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*.' The Canterbury dickft Association made a vet prufit of £3^5 17s on last year's wo-k-i»g. Tho yeac was sttut^d with a debit biUßoeoof £21 Us 2/1 aud ended with a credit baUnc-j o\ £12 6* lOd. The Cup matches iv ChfittrhKrch are this year to bo staited on Oc.ober 12. •. • Surrey, plnying without Richardson, dcfs:«t-(l Es ex Bfc La) ton on Angust 10 by 201 rnusi, i»corii»g 214 (Abel 88, Mmuicp Rj ad 30) and 209 (N. F. Druce 37, Swtel; 33) to tho horao oauntj's 138 (Carponter 56) a;«d 84. Smiih wa« the raobt successful bowler for Surrey, taking ten wiekuts for 59 run«, aijid Lohmauu secured ftight for 93. Iv Surrey's fkfct innings seven wickets for 72 were taken by C. J. Koitdght, who at one time in the fiist inuiuge cle»n bowled Hayward, Drnoe, Abel, L. hcaanu, W. W. Road, a^d S-.refct iv 15 balls. • .' An exC' llenfc cout«Bb bebweon Wa.tsv4i;ksiii'.c »»d Hampiihire at Birmingham ended on Augutt 10 iv tie home team winning by fire wi«k*t-«, a result almojit eotirtly due to tho line ba'ti^g of liiH<-y and Lavv at a critical stage in tkc g)n»e. S< - ores : H^mp^hiro, 151 (A. J. L. Hill 66) afcd 201 (IS H. BoikUi.d 73). H. F. Y?*t<\ 51) ; WAnviukuhire. 146 (Diver 35, Willum QiiAii'e 33) and 207 fur fives wickets (Ulloy 83, Law not out 51). • . • A not uneven draw was tho result of the match bitweeu Qlouce»tei-ehire and Middlesex, which wets cortinifuced »t Cliftoa on Au^usb &, and suff'"> d porno interruption for r^iu. The fltst iuiii'-gs ni tbe metropolitan county realised 92 ouly, C. L. Towufceud o/vptu'-ivig eight wicktts for 64 aod 6. L. J«»op ti»*o for 16. Tfce homo tei' m mado 143 (W. M. HeraiugvTay 58, G. L. Jessop 31) and Middk»t : r in their aeeoud iobiug* had seortd 237 for fcigbt wickebs (S.r T C O'Brien not out 92, O. BS. Wells *5) when the match wa<i abandoned owing to raiu. W. G. Grace scoced sruu« only, but this can kd him over lvs total of 2000 runs for tho season. * . • The steond match of the Canterbury week wan between Kent and Yorkshire, a<i<i the latter won by Be.yen wickets. lOnb made 135 (Alec Hearne 48) and 139 (F. JlHrchr.at 31) to the Tjties' 224 (Tunnicliffe 47, F. S. Jaokson 35, Moorho-jee noh out 31) and 51 for three wicketa. The most sacco'Bl'ul bowler for the winners wss F. S. Jackson, who hocuio'l twelve wickets for 91, but in the Record innings of yorVvßiii'e Walter Wright captured three wickets for 3 runs. •.* D rb/fhiro, after having much the wor*t of the opening day's play, defeated L^ico&terL-hire on August 10 by 127 rur.B, D-rbytihire made 211 (Chattfrton 48, G. G. Waifcr not out 44, Porter 34, Walter Sugg 34) in tht ir first itjimigi and Le : c Svtrolife had scored within 83 of ihH total for two wick its wh&i play tennin *ti don the Qr*b d»-y Ni-xt mon.ivg, hov^tYer, G. G. Walker took the rom>iuirg tight wickets at a cost of 23 run?, and the innings closed for 171 (O. E. de Trifford 72, Tomltn 39), Walker* complete average being nine for 68 Derbyshire 1 * second innings produced 275 (Walter Sogg not oat 104, L. G. Wright 39) and Ltietsfcershiro'tJ realised 188 (KxigUt net out 63, F. Wright 31). • . • Wi»,h the bcM 'f toe wicket en the first innings Lancat-hirc defeated Sussex at Brighton on August 14 with four wickets in hand. Sussex Gcortd 102 aud 246 (G Brenn 56, Bean 49, K. S. RinjitMi hgi 41, Parris 38, C. B Fry 31) to Lanoashin'".' 