CRICKET.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20862, 31 October 1929, Page 4

CRICKET.

• ! ■■ By Slip. FIXTURES FOR THE SEASON. The following are the principal fixtures •f the cricket season-in New Zealand:— ' PLUNKET SHIELD. . December 24, 25,- 26, 27.—Auckland v. : Otago,--ati-Auckland-- - ■ • Decembe.r 28, 30, 31, January , bury Wellington, at Wellington. January, Sj.; 4,76, 7.—Auckland v. Cauterbury, ait Auckland. d' - -‘ February.!, 3,%—Otago v; _ Wfellington/at Dunedin, ? v' _ . Auckland. at Wellington. February 28, March T. 2, 4.—Canterbury v. Otago, at Christchurch. ; ENGLISH, MATCHES. -V December- 31; January 7 1 and 2.—M.C.C. v. Dunedin, at Carisbrook January Ip, 11, -13.--r-First.: Test, M.C.C. ‘ v. New Zealand, at'Christchurcll January 24, 25, 27*—Second Test, M*C.C. _ , v. Aew,Zea]and, at Wellington.. February. 14. 15, 17.—Third Test, M.C.C. v.-New Zealand,. at Auckland. GRANGE- v. HIGH SCHOOL OLD- " BOYS. ' Those who gathered,; at-Logan, Park on oaturday to see the game between Grange and High School- Old;Boys were treated to^ 1 -^ terestin ß afternoon’s cricket, r, Old; Boys won the toss and: caused general surprise by putting Grange in first on-a wicket, which, though not ideal from a batsman e point of view, was'a good one Assisted by very slack fielding the Grange batsmen took advantage of their opportunity, and batted throughout the -afterwdckcts C ° ril>S 335 ruas for loss of eight Knight, who opened with Boyd, played •n excellent innings, though bis runs were fast time. He started, with the apparent- intention of S £A l “? plf l \ and was not defeated nntu he had-scored a chanceless 63 His steady ' cWt cnefeet, and his mnmgs was a particularly tbl -ISo ° n i e ’ * in ltliafc l£ P av ed the way for tV a , ; a^er batsmen, wao, in the case of laast ' fac ’ ed h «d -bowling wyd, who was run out at' 26, in the of which he gayp three chances, otherwise was somewhat-‘uncertain ln ?OO ' saVe5 aVe than on e 'chance In compiling top ; score ?with 80, but his innings on the whole was a fine one ffis ful Ve ßrl e v beauti fuHy,timed and powerlui, and his runs were- scored 1 in nuick aeS-o™ 0 ? 116 !® 1 %i. b^ers • having any. T be showed that S£a«« tbl^ss may he expected of him this al2 a s&^ Wa^Ul ? defeat€; d Vith 72. He took no. ■ tntr^^ th bo Y{ llt3, faut w as still able to 80me Powerful drivno* b«-best 'fornf, * Jeen Ellcer foolishne.aHoming^i b t s L cai ? ed a reputation fot •phung to. Tight when runs are. badlv : waA f is ihninngsof 42 dav b?s p,ayed for many a AaJ^^h^f U tT, baJls ’# e^ edally inS view -i" °f bis victims were of 'the piayere s» a. freak, being pitched iab far the batkian , yid not attempt ,to play it. Mr 'J TiaVpr had a j day B »ice such ’a feat bf« Tno^,^ perform |d i in Dunedin, but if - feat “ als P said to have rf d many - years ago by R. bn! v^. 11 ! 5 ! 0 r.*_ av ® raga was, four—for -loi, h^ve' ; b ? en>mudH:.;Letterlliad' he' recqlyed = any from -the J vfieia : &f ey \! ec H r e-arcowle:^ - oi - the ‘ so' l rarewill giirobabiy declare their ini 0^: B P y S Christian brothers old : ; BOYS y.-; DUNEDIN. -V''.'" Ctoistian Bovs are to h. +h»^ tl j at?d .on .the 1 -excellent start which" i n -their:firtfc senior match, arttfv '■emembered .that the ■ 196f b ithe Dun--adrWi'tted li»K gathered, bh <, whatlis; «S n d t T« be a Ji*J ary hard .ground, to ecore on. in additiou. on accbunt of aa.wv«ment« v counted for - boundaries score'’. i>n the of the grouha: “ these, facts the mnings /under Ordinarv hi® rUn ’ and Dunedin’s task will be by no means ,an easy one. The side «Wv W w ¥ tted ,- very solidly, though •Jowly, - and showed nc sighs of a tail S? w 8 *%wmg in this match the side eeastm S °“i e 5° od scores during the +WW .The wicket gave no assistance to JneS erS eXCept tlat i,: wa * honipy It _ Thfe-bulk of the scoring was done hv l b « a .i ba£ meD- Parsons, who scored 4(V batted very; well, watching for the loose right ball to hu! He iShowed himself to be a very solid iib hard *1- ioomey > ,wh.o was top scorer himself to be a useful and .solid batsmian, collecting runs with and also placbetween the sgiiare-lec and: mid-on fieldsmen. MTlrby scored 36 by ,glow batting, but he placed a verv oound innings. : V. Cusack.a very vouSc Player, who scored 13. showed that lif 8 •Brobko^hnl . W rril teD b °tb-reached double figures. 