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Otago Witness, Issue 2600, 13 January 1904, Page 52

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The Australian players in test matches receive £25 per match and 15s per day expenses. H. Graham's engagement with the Garisbrcok Ohab terminates on February 11. when the Victorian resumes coaching the Boy«s' iffigh School. A junior cricketer named Knowles, playing in the Fourth Grade match Roslyn v. Dunedin on Saturday compiled 122 in good etyle. Centuries by senior or junior crick-eter-s are &uch rare happc-nrngs at this end of the island that Iho event is deserving of speoial recognition. Mr J. Fowke, of Christcliurch, and Mr C. Gore, of Wellington, have been appointed selectors of the South Island and North Island teams respectively. Jerry Austin's 182 not out for Otago against Southland is the record for interprovincial cricket in tfoa colony, the previous best being Cuff's 176 for Canterbury againat Auckland in 1893. Shacklock, the Notts professional, has not recovered Irom the injury to his shoulder received in the match against Southland, and was a non-player last Satmday. Harry Graham, the Victorian cricketer, is of the opinion that Gun thorp of th© Dun.edin Club, is th& nioet difSeult bowler in. Otago. To a correspondent : Austin was at the 'wickets for a trifle over three hours for his 182 not out ogaiivt Southland, during which time- he gave, a splendid exhibition of free, 'hitting. He scored his ruts at the rate of one a minute or 60 runs in the hour. The case of the person who says Austin ie a weary cricketer is hopeless. Playing for Carisbrook B against Opoho on Saturday, Graham 6ter>ped out to diive Chadwick, owi balanced, and was smartly etumped by Walkms. I was greatly impressed by Watkins, of .the Opoho, behind the wickets. This player stumped two and cai'ght one, and showed that he knew something about wicket-kesp-ing. Charles Bannerman return &.l to Syclney for the Christmas and New Year holidays, and exneets to leave agti.i for Christcliurch by the" end of January. He thinks cricket is improving in New Zealand ac a result of the visit of the Englishmen. Ho speaks highly of F. S. Frankish, the left-hand bowler, who, he thinks, if barked up by an Australian Eleven field, would bo as good as any left-hand bowler in Australia. He breaks away from the right-hand batsman at useful pace, and ako at times comes with "the arm. Besides, he io game; is a good field, and useful bat. Deaf and dumb cricketerS from South Australia and New South Walos played a match in Melbourne recently, the latter winning oy 199 runs. New South Wal?s closed _its 'first inninsrs with six wickets down for 301 (L. Miller "ll6"}, and South Australia replied with 102 (M'Rae 45). The match between England and Queensland was a decided financial success. The English team got £463, the Brisbane Cricket Ground- £139, and the Queensland Association £200 net. There is no furtli&r information available 'concerning the proposed North Island v. South Island match. The date has been definitely settled', and it is only a question of the men being able to get away. As far as Ofcago is concerned, 1 learn that few of the urominent playere can spare the time

