CRICKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12272, 16 May 1903, Page 7

CRICKET.

PROPOSED DISTRICT SCHEME FOR AUCKLAND. .A well-attended meeting of delegates to the Auckland Cricket .Association was held at the Amateur Sports clubroom last Wednesday evening for the purpose of considering the advisability of discontinuing the present system of club cricket and introducing in its stead a district scheme on somewhat similar lines to that in vogue in connection with our Rugby football competitions, which has proved an unqualified success. "he Chairman (Mr. F. Earl), in opening the discussion, alluded to the facts that cricket in Auckland was not making any marked advance, and that the interest of both the public and players showed signs of languishing. He strongly urged that immediate steps should be taken to give the game a substantial impetus, and after referring to the several probable causes of the diminished interest now evident cordially invited the delegates and others present to freely ventilate their views, calling first upon Mr. F. J. Ohlson. After enumerating the many advantages of a district scheme ana" expressing himself strongly in favour of its adoption, Mr. Ohlson moved: "That in the opinion of this meeting of delegates it is desirable to consider the practicability of introducing a district scheme, and that a sub-committee be appointed to fully consider the question and bring up a report to a meeting, to be held on June 17 next."

The motion was seconded, and tho discussion that followed proved both interesting and valuable, and indicated a strong feeling on the part of those present in favour of the proposal. The speakers included Messrs. It. B. Lusk, H. B. Lusk, Cooper, Plummer, Wheatley, Greville, and Morrin, and after they had expressed themselves the motion was put to the meeting and unanimously adopted. The following were appointed a sub-com-mittee to give effect to the resolution, and with power to add to their number;— Messrs. R. B. Lusk, Plummer, C. Hay, Greville, Waddingham, and the mover (Mr. Ohlson). The matter may now be said to bo fairly launched, and there appears every probability of an alteration in the present system _ of cricket that will result in great and lasting advantage to the summer game. JUNIOR CLUB AVERAGES. The cricket season for 1902-03 was brought to a close on Saturday last, when North Shore effected a surprise by defeating Wanderers and carrying off the honours in the second grade. The completion of the junior competitions enables me to give publicity to the remaining averages in these grades. Here they are:— NORTH SHORE A-WINNERS SECOND GRADE. Matches played, 11; won, 6; drawn, 4 ; lost, 1.

SECOND GRADE A CHAMPIONSHIP. The final for the second-grade A championship, which was continued at Devonport last Saturday, between North Shore and Wanderers, provided one of the most exciting finishes ever seen on the suburban ground Wanderers, with a lead of 46 on the first innings, were aP disposed of in their second venture for 45, of which W. Mills got 11 and Burfoot 8 (not out). Shore, with an hour left for play, and 92 wanted to win, seemed to have a forlorn hope. However, vigorous methods were resorted to by the Shore men, and on the call of time they had the pleasure of snatching a victory by the narrow margin of three runs, thus securing the championship for the vear. W. Wyuyard played a fine free innings for 32. It was quite like bis old form, and the pity is we do not see more of. it from him now.

F. Warren also batted freely for his 25. What a difference this player makes to the Shore team. Without him in the first innings they failed lamentably.

lour ot the Shore men were run out in their eagerness to get the runs. For Wanderers W. Mills bowled splendidly throughout. A. Burgess (for Shore) fairly excelled himself with the ball, his figures for the match— 10 wickets for 34—speaking for themselves. The fielding of both sides was really firstclass, some splendid catches being brought off. The one by which Corner disposed of Pritcliard was an exceptionally fine effort.