1106 up aVfiue perforinant'o 'irl aending up 25 overs for 21 runs fln d Anl wicket,, although the middle, finger of hie bowling band had been poisoned and was up. Monk kept,a good length, but on f e at K al,owed -bis fasf deliveries, on the off, to pass. without hny attemnt d 1d P SS tA I “'g-^^gdr^rTed'well, but tr?ed* k b,S 8 - , - Six b *vlcrs wore ;CARISBROOK. v. ALBION; .registered, a good performance In dismissing the Lansbrook side for 196 runs,-:rapid changes in' bowling being the main cause, of; its success. The Wicfcel |n good order, but the outfield in places wag bumpy. Carisbrook wore without the services, of Blunt, a fact which must have +hl 1C 1«i tbe mit| d».of-their, opponents, -but the -side even; without his presence is gmeraHy regarded as a formidable one, mo d ri t J a fif e m PCCt * ed l bat it could make a more.profitable stand against the Albion attack, concerning which there were some misgivings, *’ “ 'Thb most successful Carisbrook batsmanias Priest, who showed such a great improvement last season, his score Being , Hr ma y be remembered that Priest playcd_ & succession of fine innings at the * nd tS.*, , 4 seas . on . in all of which he ■- but could not-pass, the thirties ' la' a cmncidence that he, should have •tarred the season with a score of 37. His runs.were made in excellent style. Jacobs the Ax-Chnstchiirch batsman, made a useful 24, and W. Douglas contributed 29 in lun usual _ solid style. Ninuno started the season well with a score of 21. and ' D. Cameron, Dimning, and Lynch’ also Tcached double figures. •. who-tried eight bowlers, was Jumself. the most successful with two wickets for eight runs. M'Gavin. Agnew, and Henderson also securing wickets at low est. Henderson, a member of last •easqpi’S; Colts’ team, was used more than any rother bowler, - mainfaining ‘a good lengtli and sending up 18 overs for 38 runs ; and two . wickets. Shepherd, who was-given only nine overs, did not secure ■* wigfcet; , v, - •

\ orrath and Shepherd gave Albion a usctul start, Vorrath scoring quickly and in his best style until' he ball to Proctor when ;his score was ; 22. Shepherd, who is undefeated with- 23, perhaps did not show his best, form, but: gathered his, runs -well. It appears that:there will, nave to be some sting in the Carisbrook howling if the side .wishes; to win its first match. HORSPOOL’S FINE RECORD. ,;.;£ 0 i bave i .pdvbr 'missed, an engagement W.tn l}is club f for 25 years, played represeiitatn'e cricket almost continuously -for -U jears, scored 29 centuries, and amassed ia grand total.of 12;144 runs in Auckland eiub. representative and i New . Zealand cricket-, is ■ the unique record - of Ernie Horspool, the well-known Grafton cricketer, who scored the first century in Sun) nd r * l6 season (says the . .His is a record which must stand very high in the annals of New Zealand cricket. Horspool .commenced his long career in the J 903-4 f V season when he played for t 6 Third Grade team while still - at .fbe Grafton Public School. He did well that season, and spent the first half °t the next season in the Second Grade, after which he went up to the ■ firsts, where he has played, ever since, missing only one Saturday (owing to a family bereavement last year) in all those years. . Jn-the 1909-10 season he won his,place in the Auckland representative side; and, With the exception of the season before fast., (when he. was recovering from an illness), he has'playcd every year since then. ... Hi his > first innings in .' representative crieket tor Auckland - against'.Otago he opened;,, with “Chummy” Hemus and scored 36. Besides Hemus, the giants bf cnclmt m Auckland ; in those days were W. Brookc-Smith, A. Hadddn, A. E. Relf (coach), and r ol iff. Of that-band, only Horspool and Brooke-Smith are still -playing, and it is some years now since Brookeomith was an Auckland representative. Ageinst Wellington in 1914; Horspool made 113—Ins highest score in interprovmcial cricket, although in club games he has reached 225, against Eden, and K 9. against Ponsonby, at different times. , i-tlorspool seen so much cricket in his long career that it is hard, for him to single out what he considers was:his bast performance. On one occasion, when ?.-t®am.from the senior clubs of the Auckland Cricket Association played the Wednesday representatives he ran up 183 in a , nd V?- a L a ? d a-quartert That score incJuciea 12 sixes (three in successive scor* mg shots) and 19 fours. , He has-played on an average nine or ten club matches a season for the past that he has made well over 200 appearances.for Grafton. Despite his long cricket career, Horspo.ol is by no means an old cricketer in years, He Nas some years to go yet „ t 0??. i bia .fortieth summer is signalled. H e puts his success down to',the coachmg he received by “ Sammy ” Jones, the ojd Australian international, who has done much good work for'the boys of the Anckland Grammar School, and to practice, practice, and, still practice!

