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s The persistent and heavy downpour of rain in Dunedin last Saturday —a worse day for rain than was experienced all last winter — jrat cricket out of the question. There was no play, either, at Christchurch or Wellington. C Boxshall, well known in cricket circles as the wicketkeeper of the New Zealand jteam that toured Australia, has returned to Christchurch. The South Australian Cricket Association has made arrangements to retain the services of •E. Jones, the fast bowler, for another year. L. T. Ooberoft, the captain of the New Zealand team that visited Australia two seasons ago and of the Canterbury team last year, is resident in Dunedin. Is he not going to be tempted to play cricket this season? The South ..Otago Cricket Association's sMeld match, Milton v. Lawrence, was played last week,- and was' won by the latter- easily by 76 runs on the first innings. Milton were disposed of for 40 (Brownlee 12,^Thoms.on 12), ibufc Lawrence sqored >ll6, Mills hitting hard for 73, while Canon Richards scored 16. The first match of the season between the Arrow and Queenstown Clubs was won by ten wickets by Queenstown, on whose ground the match was played. Arrow scored 53 (Perrelle 18) and 51 (Bevin 11), while Queenstown made 84 (Gardiner 27, J. Mehaftey 18, iM'Lean 10) and 20 for no wicket (Gardiner not out 10, W. Mehaffey not out 10). At Invei ear gill last week a match was commenced between • che Appleby and Star Elevens. - The former scored 126 (Kane 39, Geddes. not out 21, Poole 16, Maguire 13), and the latter made 69 "for threa wickets (W. Black not out 25, M'Kay not out 22). The Invercargill Eleven put up 112 (Blakely 55,' 'Kingsland 23, Dalrymple not out 12) against the Star Thirteen, whose last- seven wickets j fell for 13 runs. It is -rarely that one- sees a- good word said in favour of the' Victorian Cricket Association's innovation. "Felix," writing in the Australasian at the close of the first round of pennant matches, says: "I have failed to discover anything to advance in support of the half-time system. Perhaps developments in the second round may enable me to do so.® The death ha. occurred of a young but very promising Victorian cricketer —Val Thompson, of the East Melbourne First E'even. He was only 21 years of age. lan. 1896-7 he joined the East Melbourne Club, and in hi 3 very first match scored 228 (not out) against Richmond, ,on the Richmond ground. For that season his pennant average was 73. In 1897-8 in all 2D.M. C.C. matches he averaged 53, and made scores of 216 and 100. In 1893-S hip pennanf average was 53, and his chief scoiet. 169, 117, and 107. In 1899-1900 his highest score was 126, and his average in all matches 30. In the pennant competitions at Melbourne on the 3rd inst. Fitzroy put together 160 for six wicketf (Ellis not*out 85) against South Melbourne, Avho in their half of i,he afternoon were all dismissed foi 107 (Harry Trott 55). Hawksburn scored 116 for three wickets (Rush 48) against Carlton's 103 for three wickets (Worrall 31) j the University, 85 for six wickets '

against East Melbourne's 126 for one wicket (M'Alister not out 74) ; North Melbourne 158 for nine wickets (Sruckey 44, Bean not out 37) v Richmond--- 87 ; St. Kilda, 97 for five wickets against Melbourne's 134 for three wickets (Mailer 71). In the first grade of the metropolitan enmpetitions at Sydney on the 3rd mat. Paddington defeated Hedfern by 14-3 runs. For tne vanquished Poidevin's 96 was a gallant effort, ancl with Hamgan's 77 the pair are pretty well accountable for the whole 216 made by Redfern. Victor Trnmper took six wickets for 50, and M. A. Noble four for 89. Sydney won against Bnvwood by 102. For Sydney, Richardson made 56 (not out) and Colreary 35. Wasenwy won by 64 against Central Cumberland, for whom Howell made 40 ancl Loveridge 31 out of a total of 100. Newell took five wickets for 44, and Howard four for 50. At their second attempt Waverley lost seven wickets for 112, Mackenzie scoring 28. C. Gregory 21, and Sycl Gregory 10 (not out). "Old Ebor" writes in the Athletic News : — "Now that the Yorkshire crie'eet season is entirely completed, it is appropriate to draw attention to what I think will be found, on «>:amination, to be a new record in bowling performances. I refer to the performance ol Rhodes and Haigh in taking between them 400 wickets in their county's cricket engagelrents, all first-class events. Rhodes's figures are 240 and Haigh's 160. If anyone will take the trouble to look through the records I fancy they will find that do two bowlers on one side have ever had such a joint harvest, not in their county matches alone, but in all [ first-class cricket. The nearest approach to it is one of the records of Shaw and Morley, who in one year each took 190 wickets. In the All England days there were, of course, some tall figures registered to John Jackson — now on the rocks at Liverpool — Tarrant, Willsher and other auld lichts of the cricket world, but they were against twenty-twos, and afford no basis of comparison between the figures of Shaw ancl Morley and Rhodes and ffaie-h. The two young "Yorkshiremen have simply had a wonderful year." 'llie Canterbury Cricket Association has suggested the 22nd, 24th, and 25th December as the dates for the Canterbury-Otago motch. These dates have been accepted by the Otago A In a cricket match", Derwent v. Wellington, played at iiobart on November 3, the former compiled 294 runs before being disposed of. This score included 106, made by J. Hudson, who was not out at the conclusion of the day's play, having scored his rims by excellent cricket.