A NEW ZEALAND BATSMAN FOR ENGLAND. Writing up the tour of Lord Hawke's team through New Zealand for an English weekly (Athletic News) " One of the Party," in the course of his comments on the match against Canterbury, makes the 'following complimentary, reference to tho crack Southern batsman, D. Reese:—"One of the first pair of the opposing batsmen, D. Reese, stayed to complete his century amid a scene of great enthusiasm. Shortly after Thompson bowled him, the board reading: 195—7—111. Reese, who is a left-hander, had hit 14 fours, and _ his cutting and play to the on were particularly good. A collection of £25 was presented to him, and he deserved every penny of it, for he played magnificently. On his form in this match he is absolutely one of the finest left-handed batsmen I have ever seen. He scores all round the wicket, and has a great variety of strokes. He is coming to England shortly; in fact, he did intend leaving on February 11, but 1 understand that he was persuaded to remain until after the test matches with New Zealand. If he stays in England' he will be heard of, for he is taking letters of introduction from Major Wardill to W. G. Grace, F. E. Laeey, and others. He was in Australia for two years, but did not realise his own desires, although he played*, much in .Melbourne." The writer also refers *©. the destructive bowling of Ongley in the match against 22 of the West Coast, played on a matting wicket. Concerning this trundler he says: " We wore all puzzled by a slow right-hand bowler named Ongley, who kept a perfect length and made the ball turn both from leg and the off. He was coached by Albert Trott when out here a year ago, and he had tho fine average of eight wickets for 36 runs —the best bowling feat against us." i ! ' | I

