NOTES BY LONG SLIP.

Otago Witness, Issue 2604, 10 February 1904, Page 52

NOTES BY LONG SLIP.

Harry Graham ie of the opinion that tho majority of our ba.srnen are very weak on the leg side, and what strokes they have they do not put enough power behind.

F. H. Shaoklock, tho ex-Nottinghamshire professional, haj^ renamed ooaohing under the direction of the Otago Cricket Association, and is at work every fine evening during the week at Carishrook.

Reported that R. E. Foster, a member of Warner"3 Enghsh Eleven now in Australia, ixitends settling in South. Canterbury, where- ho will go in for farming.

The death is announc-ecl in Wellington ot Mr R. B. Goro, tho father of those welknown orif k«ters, the Gore brothers. 1 understand some effort i.<= likely to be made by Cariebrook B to retain E'ai-ry Graiharn in tho eleven until the end of tiie season.

A. Adr.ms, the Albion stonewall batsman, who has been in ill-health for several weeks, is, I hoor, progressing favourably at his horn© in Greymouth. Cricketers generally, and his club mates in the Albion particularly, will join me in wishing him a speedy recovery.

A profit of £97 was made over the match Otago v. Canterbury, played in Chribtohuroh. at Christmas.

Tho Syde-nham (Christohurch) Club has applied to the Canterbury Criekct Association for a donation towards tho expenses of securing a professional coach. Tho sum of £5 was voted to the ohib.

The South Canterbury Cricket Association has arranged matches agamst North Otago at Oamaru on Thuivday, February 18, and againsii Canterbury at Chrietchurch on February 25 and 26.

Arthur Sii.is, the Canterbury bat-man, who made 159 not out for United against Lancaster Park on Saturday, played a fine, fr»e innings of four hour->' duration, during which time he never gc.ve a chance. His defence was «ound, and his hi ..ting free and forcible. Included in Lis scoie wer& cigiit&cai 4's.

Fielding of Carisbrook B mi Saturday against Albion wss slack, and had the men tak< v all the chances off<r"d Albion might have, been sciit to the right about for something under a century. Cari--brook fieldsmen ma do the mistake of throwing the ball in on tho bounce inskad of on the full. The North Ground has a wicked habit of bumping the ball away. The largest crowd ssen on the North Ground this season witnessed tho AlbionCariabrook B match on Saturday. Tho cause of this was no doubt I-iarry («ralxam's fir^t apearaneo on this ground, and the spectators were anxious to got a glimpse of the Victorian at the wickets. In the field alone he did splendid work, but when batting his fast scoring- and hi 5 running between the wickote quite delighted the crowd, and tspeciaily tho small boys. He was going strongly when his dismissal was broughjt about by a smart oatch by M'Kay. The Albion '"express" bowler got on plenty of pace, but more than onco Graham cirove him to the boundary. When the latter was dismissed the score sheet read three w'ekets for 52, of wluoh the Victorian was responsible foT 35.

On his way to the ground Coibe-tt had tho misfortune to meot with a spill off his bicycle, tho wheels of his machine skidd'ng on the tramlines. His knees and arm-, wci~. badly chafed, hut notwithstanding this, he howlod as well ao over. He clean bowled Harraway, and had bad luck in not obtaining both Graham's and Austin's wickets. The former was missed by Peako at long-on, only to be caught by M'Kay next ball, whilst G. Cummings lofu-^ed an easy one from "Jerry" in the slips when his tot?l was 6.

E Cumimnga battc»d oxec-edingly well for his 23, but lias a lot to learn in running between tho wickets. He was responsble for Stewart being run out whilst the latter

was going W'll. Pld _.-.■;■, uo'iM ?■■> s.cH to rt iV iiiLer tln.t a jcid" or uiu ca.: be »auicd bj liatki i2t up i.iii'xcdidfcLiy i!io bowl-i- e'e-nve-rs the ball.