to make- the trip I h:.\o no doubt that Fisher and Howdfn, if chccci,, rould bo depended upon, but there arc- difficulties in xh& way of fkilver, Doai^s, Ai,.-cin. nna Sicdcbcig. Wit a Graham and fcuiackiock ;i.; i. is only a que-tion of pel mission from tho Otago High School and Otatio Cr.ckfct Association. Tho date (January 20, 21, and 22) is very unsuitable' for oric!:eters, tho majority of ivLoni ha-\c ju-t loturned from, their holiday. Playing for South Tasmania a^a ; .ist Non 1 -. <h" other day Eac'y. tho oiv-tnne Australian cricketer, compiled 125. A Pet Phia*?.— i'clham Warner, in rof^rling to the Sill-Crcck^to incident in the first te-t ippich. sjid : "V'e aie only too glad to tear the pierce out of the book and forg-et it foiovei ' 'Tho Sims-Whatman incident in New Zealand forced the same phrase from the .English skipper: "Wo, too, for our part, have long- sine© tom the ppgos out of the book and forgotten them fore\e»" " . Th 3 attendance at tho first test match in Sydney numbered m the gross nearly 1 JO, 000, and £4274 was laic en at the gatc-s. Tliio constitute.- a rpcord. The ex-New Zoilandcr. L. A. Cuft, playing for North v. South Ta--ir.ar.ia the other day, corcmiJcd top score for tho former with i strained and swollen muscle behind tho knee in the first test match in Sydney was the cause of Arnold's non-inclusion in tho second test recently concluded in Melbourne. The English cricketer Ranjitsinhji has \ sorted en a vLit to India, but purposes re- ! tiiruing to England in tiir.p for tho opening of the'uext cricket season. Pe-lham Warner advises "coaches"' to be* careful to avoid cramping tho style of a young batsman. Batsmen, cannot all be of one type. Had Jessop beon macTe to play according to tho rule., laid down, a great hitler would have been lost tc th« world. It is useless trying to make a Barlow into a Lyons or a Lyons into a Earlow. Tho lofty fielding of tho "Victorians in th© | recent match against Xc« South Wales was wretched. So bad was it that the. spectators frequently shouted to the field-men to "get a bag." Tho ground fielding on the othor hand wa« brilliant. Pascing tho l.at amongst the spectators at Haglcy Park, Chri-tchurcb, on last day o f . Came'bury-Otago match for Callaway's sake has stirred up some ill-feeling in Christd v.rch cricket circle*. Exception has been rak^n to the manner of gathering ; also to p'-- funds being gathered afc all. Naturally i. 1 his beon a.ked: "If for D. Recce, why not for S. Callavay?" Not eenera ly known that tha twelfth nan in test matches receives his £25 just the came as the actual phyir*. The twelfth van is always pre'ent in full uniform waiting in tho paiilion in case of emergency. The mv eh- sought-after bowler Hugh Trumble c.ily secured two New South Wales wickets in the recent inter-State match, at a cost of 67 runs, while C. M'Leod's bag contained seven at a cost of only 34- runs. The lrurcuF-voicctl Australian spectator doz~ not canfino himself solely to te*fc n. arches. In the recent inter-State match between New South Wales and Victoria he was a bie black blcr, and obtruded himself with f-tolid persistency throughout the game. Several hundred of Australian sportsmen (') lumped l the fences and inspected the ticket when iho umpires had already decided that no play was possible. Others demanded their money back at th© gate. When pby was resumed Noblo was subjected to a hostile demonstration. One cf tho invaders of the ground rushed up and pulled up the stumps at one end amid further ehc-c/b, while another started deliberately with his heel to kick holes in the pitch. The poiJco then took a hand, and rh«=y too -started to jump the fence in all dne-euon.s and ~.0 close on the crowd that had taken poises-ion of the ground. The invaders retired with the po'ice in slow pursuit. The people jumped back into the outer enclosure and the police' followed. P-elham Warner, writing of the superstitious cricketer, says: — '"There is th© man who think- ho cannot n.