CRICKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13006, 25 October 1905, Page 7

CRICKET.

Tiif. cup competitions, , under the auspices of the Auckland Cricket Association, commenced 011 Saturday, last, will be continued next Saturday. The senior fixtures are larnell v Grafton, City v. North Shore, Eden v. Ponsonby. George Gift'en has been made an honorary life member of the South Australian Cricket Association. _ Olio of the Sydney senior cricket clubs (Burwood' scored 358 for the loss of one wicket on the 7th instant. J. R. M. Mackay put 011 201, A. E. Johnston 107 (not out), and A. Diamond 38 (not out). Burwood s first wicket fell at 290. Mackay took two hours and forty minutes to make bis runs, and hit nine fives and.l 9 fours. The rate of scoring was .110 per hour. Other centuries scored in first-class cricket in Sydney 011 the same day were:—O. Gregory 123, j and W. Whitting 129. | Darling, Gregory, Howell, and Kelly have returned to Australia by the P. and 0 earner China. When interviewed at Perth, Darling stated that although they had unfortunately left the ashes behind them, the tour had been most successful. There was no question that, with even luck, though the Australians would have lost the rubber, they 'would have, won two of the test matches. i But fpr Trtimpor's injury they should have won the first, while rain spoiled their ; chances in the second. It was, lie said, most likely that an English team would visit Australia next summer, and Jackson had been . mentioned as the probable captain. ' ; ■ At a recent meeting of the Victoria Cric-: ' kot Association.. it. was stated that the I amount divided among the members of the Australian Eleven at the close of tho tour was £900 for each member of the team, and that the sum realised as the result of each test; match equalled £75 per man. | A London paper says:—"With the object of encouraging vigorous cricket, the vicar of j Sturminstor, Marshal, Dorset, lias offered 2s 6d •to the. member of the club who, in- a match, breaks any of the vicarage windows." Tito English paper Cricket says:—"lll the last three matches played by the Australians' in England, D. R. A. Gehrs kept ! wickets with considerable success in the absence of Kelly, whoso hand is injured. Ncwhind was _ practically discarded during the tour, and it is more than ever a puzzle* why he was preferred to E. K. Waddy by the selectors of tho team." Commenting 011 the Home paper's remarks, an Australian exchange says:—The reason was, of course, that Newland " kept" in first-class matches, and Waddy did not. There is a much better stumper" than Waddy, and his name is Carter.

About Hargreavos, tho bowler who toured Now Zealand and Australia with Lord I law Ice'i, team a couple of seasons back, Pel* ham F. Warner lias the following: — "There i.-5 indeed no bowler in the world'for'whom Mr. A. C. Mac litre 11 has a grf-ater rcspect than Hargreaves, for the number of time's the left-hander has bowled him is extraordinary. Until the* Gentlemen v. Players match at. Lord's in 1903 Maclaren had not made 25 runs in any one innings when opposed to Hat-greaves, and lie must have batted against him ten or a .dozen times. It is the La}l which comes with irargrcaves' arm which is so fatal to the Lancashire captain, and no left-hander that I have ever met Iwwls this ball better." Hargreaves was a great success in New Zealand, but when he went to Australia he took but two wickets for-iai runs. The Australian wickets generally tryout tho bowlers from England, unci after one experience of a dry season they are not very keen on revisiting those parts. .. P. F. Warner has the following to say about Tarrant, the' ex-Victorian cricketer:

" He is a nephew of the Tarrant of the sixties, but ho lias' learned his cricket on the Melbourne ground. lie bad at that time (when Warner was iti Australia) already made up his mind to try his luck in England, but I was so impressed with his bowling thatthough I had no authority to do so—l ventured to say that if lie came to 1/ord's I might be able to "help him. Well, Tarrant panic, and to a great extent has conquered: and 1 feel that his left-handed bowling will help Middlesex to many a victory in the years that are to come. His best bull is that which comes with his arm. It is a good, ball—a very good l ull—but he is apt to overdo it. and to forget that .fa particular delivery, however full of possibilities in itself, is apt to breed contempt, by familiarity. For ho has a slow Ml, which lie pulls back in the air after '{.he, manner of his countryman A. E. Tro'tt, a:id as he can spin the ordinary left-hander's* break-batik, he lias a good many strings to his bow. Over and above his fowling, Tarrant is a capital batsman, with a straight bat and wrist off-stroke to the left of mid- (,>!!'; and as lie .can field extremely welllike nine out of ten Australians■one. may without undue optimism expect much of him in tho future."