Tho Otr.go and Dan; dm Cycling dubs intend p nymg a cricket m.-reli on Cup Day. Both clv.bs pos*cs-> ELvrral n-ickctcis, and a good ganno is looked for. The Ota go Club will probably be led by the popular iJunndm bev/tr, Harry Gunthorp, Pasted by lierrcf.on, Ycrrp-tli, Bolt, cv. I othcTs, whilst tlio Dune-dm Club vn'l probably include Lyttelton, W. Munro, Dr Ilotop, J. P-eake, and F. Liggms Prior to the c< mn^ncement of the C-iris-brock-Albicn n.arch Mr T. A. Maitl-and, thn popular president of the Albion Club, announced Ins intention of presenting a trophy to oach Albion player who scored 20 runs 01* ovi Only two batsmen, J. Stewart and E. Cummi-igs, secured t.h& coveted total.

Dun-edm's innings on Saturday wa<s very in-and-out. Thc-y made a vciy poor start, but reco\ er-ed som'v, hat; th' 11 wickets fell rapidly towards tho finish, and eight were out for 97. Maeker°ey, Drumm, and Yorre-th cams whe-n they w-ero wanted, and the respectable total of 203 was reached. Mackcsey batted splendidly for 66 not out, as also did Drumm, who received a nasty blow on the knee early in tho game, and had to retire; but coming on again later on he batted really well for his 23. Vorrcth got 26, but did not appear quite at horn© during his stay at the wickets.

Air Vivian, a member of the First Eleven, of the South Melbourne Club, passed through Durredin last Wednepday on his way to Wellington, where he intends settling down. He had a letter of introduction from

"Felix" to the secretary of the association here, and was introduced to a few of the local cricketers.

The Dunedin Second Grade- team ke.pt *he Carisbrook D team in tho fiekl all the afternoon on Saturday, and put up 254- for nine wickets. The fielding of the Carisbrook was vory slack. ~E\ CTy member of the Dunedin team so far has got double figxres. It will bo interesting to see if the two not out's can reach double figures next Saturday.

The match Otago v. South Otago will probably be played at Kalclutha on February 24-. Tho team will be selected tins week, and players unablo to make Ihe trip -re requested to notiiy the secretary of the asscc-a-tion at once.

Pelham Y-'arnor has arranged for E. B. Dwyer, of the Glebo Club {Sydney), to jom tho ground staff at Lord's Dwyer, who leaves for England m March next, is a good all-round cr.ck&ier.

Tyldesley is said to have got out in a sensational manner m tii3 la~t kst match. Pie let go at a loose long hop from Hopkm». Tho ball went straight bioast h ah to Noble, 10 or 12 jaids away in front oi ixjuarO' leg, and struck him on the chest. Noble clutched at it and juggled it from hand to hand without being actually able to hold ' it. Then tha ball was s:xn to fall, but tho fieldsman made a de^peraie. dne with his left hand, and secured it a few inches fiom I

tho ground

Principal A tick" and totals of last wek : N. B. Lu^k 69. V 7 B. S.niih 53, S'widford 2,6, W. Mills Bush 31, Wood-. 17. L (i. Hemers 102 (not out), E. MacCcrmick 35. Hov>'lmg porf-ormancL'-- : Lusk, six uirlicts for 47 rims ; Weeds, nv.t> wickets for 25; ELallendor fi^e wickets for 24; Si-t > n-i=f>n, four wickets for 41; Dongla.--, ti;rce wirkuts | for 15

Pel ha m "Warner' ■> toa n ■will mc~t Nnr I Pouth Wal(.> in cuckK rcia 1 at o'i ITi-lnnaiy . 11, ami following days. A- t!:- N S \V. t"am will include five of the Ai _\i <traiifm Eleven— TiiimpLr, DuiY, Xci W\ II di km-,, j aiid Grcgciv — much iatei€it vili b: centiocl j m tlic cones' t.

Some- Canterbury totals 10-*" S^tuiday: j A. Sims not out "159, F S FrrnL, h L 4, ! A XmMg not out 86. AY C. H Vs'i«M? ! 34. T V.' Rpovj 25. Rol^on 25, Boiinett 26, R. Bany 57. H. P.. Valuta 37, J. 1). Lwrpncp 2S, I'l. II F.-an'a=h 46, Vcmon ' tb, H Taibot 33, "H L I'ibh.r not ou' 19. j Eov-l'ng perioi'inancv:.- : Ho veil, tlirc^ ' wekets for 50 mr.*-; Cc-te'lo, iour w,ck-et< for 44- ivib: F. S. rra^kish, fciu- w.eketo I

for 62 runs Brnn-ett, four wltk^ts for 32 1 jm.

