CRICKET

Greymouth Evening Star, 25 February 1927, Page 8

CRICKET

WELLINGTON f. MELBOURNE (P6r Press AsfooidtW.) Wellington, Ffeb’ 25. Tn fine weather arid bri & perfect wicket,' fife Weintte’tbii v. Melbourne match cbrirmenced to-day. Hackin' and Rodgefsori sto'od otft of the Melbourne Brice welt th'6 toss, and Hiddlegtorie Slid HOHfngs ofrehdd for Wellington against thriLbowlini of Rarisfar# and Ebeling/ With IS oh the board Hollirigs was giveri out l.tf.'fr. to Ebeling 18/1/8. Kortlring joined Hiddlestone, - and steady was the order for a period. After 45 minutes’ play the score stood at 50. A change was then inadd', in the botylirig, Hendry replacing Hansford. W- Armstrong went eird, and off his first ball, Hiddleston hit 3. The bowling of Armstrong andHendry demanded caution, and scoring was. not very fast. With the' total at 89, Ebeling replaced ArmStrbrig (ten overs six maidens 15 runs). Just before lunch, Johnstone Was given an over in place of Hendry. The Score reached 100 just before the adjournment. Details: —

WELLINGTON—First Innings. Rollings, 1.b.w., b Ebeling ... 8 Hiddleston (not out) 57 Kortlang (riot out) 31 Extras .. 4 TROPHY FOR CARR. LONDON, Feb. 24. The Notts Cricket Club presented Cafr with a massive silver bowl coffee set, for his admirable leadership in the’ four tests. The DUke of Portland said that Notts cricketers felt a pang of regret that Carr did not lead England in the last test. The victory was largely achieved through the excellent spirit Carr had previously infused in the team.

DISTRICT MATCHES. (Notes by “Slip”). Last week’s representative game between Hokitika and Greymouth drew a large crowd to the Recreation Ground. The spectators were treated to a sparkling display of batting by Nightingale. Mclntosh, Thompson and Barlow, the last-named beirig right back to his best form. The game was w’on before such good batsmen as Wa'rnes, Knapp, Casey and Barlow went to the crease, otherwise the score would have been much larger. On March 5 and 6. the Buller team will be playing here and patrons of the great summer sport will see another good game. The Coast team' is undoubtedly ri strong combination, and in future will have to look for opponents from stronger associations. The new competition for the senior grade will start this week-end. the first match is between United B and Cobden at the Grey Rec. A collection will be taken up to assist the Association in the guarantee to Buller (£2O). The country division are having a tussle for premiership, Wriiuta, kokiri, and Blackball A all being in the runring. The winner of this dvision will play off for the Wingham Shield with the winner of the Town division, for which United, Cobden and Kumara are leading. If United juniors can beat or draw with Cobden this week they will be the Town winners. The future of cricket never looked brighter than at the present time, all clubs having several young- players' who will be promoted to senior next year. If players such as Bayley, Baldwin. Eggletori, Matthews, Rodgers Gibson, Barbara put their mind on the game, they’ will be future reps. There is still a chance of getting the Nelson eleven to visit us this season. It will be just wjiat our reps, want. Most of our men think that they are unbeatable.

The following will represent the Star third grade team in their match against Technical on Saturday at the Park, at 1.30: —Cairney, Pascoe, Dixon, Cooper, August, O’Leary, Watson, Sparks, Bond, Furness, Ellis, Roy, Ferguson, Cullen, Hilton, and J. Guy. The following Will represent the United Juniors to play Cobden at "he Recreation G.’ou.id on Sifnday at 9.30 a.m. —Jones, Buccleugh, Grooby (2), Gibson, Baldwin. Furness, Sharp, Rodgers, O’Neill, Hughes. , The Brunner teams for the weekend will be: — A. versus Kokiri at Kokiri: Fordham, Walton, Hudspeth, J. Hallinan, Eder, Glen, Jas. Harper, Rothera, Low, Dando, E. Hallinan and Ker. Cars leave Taylorville at 12.30 p.m. B. versus Blackball B. at Brunner: Buckman, Loubere, D. Kennedy, H. Kennedy, Hogarth, Senior, C. McDonald, Jack Harper, O'Connor, L. Huht, T. Julian and L. Ryan. Players are requested to be on the ground at 1.15 p.m.