THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13361, 15 December 1906, Page 6

THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS.

THE MATCH WITH AUCKLAND;

VISITORS DISMISSED FOR 172.

WHITE GETS SIX WICKETS

FOR 21.

LOCAL MEN MAKE A BAD

START.

.The Marylebone Club's team of amateur cricketers started th© first match of the tour on the.Domain Cricket Ground yesterday against Auckland's representative eleven. Th« weather was ideal, and the wicket and outfield in fine condition.* That Bulli soil is a decided improvement upon the soil previously : used in Auckland for ' wickets was fully demonstrated, and at the end of the day's play the.pitch used showed little wear. For an' '"off" day there was a very good attendance, there being present between 1300 and 1500 people. Upwards of £60 was taken at the gates." Captain Wynyard won the toss from A. Haddon, and sent the. Aucklanders into the field. •• The best stand. of the day was made for the second wicket, which put on 56 runs. The Englishmen, generally speaking, did not appear to be in form. P. R. Johnson was their top scorer, with 64, made by nice cricket. He used his feet well, and his placing was admirable. He was missed by i the Auckland skipper before reaching double [ figures. Douglas batted well for 26, while Branston played sound cricket, although he just reached double figures. Taking into consideration the fact that the top scorer was missed early in his innings, the performance of the local bowlers in dismissing the visitors for 172 was highly creditable, and in marked contrast to previous performances. As often happens, the eleventh hour selection was the success of the side. He (White) took six wickets for 21 runs, and bowled really well. His variation of pace and length, in conjunction with his deceptive flight, had nearly every batsman that faced . him in trouble. Some "of his deliveries kept low. Kerr bowled Well, although he only got one wicket for 41. Two catches were missed off him. Hussey deserves a large share of credit, for, besides getting three wickets for 48, he. accepted two catches. The fielding of the Auckland men. was, generally speaking, very fair. Sale wasj particularly good' in the field, while Hussey also made no mistakes. During the short time the Englishmen. were in the field they ; gave the i impression that they will stand out in this department of the game. P. R. May, who got one wicket for none, is the " express" of the team. SimpsonHayward,. England's best lob bowler, got two wickets for none. The ball' that got Hussey was a very, fine off break. ■ In the 35 minutes left for play Auckland lost the wickets.: of ■; Mason, ; Hussey, and - Olliff. Hemus was batting nicely,- and had 12 to his credit when stumps were drawn at six o'clock. ,- . • . ~...' .

. There ; should, be a . good attendance today, inasmuch as the Englishmen are almost sure to be at the wickets some time during the afternoon. The Aucklanders . have lost three wickets, but, nevertheless, have batsmen in Hemus, Haddon, Sale, ; Brooke-Smith and Howden capable of making stands sufficient to run the total close to that of the Englishmen. Play will start at twelve o'clock to-day. The luncheon adjournment will, be from half-past one o'clock to aquarter past . two. < Stumps will be drawn at six o'clock. 'On Monday play will commence ~ at.; twelve o'clock, ' and stumps, if necessary, will ' not be drawn till half-past .'six.*'' - ' '" ,; -.••,- ]r( ~ ,

, m ; - ' TEAMS. - ' •'• .„■ England: , Captain E. ; . G. Wynyard, C. E. De Trafford, P. B. Johnson, G. H. SimpsonHayward. W. B. Barns, G. T. Branston, -J. W. H. T. Douglas, C- C. Page, P. E. May, W. J. H. Gurwen, N.C. Tufnell. The players omitted from this match are:—E. W. Fox, W. P. Harrison, and A. ;T. Torrenß. ,

Auckland: < ! A.* Haddon, . IS. > G. '■>■ Hemus, J. Hussey. ;A. Kerr, 0. Olliff. E. V. Sale, R. Mason. A. Howden, W. Brooke-Smith, .W. Robinson, and P. White.

THE X PLAY.

ENGLISHMEN AT THE WICKETS.