205 (Smith not out 67, A. O. Maclaren 44, Watd 41) and 85 for six wicket?. The most suci essful bowler for Lancashire wf.s the eolfc Lflnc?.»ter, who secured in all nine wickets for 73 rune A drawn match between Gloucestershire and Kent was played on August 14, bad weather preventing tho delivery of a ball on either of the two previous days. Kent scored 87 (J. R. Mason 36) and 89 for two wickets (R. O. H. Livesay uot out 47), and Gloucestershire Bcored 98 (Wratbail 44). C. L. Towncend (six for 51) and Al<c Ilearno (six for 48) bowled with mosc ellocb. A draw was the result also of the match between Midd'esex and Essex at Lord's, commenced on August 13. Essex made 121 in their first innirjgs, Bnd Middlesex replied with 63, F. G. Bull securing fivo wickers for 28 and Mead five for 32. The second innings of Biaex wa3 olosed with two wickets down for 68, and Middlesex, playing out time, lost four wickets for 66. Rain greatly interfered with the match. A flue batting performance by Brown and effective bowling by Hirst were the chief factors in securing for Yorkshire a victory, by an innings and 30 runs, over Surrey at the Oval on August 14. The m-vtch was for the benefit of Abel, the Surrey professional. The home team, which was so strong that. Maurice Rond, Lockwood, and Holland were excluded, scored 136 (Brockwell 43, AbeJ 52) and 78, while Yorkshire mado 2H t Brown 83, Peel 51, Moarbou^e s§, J?>, &, jaokßoh 55). la the flret ia-

nings of Surrey Peel secured flvo wicketa for 39 and Hirst five for 46, and in the seoond Hirot snapped up four for seven rans. Lohmann w«b tha most euccisiful bowJor for the defeated county.

• . ' The improvement of tlie (!• ancfi of tho O^ago Or>c-ke l-«rl -«r3 > A^oocifttion is a matter to which it ia evident that earnest attention must npt-odily bo giveu. Tbe stars in their oourgoa Bcpm to havo bosn fl^hling ygdiiwt the association, so that bad, or nfc best indift'croi'-, leather has {u\3vaikd at th k .' very timo whrn thert» was some hope of a Rnanciftl v riao " being mado. Thn a<soci<ktion has hud a capital pcS of officers for some few yo.-.r.^, aid iia'j this year substantially the Hume iffioern as havo done excvluMik Brn-'<o in tin pas', ; but 'hoy fire un-fortuußt-ly uotwrsol in nhhtm/, and, without resort t-" 1 novel mc-Min of " rait-ing tho wind," it is clfar that they will find thr.t, the "dead hortc" which J3 being nlowly worktd off will be a {jJ-'iovous bui*den t) them. The management of the ass 'cation iv the po»fc bas lseon m<*rvel!ou»ly oconornical — I do not know how Mr Hmyfch, in whom are happily cnnbuel the officci of secretary a-nd treasurer, nvwia^e* to rub along with such a limited purso at his di> posAl—aud it is o:\ly by ma'<ing evo'y i/onny go as far as powtblo thah the a*vS;/«U(ion has bocu kept ou(; of heavy iudcbUdiiees. • . ' Ttie success of a recent cnrnivnl at tho GarnV'ii Hall has inspired the idea that the Crix kt>k«rs' Aflscc<aliion itify go s-.ivd do likewise, and thus bo onabltd t» olvnr iff its iadefctedni s^ and to s<.curii a suffiiio-.t *uawu»t of ruouoy iv hAud tj enablo it to mvro e-».tt*l'aotoriiy fulfil Jfc'f funofcioafl. Tho ido* is an nHuring on-i and, if ably engineeto>l, woald proba-b'y paan out vvoH, but it w.Mild be a di'»ti«c i j mistake to se-b out with Buch a [iortcnto^w o'ljtcb iv view »9 win BVigc,oitt,d by fonio of Uho»e prosont at th*< Kumiiil moi >l ii>g of thb Cr'.ck^.tera' >CxßObiiv- , tlon. Tho idea tha-S a cartiivnl skould bo held w-s voiced Wy Mr Rut* my, whoso su.'geftbion was th%t it »h^uld bo for the jo?n!i bouctttoP the af'toc'atiiin and of the clubs biU>»gi»g to the asnocinticn. Hi*uot»mi ia that oath club should urniprbiike tho furuiiliir.g an-d mptikg-i'u'jftnt of a sfcaJl, and jifanuM got fur itself a certain ptoi,c«t'on (vf tHo ti.ku-gH Th > oKj c*> i f tu'» is plsviu : to pii>v d < a d'rett incotivo to Wi« c'ulw to intetcait th m olvi N3N 3 in tho movo'u&ul. Thi3 ia a sch'in< % wbicli ii pf rfect'y f»asible, and which wouid, I a>a satisfied, produce good rosults. Thp r?wi»t carnival yiohled, I belicvt 1 , krom ] £400 to £500 to tto North ISlmI BoaUog Club, tvud tb»t ix a fi< auoial roault which the Crickt-toFs' A.'