NEW SOUTH WALES V. NEW ZEALAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9402, 8 January 1894, Page 6

NEW SOUTH WALES V. NEW ZEALAND.

Referring to the selection of the New Zealand representative cricket team to meet the team from Mew South Wales, which is to play matches in this colony during the season, the New Zealand Mail says—" We should like to say that we disagree with the proposal that Mr. A. M. Ollivier, of Christchurch, should select the New Zealand team to play against the Mew South Welshmen next month. It appears to us that the whole matter has been cut and dried,' as the saying is, by the Southerners. They want to play the match in the South Island, pick the team, in fact, * run the whole show.' There is a prevailing impression that if the selection is left entirely to Mr. Ollivier, the team would consist of probably five or six Canterbury men, four or five Otago players, Auckland and Wellington to supply the remainder. There was a time when Canterbury could, without question, claim the pride of place in New Zealand cricket (we allude to the days of such redoubtable players as Neilson, Corfe, Secretau, E. Fowler, Wataon, and others), and it would have been impossible to select a Mew Zealand team without Canterbury contributing more than half of it. All that is past now, fortunately, too, for the success of the grand old same, and Auckland and Wellington and the other provinces can now claim equality with the men of the Cathedral city. Wellington has therefore every right to be considered in the selection of the eleven, but up to the present the local association has been almost ignored in the matter. Under the circumstances it would not surprise us to find the association declining to have anything io do with the proposed match. All cricketers would' be pleased to see the pick of New Zealand meet the Cornstalks, but there is little probability of it under the present arrangement We might point out that there are people in Christchurch who doubt Mr. Ollivier s capability to select even a representative team of Canterbury, as is shown by the correspondence ia the local papers. The team should have been chosen in the same way that it was proposed to select the Mew Zealand football team. A committee of three could have been appointed tochoose the eleven after consultation with the selection committees of the various associations. If this course had been taken it would have given general satisfaction, and by its adoption a much better eleven than will probably be selected will have been put into the field to do honour for New Zealand against the Australians." AUCKLAND V. WELLINGTON. The match between Auckland and Wellington will be played on Wednesday and Thursday next. In this connection a Wellington contemporary states that as the recent contest between Auckland and Wellington ended in such an unsatisfactory manner, it is to be hoped that arrangements will be made to have the second match between the representatives of the two provinces, which commences here next week, played out. If the wicket is in anything like good condition, it is scarcely to be expected that the match can be finished in two days, especially when such doughty champions as Mills and Cross are in a run-getting mood. If the visitors cannot remain over two days, then arrangements should be .-made for play to start early on each day, say, at ten a.m. Bharp. _______ COUNTRY MATCHES. • CAMBRIDGE V. MANOKAD ASSOCIATION. The Manukau Cricket Association's representative team visited Cambridge on Thursday, and played a match with the local team. Cambridge went first to tho wickets, and scored 36. Case by tine free hitting knocking up 23. Manukau responded with 120 runs for 8 wickets, the principal scorers being F. Brown, 50; Mackay, 18; Ohlson, 12. There was a drizzling rain during the day, which developed into a heavy downpour at about four o clock and stopped the play. The visitors were very pleased with the wicket prepared by the local team, mainly due, no doubt, to the energetic secretary of the Cambridge Club. . Though the Manukau team had wretched weather while in Waikato, they could not have had a brighter day than Friday for wending homeward. They easily won every match they played in Waikato, our men not being able to stand against their bowling. Our best Waikato bat, Mr. F. W. Browning, they pub down without his consent in the Cambridge team did not, however, play, having refused to do so this season, not having been, it is said, very courteously treated by the cricket authorities. The Manukau Iteam were hospitably received on their triumphant visit through Waikato, and on their return to Hamilton on Thursday for the chief match, Manukau v. Waikato, were the same evening entertained at a smoke concert, at which 40 fentlemen were present, at Mrs. Gwynne's [amilton Hotel, when everybody enjoyed themselves immensely. Before starting yesterday morning the Manukau team halted in front of the Hamilton Hotel, and gave Mrs. Gwynne three cheers in return for the kindness with which she bad treated them while in Waikato.—[Own Correspondent]. OMAHA V. MATAKANA. J A cricket match was played between the above teams on the Matakana cricket ground, on December 26th, and resulted in a win for Omaha by 42 runs. Appended are the scores :— Omaha.—First and second innings: D. Knaggs, c Cruickshank, b Derecourt, 13, o E. Vipond. b Anderson, 37; A. Dunning, o J. Smith, b Derecourt, 2, c T. Derecourt, b G. Smith, 1; J. Dunning, b Derecourt, J,b G. Smith, 0; J. Salt, oH. Vipond, b Derecourt, 0, c and b Anderson, 8; W. Knaggs, b Derecourt, 0, c Campbell, b Anderson, 0; E. Gravatt, b J. Smith, 9, b Derecourt, 6; A. Gravatt, b G. Smith, 0, run out, 2; R. Knaggs, b Derecourt, 1, b Derecourt, 0; J. Greenwood, c Campbell, b Anderson, 18, ; b G. Smith, 2; J. Torkington, c H. Vipond, b Anderson, 1, run out, 0; H. Dunning, not out, 0, run 0ut,,3; extras,, 4, 7: totals, 49, 65, Matakana.—First and second innings: E. Vipond, b Dunning, 1, b Dunning, 2; H. Derecourt, b Knaggs, 6, b Dunning, 0; M. Came, b Knaggs, 0, b Greenwood, 0; T. Derecourt, c and b Knaggs, 5, c Knaggs, b Dunning, 0; H. Vipond, run out. 17, b Greenwood. 1; G. Smith, b Dunning, 0, b Knaggs, 11; C. Anderson, b Dunning, 0, b Dunning, 8 J. Anderson, c J. Dunning, a Knaggs, 0,