-ike run- unless he goes in in a particular place. These men are somewhat annoying, but -I think a captain should always try to humour them, if by so doing he is not upsetting the batting order of his side. Tho typical instance* of superstition affecting one's play at ericicPt teems to me to ha\e been exemplified in can cave of the Rugby boy who, alighting at th-e St. John's Wood station, on the Metropolitan railway, for the Rubgy and Marlborough match, saw tho advertisement of Mr John Hare's play, 'A Pair of Spectacles.' staring him in the face. That boy had mad© heaps of runs during the summer at Rugby, but .he came on to the ground fully convinced that he would make a pair of spectacles, and make them he- did." A| x i a meeting of the Wellington Cricket Association reference was made to the hooting at the umpires aud payers by the numerous schoolboys who attended the recent representative match on the Ba<=in Reserve. It was pointed out that th© cvi' was moro pronounced than on any previous occasion. The at-ociatio i decided to i<sue cireulais to the headmasters of oil u'hools asking them to appeal io tho scholar- ;>ot to take part in such demonstrations in futiue. Tho Albion Club made their annual visit to Nasoby dining the lecent Christmas holidays. TKs- day of the mate.i w ,vs an id-Del one Tor cricket, if anything, a trifle on the waim *ide Batting jir-r, the visitors could any total 63- sg.uri.3t iae bowling of D. Marshall, O'Di-i^e-011, and Horsivcll. Of this score •Je^sop was the on'y ono to obtain tho coveted double figures. The local team replied with 67, towards which B. Hore contributed 14. E. Newman 15, and D. Marshall 17. Je«sop and G. Dry divided tho bowing honouns for th© Albion, who mado a better display in their Feeond venture, the innings closing for 114. G. Cummings ga\o a good all-iound exhibition of batting for his 45, while Captain Jcp] played we! l j'oi 11. Requiring 112 to win, a clo=-e finish was expected, but tho local boys more than disappointed their many supporters, and Ih-e whole team could only total 17, leaving the Albion win.ipr-, by 95 Jrs;op with fi-.e wickets for 8. and'G. Dry five for 9, again bowled splendidly for tho winner*- TheAlbion team re turn-cd homo on tho Monday, and one and all were more than delighted with the treatment they iec&ived from tl.c members of the Na°-eby Club and their supporters. During their stay in Nassby they were quartered rt ihe Roj-al Hotel, whcie all wore well looked after by Mr and Mis King. . The Albion pent a mixed team to Cnihtehurch during the holidays, whero they met a team from the Lancaster Park Chib on Saturday, the 2nd inst. The match was played on Lancaster Park, which was in good order, although a trifle hard. Batting first, the visitors totalled

167, Vdiim, (2°), Ki^ru.- "=3). E. Cumi.iiiK-. (i>s), Co; b(H. (?'). •"<-! Mn.,K-y (10, not oiu), obii'tiing double fiqurc^. £:d. Orchard ■=cciu<-d tho bovJiiig hoiiouis for the home t am, bagging no 1-e i than uiAcii wickets. Tho Folk's il"-L i.m uy-> cl^'ed for 2C5, naxt^n k-adK,g- tho way vit'.i a well p'ayc. 91, not out. .Tacknini (10), Ou-In'd (13), "Souncr (23), and D. H. T'.cmson (37), als » batt&cl well. Tho Albion dee Ij red their second iiiiiinc;s clo-cd with iivo wickets down for Ib 6, tow nth which Ciamojicl ronu-ibuted 47, Adam- 17, G. CumminK 14. Kiiaour 10, l J e?ko 20, Hamann 37 (not out), and E. Cummin-s 13 (not out). With an Jour or so to pay, and r. anting 126 to -.'•in, tho local Icri ssiiu viCit to the wickets. Sa^lon again b.i*trd veil for 39, and vas well i-unportcd l)y Hammond (23), 3larony (14), Voun? (14), rr.d Jackman, (14, net out). Lancaster Paik t'^-refoie won on the first innings by 36 utiis. Th-o bowling analyiis wm=> not kept, but Corbett bowled splendidly _ for the Albion, securing twelve wickets. Jc^l was,- the only other bowler to trouble the. batsmen. The visitors w-ere well treated by the Chrktcliurch boy^, and will look forward to the return mateb, which they hope wiii bo played in Dunedin afc no < istant aate. -i. fiee fight took) place at Capetown on November 30. between white and coloured cricketers. Half a dozen coloured men strolled by a European team. Amongst the