-so'i^tion mJ{jht f*i«ly ai>tioipate frtwn i's carnival. Mr EMcr 6U.^'ge»oO(l, how- ' eter, tb»t the association flioivld unite with a cotmuittee to be formed at tho north end of the bown with a viow to s«utiii(! a decent grouud in tba.b payt of DuiUidin, and Mr Arthur M'Dooald thought the bivlanoo afber pa->i»»g off | the association's HabiiiLies should bo devoted to im^r^v.'og tho North grouud aud tho O/al. It ifl tiue, as Mr &I ,'Dona!d B*id, th*t tho condition olf the Oval is a di'gracD to Duuc-din, aud it is »lw) bcuo that at the pros&nt, time tho Nortk ground ia not only unfit for cricket but dangerous for cn'oke* ; Ixi6 ib is obvious that the improvement ef the Ov»l or the preparation of the new ground in North Ducodin — in Duke sfeieob, tehiud QJr G<*egg'fl old residence — «ould ooeb many hundreds of pounds, ro mnrh so that it would not be pos^ib'o to a' con»plitih tilt work oub of the rfi«ulto of a oAriHv>a4. To tefe out upon *he movement with &r.y such gigawtic ofejstb Iv viow woulil, 1 feav, mtau orippl'iig tfeoprwect in it< very iucvptiou. • . • Hitfhl. of thd les.nint< Melbourne clubs bave becuded from the Vijloriau Oriekt-ters' ' Awiociabi'jn and have formed R ni-w body, ' und<T the name of tho Vict-MUtt Orickot^.rs' Ij^'guo. The clubs f.re M<-lbmuri»f, Ba»^ M<l-bo-jnie, S>>uth Melbourne, Notth Melbourne, Fi4xroy, St. Kild'j, Hichraoutt, and Cwltou These are, with oue exception, the niue foremos* rfubs of l*st owas.-vn, the exception beiug the Uuiveraiby Club, which tiu'shed fouith in tbo A division. • . • At the annual m^ing of the Melbourne Cr : cliet Club, ths cou<mittee was empowered to brisg <y\t anotkor Bftgliah team iv the near intiwe. It was r«pt>s&u4«d that StoddArfc's team fcad bCDefited bbc club to tho extent of over £3800. The team bronaht out proviou ly by the M.C.C. co«-t the club £3500. During the year tha nietnbs^sbip h-id increased by 23D, the total number of racmbvß> being now 2908, tho largt-s 1 ; numbor ever recorded by tbe cUib. The receipts from entrance feei and Bubscriptiorai w«»h £6235, oc £965 more lU»a Usb year. Tuc total net receipts were £10,000. • . • A novel view of cricket and W. G. Grace's recent batting feats is sffovded in tbo following paragraph, translated from a Buaoih now4pap*r :—": — " The em'uieut cricktiter of whom all London, or r*thor ail Bnglftud, ie at. presenb (invoking, W. G. Gk'ac<>, ia a batter, and his fatttous career has jnst rx-pn cto^nwl by a pecfoim.nce which has filled tho whole world of ftports'nrn with admi'-ation and woud-r. At tho Kge of 47, an ago wh^n the hour of retirement is generally at hand for players of cricket, W. G. Grace attftinad, in a recenb r©»beh, a Hcnre (.f 1000 points, which meana that ho ran 10C0 times the distance of several metres which sepwatt'B thet'-vo row* of wicketo. Hvery time, in fact, thabbhe pl.\jor strikes tLe ball wi*.h his b.