A few minutes after two o'clock the Aucklanders - took the field, closely followed by the opening -batsmen,- P. R. Johnson and 0. E. .Do Trafford. De Trafford opened -to Kerr, • who bowled from the pavilion end. Kerr's fifth ball de Trafford skied over cover for two. Howden bowled from the pavilion end, the field being placed for leg -theory. Johnson snicked the fifth ball for two. ' Dei Trafford scored the first boundary by hitting Kerr's first ball high over cover. The next ball he repeated the stroke, but placed, it into the ' hands of Hussey, who had been placed there: I—6— ' ' .

'J. W. H. T. Douglas joined Johnson, and the latter scoring , one the first-mentioned came opposite Kerr, and instantly .cut hire for one. Only one bye came off Howden's next over. In Kerr's next over Douglas was missed in the slips by Haddon. Two balls later the same batsman placed Kerr to leg for three. ... Douglas got Howden to leg for one," and drove him for a single, while Johnson also scored a single off him. Each batsman scored a single off Kerr's next over, bringing 20 on the board, after 25 minutes' play. Johnson scored six in Howden's : next over. '; Douglas placed Ken's last ball "nicely fof a, couple, bringing him past the double figures, which. Johnson had just previously reached. One was scored off Howtleu's . next over, and Johnson, who was playing carefully, took a maiden from Kerr. Thirty was brought on the board in Howden's next over, after 35 minutes' play. Both batsmen played carefully, especially treating Kerr with respect. Johnson a little later lifted Howdeu nicely' to the boundary, and, storing twice more in the same over, took his score past 20, and the total past 40. Douglas, by scoring four off Kerr, took his score to 20. Fifty was on the board after 45 minutes' play, when Haddon put Olliff on in place of Howden, who had taken, no wickets for 29. Six were scored off Olliff's first over. Kerr, who had taken one wicket for 20, was replaced at the pavi- | lion end by Hussey, and Douglas scored six off his first over. Olliff's next over was a maiden to Johnson. ■ In Hussey's next over Douglas gave Mason a chance at extra cover, which he accepted: 2—26—64. The outgoing batsman had played quietly, but had bit anything loose. W. B. Burns came next, and played the remainder of Hussey's over. Johnson passed 30 in Olliff' next over. Burns opened his account by cutting Hussey nicely for a single. Hussey bowled a maiden to Johnson, who seemed pretty well set. When the score stood at 80 Johnson had 40 opposite his name. ' A few overs later Johnson opened" out, and, cutting Olliff nicely foi two and driving him for four and one, passed the half-century, after having been an hour and 20 minutes at the wickets.'• Continuing to put the wood on, Johnson scored 13 off Hussey's next over, thus bringing three figures opposite the total, after an hour and 25 minutes' play. /White was given a turn' with-the ball at the pavilion end, where Olliff had taken, no wickets for 29 runs. Johnson was given out leg-before to White's first ball-: —109. Johnson had played nice.cricket. He was at first, very cautious, and scored ,most of his runs on the "on." However,, when set, he scored freely from [ both ion and r:off : drives, and occasionally brought off a nice-; cut. He was missed by Haddon before reaching double figures. \ Two balls.later {Page, who had replaced Johnson, gave Hussey a catch at point, off White, which he accepted: 4—0—109. Simpson-Hayward i joined Burns, whose score stood at eight. : White's ' first over was a maiden, and included two "wickets. Kerr replaced Hussey at the pavilion end, and bowled maiden to Burns. ' Simpson-