former was an American man of colour resplendent in a new suit and an eye-gla-.s. Some remaiks were made by the white men in refeienca to this latter article, which were greatly resented by the owner, and he and ills fiiends commenced to abuae the white men ; thereupon the players m the vicinity masked together and drove the coloured men off the common. Tlien tconts we-re tent, end other coloured men came rushing across armed with sticks, stumps, bate, and tho like. Tho two batches cf coloured m-n, about 100 in all, then joined forces and ?tl■vanced towards the white men, evidently with evil intent. The latter, however, were l.y no mans slow to defend thems&hcr-, and s-peedily aiming with cricket implement*, at onc-9 engaged in a free fight. The fi^hl lasted about ten minutes, the coloured faci tion being completely routed and driven off i the common, not, however, without tome i casualties on the victorious c-ide. pjonnie Mark-> received a couple of nasty blows over the. head with, a ciicket bat, and left tne field with three seveis gashes on the head, and several bruises about the body. At a reo&nt committee meeting of il c Cavsteibury Cncket Association the spcr^ tnrv rcpoitcd thnt tb" recent Otago rr.aicii Mi'ldrd a profit of JBG7 11s 4d, the rroei}t=. bcnv- £177 10« 3J, and the expenditure fi/9 13«, lid. Ie was recolvc-J to -sot'- £5 toward, the proposed ip-tirnonial to iJr S Cal'awi;.-. \n recognition ci hi^ =tcrlin^, p^rfrrmance*- ■ m the Otato and Wellington bi^'m ai-o i-iat bats s-hoi^d '^ pi- -"-"Utd to M ..i- | Oiehard, J>'niik: -li. nvl Wc-tcn [or tof-a 1 sp'pjvlid play in u.e Ota;.M- nni.'i ! A cable me >nc; fiom M- Ibctuno '-_•/•-- ' uns! to the serond tc ; t match ~aj - • \^ heii i a light i olVr wa- run o\ cr the pitch it i lifted lump- cf -JA. Tyk'.r-loy 2?.\c sr%cial ' fhaucv.-, but Ins r,,:r. ri-r|. i- thr> cicr, .'- ! =raac.'-. was a 1 - iidul rftot. Hijl in-.l Trumper's paitnei-'.'.ip i . .-^1 t li -^ coiomal-' hori s somewhat, but w itli the >r (ii--n --.il tic- nn,iug.-> lOio'vcd u-'- 1 ! into atn iii«l urocc-. lcn. 'Rhodes v..'-. r '." l"-io if tl ; r. ccnT' i-t. With n v. 't\(.t >o -v.( h w b« "ot 15 wickets for IZ- 1 - ru '-. _ and^i-ra a \ doz^n chincey lvi-itd ofi him The Eiij,' l-"h-itipis' , Sel-bnc; wa-i bnd. Oar coirr jpo'i'l^iU (•«'ec;:anh- "At a mr:ung of tlie \Voil.r^to:i Ciuk^i A-^oo.a-tion referenc wa-> mado to ilio liootiusj a i the umpire f«nd playi* by tho num.ioiH ' «clioo)boys who attended the reucnt reprr- ■ s>'-ntatiro' maich on the Ba-Iu Rr-eive. T t ! was pointed out, that t'-is evil was moie j pronounced than on any prcviou* ocoa^ on. j Th° association decided to i=sue a circular to head master; of all tchools asking them

to appeal to the scholars noi to iah& jmrii in otich demonstrations in. future. An interesting cricikefc match was playecj afc Wi-ikouaiti on Monday, 4th January 4 . The sides represented tho house parties of Dr Lindo Ferguson, of Warrington. and -Vlr J. Sinclair Thomson, of Goodwood, and their visitors. The match commenced at 11 o'clock and finished at 4.30, the Warrington team, captained by A. M. Howden, winning by 32 runs on the first inninga, their total boing 96, as against 64 made by Good* viooU, cav>U\ined by C. W. Rattray* J!or tho w inners A. M. Howden scored 52 by fine foroiblo cricket^ and he was ably seconded by H. D. Btronach, who showed ranch of his old-Lime form and activity in hitting up a scoTe of 16. For Goodwood two cricketers of age, weight, and experience in Mo.