CRICKET.

Evening Star, Issue 15066, 24 December 1912, Page 3

CRICKET.

.. ' »- . y South Melbourne dismissed the Marlborough, •p&h** 6 " in their second venture .-.for, 102, thus winning the match by an . innings and 141 inns. Kelly took five wickets for 28 runs, Kenny seven for 29, ' 6 > Purvis thwe for 11. The Isew South Wales touring teachers beat the Manawatu teachers by two wickets one minute before the call of time. Butterworth, for the local men, plaved a fine innings for 81 before he was caught on the leg boundary. An- exciting halfi™* w\ '1 ensued ' later °« gainst time With 7 runs wanted and six minutes to play; Rogers hit a boundary and then succumbed lbw nest ball. Schrader :jr b tuX' seut thc winning hit t0 Th 3 Canterbury team, en route for-Dun-edin, commenced a match against South Canterbury at Temuka yesterday. The home team were dismissed for 80, Bennett taking six wickets for 28 and Sandman four tor 42. Canterbury replied Hi of V^l e \ B u'n° aysi } l 70 >- A * the caU of time South Canterbury, in their second venture had lost four wickets for 63. , field Shield, succumbed to South 4u*tr li, J badly at Adelaide. The W?h« was fi„e . and the ket 'condition for v es ! terdays play. New South Wales's first Barnes 43, and Emery 25 not out). Fol • owing on, they were dismissed for 240 I Jrumper 11 Moore 48, Folkard 60,Tnnott 60 Emery 2 6) Whitty bowled frumper Spnth Australia thus wonby an innings and £3 runs. J A NOTiSBY "ONLOOKER." As Tuckwell is out of town for the holinerman. J an " Some surprise will be occasioned by the ' C°dS nt * th the little Sydney L-ack limit WIM B f T t UP bifi crick * fc <™ d iimit himself to club games. This, doubtViS S - against South Australia and Victoria in the Sheffield Shield series Macartney has accepted a position as traveller tea Sydney company, and has also entered into a matrimonial engagement. • bo W^, 6 1 6 1 C< ? d atch bet "" een Australia and Philadelphia the weather was delightS!lf«| th t! r u hole three <la - vs < Md it is doubtful whether a better wicket had ever been provided for an international match in Philadelphia.' Yet, with all aurroundS g « fa ?? rable ' the Australians fell for 101 Ji. R. Mayne made 51, the onlv "double''' on the aide Mayne "watched the ball Tight to his bat, and his cover-square cutting was a treat to see. Harder hittin" towards point and cover has seldom been seen here. "King was absolutely at his best; his curve was working finely, carry- - ing the ball strongly to kg from the

pitch, and he varied it with his low curving or straight ball, and with an occasional break from the leg. And his length and direction were perfect—loß balls, °22 runs, 9 maidens, 5 wickets." Only one 4 was hit off him. He bowled Svd Gregory for a duck on a "screamer, which started jvell outside the off stump and took the leg stump between tho batters leers." Clark ably seconded Kings effort*. Philadelphia made 237, and Australia in their second innings pu up 262. S. Greaorv scored 70, " a splendid innings." Mavne made 54. Philadelphia had onlv 127 to'get. to win. They made a poor show, and were, all out for 81. Whittv bowled in his best form, and took six for 38 off 87 balls. In the first innings ho got seven for 45 off ' 117 balls. Victoria's Eleven to meet New South Wales at Melbourne on Boxing Day .comprises Armstrong, Ransford, Carkeek, Ryder, Carroll, Matthews, M'Naughton, Seitz, Barring, Brown, and Cannon, with Hartkopf as emergency. "Felix" regards the omission of the last named as a glaring mistake. Gehrs and Rees were not available for South Australia against New South Wales, yet the Wheatfielders won by an innings. Whitty has "come back" as a bowler." It is said that Hazlitt (a member of the last Australian Eleven) may never plav again m big cricket. Ho "met with a. thumb accident towards the close of the -tour. ' Some remarkable scoring was witnessed «4 a cricket match at Nunoopta (South Australia) the other day, between the local team and a team from Angaston. The ' local men hit up 237 for four wickets in two hours (P. Wamecke 102, retired; P. O'Brien 55, retired : J. Hatch 64 not out). The last-named knocked np his quota in 20min; lie got 38 in.two overs. The oldest-known bat in the world is almost 200 years of age. It was presented to the Surrey County Cricket Club by Mr F. M. Bucklund, and originally belonged to Mr John Chitty, of Knaphi'll. It is inscribed ' "J.C., 1729," and weighs 21b 4oz. Its shape k, of course, of the primitive kind, curved at the base, and in appearance it resembles a hockey stick far more than a modern bat. _ Playing for Fort Street High School at North. Sydney, against Knox College, Jack Taylor gathered in all ten wcikets for 21 runs. A feature of the performance was the fact that every wicket was clean bowled. Following up his success with the hall, he made 30 not out, and then got busy again, taking eight wickets in the second innings. Burglars paid a visit to the residence of Mr Clem Hill, the ex-Australian captain, at Adelaide on the 14th inst., and ransacked the smoke room. Entrance was effected by removing a wire screen from a 'window. Mr Hill keeps most of his cricket trophies in that room, and next ;jnor<iing he found that several had been stolen Among the articles piuioit,ed were a. gold medal, awarded to him as the result of a plebiscite conducted by a Sydney newspaper some years ago for the best • batsman in Australia, and a silver matchbox, which was presented to him as a souvenir of the first test match played in Johannesburg, South Africa. The thieves lalso carried off two gold presentation matchboxes, a silver cigarette case, and card case. i.Thc intruders were evidently not '-rickfit; enthusiasts, as thev did not i-iterfere with a number of bats which Jiad been presented to'Mr Hill, and attached to which were silver-plated inscriptions. e 1 PRIiNTJNG "OFFICE RULES 1 . MINISTER AS APPEAL BOARD. [Special to the Star.] WELLINGTON, December 24. A new form of appeal against decisions »f a departmental head is contained in the ijregulations of the Government Printing j Office, gazetted last n'idit. Members of (the Public Service generally, including the . jJßauVay Department, have an appeal aboard, including elected representatives and a nominated chairman, to decide upon •grievances arising out of decisions of su.perior officers, but the printing office res gnktions prescribe a personal appeal to the .Minister in charge (the Hon. Mr Fisher), .*he clause reading: "In the event of any member of tho staff feeling aggrieved with •any decision of the Government Printer, himself personally or tho branch iin which he serves, permission will be •.given such member to state the grounds of im dissatisfaction in writing to the Ministef_m charge of the department, each appeal to be handed to the Government Printer, who will forward it to the Minister within four days, together with such remarks or explanation as he feels called ttpon to make. The decision appealed against will remain in force until such fame as the decision of the Minister is 'given. In the event of any important decision being appealed against, the person appealing shall have the right to appear before the Minister and state his case Either personally or by a representative from the staff, and call evidence in support of snch appeal.'.' In selecting a person to fill any vacancy the regulations provide that fitness and merit shall be the first -consideration, and seniority' the next, •but in casea of equal or nearly equal merit the senior officer ,shaJl take precedence • jwwiding that- there, is a Q substantial