- NOT^S. ... T be captains of the First-Grade teams this season are as follow:—Albion W. Vorrath; Carisbrook, R. C. Blunt; Grange. A. Galland; High School Old Boys, H. E. Harraway; Dunedin. W. Strang; Christian Brothers Old Boys. F. Toomey. , . “.Thbrilibilee' celebrations of the''Grange' Ljub were a success in every way,, the Djd. Timers match on -Monday being -full of interest. It. Was a pleasure, to . see the enthusiasm which the veterans showed m the gamp, and more than one of them ..demonstrated that he had- far from forgotten how to play a straight bat. Indeed, some of them played very pretty Str lt^5 £ ;'outstanding innings being those of W. Johnston;, J. Baker, A. Grieve, and Bishop Richards, the last named of whom, though he had to get someone else to run for him, played so powerfully that his. score of 25 included no fewer than six fours. This was especially surprisnMr w. Rowland, secretary of the Grange Club, has received the following cablegram together with a donation towards the jubilee fund from Mr C, Fergusspn, who represented Otago and was dub in the 1906-7 season; -..RejoipeHvi’th you unforgettable mem.ories, Jim 'Baker,--.-Billy. .Johnston,' Alex. •Downes and host' -of great , sports and that' old ' Caledonian .“Hpng .fdsteHd 'aild ’world^'loved.’’' - ; : 'fiv'; player; sep-red.. H and topk. JiweHvickets for 15 runs in a' single,innings," one-day-idatch.-' The tenth .batsman ..rumdout.. ',- '' '.. HiH.' C. Mackenzie, of Victoria. College, -last. Saturday the first century, in • First Grade - cricket this - season,' with; 126‘ against Old Boys, aJso v opened-the century list last; season with 128 against Kilbirnie. ' • ' v:J v:p ] ev.eriey, Micjland’s .fast, bowled,; will npt be ; able to'take, the field.fbr some'' he^has ’just *been ;i operated: Upon appendicitis;; t'-This 'is' : a big. Idss' to lo?!-t^!?,»7®(5. : d?9t;'year Cleverley captured ‘Wipketev.in, the < senidt, competition.'"at an.ayerage,,gf .-17.60; - l- JFwo- colts iri 1 the' South -African crieket. teqm which recently; won fame in' thatwtour.Y They -were D. : P. H- ;G. jOwenrSmitlL - Both SW ctefc ’ Pupils.in Capetown, of J, A.. Nhwman. the Hampshire professional who now is, coach to the 1 Canterbury Cricket Association. Four of Newman’s former pupils were in the South African team the others being A. L. Ochse and A- J. Bell, both fast bowlers. . GeciL Thompson, the Queenslander, if*fi Uch , a thQreugh cricketer that there is. little Boubt te to wip a' place, in the Australian eleven for England, he would perform with credit Csays a Sydney writer)* Last reason, against New oo U i^a^ a \ es ’ ’? ® b j, c *d matches, he scored apd 76. and against Victoria 0. 115, 24, and 90. He ia a fair oowler, and always a trier. He is a valuable type of player on a tour. Many inferior have been members of Australian elevens: ■ • . One cricket-pupil whom d. A. Newman; coach to the Canterbury Cricket Association. is very sorry to lose i 6 J. Jacobs, now in Dunedin (says the Sun). New.man. reckons that Jacobs,rwho has unusually powerful wrists..WouJd-be a champion batsman if te would only learn to Hf®. hls ,™ properly, espectaly in drivill.l’-.. r £b . 11 s off-drive, Jacobs puts his front foot out away from the line of the bat, instead of advancing it in the direction of the stroke, and as near to the.,ball as he can place it while still Mvina room for the bat to bit the ball. Mis faulty ■ footwork .means, of course, that ,be does not get over tbe ball properly, and his stroke.-, lifts the ball in,the air. Newman was hoping that he would be able to correct that fault in J acobs 4 tine season. English teams do not always have the best of good luck when' touring Australia. A plague of .flies was experienced during amatch between the English eleven ana 22 of Stawell in the 1873-4 season. W.G caught 79 at one grab. Two young kangaroos and six hares .were seen on the ground at one time while England was Vltrv 8 V C,o i 'f. lburD 2 ? at'Goulburn in 18/0-/-. On the second day of the game between England and Toowoomba in : 1920 ; -1, the players were' annoyed and incoinmoded by flies, grasshoppers, and butterflies, In match between England-:and a Geelong 22 m 1861-2 the hfand "was blown away by the wind. TlmCmaicli.. England v. a Maitland 22 in 1873-4 bar I to be.abandoned owing to floods. On the second day of.the match England v. South Australia, at Adelaide, in 1907-8; the temperature was 97 in the shade and; 10l in the sun.