After psyin? Soi.t'i Ay i-iha £100 towards kcrpinq Uie uajrrs an txt.a week in Sydnrv, ihe Kuv South V.nlcs A« -oci.it- on netted £233 8- out of the gam-* bct\ ecu the two Statts in jN"ovrmb n r Ja-t.

M. A. NrbU', who eoinpleted his 10C0 rur, 111 test matchi-. dnriLcr his second innings m Adcla'do, is the fomth member oi the ticscnt Avitralian team to accomplish tho f'-at. Hill a<id Gregory did it long .-.go, and Victor Trumper gained tho distinction m thci Meibourno match.

Tho dates fixed for tho fouith and fifth fc-jfc mntchos, February 26, in Sydney, and March 4, in Melbourne, are so do. 9 together that it v. as suggested some weeks ago that sumo alteration ehould ba made. 'Iho question was recently discussed, but co fir nothing has "Bean done The' matter will probably be fully gone into duung the next few day?, and it is likely that rome alteiation will bo made.

C. B. Fry. tho cricketer-journalist, classes M. A. Noble as the sounded of all Australasian bat=men, and quite the best allround cricketer in the world.

S. E. Gregory has scored 1642 runs against England; M. A. Noble lips mnde 1052, andi Victor Trumper 1213,- the latter averaging a shade lew than 4-0 runs per innings.

Clem Hill, the Australian crack batsman, has scored 1746 runs in test matches, at an average of 41 95 per innings. Truinble is expected to play in the fourth test in Sydney on the 26th of pesent month. M'Lcod "is not likely to find a place. Syd. Gregory, m the recent test match, in half an hour had th© bowling in an awful tangle. He simply played with it (says an Australian writer). Fasb

or slow, off -theory or straight, made no difference to him. H-e glanced or hook&d the fast ones, and banged the slows with terrific power to Jeg; cut forward and lat© with unerring precision, and when the field ciowdc-d in on him for the fast off- theory stuff he let out and banged the ball over their heads to the boundary. A couple of balls off Fielder went dangerously near fi-eddsmen — indeed, after a mighty jump, Foster got one- on the finger tip, but an actual "possible" chance cannot be debited to Gregory. It was a grand da«h. S.E.G. did just what he liked with tho bowling. Ho had never played o/uite such great cricket here, even in making his centuries against South Australia. It was as near perfect batting without undue risk as one wants to "^ee. The crowd went into eostaeies. People who had argued for Gehrs instead of Gregory forgot that they had been critics and joined heartily in the ovation which greeted the Sydneyite after he had made the fatal miss-hit. All the Australian players were delighted, for they had not imagined that Little Syd. could have turned off his last page as an international cricketer at bis time of life.

New South "Wales tried and unearthed two new bowleru in the recent match agam=t Victoria Thc'^e two m p n — Bowden r.r.d Cctler — secured -eight wickets bctwe-en them on a p-crfeot v. lcket for 83. Cotter is said to bo tlit fastest boy lcr in New South Wale-, young and powerful, with an unimpeachable delivery.

