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The Otago Cricket Association haa decided to start championship matches on October 22. Mr J. J. Clark has been olec-ted to the committee of the Otago Cricket Association, _ and should, prove a very valuable committeemam. ' ' All the clubs will be pleased to see the association have carried the amendment brought up by Mr W. H. Skitch allowing the Championship 'Committee power to grant transfers from one team to another instead of from one grade to another, as heretofore. The North Ground a/nd Opoho are beginning to look shipshape for the coming • season. Tho Caledonian and Carisbrok Grounds are a bit behind this season owing to the' lateness of football preventing the grounds being top-dressed. T The Hendley Club are not 'starting this season. It is a pity to see this club drop out, as they have in the past brought out some very promising cricketers. The Dunedin Club will reap the benefit to- a large extent. I am pleased to hear that a club is to be formed in Monnington. There is no reason why a- very strong club should not be got together from this suburb. Rumoured that J. Croxford, A. M'Ororie, D. Mason, and several other prominent cricketers are throwing in their lot with this club. Roslyn intend having a go at Second Grade this, season. I wish them every success. If they shape anything like they did last season they will take some beating. The following suggestion, taken, from the Canterbury Cricket Association's report, is worthy of consideration by the local body. In awarding points for grade matojb.es a match won right (kit to count two points, a win on the first inninga one point. This would be an incentive to players to force the game, more. A suggestion was made at the meeting of the Otago Cricket Association to form an Umpires' Association. Such an association is badly wanted in Dunedin. Some of the umpires I' saw acting in junior matches last season were far from capable. ' Mr E. A. Boddingtjon, in a letter to the Otago Cricket Association stated that he hoped the 1 association would do its best for country cricket. Mr C. R. Smith suggested that it would ba a- good thing to have a 'country week during the season, like they have in Australia. D. H. Thomson, late secretary of the Otago Cricket Association, and now secretary of the Canterbury Cricket Association, forwards me a copy of the C.C.C annual report, from which I learn that "the acquisition of Lancaster Park for the sum of £10,000 marked an epoch in the history of Canterbury cricket." The balanoe sheet shows "Che association to bo in a sound financial position, the amount at credit being £88 7s 6d, notwithstanding the expanse of the North Island tour. Mr A. Haddon. the well-known North I Sydney cricketer, has arrived in Auckland. | He is under engagement to the North Shore Cricket, Club a3 groundman and coach. Mr Haddon is well spoken of as a good all-round cricketer, and his in- | fluence and teaching should go a long way to improve Auckiaad oricket." Stated that Poideviu, the ©ratwhile New South Wales cricketer, who has been in England for the past cauple of seasons, is about to return to Auafcrafia. Mr Richard Shute's d»*ign for the new pavilion on the Melbourne Crickc-t Ground I lias bec-n accepted by the club. ' T,he tour of tho Souib. African cric-Veters in ISngland, though successful from, the ciickeling i>oint of % iovr resulted 'U a lass ol £2000. C. M'Gahey, who wfl£ & ui«nber oi

