PAVILION GOSSIP.

Otago Witness, Issue 2923, 23 March 1910, Page 60

PAVILION GOSSIP.

J. O'Connor, the Australian cricketer, has been appointed sanitary inspector at Go-ul--5 burn, and it is said he will not play any > mere big cricket. • ) In the first test match of the South African team at Johannesburg the takings were i as follows : —Saturday. £1100; Monday, £1200; . Tuesday, £800; and Wednesday, £6o:—tota', £3160. J. B. Hobbs is the foremost English bats- . man of the day. For the M.C.C. team in ( South Africa he has made, among other . scores, the following:—HO. 114, 5, 55, 33, 31, ' 13. 31, 39. 35, 163, 53, and 70. Eighty-five pounds for D. Denton and £7O for J. B. Hobbs has beer subscribed bv the Johannesburg public and presented to "these piehg'b cricketers in recognition of their brilliant form in the test matches. In a recent match at Cairns (Q.), L. C. Quinlan scored a centurv in IS minutes. This must be .about the record, and would make even Jessop appear slow. Quintan's score included no le*s than eight 6'?. , _ David Denton made the following innings m his first nine matches:—l9 1 t o] 3 3 17 22, 6, 63. 23, 26, 17, 22, 0, 6. ' Up to the close of the second test match he had done litle, having made 252 runs m 15 innings. But he has since been a force on the side. IST A. Knox, who a-few years ago rendered such valuable assistance to Surrey as n. fast bowler, has finished his course of training as a vocalist under M. Joan de Reszke, in Paris, and recent'y commenced, stage training at Daly's, -London, in " The Dollar Princess." The official returns during the five days of " the second test match of the M.C.C. team, at Durban showed, an attendance of 20.500, realising £1575, which amount, less guarantees and expenses, left a large surplus fo^ , distribution between the Natal Cricket Association and the Durban Cricket Union. A. E. Relf, the well-known cricket coach, left by the Ruapehu for London. Inter- - viewed before his departure, Relf staiod that # unless extraordinary pressure was brought ' to bear' he would not be seen" in cricket in Auckland again. He had promised to go to • India, but was in hopes that his services would not be required until- after n?.xt winter Some remarkable scoring was done in.'the Second Grade match Gordon v. Balmain recently. . The former lost four wickets "for 441, E. Gr. Hinwood obtaining 166, ! F. Matthews 190. P. Dettman, not- cut. -104. Balmain lost six for 293, R. Henderson getting 100 find A. Godfrey 50 not out. Ten wiojeets fell .in the match, and there were four hundreds. ... The _ leading batsman of South Australia. Victoria, New South Wales, and New Zealand, in the opinion of the public is a. left-hunder—viz., C. Hill, V. S.._Ransford... W. Bardsley. and D. Ree.-.e. In every case save Clem Hill the opinion is, of course, open to question. W. W. Armstrong challenging y. S. Eansford and V. Trump'er olisllv..*.ing W. Bardsky. This prominence : of the left-hander .is peculiar P. L. Bowley, Worcestershire, wrote* to the Wellington Cricket Asociation intimating that he jvas desirous of obtaining a' position in New Zealand as a' coach tdSi club or university in the Dominion, and /asking the association to use its influence on his behalf. The letter was held over until a special, meeting of the association is held at the end of the season to consider the question of * professional coach for Wellington. Victor Trumper's 105-and 103 for Gordon v. Balmain is only the second instance of a/ batsman making two hundreds in one match of First Grade cricket in Sydney. THfrwtyeight years ago A. C. Bannerman scored 141 and 104 for Carlton v. Albert at t:ie Association Ground in the Holdsworth-Gardyne Cup competition. The feat would probably have been accomplished on several occasions ' but for the matches being ao much restricted in time. Trumper alone nrast have done it on .a few occasions if it had been, necessary. H. H. Massie created a sensation in h'ia first match in England by scoring 206 and 46 not out against Oxford University, and another sensation in getting 55 against England in the seven-runs victory on a mud patch. I had the pleasure of being with him • onl manj occasions for the first wicket (says "Shortslip"), and therefore I ought to know the "character o'f cricket lie jplayed. I have never seen another batsman make his strokes as H. H. M. did. Now he has a son-, another H. H. Massie, who bids fair to outdo the parent. Playing for University against Petersham he obtained 168 not out in 2J hours. ».';,'■• La the second match between Victoriaand Western Australia