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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1717, 25 January 1905, Page 55

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THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM. MELBOURNE, January 18. The supporters of and of Windsor, tlio Tasmanian, aro dissatisfied that they are not included in the Australian Eleven, and have ofiered to pay the expenses of sending them to England. CLEM HILL’S MARRIAGE. MELBOURNE, January 18. Clem Hill, the well-known South Australian cricketer, has been married to Miss Hart, at Launceston. His ivife will accompany him to England. THE AUSTRALIANS IN NEW ZEALAND. Followin'- are the fixtures for the Australian eleven in New Zealand: Against Auckland —Feb. 10, 11, 13. Against Wellington —Feb. 17, 18, 20. Against Canterbury—Feb. 24, 25, 27. Against Otago —March 3, 4, 5. Against N.Z. (at Christchurch)—March 10, 11, 13. , „ Against N.Z. (at Wellington)—March 15, 16, 17. THE ENGLISH TOUR. Following are the fixtures for the Australian tour in England:— MAY. 4 Crystal Palace, v. Gentlemen of England. B—Nottingham, v. Notts. 11 — Oval, v. Surrey. 15 —Oxford v. Oxford University. 18—Lord’s, v. M.C.C. and Ground (or Gentlemen of England). 22 —Sheffield, v. Yorkshire. 25 — Manchester, v. Lancashire. 29 —Nottingham, v. England (First Test Match). JUNE. I—Cambridge,l —Cambridge, v. Cambridge University. 5 Bradford, v. Yorkshire. 8 Lord’s, v. M.C.C. and Ground. 12— Leicester, v. Leicestershire. 15—Lord's, v. England (Second Test Match). 22—Leyton, v. Essex. 26 Birmingham, v. Warwickshire. 29—Bristol, v. Gloucestershire. JULY. 3 Leeds, v. England (Third Test Match). 6 Southampton, v. Hampshire. 10—Derby, v. Derbyshire. 13— Bath, v. Somerset. 17 —Edinburgh, v. Scotland. 20—Glasgow v. Scotland. 24 Manchester, v. England (Fourth Test Match). 27 Oval, v. Surrey. 31—Brighton, v. Sussex.

AUGUST. 3 Worcester, v. Worcestershire. 7 —Cardiff, v. South Wales. 10 — Lord’s, v. Middlesex. 14 —Oval, v. England (Fifth Test Match). 17 —Northampton, v. Northamptonshire (provisional). 21—Liverpool, v. Lancashire. 24—Canterbury, v. Kent. 28 —Cheltenham, v. Gloucestershire. 31 —Bournemouth, v. An England Eleven. SEPTEMBER, 4 Leyton, v. Essex. 7 —Scarborough, v. Mr C. I. Thornton's England Eleven. 11— Hastings, v. South of England. Discussing the forthcoming tour, the London "Daily Telegraph” says: —• "As regards next season’s matches, interest will naturally centre in the doings of the Australians. The programme arranged by Mr Alcock follows closely on the lines of the last two tours, anil presents no new features. Only one date —June 19 — remains open, as in the event of the Final Test Match at the Oval on August 14, which, if the rubber should depend on it, is to be played to a finish, being over in time, there will be a. match with Northamptonshire, a provisional agreement to that effect having been determined on. The proposed match with the Players of England has not been found practicable, but, if a representative team can be got together, the first, of' the two matches with the M.C.C.—on May 181 h, at Lord’s —will be changed to one with the Gentlemen of England. As will be seen from the list, the opening match of the tour will be at the Crystal Palace, and for this Mr Grace hopes to secure a strong Gentlemen’s side. Following the precedent established two years ago, Kent will meet the Australians at Canterbury at a later date than the annual Cricket Week The counties that play the Australians twice are Yorkshire, Lancashire, Surrey, Essex and Gloucestershire, this arrangement being the same as in 1902. The Australians will have a week in Scotland in July, playing at Edinburgh and Glasgow, but they will not, as Avars once thought