J M'Laren's English team in Australia h» 1901-2, played an innings of 225 lor Esses against Notts at Ley ton in August. Air Hugh. 1 rumble ha^ been elected a life member of the Melbourne Cricket Club. While playing baseball on a recent Saturday M. A. Noble, the Australian cricketer, strained a muscle in his right leg, which may prevent him playing cricket for a week or two. The following officers were elected at the unnual meeting of the Canterbury Criokec Association: — President, Mr A. E. G. Rhodes; vice-presidents, Messrs F. C Raphael and W. Wilding; "hon. secretary, Mr D. H. Thomson ; hon. treasurer, Mr T. W. Reese ; committee, Messrs G. T. Weston, J. N. Fowke, J. D. Lawrence, H. C. Ridley, H. Williams, O. Caygill, and R. Vincont; vice-president of New Zealand . Cricket Council, Mr A. E. G. Rhodes; ■ delegates to New Zealand Cricket Council, Mossrs Ridley and Williams; selector, .Mr J. Wheatley. x The village cricket team was doing pretty well, and their crack bat, the local architect, had yet to make the big innings which was confidently expected from him. But in the first over a risky 'short run was met with a confident appeal for a "run out." The village barber was officiating as umpire, and ho answered the appeal with an emphatic "not out." "Ah," said the batsman, with a sigh of relief to the umpire, "that was a very close shave." "It was that," agreed the umpire; "an"' — in an audible whisper — "if you wur'n't in 'the 'abit of 'aving a shampoo afterwards 3 should have said, 'Next gentleman, please.' " "> The match Yorkshire -v. Leicestershire, played at Leicester on August 4, 5, and 6, was drawn.. Yorkshire, and 147 for three wickets (Rudston 164 'and 69, Denton 85 and 1, Tunnioliffe 10 and. 51 not - out, Myers 73) ; Leicestershire 310 and 94 for' seven wickets (O. J. B. Wood 71 and 22, Knight 80 and 2, Ccc 70 and 20 not out). In the county match between Gkuicestershare and Middlesex on August 4, 5, and 6, the latter county won by 60 runs. Gloucestershire, 127 and 128 (O. L.Townsend 45 and 46, O. O. H. Sewell 41 j and 5) ; Middlesex, 61 and 134 (P. F. Warner 4 and 47, R. N. Douglas 16. and 12). - Hearne took seven Gloucester first innings wickets for 41 iuns and four second for 36 runs. Denn&t bagged seven Middlesex * first innings wickets for 28 and 8 second for 68. Kent accounted for Surrey in the match played' on. August 4, 5, and 6, by"' b'ix wickets. Surrey, 216 and 321 (Hayward 24 and 188 not out, Abel 1 18 and 38,- J. N. ( Crawford 54 and 13 run out) ; Kent, 435 and 107 for four wickets (Humphreys 104 and: 15, .Seymour 105 and 10, S. H. Day 26 and 37 not out). Feature of the county match Sussex v. Hampshire played on August 4, 5, and 6, • and won by the former by an innings and 81 runs', was the fine batting of crack Batsman C. B. Fry for 211 runs. Hampshire, 195 and 232 (Bowell 65 and 0, Major 4 and - 63, D. M. Evans, 3 and 53); Sussex, 'soß . for nine wickets' (C. B. Fry 211, Vine -111, , Leach not out 64) • - ' ' • The match' Warwickshire v. Derbyshire, played on August 4, .5, and 6 was drawn. Owing to thunderstorms there was \no play in this match" on the first day, and on the. second rain and bad light greatly "ihfcerferedr with the game. Warwickshire, 104 and.lOß for' three widkets (J. F. Byrne 14 and 20 VioS out, Qua-ife 0 and- 25 not out) ; Derbyshire, 236 and 3,30 for five wickets- (L. G. Wright 131 and 33, Dr Ashcrdft 12 and 54 not out). Saatall took five Derbyshire wickets for *& , Feature of the match Essex v. Nous, which was 'drawn, was th* fine innings of M'Gahey, who compiled 225, making the highest score of his jcareer. Essex, 590 (F. L. Fane 126, O. M'GaJiey 225, Buckenham 100); Notts, 190 and 365 for three f wickets (A. 0. Jones 20 and! 150 not out, Iremonger 72 and 40, G. Gunn 18 and 106). The match between the South African' ' touring team and Lancashire, played