CRICKET.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7384, 10 February 1902, Page 2

CRICKET.

v. BATHURST.

Received February 9, 5.34 p.m. Sydney, February 9.

Tho Bathurst match was drawn. The Englishmen in their fa-st innings made 505 — Quaife (not out) 159, Maclaren 79, and Hayward 44.

The Western Districts in their first innings made 177.

Sydney, February 10. Playing for Sydney against Burwood, Marsh, the aboriginal bowler, secured eight wickets for 34, the first five for nil. It is now suggested that the selectors of the Australian team should invite him to practice at the nets. It is believed Barnes will be quite unfit to play in the next teat match.

The cricket writer of the New Zealand Times apparently does not take a very broad survey of matters. He refers to McCarthy as a New Plymouth man, and says while he has a big reputation locally, but little is known of his capacity in Wellington. In view of the fact that he did very well against the Australian (M.C.C.) team here last summer, and that he has very good records against Canterbury and Hawke's Bay, it can only be said that if little is known of him in Wellington, it is presumably because

Wellington crickeo writers know but

little of what goes on except in Wellington. He may or may not " come off " in the North v. South mateh — the uncertainty of cricket is proverbial— but on form past and present, he is entitled to the place Mr Gblsen has given him. The following will represent Star Juniors in the match against Normanby Juniors, at Normanby, on Wednesday, 12th inst. : — Richdale, Cowper, Beadle, Syms, Wicks, Whittaker, Young, Cudby, Sargent, Wakelin, McCarthy. In Cricket of December, it is 1 stated that in the match between Surrey and Lancashire, at Kennington Oval, in 1896, the late George Lohmann was bowled by a ball from the fast bowler Mold, of Lancashire, which sent one of tbe bails 63 yds.6in from the wickot— a record distance for a bail bowUd off the

The London Sportsman on the result of the first test match : " • Bravo, Maclaren, Hay ward, and Lilley I Bravo, Barnes, Blythe, and Braund 1 1 Well played, everybody 1 ! 1' — as the Surrey poet starts whilst disposing of his wares at a speed and profit that many might envy. The news flashed from Sydney seemed too good to be true, like that ten-run victory on the same ground in December, 1894, and the only explanation seemed to be that there must'have been a change in the weather, and that the rain bad assisted

in worsting the colonials, as was the case seven years ago on tho occasion alluded to. The later cablegrams, however, proved that the collapse was attributable to bad batting and brilliant bowling, and not to any variation in the condition of the pi ten, though possibly one of our bowlers may have found a 1 spot ' of which to take advantage."