CRICKET

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10474, 3 January 1928, Page 5

CRICKET

AUSTRALIAN TOUR OF M.Z.

iS ALLOWANCE TOO SMALL?

F i V MELBOURNE, Dec. 31. ’ There is a 'possibility that some of Sv > ’ iqi cricketers selected to tour New *' -fealaiifl will not he able to make the A /hip. 'owing to the fact that the alflwow.ances are very small. The players : are to be recouped for all travelling Expenses ' and will be allowed 10s r Jaily by : the New Zealand cricket “. authorities. A. further 5s will be conthe, Board of Control• twp thus players receive 15s a day fpr and nothing for loss of m: time..' In the case of several players K this- matter, is of - considerable momm* riritj- as ‘ sbme players are considering K|if they can afford to .make the trip. ||itt!fis' suggested that some effort ■pjhduld be made to secure a revision Krif the terms, but the secretary of the ■KBoard of: Control says that so far as ■lfhe board is concerned the terms are BtfinaU—U.P.A.

. SHEFFIELD SHIELD N.S.W." v. QUEENSLAND ' ; y; ——-A FINE START BY FORMER . KIPPAN 170 NOT OUT (Keheived Jan. 1,.- 5.5 p.m.} £• A-ACy , SYDNEY, Jan.. 1.

The Sheffield Shield match, New South Wales V. Queensland, commenced yesterday. The home isidje hatted first arid when stumps were drawn," hac£ five wickets down , for 436 L-Gregory 63, Andrews 41/ Rippax, (in) 170,. Morgan . (in) 94. The weather was fine and hot and the wicket good. The early . batsmen played slowly, but, when Gregory went to the wickets, he altered the aspect of the game and, playing a characteristic innings, scored at a fast rate.

Eippax played a flawless game and, partnered with * Morgan., took •advantage of the weakly played fieldsBith batsmen, time after time, drove through the covers and past mid-on to the boundary. The bowling throughout was weak and lacked variety.

VICTORIA v. SOUTH AITSTRALIA

GIGANTIC SCORE BY VICTORIA,

MELBOURNE, Jan. 1 Victoria, in its first innings, made -10 (in) 28. Bowling. Wall took three for-83, Grimmett five for 70. South* Australia in its first innings has lost three for 153. Schneider 38, Harris (in) 66. .The weather was fine and the wicket good. Ponsford laid on the wood freely, playing delightful cricket. He batted for 338 minutes and, lie Was practically chanceless. .He hit 33 fours, and made the highest individual score in a match between Victoria and South Australia, and his fourth score, of more than 300 heating the record of W. G. Grace, who obtained .three such, scores. Ponsford hap now completed an. aggregate of more thon one runs for three consecutive . matches arid an aggregate of 1146 in one season’s Sheffield games. ,'Souttlh * Australia opened carefully and Harris was scoring - freely when failing light ended play for the day. —U.P.A. . * • M.O.C. v. SOUTH AFRICA POOR START BY VISITORS SENT IN on 'tricky WICKET. v CAPETOWN, Dec. 31.. Marylebone commenced a match against South Africa, on Newlands Ground. South Afrcia won the toss, and. sent England in and dismissed the side for 133-. • ■

M.C.C. (first innings) Holmes, b Rissett ... 9 JCyldekl-ey, b; Bissert ... 0 Hammond, lbw, -b Morkel 43 Stevens, c Cameron hi Bissett... 0 Wyatt, lbw. b Bissett ... 2 Atsil.l, lbw, b Vincent- 25 Stanyforth, b Vincent 4 Geary, lbw, b Vincent 0 Pebbles,'(in) -•• ••• ••• ••• ••• 2 Freeman, „st Cameron b Vincent. ..... Extras ‘1

jfotnl .... ••• 133 Bowling: Rissett took five for 37; Morkel one for 20 j Vincent four for 22.;; Nupen none for 10; Promnitz none for 33. fThe total called does not agree with the individual scores and the analysis.) . . South Africa, in its first innings, made four for- 128. • .SOUTH' AFRICA (first innings.) Taylor, hit wicket, b Ffeeman... 68 Commaile, lbw, b Freeman ... 13 Cameron, c Geary b Stevens... 19 Catterill, c Hammond... , 9 Morkel (in) 17 \V Extras 2 Total for four wickets ... 128 A, record crowd of ten thousand was present. 'Hie weather was fine, ' The South African skipper sent Eng-' 7 land to. bat ns the wicket was liable tb be tricky. , Bissett -made an impressive comeback in representative cricket. Fie had. been off from since his return from England in 192-1. He howled ■fairly fast and kept a good length throughout.—A. and N.Z.C.A. %i ' W PLUNK ET SHIELD.

