CRICKET.

NZ Truth, Issue 82, 12 January 1907, Page 2

CRICKET.

(By Scout))

Thisis^on-e of the largest benefits on, record, though, it has been surpassed by that of G. H. Hirst, whose benefit realised £3703, the gate pro--beeds beirig £2924. •

'The net. proceeds of Walter Lees' .'b^eflt m-atbh,;. Surrey v. Yorkshire, at Kehnington Oval m July, amounted to. £2120.,.. indejpendent of any . money that has gone 'to Lees direct : without passing , through the hands ''of the Surrey Club. This is a.small- ; , er sum than musl; have been expected 'seeing that it was reported at the "time that 61,810 people paid for admission. . ' ! . The. Worcestershire County ..reports a. loss of over £4QQ on the. past t s ; ,-Avorkin'g. The member- . } .ship of liWhas 'decreased by 102,, „.and the balance, due to the bakers amounts to about £4:900, which ' is guaranteed by Mr P.H. Foley,, the . .hon. secretary/.., y ;. • Hampshire .bounty,, largely owing r j,jjbo arrears m subscriptions and club "rents, „ has a ,on the , season's . : -working of £146 ■5s sd. From a ; cricket standpoint the season was a .huge success, ■>$& team, m point of , -wins, eclipsing all their previous re- ■ .cords m first-class cricket. . Queensland . has discovered an m:- -: iant sport-phenomenon m one Arishur Layer , . a ; 1 5r-year-old scho »l boy. - ftp- ; cently at cricket he secured j.lO (not out) m 90 minutes, , and took five wickets for i' 2 ruris m a sohoii match,., and his batting average for the season so far is 80 runs ; also,be has won various medals., for allround play, and holds the 80Gyds -State Schools. Championship of ■ Queensland. ;' T ','., ••'-■• The New 'Zealand Cricket Council ;has adopted . a very cheese-paring policy m • regard to the .entertain- * mtnt of the . English team while on tour through -New Zealand. Martin buokie is reported to, have '"shouted" the visitors to the , Opera House •jii Boxing Night on his own. The Wellington team was, under the :?.'<-i -i p." conspicuous by its absence. s^fTlift- New Zealand .Cricket Council fess seemingly come to the conclusi ri-fhat the Rotorua jaunt, and the cc-n.eh .drive .Vthro-uph the Buller and f^ira Gorge, \on, the West Coast of ••■ ■■• L 'i > other island., is a compensating '• vantage for the lack of hospitality ■ ••ir other directions. Uo to. a certain noint T-talieve that the sightseeing f . New Zealand's wonderland would •'•.ppeal more strongly to the Enelish- .' y-n . .thin,, all the banquets, dinner !?wl . dance parties, ■ and other • forms of entertainment that could be . served up for their behoof, but the '■■local combination should not be al,fcfrc:et'l''Cr overlooked for the sake ©f fa few paltry pounds. . Is it the in- ■■ fcpnti-an of , tlie Council to' carry things to so free a point when the e>et of Ilie colony congregate m : Ch^ist^h»rrh amd Wellington to ! hrow down the gauge of battle to the visitors ? Surely Tim Raphael '■- and his qolleagu«s will not follow out. so miserly a policy. Sp«rt is. ;;sncrifitt>d too much, nowadays lot the vf'dibs." . { ' ; ! The writer . offers his cordial congratulations .to Charlie ("Joss") Manson on -his accession to 1 the ranks of the benedicts, which happy event took place shortly after the .Xmas holidays. His many friends— • and they are legion— will join with me m wishing . this capital all-round sport and his bride many, many years of • happiness and prosperity. Charley modestly kent his intentions a dead secret, and 'i^e news of his . severanos from the bachelor brotherhood astonished rnoro persons than the "Truth 1 ' scribe. Should the countrymen accept the invitation of the Cricket Association, the match Wellington v. Wairarapa, will be fought out on the Athletic Park, where, according to the .version of the Park directors, a good wicket has bepn prepared. If the, pitrh kicks up 'fn the isame way •'■ as others at the, Park have done When senior fcham|f)ibhShiT). games have been m progress, there will be some fun for the players . concerned Wellington easil~ takes the biscuit >n fh.f matter of gate money at matches played by the Marylebone Crie^*t. Olu'h in 1 this colony date. The respective amounts pan out as follows .-r*u'cl%nd '-'P-ado : Wnnganui, £70 ; V/ellinertoTi, «^-o • Christchurch, about £160; Dunedifl, £157,