There is a movement- to promote a national testimonial to Arthur Lillov, England's wicket keeper. Tire preliminary meeting in connection with (he scheme is to bo held •at the (I rand Hotel, Birmingham. next; Thursday, but the eircn-, lar does not mention any hour of assembly. The circular sent out announcing' the meeting draws attention to the fact that I.iiley possesses a unique re-! cord in test matches, having kept wickets in! 27-—according to this circularout of thelast 28 test; games between England and Australia he promoters have had letters from Lord Hawke, the lion. J l '. .S. .lacksoil, and A. C. Marian unending the scheme.; Lord Ilawko says, " 1 shall 'be pleased to support the Li I ley testimonial," while Jack-., son remarks, "I certainly consider I.illey's services' in test matches worthy of the most generous recognition." Tho Lancashire captain says, "it will give trie much pleasure to support the testimonial," and pays a generous tribute to Liiley's merits. ' Ho says : —" Lilley has not only kept wickets admirably for 'England, but has also come to (he rescue with'Uhe bat when runs were wanted almost on every occasion. His judgment has never been at fault, and his captains have not been slow to profit by the same. English cricket owes a great flea! mote to 1/ille-y than many are aware of." .This is a noble- testimonial indeed.—Athletic News, August 31. i he. veteran player Alex. Bannermnn will captain Padding!on (Sydney) Eleven until tho return of M. A Noble. Isr,nnerman played in the first eleven a-side match between an English and an Australian team in 1877.

HOWICK V. MANGERE. The members of the Ilowick Cricket Club played their first match of the season against the Mangere team at Mangere, the game resulting in a win for the' Ilowick team by 107 runs. Tho following are the scores:—Mangere, first innings: Wright, b Kyd, 1; Kirkbride, c, b Cooper, 2; Campling, b Kyd, 0; Gardner, 1; Cooper, 0; Cray, 1; Cooper, 2: Thomas, b Cooper, 0; .Montgomery, 1> Kyd, 2; Massey", b Kyd, 0; Elicit, run out, 0; 'Ronnie, it Kyd, 0"; Menwood, not out, 0; byes, 1: total, 8. Bowlling analysis: Kvd took five wickets for 4 runs; Cooper, four wickets for 5 runs. Howick, ilr.it innings: (.'ranger, b Wright, 1.0; Phillips, c, b Gardner, 3: Johnson, b Gardner, 7; Cooper, c, lr- Wright, 9; Kyd, e, 1; Campling, 7: <Jill, b Campling, 5; Andrew, runout, 17; Heyiiell, run out, 1; Coll'cy, h Campling, 1; O'Halloran, not out, 5: total, 65. Mangere, second innings: Bonnie, <\ Roberts, b Cooper, 0: Cray, c Cooper, I; Johnson, 0; Wright, b Johnson, 0; Kirkbride, b Johnson, 2: Campling, I) Cooper, 1; Gardner, Ibw, I) Johnson, 5; Henwood, ii Cooper, 2; Massey. run out, 2; Montgomery, hit wicket, 0: Elicit, 1) Johnson, 0: Thomas, not out, 0: total, 14. Bowling analysis: .Johnson took live wickets lor 1 runs; Cooper, four wickets tor 3 runs. Howick, second innings: Roberts, not; out, 30; Granger, Ibw, 1> Campling, 5; Phillips, c, !> Campling, (J; Johnson, '-> Kirkbride, 2; Andrew, c anil b Kirk bride, 5; Cooper, ij Kirkbride, ,5; Kyd, b Montgomery, 3; (Ell, e, b Montgomery, 2; o'Hallo''itn, b Wright, 0; llcvnell, c Cray, b Gardner, 5; Coffey; c, b Wright, 0; total, 64. Grand totals: Mangere, 2.2; Howick, 129, Howick thus . winning by 107 runs.