%t h"- has to continue ruuning tbJH distance until tho boviler mccetds ia recovering the ball." • . • At the annual meeting of the New Zealand Cricket Council, held at Chrirtchurch last Friday, tha closb'ron of officen resulted as follows :— Preside^itj Mr H. D Be-M (orcsideut of the Wsllinfttou Ccickefc Aie'jc ; a'io«i7 ; vice-preshk-nts — Moaf-rs F. Wilding (Caiitoibury), C. A. Koapp (Wellington), J. E.iwoU (Auckland), A Oso<i3 (6-juthlauo), Captain Cornwall (Taranaki) ; h>u. 6«;retßry, Mr C. U. Smith (re-tlectod) ; hou. treasurftr, MrT. D. Harmon (re-elected). It was decided that an inter-ibland match should be dropped thia seaßt-n, owing to the visit ot the Ni- w S<juth Wiilns team. It was resolved that two N -w Zealand mtttc'it sbo played agaiusb New South Wales, one iv Cferislchuroh and one in Wellington. It was reaolred that ' the Auckland, Wellington, Cautetbury, and Otago Associations obtain guarantees up to £50 each to defray any loss which might ariae on tho tour. Tho following draft of intarprovincial matchns for this season was adoptod for recommendation feo the various as'ooiatione, visits to be returned in the following year :— AuckUnd plays Wellington and Ifawke's Bay at Auck'and ; Tnran^ki plays Hawke's Bay and Nel6on at Taranuki ; Wellin«*on playa Canterbury at Wellington and fiUwke's B*-yat Napier ; Nelson plays Marlborough at Nt-laon ; Otago playa Southland at Invercirgill ; Canterbary plays Otsgoat Duntdinand Christchurch, and at Dunedin neit year. A hearty vote of rharsks was p^sfe'l to the retiring president (Mr E. H. William*) for his eervicos bo the council duiiog the pa>t season. ' . • There is, if I read tho report aright, nn extraordinary recommendation in the New Zealand Cricket Council'fl draft of interprovincial fixtures for thie season, and that is chat Obago shall play Canterbnry at Christchurch as well as ab Dunedin, but that next year the Canterbnry-Otago match uhall be c 1 Ounedin. Why there should ba home and ho matchea between Canterbury and Otigo this t'_ ,nvn, and [ this season onjy, I cannot at all understand. Why there should bo home and home m&tehea

at all ia not clear. Home aud homo matches between Canterbury and Otago havo b oi tried brfore, but they did nob prove n sircesj. Experience has shown thab it is difficult enough for b»th proviccrs to secure rpprefcutative. teama for ot'c match in tho te-i^n, nr.d however al'ractiv-' tin propisU for h' me and homo matchoa nitvy b'. v , Uicri; is alsva}'A the dar.gt-r that they m«y aaaiu \>xi,\h to bo a fmi'ure ho I'm A 8 either of tt:em afioulitig a tiua t-st of tho strength of tbe provinces ia ofiicerncd. Tho appareub Bu>rKP3tion that homo an 1 homo miitiht-a should be played for this stwson only ii, however, bo ir.coir.prehfiii.iblo that a' present I dedino to regard it eeviouMy. '.• The annual 'general niciting (if the &ou f hern Ccit-k, t Club ffM bold 1-st, Thursday evening at tna Old S'ldinburgu Casile Hotel, Jdivir.h»m T!-<> major o F Ctvi rshun (Mr T. K. S>doy) occupied the chair, and about 35 nvmtfciis wero pr*s. ufc. Tho team played 21 ms.kjb.es last year, winning 15, losing 5, and drawing 1. Tha following offlco-boircrit wero • loct<d for t>jo en-uiug rcaroii :—Presidi«ut, Mr T. K. Piioy; vioe-pioMdentß— Mr A Wojt-iKon, M H R., It» v . D. Dutton, iiud Rltsits F. H. Liiyh a«d D. Stevenson ; cap^:vin, Mr W. Mnok.tf&t-y ; deputy oaplaiu, Mv J. Spei'co (re-elected)'; (jea^tico oapt*in, Mr F. Pn*ia; hou secrotary and breasurer, Mr A H. Allen (rt-e!tot«vl); Match Committee— Captain, dt-pnty captiin, and Me J C-utoy ; Qonoral Conunit^uo— All olliiors and MiSirg J. Casey and M. iii'Lemuii.