OTAGO v, AUCKLAND

DAY OF SLOW. SCORING

‘ 4 AUCKLAND, Dec. 31. .The Plunket Shield lnntrh, Auckland v. Git-ago, opened on Samrpay in fine weather and on a g (| e;l wickec It was a - day or slow scoring. C tape, .batting first, .’’•• « ’ MoAfO for 197 runs, Eastman and McMillan hatting welt. . Auckland replied with 137 for 5 wickets. Bowley being 81* not out when -stumps *orc drawn for the day. ■ ■ . Following are the- scores:

OTAGO

First Innings

'A. Knight, c Bowley b Matboson o \V Vorratb, b Wilnams 7 J; McMullan e Matheson b Player 51 Gavanagh c Alatheson b Garrard 21 L O: Eastman, c Matheson bl Anthony B Cherry, c Rowntree b Player 4 A. Gallarid c Rowntree b Matheson 42 A W. Alloo, b Matheson 3 Elmes, b Dacre • J. W. Douglas, not out .5... u Torrance, .0, Anthony, b Dacre... 4 Extras 4 : Total W Bowling analysis': Matheson took 0 wickets for 24 runs; Dacre two for four; Player two,; for 66 ; Anthony one for 12: Williams one for 41, Garrard one for 34; Bowley none for 12. - '

AUCKLAND.

First Inning;?. E H. Bowlev, not out 81 J. E, Mills, lbw b Torrance f A. Anthony, b Eastman W I IV. Cooper, b. Douglas --yvr. *2 pi PI Gafrard,’ cEI pies b Douglas 8 -an jKP’&H&J' i> t,„».««. o A. S. Player, not out Extras _■ Total for 5 wickets 137 —'A t. A»

. j . F AUCKLAND, Jan. 2. -Auckland’s innings closed for 217 (Bowley 96, Player 40.) Otago’s second strike has yielded 247 for seven wickets (McMillan 131, A. W. Alloo 81 not out.D—B.A. WELLINGTON v. CANTERBURY SOUTHERNERS WELL BEHIND "WELLINGTON, Jan. 2. In a Plunket Shield game, Canterbury made” 251 (Hamilton 77, Gregory 44), and 208 for'seven wickets (Gregory. 58, Haymes temporarily, retired .43), against Wellington’s 405 (McGirr 122, Lowry 81—Merritt four for 133). —P,A. •

HAWKE CUP POVERTY BAY v WAN&ANU.I HOME SIDE MAKE 198 FINE BOWLING BY BENNETT COBALLENGERS 175 FOR 6 WICKETS JOE SCHODLUMi HITS TJP 62

V. ,•/•;■ WANKJANiUT, .Tan. 2. , There .was brilliant, weather to-day for the HaWlce Cup cricket match, Wanganui versus Poverty Bay. Wanganui had the first spell at the wickets and could only put. up 198, Bennett’s .bowling being in the main responsible for this.

Tlie challengers went to the .wickr etsi after the luncheon adjournment and, at the call of time, had put on 175 for the loss of .six Wickets by beautiful cricket. The match will be resumed to-morrow.

WANGANUI (first innings.) Orr, bB. Scholium, b Lockett 2 Wood, ,c and b Bennett 33 Kerr. b> Robertson ... 42

TreadwcTl, c Guthrie b J. Scholium , , 27 Holland, }> Bennett ... 30 H. Williams, lbw, b Lockett... 20 Thakabau, b Bennett... ~.. .15 Sewell, b Bennett 2 Mc-Aneny, b Bennett,' ... ... 1 Hutchison, c M. ,W. Dow h Bennett ... ... ... 7 Extras 6 Total 198 1 Bowling: Lockett two for SO; Bennett six for 37; Guthrie none for 15: Robertson one for 17; J. Scholium one for 43 , POVERTY BAY (first innings)

J. Scholium, b Hutchison : 62 Bennett, b Holland ... ... ... .0 Lockett, run out ... ... 29 Forster. .c and b Kntchisoti ... 0 Robertson (ont out) >.. 44 Thompson, lbw, b Williams ... 6 B. Scholium, c Thakabau b. Hutj ■ ehison :.. ..; 0 Guthrie, not out ’... 11 Extras ... ' 19

Six wickets for 175 —P.A. The name of one Wanganui batsman was omitted from the telegraphed message and Poverty Bay’s total does not agree with the individual scores.