores: Grafton 170 and 94 for three wickets, University 246. The points tor the championship are: Eden 10. Ponsonby 6, North Shore 1, University'minus ' ™'. and ramell minus 7 each. Chnstehurch.—Beautiful weather prevailed on Saturday, when tho fourth round of the grade matches was continued, but soon after 4 o'clock rain fel, heavily, and further play was abandoned. Sydenham, with the first innings lead of U over St. Albans, cracked up badly in the second attempt, and were all out for 09. bt. Albans had no difficulty in hitting these off, though they had to hurry to get through before the rain stopped the play Kiccarton easily scored a 2-point win against East Christ-church, whilst at Lancaster Park West Christ church secured a similar win against Linwood. The - following are the scores :—Sydenham 180 and 69 v. St. Albans 163 and 88 for three wickets; East Christchurch 108 and 61 for two wickets v. Riccarton 198; West Christchurch 204 and 208 (D. Eeece 551 v Linwood 161 and 64 for one.

NOTES BY " ONLOOKEE." Harry Trott has made an unfortunate start in the Dominion tour of the South Melbourne cricket team. Going in first both at Masterton and Blenheim, he failed to score on each occasion. Young Cis Dacre, the 13-year-old schoolboy of Devonport, Auckland, registered another fine performance on Saturday week, when he scored a faultless 175 for the North Shore fourth grade team against Lden. This brought his aggregate for the season to 1,025 runs—sß3 for the fourth grade team of his club, 44 for the second eleven, and 393 for Ms school. He has scored five centuries, and his average for fourth grade cricket is 145.7. His 175 on the 14th inst. was made without boundaries, and included two 7*s and three 6's. Dacre, in addition, took eight wickets for 22 runs the same afternoon. In Wellington the complaint is regularly made that the public do not show interest in cricket, judging by the poor attendances at the principal games. South Australia, playing on their owrground, put up the fine score of 559 agaii'sr New South Wales. Centuries we-'c scored by Mayne (124), Chamberlain {Vy,), and Steele (not out, 123). Victor Tr'unper, who has been batting in great f,/;n; m Sydney this season, was dismal f-.,r a duck. New South Wales meat Vklcna at Melbourne on Boxing Day in their timekonored fixture. "I don't think New Zealand cricket is properly rated," said Mr M'Mullen, captain of the visiting New South Wales teachers' team, at a- gathering at Wellington on Thursday evening. " I understand that soon a New South W 7 ales eleven are to come over here, and, in my small way, I will do all I can to persuade them to make; it as strong a team as possible. New Zealanders are all too modest about their cricket, but, in mv opinion, they could''raise an eleven to do credit to themselves in a match with tho Australians."