Tho tips and downs of cricket ! Over hero (^ays crickcicr-jcmmnl'«i C B. Fry) two «r-a-s- ns ago Montague- Noble could do nothing r gbt. ]\lon of the tune, mrWd, with truecolonial diroctn-p'o. he oompiained, "-Afy luck iust c i..nks !" Now, it iy his turn again, and he. has most au-p-nously lniuiguratcd hi« ci'ptan vy. A grand player he i->, whokC c i>V, «"me fai"ov.= Kiigh 1 -!! cr tics h.'ve c'^m- } iT-rd with that a? 'Wiili" Quaiie. "What an i(, a 1 Ii i!-= Kiiiid d, T •upp<> S! -p, on that i.tcuhailv dull but liT^r jiMfina*ic dtf?iiEi\e 6G of his at Old Ti-iiffo-d <=oiro time lock. I reckon li.nj a -> -v v nT* r. l't bat from Oiri.fe, and Witiial :i'.iti- to sctiiu'c'-t bat Aii'-tr'sl'a can In.i^t. He ha- i>ot Trumper s biillutuli ■".crcat<lily "n'l t'lcctim C'N'ck, nor C.'ni'.-i Hili's i'simitoui rs'v.r of taking cLarcro ni any bowlii'j;; but he is sound — «> voit c ou in Ph back Vj aj — t^vv ao a ru=h, alr.io^t niatntiii" 1 tTi 1-- correc — '' tcirib'y d Rcult *o br. ak tbiorgli, and 1 c lvi". amciiG; lii-: <=tio\<"<. a b t-uu'iil sv> iii c- .nir iff-clmc-fiom i!.o h- qi'"ni G\-od-U ii^ih hall cuU'.do the iiK--iv.mil. H'- ;<. mcvnr,, '-ucli a .=a.io buina c\.t pc.st third man. How well