Hayward scored on© off White's 'next over, while the same batsman scored two off Kerr. Simpson-Hayward scored a single off White, while Burns placed the same bowler nicely to leg for two, thus bringing 10 opposite his name, Kerr bowled a full toss to SimpsonHayward, who placed it into Haddon's hands at raid-on, but for /..he second time 'the Auckland skipper dropped a catch off the Parnell left-hander. White sent down a short ball to Burns faster than usual, which the batsman hit across, and was bowled: 5—14—120. - ' , ; Burns had made a few nice strokes at the commencement of his innings, but quietened down considerably after Johnson's return to the pavilion. G. T. Branston came next, and opened with a snick off White, who had taken three wicket* for eight. Each batsman scored a single off Kerr's next over. Hayward had a narrow escape of playing White on, but welcomed the let off by scoring two off his next over, thus bringing 10 opposite, his . name. When the adjournment for afternoon tea was taken the scores were: Simpson-Hayward, not out, 11, and Branston, not out, 2, and five wickets were down for 127. .■ . .. L-V "■, -'-■--■ After a-quarter of an hour's adjournment the players took the -field again, Branston taking strike to Kerr' from the pavilion end. Branston scored a single, and Simpson-Hay-ward snicked him through the slips for three. White continued the attack from the hospital end, and Simpson-Hayward placed his fourth ball to leg for two. In Kerr's next over ■ Simpson-Hayward lifted him clean over the on-boundary for six—a beautifully-timed * stroke. This brought 20 opposite Simpson-Hay ward's name, and took the total past I*o. Branston played a couple of clean off-strokes, which, however, only brought singles, and Simpson-Hayward placed Kerr. nicely to the on for one. In White's next over Simpson-Hayward hit one high to mid-off, and Sale brought off a magnificent catch above his head: 6—23— 145. Although he gave a chance early in his innings, the retiring batsman had played some very . crisp strokes on both sides of the wicket. . .',-',.„.- „ W. J. H. Curwen replaced Simpson-Hay-ward, but White with his next ball clean bowled him: 7—0—145. White, who had been treated with respect by all the batsmen, had taken five wickets for 15 runs. Captain Wynyard came next, and received an ovation from the spectators. ■He played the remaining two balls from White. Hussey replaced Kerr at the pavilion end, and Branston late cut him for two, but two balls later Hussey took Branston's bails: —— 147. Branston had played quietly, but nevertheless had brought off some clean offstrokes. ; N. C. Tufnell joined .< his skipper, who did not seem to relish the Ponsonby bowler. Wynyard opened with two singles, the result of smart running between the wickets. Tufnell mis-timed two fast ones from Hussey, and the next ball dislodged his bails: 9—149.. -. . ' The last batsman was P. R. May,, and ho opened with a snick off Hussey to the legboundary, and Wynyard drove Whit© nicely for two. May late, cut Hussey for two, and then scored a single. Wynyard placed the same bowler for three and White for two. May sent Hussey nicely to the on for three, which brought him into double figures, and Wynvard pushing the same bowler to the on for a single got into double figures. May drove Hussey straight for four. Wynyard scored a single off White, and to the next ball May nut his leg in front, and for tho second time White got a leg-before decision from the English umpire: 10—14—172. The Englishmen's innings thus ended after lasting two hours and three-quarters. " aucklanders AT the wicket!;; ' The Englishmen took the field at twentyfive minutes past five, there being thirtyfivo- minutes,for play. F. R. Mason.and L. G. Hemus were the opening batsmen, tho last-mentioned taking strike to P. R. May, a fast bowler with a peculiar stylo. His first was a maiden. J. W. H. T. Douglas bowled from the pavilion end, and off his fifth ball • Mason scored" a ' single. The second" ball of May's second over, however, clean bowled Mason. .It-was a fast ball, coming back I—l—l. * - J. M. Hussey joined Hemus. May had his ' field neatly placed, having eight men on the off side, forming a half-circle from the -" wicketkeeper to the bowler. Hussey