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The Canterbury Cricket Association is inquiring .from the Otago Association what datefi between December 15 and" January 1 ■will he suitable for the Otagß-Canterbury match.

I. lie Oamaru A team, batting nine men, defeated the Cauulet last Thursday by 44 runs, scaring ?5 (Borton 26, Pavitt not out 2*) to 31 (D. Eerron 11). Hewat captured five wickets for 7 rans for Oamaru and Onslev five for 12. J

Tlie winding-up of the English county season showed the positions of tho various firstclass counties to be as follows: —

< Accorc in;j lo the rule laid' clown by ihe M.C.C., " One point shall be reckoned fot eaoh wiu ; on« deducted fot each L>fcS ; unfinished games shall not be r..<-kr ned. Tbe emtty which during the season 'bill have, in finifh-jil matches, obtained tbe gre.t< s f proportionate numbsr ot poiali snail be reckoned champion county." The cricket season in Melbourne was formally opened on the 15th inst., and the premiership competition among both association and league clubs was commenced. The new Tule, whereby the afternoon is divided into 4wo equal parts, came into operation for the fijtgt time, and cricketer 3, as a rule, were loud dn- their condemnation of it. That it will not tend to increase the rate of scoring was manifest, and in fact (the Argus sa.ys) very few= but the promulgators of the idea seemed to.be in favour of the innovation. In the match between Melbourne and South Melibourne, the former, in th-e time at their disposal, scored 59 for two wickets, and in the second half of tho afternoon they disposed of their opponents for 86, Cave taking six wickets for 30. Melbourne now continue batting until their innings is finished. Harry Trott captained the South team, and captured a wicket and scored 27 (not out). He has

put on a lot of weight since his illness — he turns the scale now at very nearly 16st, but he showed he had lost none ol his skill. St. Kilda scored 58 against Richmond's £2 i for four wickets. The other pennant matches were postponed.

Several first-grade cricket matches were entered upon at Sydney on October 13. Central Cumberland opposed Paddinglon. The latter in the first innings made 299 runs (Trumper 94, F. Gow 88, and M. A. Noble 50). Central Cumberland lost one wicket for 10 runs. Howoll took five wickets for 113 runs. In the match Leichhardt and Calmain v. Sydney district, the former were dismissed for 117 runs, while the latter compiled 113 for the loss of two wickets. Bowling for Sydney district, Marsh secured five wickets for 48 runs in the Waverley v. North Sydney match, the former were dismissed for 97 runs, and North Sydney had eight wickets clown for 118 tuns. Bowling for North Sydney, Hopkins got eight wickets for 44 runs. Glebe opposed Redfern. The latter, Latling slowly^ put together 174 runs for the loss of seven wickets.

The senior cricket season was opened at Adelaide on the same date. Three good games were witnessed. North Adelaide disposed of West Adelaide for 145 runs, George Giften batting beautifully for 45 runs. Jones secured three wickets for 42 runs. North Adelaide losl one wicket for 36 runs. At Port Adelaide. East Adelaide dismissed the local team for 85 runs, Travers securing eiglrc wickets for 20 runs. M'Kibbin (late of New South Wales) played for Port Adelaide. At the call of time East Adelaide had lost three wickets for 44 runs, Drew taking two wickets for 17 runs. Sturt made 149 against East Torrens, who lost four wickets for 39 Tuns. Owing io the rain which fell on Saturday morning and the early afternoon all crickel matches had to be postponed. Ab the weather subsequently cleared up the postponement was rather unfortunate.

The Cup contests at Ohristchurch were continued last Saturday. In the match Lancaster Par v. United the Park declared their innings closed at 293 for seven wickets. Ski Callaway cleaimed 106, A. E. Ridley 79, A. Wilding 51. The United first innings totalled 119, and they have lost three wickets for 36 runs in the second innings. The match Sydenham and Addington v. Midland was also unfinished. Sydenham and Addington' b first innings closed for 77. The Midland, v/hich in the first innings scored 90, have made 152 in their second innings (J. B. Reese not out 57, Pearce 35) . The Privateers No. 2 journeyed to Mosgiel on Saturday, and were defeated by the Taieri by an innings and 32 runs. The visitors, who played 10 men, batted first, but could only put up 2 runs against the bowling of Stoddart (seven for 0) and Smith (two for 2). The home team responded with 46 runs. The Privateers did a little better in their second innings, and managed to compile 12 runs before being disposed of. Wlvitty (three for 11) and Marshall (three for 10) bowled best for the visitors.