Lampard: was, dismissed in an unusual and equally unsatisfactory way. He played forward to a- shortpitched ball, and, missing it, the wicketkeeper whipped off the bails. The umpire said not out, but Lampard, who misunderstood the umpire's decision, started for' the pavilion. The wicket-keeper then pulled up a stump, and on appeal the batsman was given out. There is in this matter evidence; of a very weak point in the laws of the game Had the incident occurred at the opposite end Lampard would not have been given out; the question of out or not out depended on the position of the pavilion. Of course, it should not bo so. The Yorkshire County C.C. has agreed toft re-arrangement of the system of coaching young players. The practices in April will take place at Harrogate instead of at Laeds, and a sum of £SOO was authorised to be spent in the erection of a winter shed' for practice purposes on or near the Harrogate Ground. In addition it was agreed to appoint Mr- G. J. Weigall, formerly of Cambridge- University and Kent, to act as coach to young players at Harrogate during the month of June. The committeee decided to guarantee £IOO towards the expense? of the All-India Eleven, which will visit England in 1911. It was also agreed to support a recommendation from the Secretaries' Conference that umpires be instructed to allow 6 runs for any nit by which the ball drops clear of the boundary line or fence. CHRISTCHURCH CHAMPIONSHIPS. CHRISTCHURCH, March 21. In district cricket matches this season St. Albans won the First Grade competition, Riccarton the Second and Fourth Grades, and Linwood the ,Third Grade. Sydenham won the shield for most points in all grades. Patrick heads the batting averages with 77.8 and an aggregate of 467 runs; D. Reese, 46; Sims, 35.3. Sandman who is included in the New Zealand team, heads the bowling, taking 63 wickets at an average of 9.8 runs. Bennett- took. 39 wickets for 11.3 each. . OPOHO CLUB'S ART UNION. The drawing .of the Opoho Cricket Club's art union took j>!aoeon Monday evening at the Great Northern Hotel, and was presided over by Mr W. H. Smith and Councillor H. H. S. White, with the following result. The winning numbers are: Eirst prize, No. 365; second, 294; third, 781; fourth, 145; fifth, 384; sixth, 140.

SECOND GRADE

The matctv between : Carisbrook D and j Dunedin C was continued at Carisbrook The latter team in their first innings made 181, and Carisbrook 50 for three wickets. On Saturday Garisbrook carried their score to 324, the chief scorers being Johnston (86), Cameron (44), Lomas (27), Blackwood (25 not out), and J. Harraway (20). Nine of the team reached double figures, and extras accounted for 52. The Dunedin tried every one of their team at the bowling crease, the most successful being Guy, Wycherley, and Foster. Carisbrook won by 143 runs on the first innings. i The match Dunedin B v. St. Kilda was resumed at St. Kilda, when the local team, requiring 8 runs to equal Dunedin'e first inning's total of 127, and having one wicket to fall, only added 2 more. Dunedin, going in a second time, made 203 for nine wickets, and closed their innings. Fannon batted well for 51 (not out), Symonds (35), Thomson (29), M'Farlane (21), Clarke (17) and Leys (11) giving valuable help. L. Edwards, with five wickets, was the most successful bowler for St. Kilda, who, in their second attempt had lost six wickets for 89, when time was called (Hartev 25, not out, Carver 17, and G. Edwards 14). Kindley secured four wickets for 48: By winning this match Dunedin B secure the Second Grade shield, having gone through the season without a defeat. ''.-•'' The match Mornington. v. Albion was won by Morning-ton bv 18 runs. Albion batted with only seven men. Worrall (27) Mownt (20), C. Hart (13). and Grigg (12) batted well against the bowling of Caradus (two wickets for 19), Holderness (three for 32), and .Morgan (one for .16). _. THIRD GRADE. Carisbrook E defeated Mornington, at Carisbrook, by 119 runs, the scores being: Carisbrook, 187; Mornington, 68. For the winners Walcott (55), Short (34), Tilev (26. not out), Bradley (23), and Dittmer (17) batted well, while the chief scorers for ' Mornington were Nelson (30), Roxburgh (11), and Williams (10). For Cansbrook,' Cuddio secured five wickets for 30, J. .Fraser four for 16. and Tily one for 9; and for Mornington Anderson and Abbott secured the wickets. Christian Brothers A defeated Albion B by 64 runs, the scores being: Christian Brothers, 126; Albion. 