one rnn imn^i.ie linn with tLit tig,hi pv.^kc-T of thm "up-, ard th;it i!i>n, (><■<■ rm.n-c 1 P'V sc-ttins? hnr>i cl dov a not 10 pt ojr ' j'ui; v will bo useful if his =uecr~3 oivl= wi'h his ltin-sjctt'nu, fur un;?, much altcir-1 !u> is ilio r. an from \'-lio=o bowling (Air bat--nieu ha\o most to U^c. Flighty c«nd dceontno in t:i,e air, ho ha-> tausu-d RanjiT'inliji iircl AJaclmcn i rouble ovo-n on tho Sydney pitch. ]^y th-3 way, Rinj't«inhji thmke that Armstrong will b-» trou"o!esomc to our men thia time>, but Noble-, bejond doubt, the- beet allround cuckcter in ihi world, is the stxunb-hng-blcck I foresee for them. Victor Trumper and Ji. A. Duff have put on over 100 nine for the first wicket nr.io tiiyes m iirst-cbss eiickct, thrieo for Nc-w South V\ ales against Victoria, and twice for Australia against England. In thre© of tho last four matches, -when orpc=stl lo Victoria, they have in their own faccinating way operated on tl>.e ball until t'ln-e- figvirc-s have bee.i hoiitcd without tho ccmpe-n-ation ot a T\icke-t to the bowler*. Yet the more one sees of the-so two bewitching and never uninteresting batsmen, tho more- one- feels, or rather thinks, after all (says "Not Out") that it would be better for tho side if they were not sent in together. Victor Trumpor's batting is perfection, unorthodox, unhampered by mannerisms, biilliant in the extreme. Reginald Duff is a second Trumper, a little less gifted in reach and height and the power to swing tho bat, but such an exponent of Trumperesque cricket that afc times were the incomparable Victor not at tho othe-r end, one would surely e:ay no man ever played more beautiful cricket. One often thinks that whilo it is a treat for the gods to see these two men at the wickets together, they help to wear cue another out. They score i pit or than any other recognieed batsmen in Australia, and between wickets they glide with silent swiftness that seems to defy fatigue, tha need of wind, the vigilance of expert fields. A team from the WaikouPiti Cricket Club journey to Dunedin last Wednesday, whera they met a team from the Dunedin Club, whom they defeated afteT an exciting 1 game by 3 runs. WaikouaJti scored 127, Hneeston (33), Kelly (28, not out), Bradley (14), and Malloch (11) ' batting well for their runs. Dunedm replied with 124, Courtis (28), Reardon (22), Corliss (19), Vorreth (16), and Thomson (14) being chief sooi-rrs. Sneeston, Carson, and Harper divided the bowling honours for Waikouaiti, the most successful for Dunedin being Reardon, Courtis, anil Hamann. Afternoon tea- was kindly provided by the Dunedin Club, and the Waikouaiti Club wa3 warmly congratulated on its win. A feature of the game was the inclusion in tbe Waikouaili team of the veteran Dick NeLmes, who played against Lillywhite's team in 1864, and who is still as keen on cricket as ever. A Christchurch telegram states that in senior cricket Lancaster Park, who made 300 for nine wickets last Saturday, closed their innings, leaving the United to get 301. The latter made 334 for nine wickets, winning by 84 runs on the first innings. Sims made 159 (not out), \7ernon 46, E. Frankish 46, Taibot 33. Syde-nham carried their score to 313, Kmvig being in -with 86 to his credit. Midland responded with 14a (Bany 37, Whitta 37, Lawrencoe 22), suffering defeat on the first innings by 168 runs. Sydenham began their second innings, losing four for -96 (Bennett 26). SENIOR GRADE. Oahisbkook A. v. Gkange. The match Carisbiook A. v. Grange was commenced on Saturday at O.nsbrook on an easy wicket and fast outfield. Baker won the toss for tho Grange and decided to bat. Tlie Grange, however, faalcd to take advantage of the wicket, and only totalled 132 runs Henderson (25) and Chadwick (25) batted steadily for their runs, while extras accounted for 19. Fisher (five for 47) and ButW (five for 54) shared the wickets. The fielding of the " A." was rathe-r slack, which, added to the slow batting of the in-side, made rathe-r an lu-antoa-esting innings for the spectators. Kahlenberg made two excellent catches in the longfield, that which dismissed Ferguson being particularly good. Howden and Lyttelton opened for Caris-brr-ok with an hour and a-quarter to play, and when time was called were still batting, with 101 on tho board. Lyttelton showed particularly good defence. The following arc tho detailed scores: — Geange. — Fir3t Innings. Robinson, Ibw, b F:sher .. .. 14 Henderson, c and b Batler 25 Roberts, c Pearless, b Fi«h«r 3 Baker, c Kahlenberg, b Fishar 0 Chad-vick, c Hunter, b Butler . 93 A. Dowries, b Butler ... .11 Ferguson, c Kohlenberg, b Fisher 9 Wright, c Maunsell, b Butl=r .. 6 Patterson, not out VJ Brydon, c Peailess, b Fisher . . 1 T. Downes, c Pearless, b Butler 6 Esh-as .... 19 Total 132 Bowling Aualysis. — F. slier, 25 overs, 7 maidens, 47 inns, 5 wickets; Butler, 22 overs, 7 maidens, oi inns, 5 wickets; Hussey, S overs, 12 runs. Cmusbrook A.— First Innings. C. E. Howden, not out 56 LyiteUon, not out 31 Extras 14 Total for no wickets . . 101 Cahisbhook B v. Albion. The teams Carisbrok B and Albion tried conclusion 5 ; at tho North Ground on Saturda3 r , the result of the day's play being that the B team appear to have t l ie better position, with three out for 70 against their ooponents total of 131. For the Albion, R. Diy (14), Williams (17), Stuai-t (26), E Cummin gs (23), and Corbett (12 not out) all batted well. Siedebfrg (fivo for 62) and Austin (three for 16) secured tho bulk of the wickets. The nelding of the B team, was not at all up to the mark, several chancea being thrown away. H. Graham (35) hit hard for his run«, a-ud was well caught by M'Kay off his own bowling from a hot dme. Austin (19) aud Siedeberg (10) were both not out at drawing of stumps. The following aro the scores: — Albion — Fir3t Inivmgs. G. Cumin. tigs, b Maitland ... 6 Peakc, si Stables, b Siedebcig .. 8 R. Dry, c Graham, b Siedeb-rg 14, Wnha.-us, c Spanow, b Sicdeberg 17 Stua.t, liiii ou; • 2S Cramond, c Maitlar.d, b Austin . 1 E. Cuinxnings,, c Spar.ow, b Siedeber- .... 33 Coioetl, ;;of out • 1« jy'K.ij b Austin 9 (J. Diy, c Munio, b Siedebcig S bv;cii»e, c Ha.ii'tvay, b Austin 5 E.aias •• 9 lots' l T. 31 Bowing Aua 3-sio— ilait.dnd, 31 cvers, 3 maideaa, "28 nuis, 1 v/icicet; SiedeberE, 24 overs