A Wellington telegram states that the first round of the championship cricket matches was commenced there on Saturday. Tha Appleby Club has been admitted this season to the senior competition in Inverca-r-gill. Its initial experience has not been encouraging. The Invercargill kept it in the field for the whole afternoon while a total of 228 runs was being compiled, Burke subscribing 64, -Dalrymple 44, Bumes 37, Blakeley 15, and Thomson 14- (not out). The High School A team defeated the George street School on Saturday on the North ground. The School learn went in first, and, with two wickets to fall, withdrew at 11 o'clock with a score of 81. The George street School were aJI dismissed by 12 o'clock for 24 runs. Cuddie (27 not out) and Rutherford (11) were the highest eeorers for the High School, and Craig and Brittenden did best for the George street School. The first pennant match in Hobarfc cricket, when Wellington met Break o' Day, saw two scores of over a century piled up. On the first day C. W. Butler, playing for Break o' Day, scored 139 (not out) out of a total of 255. His splendid performance was marred by only one ciance. On the succeeding Saturday the Wellington team put up 322 for the loss of five wickets, the veteran K. Burn compiling 158. The match between Middlesex and Kent at Leydon was for Mead's benefit, and, being a, benefit match, it was quite what was expected that it should be, seriously interfered with by rain, a draw being the 'result. In fact, only an innings apiece was played. Middlesex scoring 284 (0. Douglas 72, P. ]?. Warner 69) and Essex 286 (C. J. Kortright 131, Carpenter 51, H. G. Owen 33). Eawlin, who went on as third change bowler for Middlesex, obtained rather a remarkable analysis — 13.5 overs, 5 maidens, 9 runs, 4 wickets. The Gloucestershire captain played himself back into batting form in the match againsi Surrey al Bristol, and he also bowled effectively, and was quite the chief agent in securing for hU side a well-earned victory by 11 iuns. The home team mdc 189 (G. L. Jessop 54, R. W. Rico 47, Wrathall 43) and 205 (G. L. Jessop 54, W. S. A. Brown 37, Langdon 31, Board 30). and Surrey 198 (D. L. A. Jeph&on 56, Hayes 56) and 185 (Y. F. S. Crawford 37, Lee* 30).

Leicestershire defeated Hampshire on August 25 by six wicket*. Hants made 221 (A. J. L. Hill 87, E. M. Sprot 50) and 100 to their opponents' 142 (C. J. B. Wood 53) and 181 for four wickets (C. J. B. Wood 79, King not out 68). In the first innings of Hampshire Gssson captured five wickets for 17 runs, while six fell to Hill at a cost of 22 in Leicestershire's nrst innings. The match at Old Trafford between Lancashire and Notts was won by the home team by an innings and 52 runs. Notts made 128 and 57. Briggs (ten wickets for 75) and Webb (six for 66) working great havoc with the ball, while Lancashire compiled 237 (A. C. MacLaren 77, H. G. Garnett 56, C. R. Hartley 36).

The match between the M.C.C. and Ground and London County was doubly remarkable — firfft, because "W. G." added another to his long list of centuries, and secondly, because London County, after declaring in the second innings, got beaten. In the first innings London County made 138 (W. L. Murdoch 34) and the M.C.C. 135 (Stores. 38). The second innings of the County was closed with five wickets down for 183 (W. G. Grace 110, J. Gilman 36). but M.C.C, getting 190 -for eight wickets (H. G. Hill 54, S. M. Tindall 48) won with two wicksts in hand.

Kent, for whom. Blythe bowled with great effect, defeated Worcestershire at Canterbury by 231 runs, Fcorm? 232 (H. C. Stewart 77, C. J. Burnup 4-3) and 294- (E. W. Dillon 74, J. R. Mason 68. Alec BLearnc 43, P. C. Bafcsr 36) to the visitors' 151 (H. K. Foster 73) and 144 (R. X Foster «■).

Yorkshire had a narrow ( squeak in their match a,b Brighton against Sussex, a draw — to which the interruption of play by the weather contributed — being t^o result. Yorkshire scored 214 (Tuanicliffe 49, T. h. Taylor 47, Wainwright 34) and 199 for eiglb wic-

kets (T. L. Taylor not out 68), while Sussex made 268 (K. H. Eanjiitfsinhji 87, C. B. Fry 55, Killick 45, A. Collins 32).

In their next match, which was a\ Scarborough, the Yorkshire eleven tools: on a weak team representing the M.G.O. and g.-ound, whom thW defeated by 272 runs. Yorkshire made 191*(Whitehead not out 62, Brown 41) and 285 (Lord Hawke 67, Rhodes 51, T. L. Taylor 37, Haigh 36) to their opponents 99 and 105 (W. L. Foster 43). Rhodes, Haigh, and Whitehead all secured good averages for the winning team.

Middlesex defeated Kent easily at Lord's by an innings and 3 runs. Kent made 247 (J . R. Mason 64, E. W. Dillon 36) and 188 (J. R. Mason 71, Alec Kearne not out 68), while Middlesex put up 438 (R. W. Nichoils not out 60, Rawlin 60, J. Douglas 58, Trott 57, W. P. Robertson 52, B. J. T. Bosanquet 51, P. F. Warner 31). C. M. Wells, who got altogether ten wickets, for 79, was the winners' most sucessrul bowler.

Rain restricts^ me play in the 'match at ; Portsmouth between Hampshire and Sussex !to two days. The home county opened with | 184 (Barton 51, A. J. L. Hill 3/), but this &coro was improved upon by Sussex, who made 252 (C. B. Fry 77, K. S. Ranjitsinhji . 58). Hants closed their second innings with [ seven wickets down for 288 (A. J. L. ±lill 76, , Webb 70, E. J. Newton 37). Sussex lost four j.wickets for 81 (Relf 35) in their sfceond effort.