BATTING. N.I. N.O. H.S. Ens. Avge. P. Warren 14 2 57 391 32.58 W. F. Wyuyard ... 15 1 74 319 22.73 A. Burgess 11 1 39 192 19.18 L. Prime 13 1 51 197 16.41 A. Sutton 13 2 29 159 14.45 — Palairet 14 — 41 177 12.64 R. Wynyard ... 7 1 34 69 11.5 11. Donovan ... 3 1 19 22 11.00 W. Goudle 8 1 17 58 8.28 J. Corner 14 — 45 106 7.57 F A. McNeill ... 15 - 46 97 6.46 J. Gilmour 13 5 — 16 2.00 W. Bush , 5—3 4 0.8 BOWLING. Ovrs. Mdns. Ens. Wkts. Avge. A. Burgess ... 75.4 22 163 31 5.41 J. Corner ... 35 9 91 11 8.27 F. A. McNeill ... 219 53 479 57 8.40 F. Warren ... 176.2 49 410 39 10.50 J. Gilmour ... 89.4 14 253 14 18.07 NORTH SHORE B. Matches played, 9; won, 6; drawn, 1; lost, 2. BATTING. N.I. N.O.-H.S. Em. Avge. T. Doyle 5-61 105 21 W. Bush 9—54 183 20.33 F. Harrison ... 6 1 42 78 15.6 ' — McCluskey ... 9—33 126 14 L. Hayes 13 6 27 96 13.71 ! J. Burgess 13 1 44 148 12.33 i A. M. Orpwood ... 9 — 22 85 9.44 R. Donovan ... 9—19 83 9.22 W. Fceevty 7 1 36 53 8.83 S. Walker 12 2 25 87 8.7 ' F. J. McNeill ... 4 1 12 23 7.66 W. Hennah 7-19 42 6 G. M. Reid 6 1 10 25 5 . • , O. Miller 5 - 9 19 3.8 ! BOWLING. Ovrs. Mdns. Ens. Wkts. Avge. E. Donovan ... 74.2 14 176 25 7.04 W. Bush ... 92 10 267 31 8.60 ,T. Bururess ... 36 3 114 12 9.5 S. P. Walker ... 22 2 33-9 9.77, F. .T. McNeill ... 27 5 . 69 . . 7 9.85 P. Harrison ... 33 2 106 10 10.6 ! " W. Hennah ... 49 7 138 12 11.5 : GORDON II. " B" TEAM. Matches played, 10; won, 7; drawn, 3. Runs scored for, 1786; wickets lost, 122; average, 14.64. Runs scored against, 1418; wickets taken, 180; average, 7-88. BATTING. N.I. N.O. H.S. Huh. Avge. T. 1). Ball 2 1 19 33 33.0 A. Seccombe ... 6 1 46 163 32.6 A. FairburnT ... 11 2 55 242 25.9 R. J. Coates ... 14 2 54 250 20.8 Dr. Neil .- 8 1 67 140 20.0 M. Hicks 2-18 27 13.5 G. Wliitelaw ... 12 1 46 145 13.13 P. Holland 5 ? 19* 35 11.66 •I. Secconmbo ... 3 1 15* 22 11.0 M. E. Ward ... 9 1 24 86 10.75 J. B. Kyd 14 1 29 135 10.38 H. B. Cullerne ... 9—41 93 10.33 D. Forsyth 7 3 18 41 10.25 Dr. Egau ... ... 13 2 37 112 30.18 0. E. Kissling ... 13 1 26' 110 9.16 J. R. Callender ... 7 1 33 25 4.33 Also tatted: J. Burns. W. Hellaby, 0. P. Aldridge, R. H. Moore. "Signifies not out. tWiuner hatting trophy. BOWLING. Balls. M. Ens. Wkts. Ayge. ,T. Seccombe ... 101 3 37 ii 6.25 J. B. Kyd* ... 1521 ' 80 350 64 5.47 Dr. Neil 96 1 44 ' 7 6.29 R. J CoateS ... 589 26 238 32 7.44 A. Fairburn ... 822 33 348 42 8.29 A. Seccombe . . 60 2 19 2 9.5 J. R. Callender ... 204 8 81 8 10.13 C. E. Kissling ... 470 24 156 9 17.AJ Wicketkcepers: M. Hicks, stumped 2; Dr. Neil, stumped 6 and caught 2. J. Seccombe performed the " hat trick" against Auckland. * Winner bowling trophy. WAKEFIELD "A"-WINNERS THIRD GRADE. Matches played, 11; won, 10; lost, 1. Scored 1166 runs for a loss of 122 wickets, an averago of 9.5; against, 958 runs for 117 wickets, an average of 6.3. BATTING. N.I. N.O. H.S. Ems. Avge. 11. Mugee 11 2 95 227 25.2 W. Magee 12 3 25 123 13.6 R. MacUay 11 3 31* 89 10.9 F. Pickering ... 6 1 23 49 9.8 L. Keid 13 3 16* 90 9.0 S. Mageo 10 1 33 76 8.4 O. Morrin 14 2 28 99 8,25 J. Shaw * 11 1 26 76 7.6 C. Robinson ... 13 0 20 81 6.2 W. Robinson ... 9 0 17 53 5.8 ,T. Williams 11 0 1?. 45 4.13 A. Jenkins 9 2 10 29 4.14 * Signifies not out. BOWLING. Ovrs. Mdns. Ens. Wkts. Avge. K.' Magce ... 14?. 41 251 55 4.56 6. Magee ... 9 5 23 5 4.6 L. Keid 104 29 205 29 7.06 C. Robinson ... 81 31 203 26 7.8 ,T. Shaw 12 1 33 4 8.25 R. Mackay ... 44 2 149 11 1j-& PARNELL: TIDED GRADE. ] Matches played, 10; won, 8; lost, 2. BATTING. N.I. N.O. U.S. Ere. Avge. G. EUlind 4 2 74* 129 64.50 D. Bairstow 16 2 47 219 15.64 0. Yates 14 1 27 193 4.84 J. Beaver 8 - 37 ■ 106 la.25 W. Frost 12 - 45 149 12.41 G. Speed 6-24 63 10.50 G. Robinson ... 5-22 49 9.80 W. J. Dinnison ... 17 - 25 122 7.17 A. O. Horspool ... 12 1 19* 84 7.00 C. Speight 8 1 15 44 5.50 H. H. Pettit 4-11 20 5.00 II. Turbott 11 3 16 47 4.27 F. A. Cooper ... 14 1 16 59 4.21 J. C. Irons 15 1 12 59 3.93 A. Speed 9 5 7 23 2.55 1.1 W. Kelly 4 1 3* 5 1.25 ♦Signifies not out. Also batted: G. Shera, P. Cairo, G. Page, G. Dinnison, and G. Moon. BOWLING. Ovrs. Mdns. Ens. Wkts. Avge. H. H. Pettit ... 7.5 3 9 3 3.00 G. Robinson ... 2 1 6 2 3.00 II. Turbott ... 96.2 22 184 40 4.60 D. Bairstow ... 143.1 43 251 50 5.02 F. A. Cooper ... 113 12 343 57 6.01 A. Speed ... 15.3 2 48 6 8.00 W. J. Dinnison 13 1 43 5 8.60 G. F.dlind ... 13 3 29 3 9.66 C. Yates ... 19.3 2 53 1 53.00 Wicketkeeper J Irons caught 12, stamped 1.