likely, visit Dublin. In all the team avIII appear four times on Yorkshire grounds, playing England at Leeds, Yorkshire at Sheffield and Bradford, and meeting Mr C. I. Thornton’s England Eleven in September at Scarborough in the concluding match of the Festival. As they play four times at Lord’s, three times at the o\'al, and tAvicc at Leyton, lovers of the game in London will haA'o ample opportunities of seeing them. For the most part the programme has been A'ery conveniently arranged, the only awkward journeys being from Leeds to Southampton and back to Derby, and one in the middle of the Aveek from Liverpool to Canterbury. The old difficulty of getting from Scarborough to Hastings has been avoided, as it was two years ago, by the Scarborough match being fixed for Thursday, Friday and Saturday'. The Australians Avill have a heavy season, as OA'en in the A'ery improbable event of June 19 being left free, their programme Avill consist of thirtysix fixtures.” SATURDAY’S MATCHES. Saturday’s Aveather conditions Avere unusually fine for cricket and there Avas a lai-ge number of people present to watch play on the Basin Reseiwe. and the Athletic Park. MIDLAND v. PHOENIX. The senior match Midland a-. Phoenix Avas commenced, but had to be stopped earlier than the appointed time OAving to bad light on the Reseiwe. The Phoenix fast boAvler Brice on a hard lifting Avieket cut out a good performance against the crack team. Williams made the top score for Midland Avith hard hitting. At the time of drawing stumps there was not much to choose in the positions of both teams. Phoenix Avas thirty runs behind its opponents, but had three Aviekets to fall. The details of the scoring are: — MIDLAND—First Innings. C. Hickson, b Hickey ... ... ... 7 Mowatt, c McLennan, b Brice ... 1 Williams, b Brice ... ... ... ... 48 Hutchings, b Brice ... ... ... 6 Wymvard, b Brice ... ... ... 14 Quee, b Brice 0 Wey bourne, b Hickey ... ... ... 1 Stephenson, c Brice, b Hickey ... 4 Upham, run out ... ... ... ... 21 DaA’is, c Lash, b Brice ... ... ••• 13 Mitchell, not out 14 Extras 22 Total >. 151 BoAvling Analysis.—Hickey, 18 overs, 58 runs, 3 Aviekets; Brice, 21.4 overs, 51 runs, 6 Aviekets; Shand, 2 o\'ers, 12 runs: Waters, 2 overs, 7 runs. PHOENIX —First Innings. Naugliton, b Hutchings 20 Barton, b Stephenson ... ... ... 41 McLennan, st Williams, b Hutchings 5 Brice, not out ... ... ••• ••• 30 Waters, c Hickson, b Mitchell ... 19 Wright, c Weybourne, b Mitchell ... 1 Hickey, b Stephenson 0 Houston, b Stephenson 1 Extras 4 Total for seven Aviekets ... ...121 GAS COMPANY v. WELLINGTON. Gas Co. Avon Ihe- toss and batted first, and their innings closed for a smaller amount than they liave made ior a long time. RcdgraA'o made 58 —the best score on the KeserA'e for the day. W hen stumps were arawn, owing to the bad light, Wellington had lost s x Aviekets for a A’ery email, amount, and (lie match promises some interest next Aveek. Scores so far ars as follows-. — GAS CO. —First Innings. Cobcroft, b Latham ... ... ... 7 Laws, c Gibbes, b Luckie ... ... 9 Hawthorne, b Latham ... ... ... 1 RedgraAe, c Lot ham, b Hales ... ... 58 Dredge, b Latham ... 0 Topp, c Hales, b Luckie ... ... ... 12 Harris, l.b.Av., b Latham ... ... ... 2:5 Stevens, b Hales ... ... ... ... 32 Waugh, not out ... ... ••• 5 Burke, run out ... ... ... ... 0 Cate, b Luckie 3 Extras ••• H Total Mi-