'.' 'fhp. D uved v Ccickefe Club formally opened their s asoo o-a Satnniay. The Caledonian gronnd presented a v^ry bu'-y appehrancOi players anxious to onc^j moio don tho wnites (whloh had liiu idl,> daring the winter months) poariag in fioii all qmwtora, and tht rj must hiwe Wtn fully 50 rneiubem j-,ris a iit, Judging by SiiturJay's d 'splay tbe club is lihely to hold a atroug hand in iho liccUing of tho v+rious Cup oontes^s. A'nony ilw new in prows good fo*m was »-ho«n by ?4.%)c «loa, K-\.gh, Brcokn, Mxrk«, Vfilki'i, Eyro, Druaim, LifiV tenntein, Rndbono, and ob lers, whilo the old m>:iuborß bhowtid thab thoir compulsory re'.irciut nd has nob dona them any hftrm.

•. ' Tho Albion Cln 1 ) op^nrd tho fctf-.->:i on Satuidi»y afi.-runon, whon trw u-'osil ma*ch i^rccidt-nt v. Vicrt-]>rcaUlcnt was j>laycd. Considering tho early statt made, the. wickt-ti was in fairly good orde'-, and thero was a large attendance of momberd. Tlw Picsideni's side, bmttiug fir&t, pu"i toge'h^r 80 ruu*, t'> which the Vicn-presklßuO's replied wito 54. S>in i ',6od pla-y vr*a shown by tbe new m-iubetv, t.o'-vbly Coib.te (25, not out) and Lookharb (20). The others roachiug double n/jures were A. Tnrribull (13) aud A. Spoueo (11). Tho bowl, iM f m usual, had their day out, and aoino good avo'i^es wore obtained— M 'Donald (m.t for S) and Bt<»ohan (live for 22) bowling vrt-H for tha President's f<idt', as did C.irbitt (tv,-o for 0), A, Sp'inco ('wo for 4), and Ribbon (tl.ree lor 5) for tho Vice-pr-salenb. *

•. * Tbe annu<l Hntoting of the K-iitangate Crickob Club wa« hold on Friday evt nio# al the Club Hot»l, Kaife»ng.tt», Dr Fitz^tra'd l>Mog in iv the chair. Tho rej.wrb and LaUme shteb for the last seaßon wore read a»d adopted. The bhl?.nce she«t ehowed a credit bala<ice to tho club. Tho n-jsoct showed thab fiv-j maichoa were played dv\rin^ Ihe neason, of which three were won and bwo loht. Trie Kairaagnta Ciub defctlod Q(vak.i twieo aud B.\\elutha, but lost to the Gr»ugo ({hu-oAin). A scratch toam wrre deff-at^d by tbo MiH'on Club, mainly owing to the md ff.rtncH of bbo Milton ground. Tha following cmcu-bearera were »ppointid for «.h< iucoini< g sftason:— Fre«i«l*nb, Mr R. !S. J.-rd&B. (r<-<vl"ctHd) ; vksc-nrvaidcuta — Messrs W. M. Shiirrj, J. Nicholson, and J. A_ Algie ; captain, Dr Fitzgcv&ld (rc-tlected) ; secret\ry and trefisu-er, Mr J. Gorikm ; Match Coti'iu bbse — AleosiM Moututh, Morrison, and Duff, tfc wan agr«ied tbat steps be taken at onco tt» t.y and form a country cricket association, aud Ibat the Lawrence, Milton, B-ilclutba, and Owaka Cricket CluVs be asked to co-operate with thfl Knitiuigata Club in that direction. Its was also ag.-eid to hold a concert in aid uf tho fund* of tbo club on Octobt>r 25. A hearty vote of bhiuiko to the chftinnan closed a moat feucceßSful meeting.