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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 78, 16 March 1923, Page 2

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M.C.C. v. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Adelaide, March 15. The return match M.C.C. v. South South Australia batting. Scores:— SOUTH AUSTRALIA. First Innings. A. -Richardson, c Lowry, b ChapMan 280 /V. Richardson, run out 1 Dolling, b Calthorpe 10 Murray, c and b Freeman 8 Pellew, c Mcleaij, b Freeman .... 2o Bowley, run out 76 Harris, c Hill-Wood, b Freeman 4 Kyrniil, st McLean, b Freeman .... 50 Fisher, c and b 1 iceman 22 Carragher, st McLean, b Freeman H Blair, not out 0 Sundries • 7 Total .* 495 Bowling analysis.—Gibson none for 127, Calthorpe one for 101, Brand none for 51, Chapman one for 33, Freeman six for 176. INTER-COLLEGIATE MATCH. Napier Technical College beat Wanganui Technical College in the annual cricket match on Nelson Park yesterday. Wanganui, who batted first, made 61 and 63 in their two innings respectively. Napier declared in their first innings at 4 for 107. They secured the necessary 18 runs to win without the loss of a wicket, and won the match by 10 wickets. Scores :— WANGANUI. First Innings. J. Thompson, run out 9 E. Talbart, c Plested, b Milgate .. 10 R. Joeli Ravai, b Milgate ........ 22 R. Murray, c Funke, b Person ... 3 T. Sewell, b Milgate 0 H. Gilbert, c Plested, b Milgate .. 1 H. Dyke, b Person 0 J. Cameron, b Person 0 P. Stiver, c Funke, b Person .... 1 F. Smith, b Milgate 0 K. Allen, not out 12 Byes 3 Total 61 Bowling Analysis.—Milgate five wickets for 28. Arroll none for 23, Person 4 for 7.

Second Innings. J. Thompson, 1.b.w., b Funke .... 0 T. Talbart. c Person, b Ellis 14 R. Murray, b Funke 1 Joeli Ravai. b Funke 6 K. Allen, b Anderson .... 9 S. Sewell, b Ellis 0 H. Gilberd c and b Anderson .... 4 P. Stiver, b Ellis 6 H. Dyke, 1.b.w.. b Funke 8 F. Smith, not out 1 J. Cameron, c Anderson 1 Byes 2 Total 63 Bowling Analysis.—Funke four wickets for 17, Ellis 3 for 25, Person none for one. Anderson 3 for 12, Milgate none for 4. I NAPIER. First Innings. P. Anderson, b Ravai 43 W. Harding, b Ravai 9 D. Blewett, c Thompson, b Cam- I eron 46 E. Evans, c Talbart, b Ravai .... 0 F. Milgate, not out 4 G. Person, not out 1 Total for 4 wickets (dee.) .... 107 i Bowling Analysis.—Ravai 3 for 39,1 Cameron 1 for 27. Gilberd none for 33, 1 Dyke none for 9. Stiver none for 6. j Second Innings. Ellis, not out 16 Anderson, not out 8 Total for no wickets 24 MACLAREN’S CRITICISM. A MISREPORTED INTERVIEW, j Christchurch. March 15. Mr. J. S. Barrett, chairman of the' management committee of the New' Zealand Cricket Council, writes as follows to the press:—“l enclose copy ol a letter wmhc 1 have received to-uay i irom Mr. A. O. Maclaren, and which 1 think confirms ihe idea that we had here that he was not capable of showing the discourtesy that the press attributed to him. As a further example of the inaccuracy of the reporting, 1 can only say that 1 have never made use of the statement which is contained in the first sentence of Maclaren’s let-I ter.” Maclaren’s letter to Mr. Barrett reads as follows:—‘‘The papers say you ‘consider it poor taste on my part to remark that in most of the secondary games the have no time for real practice, and were out for a good holiday, not. metaphorically speaking, minding which end of the bat they took nold of.’ Knowing how oiten sentences are unwittingly slightly twisted, i give you tne credit lor being misquoted. In ail my interviews 1 expressly asked the reporters to say nothing to hurt anyone, that there were some real good batsmen in Ne* Zealand, that you were unlucky in finding two veiy last wickets at Wellington most suited to our bowlers ana batsmen, that we had met many gouv. sportsmen backing cricket, that the piayers themselves played good, clean cricket, that a tour of England woulu give them the experience they wanted and that 1 felt sure they would beat quite a fair number of counties. I most certainly do think that you people made an error of judgment in curtailing our Australian programme. ’ You were out in your reckoning in the value of the gates in the test matches, and in my opinion we must have got you in much more money in Australia, as I told you before the first test.

“I have said everything possible to assist you cricket people in, New Zealand on all occasions. You must not blame me if reporters don’t quote all I say in your favour. I will always remember you good fellows who did so much for us. If I can help your boys in England it will be with the greatest Eleasute if ever they come along, as hope they will. It has worried me a lot not to be able to take my place on the side since Wellington, and I am very sorry from your point of view that my knee has prevented my playing more. I have seen Sir Alan MacCormick here, and had X-ray photos of the knee. He says I should not play, as fluid is sure to come on any strain being put on the knee.”