played the remainder of the over. A by© only was" realised in Douglas* next oyer. May bowled a maiden to Hemus, in which, however, two opportunities for short runs were not accepted. Hussey opened. his account with a late cut off Douglas for , one. In twenty minutes' play only , three runs had been scored, both* batsmen being content to * hold up "the wicket. Hussey took a maiden from May, and Hemus'opened his account off Douglas' next over by driving him oast cover for four. Four byes came off Douglas' next . over, . thus putting /eleven on the board. . At this stage May, who had bowled three overs for no runs, was replaced at'the pavilion end by Simpson-Hayward, the lob bowler. He takes a run of about eight yards and sends the ball up underarm, and gets a:good• deal of work on. Hussey did not seem to relish him, and he was. bowled with tho last ball of the over. The ball had a good deal of spin on it, and Hussey stepping too far to the off, the ball came across from tho off and took the leg stump: —111. , .' C. Olliff came 'next,' arid Hemus welcomed him by driving. Douglas again to the boundary and late cutting him for a single, and after a. leg-bye was run he again cut him for two, thus reaching double figures. Just on time Olliff went out and hit SimpsonHavward on the full, and was caught at mid-off: 5—0—19. ' •-.■■■ '. • ENGLAND.— Innings. C. E. De Trafford, c Hussey, b Kerr ... 6 P. R. Johnson, Ibw, b White ... . 64 J. W. H. T. Douglas, c Mason, b Hussey 26 W. B. Burns, b White ... .... ... 14 C. C. Page, c Hussey, b White ... .0 G. "- H. Simpson-Hayward, c Sale,- b ■■fe White ... ... .... ... ... 23 G. T. Branston, b Hussev .... ... -10 W. J. H. Cnrwen, b White ...-, ... ■ 0 Captain E. G. Wvnyard, not out ... 11 N. C. Tufnell, b Hussey ... ... ... 0 P. R. May, lbw, b White ... 14 Extras ... -•'.'... ' .... 4 Total • ... ....... „. ... "172 - BOWLING • O. M. R. W. A. Kerr 16 1 411 A. Hbwdeu ...... 7 1 29 - 0 0. Olliff • 6 1 29 0 J. Hussey ....< . . 10 2 43 3 ' P.. White 121 2 21 6 Oliff bowled five no-balls and Husser one no-ball. AUCKLAND.— Innings. L. G. Hemus, not out ... .„,... 12 F. R. Mason, b May ... ' .... ... 1 J. M. Hussey, b Simpson-Hayward ... 1 C. Olliff, c Branston, b Simpson-Hay-ward ... ... ... , -# 4<# M Extras ... ..; ltf .') "' K 5 Total for 3 wickets ... ... ,„, 19 , BOWLING ANALYSIS. p ' , f '~' ■ O. M. R. W. P. 11. May ... 4. 4. 0 1 J. W. H. T. Douglas ... 4 0 7 0 G. H. Simpson-Hayward 11 1 0 2 Branston '_ ... 1 0 7 0 HOW THE WICKETS FELL.' England: One for 8, two for 64, three for 109, four .for 109, five for 120, six for 145, seven for 145, eight for 147, nine for 149. ten for 172. Auckland: One for 1, two for 11, three for 19.

A burning: question, with the legal profession and public has been the arrangement hitherto in force for the supply of judgments .of the Supreme Court (says a Wellington exchange). In the past the only way in which copies of judgments could be obtained has been through the judge's associates, and it has been a matter of complaint that the fees charged for these copies were far. too high. The Justice Department has gone thoroughly into the matter, with a view of a solution of the difficulty,' and it is understood that, as the outcome of its' deliberations, it has been arranged that a copy of every written judgment shall be filed in the office of the registrar of the Supreme Court, with the papers in the case, and shall be open to inspection by the public on payment of the usual fees. Copies will be supplied by the registrars on payment of a fee of id per folio for copying. Ministerial '- promises are proverbially crisp, easily broken. ' Mr. Joll mentioned at a j recent Council meeting .in Waitara that when the. Minister for Public Works was at'Urehui some time ago he said he had had no idea that the roads in the district were so bad. Had he known it he wouldn't have allowed it. Which read very well, and' sounded very well. "But," said Mr. ' Joll, "he hasn't done anything, and he still hands over roads in a worse condition than ever.' 1 " Just before last election," the councillor remarked, " he passed my gate, arid, looking back over the road, said, ' We'll have to metal this; it will have to be metalled.' • But there's no metal yet." - •• • . ' -. * -