on August 4, 5, and 6, was drawn. Lanca- . skiro, 245 and 188 (A. Ward 42 and 37, Heap 39 not out and 55, W. Barker 20 and 40) ; South Africans, 167 and 190 for two wiokets (L. J. Tancred 23 and 20, W. C. Shalders 21 and 79, M. Hathorn 37 and 65 not out). Tho match Surrey v. Warwickshire, played on August 8, 9, and 10, was drawn. Warwickshire,' 336 a-nd 262 for five wickets (A. C. S. Glover 14 and 106, Kinnier 69 and! 46, Quaife 34 and 52, J. F. Byrne 'Bo and 0);{ Surrey, 337 (Hayes 100, J. E. Raphael. ss, Abel 79). .In the county match Yorkshire v.-Middle-sex, played on August 8, 9, and 10, a draw. resuLted. Yorkshire, 309 and 369 for nine wickertß (Hon. F. S. Jackson 7 and 62, Denboa 91 a-nd 69, Hirst 5 and 103, Rhodes 76 and 10, Smith 33 axid 59, Haig 50 not pub a-Hd 10) ; Middlesex, 488 amd 89 for two wiokets (P. F. Warner 13 and 46 not out, J. Dou-gla-3 71 and 27, B. J. T. Bosanquei; 141, R. E. More 120 not out). Kent v. Gloucestershire played a drawn, game on August 8, 9, and 10. Feature of -tho match was 152 not out by S. H. "Day, of Kent- Gloucestershire, 479 (G. L. Jessop 77, Thomas 67, Brownlee 97, Champain 50, Brown run out 50) ; Kent, 230 and 383 for six wickets (Day 62 and' 152, Dillon 10 and 65, Humphreys 88 and 79). South Africa dafeabed Notts on August 8, 9, and 10 by an innings and 49 runs. Notts, 320 and "242 {G. "Gunn 143 and 31, Hemingway 85 and 30, Rev. Staimton 3 and 70); South Africa, 611 (L. J. Tancred 113, Si*al<Jors 77, Hawthorn 88, White 115, Snooke 88 not out). Derbyshire defeated London County by 139 runs. Derbyshire, 228 and 271 (Ollivierre 70 and 6, Curgenveh 69 and 39, A. E. Lawl-on 20 and 68) ; London County, 144 and 216 (O. J. B. Wood 1 and W. L. Murdoch 5 and 40, C. M'Gahey 44 and 22). feature of tho match Sussex v. Lancashire, played on August 8, 9, and 10, was the batting of Ranjit3iuhji, who scored 99 and 207 not out. Sussex, 203 ajid 408 for fivo wiokets (Ranjitsmhji 99 and 207, RelE 9 and 101) ; Lancashire, 383 (L.. O. S. Poidevin 153. R. H. Spooncr 50, A. C. Maclaren 45, Kermod-e 36). Th-© -ex-Aus-tralian bowser Kerm-ode F-ecured four Sussex fk-rffc innings wickets for 52 runs. Tlie partnership between M'Gahey and Buck-enham for Essex against Notts pit), ducod 179 runs for the ninth wicket, whiol» is a r«oord in first-class cricket. 1 Dr Grace appeared recently in a yo\ I vrifch which h& m not very familiar, going in last for London County against Oxmdk Rove-r?. Hr> liit so hard that ho scored 85 out of. a total of 118 for the last wicke-hj I and was srill not out -wken the innings cam.; Ito au end. W. L. Murdoch scored 101

• lor London County, and li. O. S. Poidevin . 233 for tha Oundle Rovers. During the match 1019 runs were scored on the two days— 46l on the first day, and 558 on the second. Hayward has now played 10 innings of 100 this season, and C. B. Fry nine. The record for the season is 13, by C. B. Fry in 1901. A list of the hundreds made by the two men this season is as follows: — T. Haywahd. C. B. Frt. t. Notts .. ..116 v. Somerset ..120 1 t. Cambridge TJ. 128 v. Leicestershire 191* T. Oxford Univ... 127 v. Derbyshire .. 223 T. Lancashire ' . 122 v. Yorkshire . . 177 v. Middlesex .. 148 v. Lancashire .. 105" v. Warwickshire 161 v. Cambridge U. 150 ■v. Gentlemen .. 203 v. Leicestershire 191 r. Sussex .. .. 106 v. Surrey .. .. 181 't. Sussex . . . . 112 v. Hampshire . . 211 T.-Kent . .. ISB* -x ;i<- -* * Signifies not out. ;■ ,-R. J. T. Bosanquet performed brilliantly ■ Alt -round Jor against Yorkshire "at -Sheffield. He hit up 141 and secured five for" 112 and! five for -136 in the respective' innings. --He was highly successful rwithqbhe ball,' in the early part of each m-r-ningK eheaply^. dismissing , the crack bats- ' -nien, but his iowiing was subsequently pun- _ isned ..severely: ' , „ While 4 taking jpart in a baseball match on a recent.