62. For the winners W. Coughlan (30), H." Salmon (29), G. Wakelin (28), and Laffey (10) batted •well, and Jones bowled very well, takingsix wickets for 16 tuns. Opoho defeated Christian Brothers B by 28 runs, the scores being: Opoho,. 74; Christian Brothers, 46. For Opoho, Pine (20) and J. Still (15) were the highest scorere, while Smith and Drury batted well for the losers. H. Still and M'Lennan. for Opcho, and M'Namara (eight for 13), for Christian Brothers, bowled well. The match between Anderson's Bay and Albion B resulted in a win for the former by 94 rune. Albion batted first, and made 54 runs (A. Vivian 20 and Connor 18). Anderson's Bav responded with 148 runs (Kerr 39, Luke 28, Gall 20, Ross 16, and Gill 16). For the winners, Kirkwood captured seven wickets for 29 runs. Once again K<?it, the Anderson's Bay wicketkeeper, prevented any byes from being scored. ... The match St. Kilda v. Christian Brothers was played at Culling Park, and resulted in a win for St. Kilda by one wicket and 44 runs. For St. Kilda, Off en (45 not out), Cherry (23), Hargreave (13), L. Edwards, sen. (11), and Nelson (8 not out) batted very well- Christian Brothers scored 80 runsi (M'Keffry (12), Fogarty (24), and Cameron 04) reaching double figures. Often bowled well for St. Kilda. as did Layburn and M'Keffry for Christian Brothers '..'- The match High School v. Grange resulted in a win for the former bv 108 runs to 94 For the winners, Pilling (27), Sandes (22) Herbert HI not out), Cameron (12), and Fraser (10) batted best, while Herbert (five, for 25V, Bishop (two for 35), arid Tait (one for 0) bowled well. For Grange, M'L-acn-lan (23) and Clydesdale (21) batted well. The Albion had a decisive win over Mornington on the North Ground. Albion, batting first, oompiled 63 runs (Girvan .14, Marks 13. and. Fyfe 10 not out), and Morning replied with 33 runs (Haig 10). In the second innings Albion compiled 131 (Marks 39. Gow 36, Beadle 14, and R. Fyfe 12 not out), while Mornington responded with 58 'run=. For the Albion, Marks secured five wickets for 32 runs and six for 22. : ; -The match Dunedin D v. St. Kilda was ' plaved on the 'Caledonian Ground. and_ resulted in a win for Dunedin by eight wickets and 125 runs. St. Kilda. batting first,' scored 92 (M'Farlane 21, Miller 14.' M.'Kay "14, Evans, not out. 11, Broomfield 11. 'Ch«.pman .10).. Hedge (three for B)'and' Ahlfield (three for. 16) bowled best for Dunedin. At the call of time Dunedin had scored 217 for two wickets. Hod se playing e splendid innings of 127. while Hardie (40, not out) and Twee die (39) also batted ■.veil. This is Hodge's second centurv this season. Dunedin D win .the Third Grade championship, having lost but one match. OTHER. MATCHES. j A match'between C and W. Hay wards j and W. Nees and Son's furniture factory; employees was played on the North Ground : on Saturday, and resulted in a win for ; Need's team by four wickets. Haywards' men made 33 (W. Can- 10), and Nees's team responded with 73 (Millar 11. Torrance 14. Stevenson 22, not out). In Haywards' second strike they made 99 for five wickets, and then declared their innings closed (Sutherland 40, not out, Carr 23. W. Hay-W.a'-d 17. Walker 12). Nees's employees, with 50 runs to make and onlv half an hour to play' forced the game and succeeded in petting ihe runs on the call of time (Bryden 22. Greenhouse 13. and Hawkins i 10). Carr and Meek bowled best for the j losers, and Townsend and Thomas for the winners; The match Otago Boys' High School and Southland Bovs' High School resulted in a win for the former by an inninsrs and 61 runs, the scares being: Otago. 155; Southland. 42 and 52. For tba winners, Alloo (50). Baxter (29). LeCren (25 not out), Lomas tt4), Nicholson (10): and for the. losers. Stead (17) batted well. Baxter bowled well for Otatro as did Baird for Southland. ASSOCIATION v. OROKONUI. The second annual match -between ' the Otago Umpires' Association and Orokonui was played at Waitati on Saturday, and resulted in a win foY the former by 40 runs. The Umpires' Association made; 95 runs, thechief contributors being Webb (17), Beal (15), and Hannah (15). Orokonui compiled 55. Bam berry (19) and Given (14) batting well. Crosbie bowled effectivelv for the winners, his 6ix wickets for 18 runs being j reminiscent of his palmy days. For Oroko- I