Bowling' analysis.—Luckie, 14.5 overs, 43 runs, 3 Aviekets; Latham, 13 overs 42 runs, 4 wickets; S. Hickson, 5 overs, 15 runs; Hales, 8 o\ers, 16 runs, 2 Aviekets; Gibbes, 4 OA’ers, 17 runs. WELLINGTON—First Innings. C. Gore, c Cate, b Loans ... ... ... 8 Gibbes, hit wicket, b Cobcroft 30 S. Hickson, c Cate, b Laws 0 Weybourne, c Cate, b Laavs ... ... 8 Richardson, not out 13 O’Sullivan, c and b Redgrave 2 Ashbolt, c and b Redgrave 0 Extras 8 Total for six Aviekets 69 AUSTRAL v. NEWTOWN. The Austral-NeAvtoAvn match Avas commenced on the Basin Reserve on Saturday. Austral aa t ou the toss and elected to bat. In their first innings they made 76, and had 10 for one Avieket to their credit on the second Avhen stumps Ai ? ere draAvn for the day. NeAvtoAvn opened strong, and had 167 up before the tenth man Avas settled. Scores:— AUSTRAL—First Innings. Mahony, b Miller ... ... ... ... 12 Dakin, b Smith 18 Hull, b SmifTi 6 Vivian, b Smith 15 Jackson, b Miller 0 Bartlett, b Alpo 12 Martin, c Plimmer, b Miller 1 McArthur, b Miller ... 0 Honey, b Miller 4 Robinson, b Miller ... ... ... ... 3 McMahon, not out 7 Extras 3 Total 76 Bowling analysis.—Frank Alpe. 7 o\'ers, 2 maidens, 22 runs, 1 Avieket; Miller, 15.2 OA-ers, 5 maidens, 33 runs, 6 Aviekets; Smith, 9 overs, 3 maidens, 18 runs, 3 Aviekets. AUSTRA L— Second Innings. Vivian, not out 3 Martin, b Alpo ... ... ... ... 4 McArthur, not out 0 Extras ... ... ... ... ... 3 Total for one wicket ... ... ... 10 NEWTOWN —First Innings. Spraggon, c Vivian, b Hall 25 Banos, b Jackson 30 A. Day, 1.b.w., b Jackson 23 Frank Alpe, c Hill, b Vivian ... ... 30 Fred Alpe, c and b Dakin 0 G. Day, run out ... ... ... ... 6 F. Plimmer, c Bartlett, b Dakin ... 1 Carolane, c Robinson, b Dakin 0 Turner, c Bartlett, b Dakin ... 0 Smith, c Honey, b Vivian 9 Miller, not out 4 Extras 39 Total 167 BoAvling analysis.—Bartlett, 7 overs, 1 maiden, 29 runs; Vivian, 8.5 o\ T ers. 23 runs, 2 Aviekets; McMahon, 4 o\'ers, 1 maiden, 9 runs; Hill, 4 overs, 16 runs, 1 wicket; Jackson, 8 overs, 3 maidens, 18 runs, 2 Aviekets; Dakin, 10 overs, 1 maiden, 33 runs, 4 wickets. JUNIOR. In the game against «ohnsonville Midland Avon by 174 runs. Midland’s second innings closed for 199. (Robinson and Murphy 38 each, Ballingall 34, Bruce 29, J. Smith 26, not out, Ryan 16, Moss 10.) For JolmsonA'ille’s 55 iliey batted four short. Cooke 25. For Avinnere Ryan took 5 Aviekets for 25, and Thomas, 1 for 70 t For Jobnsonville, W. Moore 5 Aviekets, J. Moore 3 Aviekets. THIRD-CLASS. Midland beat Gas Works by an innings and 88. Midland, batting tAvo men short, made 136 (Spence 51, Bock 19, W. Gosling 13, Guthrie 10, 11. M.tchell 10). Gas Works totals were 15 and 33 (Lingard 13). BoAvling for Gas Works—North 3 for 22, Lingard 4 for 55; for Midland—Johnson, W. Gosling, and Spence AA*ere the best. FOURTH-CLASS. Midland a-. Thorndon B.—Midland baV. • ted first and made 75 (R. Gosling 26, not out). Second innings, 117 for 5 AA'ickets (L. Cording 71, not out, McGrath 17 White 10). Thorndon B made 42 (W. Robinson 12). BoAvling.—For Midland—R. Gosling 5 for 15, Wilson 3 for 15; Thorndon B Wood roof e 5 for 55, W. Robinson 6 for 67 R. Robertson 2 for 25, Thompson 1 for 2, Tiller 1 for 3. GAMES AT CHRISTCHURCH. CHRISTCHURCH, January 22. Cricket was continued to-day in fine Aveather. United completed its first innings against Sydenham for 183 (Sims not out 116). Sydenham replied Avith 95, thus losing by an innings and 8 runs. R. Fisher, for United, took six Aviekets for 36 runs. The Lancaster Park thirteen continued their first innings against the same club’s ele\*en, carrying the score to 117. In their second attempt, they made 178 (Maroney 44, Toomer 40). The eleven got the 2-1 required to Avin Avithout the loss of a Avieket. The Midland eleven playing a Midland thirteen carried, their score from 159 for four Aviekets, to 325 Avithont any further loss, and declared the innings closed (Barry not out 103,_ Wheatley not out 63). The thirteen made 67 in their second innings, thus losing ba’ an innings and 75 runs. , 'Placing in the second grade competition Love,’ for Sydenham, scored 115 (not out), his side making 250.