=srs Spencer and Checscraan made Ihe top scores with thei bat of 13 and 14 respectively, but, without a bat, the extras mado the significant total of 20. The bowling of Warrington was consumed by Maitland and the four formidable Howden brothers, and in the second innings of the Goodv/od team by Gerald Ferguson, who took three wickets at small cost. Goodwood had to rely mainly on Stevens, who bowled really well, but without the usual assistance a slow bowler expects in the field from the- rest Tbf his side. Bette^r fielding has no doubt been se&n, but we will assume that the- roughness of the ground in the out-field was responsible for the more pal-

pablo errors and omiwons. The two exceptions :n this respect were XV. Edmond, wiio-o work in tho long-field and thro»Lig in were excellent, and Laao at tlie f-tick* for Goodwood. Thf> laUcr miaht have been a profc»;iona"i if lie had taken to wicketkeeping 1 earlier in life. Good as was the cricket, it wa« completely overshadowed by the very excellent lunch provided by the laclie=. This was held under tho shade of the tree-* id tlie domain adjoining the Waikouaiti grou'id — a pretty r pot, though somewhat precipitous, "mcl rc-por.siblc for a deal of unintentional tobogganing bs* ladies wearing glaeo k'tl shoe-,, lunch ba--kci&. and other people. The meal was done full justice to, and it will loiio b? a moot point among the 70 oi 80 quests present which was the piece' dc- r Mr* Skicliir Thomson's mayo.iu.ii^p, iNI.-s Ferguson's rabbit pio, tli^ piquaii.. Di^.t v-iohp; of Uc-j-tbmes Bridge-man and Rattray, or -Mrs Ec'm^nd's raspbc-iTi^-s ?!i-l crcaii' "^laiiy of the visitors tra- c-llcd by tram a'ld others drove or cycled long di-ta.iccs, the Turnout on the :oad hem,? rhaz cf jlesditjr.-cs Justice Cbojunaii and Halo, v, 'u dro\ o o\or from 1-uketcaki b^hiiid a v.y ttyh^h tand n in t-. mi. After. 'con '■oj. r^R- prowled .n the pa'.ihon of t!ir Wi-ikoih'iti Cr.c-.ct Club. io v, li.-sia rhe Thau 1;^1 ;^ oi t"o Ai^ito.s ;uif frci-'lv . ccoidoJ tor their gei.erciitv in lending tLi ir ground ar.J material. V match bet wen t 7i e Hot? and Buff tr, v , wr^ played at the B'uft on New Tear's l)jy, md rc-uHpd m a v. m for Coie by liiii" 1 '-I'ck^N. A ' oi tho game »; n-- tro bowling j-nJ Imttihj of tho Blctii.-c b.ot! c i (Pi.it t" -ilmcvs, for (sore. t>ut cf 146 n:u= -c< rci by Gor<> they cojitnLuted 105. and howled muhrnged both inning-, e!eau boiling 19 p'ayei-. Bhirf' m then ti\o limina;- mtC ■> GO pn r ' 43, whi'e Cr*r3 made 73 and 65 ior the- lc->> of one iv:tke:. Bov.hi^ fo • B^ult, Red took five v. iclvi'n for j3, htPwV.rt two fc>- 19. and Jii'iniitc.! '"■'-' fnr :j. T.ie ltti-m match v ii ».ob b'\- be pLij .0. a: Co:c about A Xi.'Wi ie'ej-'-.m i'j r: ti'Tt 'i srnicv ei-ic'-:ct on Situr'.iv the I l.r.tvl => ->r( J 435 p^air t t 1 " Cou :ty Elc \ c i, Isi liip L locking up 200 r,,d y';-L r cy 14 3 '".Jt>i rVi.-^io :.iad ■ •< . r - f.oo ' uT r ;ai.i "SV,- 1 , ui^io-;, V,<-h Cl .-..' 1 . .! S 07 in lls.»\>\ 8.",'; second .uiiin^". A Cm l-'Kt-i" r.i tpltgiiii.i -i-itt; that th© senior tucket maicic* w-;e coiilmucd in wretched weather Micihuid -made 84 against Pnited's 315 Tho mptch was won by United. Sydeu''.uu and Aduington scored 123 for seven wicketc aeainst Laucas-

doned! on accouc^ or, f&Jftt The 4raW leave!, Sydenharpi fencli Adchagton &ncf J^ancasiei}. Th-e K«W JZe^lant| Qrlok©J( Pounoll fcajj Mx 0. Qom, of v^ellingtott^ fec| deleolj t^e North Jslapd] team for -pc intelS i,Bla^d m^tqh, to be played 1 a| •Wellington OSJanuary 20<