- Saturday .at Waverley, M. A. Noble. tore the^muscle in his right leg above the knee..- He ,is able to walk' about as -;»sual, and .is unlikely to be hampered by - the-miehap'after a spell- frrini exercise for » .week, or two. . It vaS'A localcricket match, and one of .the -batsmen, was ,against for--"ob- . structing^i&re.'-'field."' The opponents of • his. side were * evidently in,sonie doubt as :to "which^umpire- the decision should be'de--manded"f rom ; therefore -some of them, ap- " pealed to one, and some- to the other. i "Out!" said Umpire No. 1. "Not out!" -said Umpire. No. -2. Whereupon an uproar" of dispute ensued. At last Umpire No. 1- stalkecl up, to No. 2. "Have yo\x shook hands ""Warner since he came " tack?" he queried imperiously. "No," "was .the reply, "Well, I have. Houfc!" That settled it. The batsman had to go. j;The "financial sbatement and report for .the past, year of the- -Melbourne Cricket Club ' submitted at 4;he annual meeting fcho-wed that the -season commenced with ■an overdraft" of £2671 6s Id, and, notwith6tandin,g the Gutjay on permanent improvements, the overdraft has been reduced to '£809 16s Bd, showing a net gain for the year of £IS6I 9s sd. Following the policy adopted on the occasion of the visit of Mr Maclaren's team, the committee voted £400 -to the Victorian Cricket Association and .'£loo to the League of Victorian Cricketers out "-of the takings, of ' the matches •with - the Mar-ylebone cricket team. Twelve full members had been elected dur-^-irig the season to -fill the vacancies caused iby death, resignations, and transfers. Fiftycountry and ~152_ junior members" were " The .total number of members ' on the=;TOll : -rfas 3526, as ■ against 3376 last year. There- we're now waiting election in ithe proposal books 852' senior, 153 junior, -''and ,36 .country" nomine-es. t The ,total receipts from - entrance fees and-subseriptions amounted to 1 £6310 te, against £6592 -9« Jast season.. Tie-following committee were iasl season. The .following ■ committee- was elected :— Mr H. Tnimble"los6, Mvß. W. 1041; Mr W.. Bruce 1016, Mr'F. 11. Allan- S7l, 'Mr G. B. Gordon 805, Mr W. <M-'Bean 784, Jlr W. T. Coldham .698.A very --enthusiastic preliminary oneeting - «f"those interested in forming a cricket club .in Morningtoniwas-held^on Wednesday evening, when it _was\ decided to re-form .the •Mornington Cricket Club, which was. in 'existence some years ago. A general meeiing -will be held next Thursday evening, .■when it is hoped that all those interested in the welfare the club will attend. ' The' annual meeting of the -Palmerston Cricket" Club was held inTHe Athenseum on Saturday, Mr S. Beck being in ihe chair. !Th.«re -wag a good muster, and there seems ©very prospect of the club' having- a goodeeason. The following cmos-bearers were elected -.-rPreisideht, 'Mr J. C. Gow (veelected)'; vice-presidents; — Dr Hislop. (reelected), and Messrs H. M. Spencer (reelected), D. li'Leod, -E. H. Clark, and G(Barclay; secretary, Mr R. T. Dreaver (reelected) ; captain, Mr S. Beck (re-elected) ; deputy-captain, Mr J. S. Miller; General Committee — Messrs Bock, Miller, Gifford, J. E. C. Johaasen. and the Rev. J. R. Clark; Match .Committee— Messrs Miller, Beck, and Johansen. It was decided to open fche season on ' Saturday, October 1, .-with a match between sides chosen by the' captain .and deputy -captain. The club would be very pleased to receive a visit from seme of the Dunediu clubs during th© eeason.