c E. Graratt, b Knaegs, 0; K. Campbell, b Dunning, 3, b Dunning, 4; J. Smith, not out, 4, b Dunning, 0;, J. Cruiokshank, b Dunning, 1: extras, 4,'4: totals, 41, 31.—[A Correspondent.] ~-Vy-?-' '■> [<.■ ' OMAHA V. TO ABAI. A cricket match between the above teams took place on December .28, in .H. Dyer's paddock, Pakiri. Owing' to it being onesided', not much interest ' was" taken in the match. Te Arai was not able to standagainst the bowling of D. Knaggs and J. Dunning and J. Greenwood, • the * former securing nine wickets for 4 runs. Dunning four for 2, and Greenwood. five for 8 runs. E. Gravatt basted in fine style for Omaha, making 22 wifchdut giving a chance. Appended are the scores: ' i Omaha;—First innings: A. Dunning, cJ. Brown, b Fishlock, 4; D. Knaggs, C. Rosemnn, b Dale, 4; J. Dunning, C. Farrand, b Dale, 5; E. Gravattj b Dale, 22; J. Salt, b Fishlock, 0 1 A. Gravatt, c Gozar, b Brown, 11; J. Greenwood, b Dale, 0: 0. Pratt, c Torkington, b Brown, 4; H. Dunning, e Gozar, b Dale, 2; E. Meiklejohn, run out, 1; R. Knaggs, not out, 1; extras, 5: total, 59. Te Aral—First innings and second innings: A. Dale, b Knaggs, 1, b Knaggs, 3; G. Gozar, b Knaggs, 0, not out, 1; W. Dale, b Knaggs, 1, e B. Knaggs, b Greenwood, 0; W. Fishlock, c Greenwood, b Dunning, 1, c Greenwood, b Knaggs, 0; J. Brown, c A. Dunning, b Knagg*, 0, b Greenwood, 3; G. Farrand, not out, 0, b Knaggs. 0: F. Brown, b Dunning. 0, c A. Gravatt, b Greenwood, 4; H. Dale. c R. Knaggs, b Dunning, 0, b Greenwood, 0; G. Roseman, b Dunning, 0, b Greenwood, 0; H. Torkington, b Knaggs, 0, run out, 0 G. Rico, run out, 0, b Knaggs, 0; extras, 0,2: totalis, 3,1?. Omaha thus winning by ata innings and 43 runs to spare. Correspondent.]'