PAVILION GOSSIP.

Otago Witness, Issue 2915, 26 January 1910, Page 61

PAVILION GOSSIP.

It is believed that the share of_ the Australians from the English tour is over £450 each. The net profit from the WellingtonCanterbury representative match was £64 10s. It is anticipated that the Association will get £ls or- £2O as a result of the Auckland-Wellington match in the northern town. . Thus Darling, the one-time famous South Australian cricketer: "When one has been at the- wickets for a lengthy term, he becomes tired, and misjudging a big hit, it invariably happens that the worst of deliveries secures his wicket. I speak from experience," added the ex-Australian Eleven, man, and he should certainly know. Soon after reaching South Africa the members of the M.C.C. English team were invited to attend a social function at Newlands, but exception .was taken to differentiation between the amateurs and professionals on the programme. A meeting of the English team was held, and it was decided not to' attend'. Once a fast bowler was knocking the batsmen about when a big, burly fellowcame in. Going up to the bowler, he said: "Now, let us two understand' one another. Tf thee hits me with the ball. I'll hit thee with the bat; so there!" Needless to say th» bowlov fought shy of hurting his formidable adversary. The highest innings New South Wales has ever played against South Australia is 918; the biggest defeat inflicted is an_ innings and 605 runs. The highest innings bv South Australia againet New South Wales is 575. a.nd the biggest defeat of New South Wales' is an innings and 53 runs, at Adelaide in, 1892. Ernest Upha.m is a remarkable cricketer —in many ways (says a Wellington writer). For instance-, he was said to be done as n, bowler, and yet his crop of wickets this season is a big one. As a. batsman, he always makes runs when his side badly wants them, but if there is no real necessity for him to put his back to the wall he goes very cheaply. Wonderful cricketer thatVicfor has been and is (savs Svdney Referee), the history of our cricket during the past ten years or so proves that, however keen, 'he iiiay be when on the field: of play, he has not evinced the keerwiess- of other noted players, such as M. A. Noble, S. E. Gregory. F. A. Iredale. etc.. to represent the State, to enhance its prestige and preserve for it the State cha.irroionship. Grassland, the Lancashire fast bowler, or thrower, as some assert, was a terror for

hitting the batsmen. One of a team o\ 18. was shaping against Crosflland, and th« first ball he received hit him on the knee, the next on the finger. He dropped his bat and walked off to the pavilion. "You're not out," was the remark made to him as he left the field. "No," was the reply, "but if I stop there 1 soon shall be out, so. I'm off." The New South Wales Rugby Lmon 13 going into the matter of a visit to Australia from the Combined Universities of California next season. Mr W. J. How© reports verv favourably of the quality of play at the American Universities. _ A tour of the kind would be very attractive, but as to whether next year will be opportune is a matter for the union, seeing that it will despatch a team to New Zealand In a Melbourne newspaper the following appears:—"lt will probably surprise evert some members of the Board of Control to learn that, through some remarkable over r sight, four of the leading members of the team never signed the agreement at all. .1 am in a position to state the names of the four who went through the English tour without attaching their signatures to any agreement with the board Questioned on this subject, Mr. W. FM'Elhone states that the ««rtion .s Mt correct:' Only two ir.efbcrs of . th« tei..a did not sign the agreement-™., V--Trumper and°W. W. Armstrong. And of that he was not aware until a few days ago h? received from the many« ol A. l m the agreement which had been en trSd to him for the purpose of nav,n» the'signatures attached.