.'iouiersetshire created a surprise by defeating Surrey at Taunt on by 26 runs. The winners scored 221 (L. O. H. jpalairet 83, C. E. Dunlop no& out 35, Gill 30) and 292 (S. M. J. Woods 121, A. E. Newton 43, J. Daniell 43), and Surrey made 281 (Hayward 96, Richardson 51, Lees 48) and 206 (D. L. A. Jephson 51, Holland 43, Olode 32). The match furnished a sensation , Tyler, of the home eleven, whose bowling has never before been questioned, being twice no-balled for throwing by "Jim" Phillips, standing at square leg. Gloucestershire defeated Worcestershire on August 29 by eight wickeus. Worcestershire made 186 (G. E. Bromley-Martin 69, Arnold 46, H. K. Foster 44) and 340 (B. B. Foster 94, W. W. Lowe 92, Arnold 63, G. E. Brom-ley-Martin 41), while Gloucestershire amassed 443 (Wrathall 136, G. L. Jessop 102, Board 67) and 84 for two wickets (W. S. A. Brown not out 39). Jessop's innings was one of his best of the season.

Leicestershire, without completing an innings, defeated Derbyshire at Leicester by an innings and 34- runs. Derbyshire made 285 (Storer 55, Bagshaw 36, Hulme 32, E. M. Ashcroft 32) and 89 (Woodcock capturing five of their wickets for 29 and Geeson four for 29), 'while Leicestershire "declared" with eight wickets down for 408 (C. J. B. Wood 14-7, Geeson 72, Knight 62, Ooe 38). The match, between Surrey and Derbyshire at the Oval was abandoned, rain preventing play on the third day. In two days' cricket, however, 848 runs were scored. Derbyshire went in first, and, Surrey's attack being weaker than usual, were not disposed of until they had made 325 (S. H. Wood not out 81, A. E. Lawton 51, Storer 31, Bagshaw 31). This total was, however, passed by Surrey without the loss of a single wicket, and at the close of the second day's play the home team had amassed 523 for the loss of five wickets. D. L. Jeohson subscribed 213, Abel 193— two very fine innings— and Hay ward (not out) 33.

There was rain also on the third day of the match between. Sussex and Kent at Brighton, neossitating its abandonment. The leature of the play was the batting of the Indian Prince, who scored freely on a soft wicket on which the majority of his side found a. difficulty in bcoring at all. Sucsex put together 385 [K. 8. Rairjitainhji 220, A. Collins 54, 0. B. ¥ry 33), and Kent scored 303 for eight wickets (R. N. R. Blaker not out 47, C. J. Burnup 46, W. L. Knowles 46, Alec tfearne 44). For the same cause as in the two pre-viously-mentioned matches, the fixture between Middlesex and Worcestershire at Lord's •was abandoned in an unfinished ctate. Middlesex made 193 (W. P. Robertson 42, B. J. T. Bosatiquet 38) and 181 for iour wickets (P. P. Warner 52, J. Douglas 48, R. N. Douglas not out 37) to Worcestershire' ts 209 (H. K. Foster 70, G. Bromley-Martin 38). Leicester had an uphill task all through against Lancashire at Ola Trafford, and, a* in the second innings they had to bat on a wicket ruined by rain, they were defeated by 216 runs. Lancashire's first innigs realised 317 (Ward 120, Paul 4-7, Tyldesley 46, Briggs not out 36), and their second was closed with four wickets down for 215 (A. C. MacLaren 145, Tylderfey 46), Leicestershire scored 196 (Geeson 45, King 44) and 120 (H R. Marriott 34). The first match of the Scarborough Festival was between teams of Gentlemen and Players. Two participants especially distinguished themselves— F. S. Jackson, who, invalided homo from the war, made his first appearance of tne season in first-class cricket and played a wonderful innings, and Thompson, whose form suggested that, had he belonged to a fir&t-cla=s instead of a second-class county, he would have became famous as a, cricketer. The amateurs made 259 (F. 8. Jackson 134, S. M. J. Woods SS) and 176 (F. S. Jackson 4-2. Lord. Eawke 38, T. L. Taylor 37) against the professionals' 457 (Thompson 125, -J. Gunn 63, Tunniclifte 55. Haigh 41, Rhodes 40, Young not out 34, Brown 32), the latter winning by an innings and 22 runs. The second match of the week at Scarborough was becween Yorkshire and an eleven chosen by O. T. Thornton. The latter made 266 (G. L. Joasop 95, W. L. Foster 50, H. D. G. Levesoii-Gnwer 47, P. F. Warner 24.) and 276 (W. L. Foster 95, Trott 50, Board 42, P. E. "Warner 40), while Yorkshire scored 336 (Wainwright 117, Denton 88, Haigh 54), and 20S for seven wickets (Brown 54, B. Smith not out 4 5, Donton 30). The county won by three wickebs.

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