CRICKET.

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2307, 10 March 1914, Page 4

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIA WINS FIRST TEST.

PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. Dunedin, March 9. First test match between Australia ai<d New Zealand concluded to-day, ths visitors winning by seven wickets. _\e\v Zealand, who were in a minority of 1-.6 on the first innings and wi-o mae'e 44 for no wickets on Saturday, continued their second innings, which yielded 209 runs. New Zealand, first innings ... 228 Second Innings. ■Whitta, ibw, b Noble 53 Condliffe, b Mailey 23 Tuckwell, b Mailey ... ... 2 Hickmott, c Noble, b Mailey ... 7 Horspool, c McGregor, b Noble 1 Sandman, c Armstrong, b Mailey 30 Reese, st. McGregor, b Mailey ... 0 Patrick, c Armstrong, b Mailey 66 Robinson, run out ... 6 Wilson, v Noble, b Mailey ...... 10 Bennett, not out 4 Extras 7 Total 209 Mailey took seven wickets for 65 and Noble two for 42. Australia (first innings 354), re-' quiring 84 runs, got them easily (McKeuzie 10, Cody 24 not out, Waddy 40 not out).

ARMSTRONG ON OUR GAME. Dunedin, March 9. Armstrong is emphatically of opinion that cricket in New Zealand has improved materially since his last visit. The New Zealand team put up a fine performance on Saturday in getting rid of Australia for 354. He suggests that Otago should get a coach,. who would remain permanently. Carisbrook and Lancaster Park are two of the best grounds the visitors .have played on in the Dominion. GETIXG A COACH. The Otago Cricket xVssociation has hopes of securing as coach a leading member of the Australian eleven now touring New Zealand. As negotiations have to be conducted through the State Cricket Association in which the player in question resides, tho name cannot be disclosed at present.