5 maidens, 62 runs, 5 wickets; Graham, 5 overs, 1 maiden, 13 runs ; Austin, 19 overs, 10 maidens, 18 runs, 3 wickets. Cakisbhook B.— First Innings. Harraway, b Corbett .. „ „ „ 4 Graham, c and b M'Kay .. «. „ 35 Thomson, b M'Kay . . „ . ; ", i Austin, not out ,', 19 Siedeberg, not out .j, ',>. X, i. 10 Extra .. .. £, \i „' „ l Total for three wickets .. 70 Dunedin v. Opoho. The match. Dunedin, v. Opoho was commenced at Opoho on Saturday. Dunedin, winning the toss, elected to bat, and Cramond sent in J. M'Farlane and H. Gunthorp t.o face the bowling of Eckhoff and M'Gavin. With the score ab 3, M'Farlane was caught off M'Gavin. Two runs later Gunthorp was run out, and iLatham was bowled without scoring (3 — s—o).5 — 0). Cramond and Reardon then became associated, and a servicabte. stand was made, and the score ■was taken to 59, when an appeal for lbw ■was given against Cramond, who retired, for a meritorious 31, including a nice hit for 5. Drumm came next, but got a nastyblow on the loneeoap which necessitated his retiring. Aokroyd filled the vacancy, and with the score at 80 Reardon was bowled by ,Webb for a well-compiled 33. Haydon filled the gap, but three runs later saw Ackroyd stumped off Webb (83—6—3). Mackersy came next, and the score was taken, to 97 when Eekhoff got one past Haydon. Courtis came and went without troubling the reorers. Drumm, by the kind permission of tho Opoho captain, resumed ins innings, and a good stand was made, the score being taken to 147 before Drumm was caught by M'Gavin off Kilgour. The retiring batsman had batted very nicely for 23. Vorreth now joined Mackersy, and a lengthy stand was made for the last wicket, and despite, frequent changes, the second century was passed. With the score at 203 Voi-reth hit out at Drake, and waa caught by M'Gavin. The retiring batsman had played a most useful innings of 26. Maokersy was not out with 66, and played m, very fine innings, and received an ovation on retiring. Kenny and Eckhoff opened for Opoho against the bowling of Gunthoxp and Beardon. With the score at 28 Eckhoff was caught by Vorreth off Reardon, the retiring batsman having batted nicely for 19. Kilgour followed, and, with Kenny, played out time. Scores : — Duhedin. — First Innings. M'Farlane, c Webb, b M'Gavin .. 2 Gunthorp, hit wicket, b Eckhoff 1 C!ramond, lbw, b "\V«bb 33 Latham, b Eckhofr 0 Beardon, b Webb 33 Drumm, c M'G-avin, b Kilgour . . 28 Ackroyd, st Watkins, b Webb .. 3 Haydon, b Eckhoff 7 Mackersy, not out. 66 Courtis, b Eckhoff 0 Vorreth, c M'Gavin, b Drake . 26 Extras 1Q Total 20S Bowling Analysis— EckhoS, 150 balls, 3 maidens, 77 runs, 4 wickets ; M'Gavin, 8i balls, SS runs, 1 wicket; Webb, 54 balls, 48 runs, 3 •wickets; Kilgour, 24 balls, 16 runs, 1 wicket; Drake, 33 balls, 2 maiden 3, 13 runs, 1 wicket. Opoho. — Fir»t Innings. Kenny, not out 1° Eckhoff, c Vorreth, b Reardon. .. 19 Kilgour, not out ■* Extras 3 Total for one wicket .. .. 35

SECOND GRADE.

The match Dunedin v. Carisbrook D was commenced on the Caledonian Ground. Skitch, winning the toss, elected to bat, and sent in Croxford and Eyre, who made a good start. With the score at 42 Croxford made a mishit, and was caught for a ■well-compiled 28. Rcwlatt followed, but lost Eyre at 58. G. Skitch followed, and at 65 lost Rowlatt, who batted well for 15. Hamann came next, and, with Skitch, took the score past the first century. At 112 G. Skitch was bowled for a freely made 28. W. H. Skitch came next, and laid on the wood from the jump, and soon had 32 opposite his name, when he was caught. Melville joined Hamann, and mad© 17. Hamann went next for a well-compiled 53. Bolt contributed 30 in good style, and Fleming batted patiently for 18. Wilson and Given plaj-ed out time, the score standing at 264 for nine wickets. The wickets were divided between Macdonald, Brown, Foster, and Scoular (two each), while Fisher secured one.

