CRICKET.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 December 1925, Page 1

CRICKET.

[Australia A X.Z. Cable Association.] MATCH AT WAGGA. ,S VOXEL', Dee. 13. The cricket match, New Zealand v. Wagga, began to-day. The wicket was in good order. New Zealand won the to.s.- and sent Wagga in to hat. The latter opened disastrously, Hamilton being caught by ho wry off tlie last hall of the first over. Wagga’s hatting generally was moderate. Gilchrist was sound on the defensive, and lie helped to add thirty runs for the fifth wicket. Oliver’s catch, v.-hieh dismissed Cusick.' was a hard one splendidly taken. Cunningham proved deadly with the hall, and he took three wickets for twenty-two runs in seven overs at his first attempt. New Zealand's opening pair. Blunt and Worker, soon played themselves in, and they hatted splendidly. They look the tofal to sixty when the howler accepted a hard return from Blunt. r.owrv was dismissed by a full toss.

Dam* halted aggressively, and In hit two Axes and eight fours. The scores were as follows: - WAGGA—Tst. Tunings. MeGlynn. e. Blunt b. Cunningham 17 Hamilton, e. Lowry, b. Cunningham fl Gilchrist, e. Cunningham, b. McBeath ... 29 Riggins. li. Cunningham 8 R. Glazier, b. \licit t Cusiek. e. Oliver, h. Allcott 1(5 E. Glazier, h. Cunningham 22 Brunskill. h. Meßoath 12 Blake, b. Rhine 12 Birch, h. Blunt 17 Brown (not out] ••• 7 Extras IS Total 102 Bowling: Cunningham I for 17. Patrick (I for 1 I. Allcott “2 for 20: Meßoath 2 fo 2d. Blunt 2 for 23. NEW ZEALAND Ist. innings. Blunt, c. and b. Cusiek ail Worker. I.b.w. h. Brunskill M Lowry, h. Glazier 19 Crawford, c. Birch, h. Higgins ... nil Daere. It. Brown 02 Oliver (not out) 20 Patrick, e. Cusiek. b. Glazier 8 Allcott (not out) 8 Extras I a Total for (i wickets 272 CUVEBEI) WICKETS DISPUTE. MELBOURNE. Dec. 13. A controversy rogadring the covering of the Sheffield Shield match wicket is causing a good deal of friction. A meeting of the Victorian Cricket Association discussed a letter from the New South Wales Association notifying that ii was proposed to discontinue the covering of the wickets in Hi*- Sheffield Shield matches. The .meeting decided to reply 'that the Victorian Association intended to adhere to the practice of covering the wickets and .suggesting that a conference of Associations lie called to revise the Sheffield Shield rules.