Tho Port Chalmers and Opoho teams met at Port on Saturday to play their return match. Opoho, winning the toss, batted first, and compiled 53 runs, Reid (23) and Nichol (10) batting best. None of the batsmen were at home to the excellent bowling of Blarnires", who captured six wickets for 15 runs. Blamires and D. Geddes opened for the Port, and with the score at 24 Geddes retired for 11. A. E. Geddes followed, and left at 35 for 2. Ward n«xt ■became associated with Blamires, and some 3ively hitting took place, and the score mounted rapidly to 116, when Blamires ■was- well caught in the long field for 68. Blamires met with a cordial reception for a •well-played innings. Anderson and Ward carried the score to 150, whern Ward was bowled after a good forcing innings of 51. Davidson assisted Anderson to play out time, Anderson being 29 and Davidson 11. The score on the drawing of stumps stood at 179 for four wickets.

THIRD GRADE

The match between Carisbrook E and Opoho was played at Carisbrook on Saturday, and resulted in a win for Carisbrook by 150 runs. Opoho, batting first, were disposed of for 48 runs, Abbott (17) and James Timlin (12) batting well. Carisbrook, on going in to bat, were not disposed of until a. total of 198 runs was reached, M'Coy (66, not out), A. Friedlander (40), A. G. de JLautour (30), and E. Coventry (21) reaching double figures. For Carisbrook M'Coy, Cuddie, Irvine, dei Lautour, and Logan secured the wickets, while Anderson, Timlin, and M'Lai-en did likewise for Opoho.

The Roslyn met the Privateers at Bishopscourt, and defeated them by 23 runs. Privateers took first strike, but could only total 47, of which Millar made 16 and {White- 10. Ptoslyn replied with 70 (S. Goyen 36, A. Armit 14). L. Goyeii (seven wickets for 15) was very deadly with the ball for Roslyn; while Hessian (sijq for 31) bowled with most success for the losers.

FOURTH GRADE.

Carisbrook F defeated Gpoho by 187 runs on the fir=t innings. Carisbrook compiled 226 rms> Harraway (81), de Lautpur (51), Y. Fenwick (39)," C. FenwJck (13) fend Hepplethwaite (10) reaching double figures. Oooho replied with 39 (J.. AndeiBon 17). For Carisbrook V. Feawck took eevea wiejjets for 14- jung.

The match between R-oslyn No. 1 and Russell No. 1, played at the Tra-msheds Ground, resulted m a win for the former by 29 runs. Roslyn batted first, and' totalled 89. the- chief contributors being Morrison (37, not out), Beeby (14), aud Paul (13). Included in Morrison's £oore> was a fine hit for 6 off Clark. Russell could only reach 59 (M'Neil 21, Dow 10). Falconer (five wickets for 4 runs) and Knowles (three for 2.^) were the most successful of the Roslyn bowlers ; M'Leod and Clark dividing tho wickets for Russell. The match Privateers v. Dunedin No. 2 wa3 played at the Asylum Ground. Privateers, batting first, knocked up the respectable total of 178 runs. Swanson 1-ead the way with a well-compiled 57. and vas followed by Walker 25, ,'ATebb 24, Haydon 13, Stronaoh 10, and Murdoch 10, not out At the call of time- Dunedin had lost no wickets for 20 runs.

The- Roslyn No. 2 won their match against the Albion by default, only two of the latter team putting in an appearance. The match Anderson's Bay No. 1 v. Anderson's Bay No. 2 resulted, in a win for the latter by 7 runs. The- No. 1, batting first, made 53, Pres3ly (10) being the only one to reach double figures: while the No. 2 responded with 60, J. Reekie. (25) and G. Williams (14, not out) being the chief scorers.