nui, the bowling honours were divided between Given (three for 11), Barberry (three for 37), and M'Taggart (three for 7), the last-named bowling particularly well. _ At the conclusion of the match the visitors were entertained by the local players. m MATCHES IN OTHER CENTRES. AUCKLAND, March 20. The ninth round of the Auckland Cricket Association's district championships was commenced yesterday in beautiful weather. In the Senior Grade North Shore, playing against Eden, made 130 in the first innings (Spence 37, Prime 30, and Hadden 30). G-. Mills took seven wickets for 38 runs. Eden made 85 for six wickets (Cummings 26). Hadden took three wickets for 26 and Howden three for playing against Ponsonby, made 146 (Mason. 29 and Gray 27). M'Coy took four wickets for 36 runs. Ponsonby made 57 for six wickets (Hemus 41). Mason took three wickets for 26 and Gray three for 28.—University met Parnell, and made 57. Olliff took eight wickets for 16. Parnell made 138 for eight wickets (Sale 39, Anthonv 34, and Olliff 28 not out). WELLINGTON, March 20. The Senior cricket matches were con--tinued yesterday in fine weather. There is some doubt whether another round will be played; if not, central will win the championship, with East A runners-up. Central made 199 against South (Hickson 53, Roberts 35, Wilkinson 35 not out), arid one wicket for 19 in the second innings. South made 100 in their first innings and 116 in their second (Burton 44 and Smith 36). — North made 85 in their first innings against East A (Wynyard 22 and, Waters 22). Hickey took five wickets for 30 runs. In their second innings North lost five wickets for 115 (Williams 33, Blackloek 27. and Waters 20). ' East A made 170 in their first innings and 43 for throe wickets in their second. —Petone beat Hutt by 57 runs. The winners made 105 in their first innings, and lost six wickets for 58 in their second (Southgate 19). Hutt compiled 51 in their first innings, Brice taking four wickets for 13 and Joyce five for 15: and they made 55 in their second innings.—East B defeated Victoria College by an innings, two wickets, and 22 runs, the scores being: EasT, B,* 130 for eighc wickets; Colkwre. 30 and 78. CHRISTCHURCH, March 20. - The last of the First Grade matches was played yesterday- St. Albare (72 and 149 for' five wickets) beat Linwood (66 and 147): Sydenham (374 for eisrht wickets) beat Pic carton (167 and 107 for six wickets); Ease Christeharch (176 and 65 for four wickets) beat West Christchurch (109 and 130 for nine wickets). The result of the competition is: St, Albans, 14 points: Sydenham, . 13. East Christchurch. 10; West Christchurch, 10; Riccarton, 8; Linwood, 2. ARMSTRONG INDISPOSED. CHRISrCHURCH. March 16. , Armstrong, captain of the Australian team, did not go north with the other members of the team last night. When in Dunedin ho met with an accident, When out walking on the hills he slipped, and, in trying to risrht himself, he threw himself back, with the result that he snapped one of the muscles in the. region of the heart. He stayed behind to receive treatment. Armstrong purposes leaving this evening for Wellington, en route for Wanganui. He will not play at Pa.lmerston nor at New Plymouth, and unless he feels much improved in health he will not play at Wanganui. A REMARKABLE PEPvFORMANCE. AUCKLAND, March 20. A cricket record that is believed to be unparalleled Was put up. on the Auckland Domain yesterday, a whole team being dismissed without scoring a single run. The match was played between Whareti and Havelock, the teams being composed mostly of postal employees. Havelock, winning the toss, went in first, and one after the other was clean bowled—all for "ducks." The hero of the day was Biackie who secured nine wickets for none, Lloyd getting one for none. Whareti made 43 runs. AUSTRALIA v. MANAWATU. PALMERSTON N, March' 16. The match Australia..v. Maria watu was commenced this afternoon: There was a fair attendance. The wicket was, if anything, slightly heavy, but was not particularly difficult. Armstrong and Cory were not playing. Bardsley w r on the' toss,and sent Manawatu to the Wickets. Ongley ■ and Mitchell opened for the local team to the bowling of Whitty and Emery. Mitchell stopped two balk, and at the third was clean bowled by a tricky one from Whitty. o—l—o. Trevene 'ollowed. Ongley hit Emery for 3. Trevena scored a single with a neat one to leg, but the over found him facing Whitty, whose third ball found his middle stump." 42 —1. Goldspring came next. ■ In the- next over Ongley hit Emery for 3, but soon afterwards knocked one of .Whitty's deliveries into "the slips, and Emery brought off a neat one-handed catch. M'L&an, the local captain, replaced Ongley, and scored off Whitty, whose averago up to this time had been three overs, three maidens, three wickets. Goldspring was clean bowled by Emery. 13—4—2. The next man (Mason) scored* a lucky 3 off Emery, but he fell a victim to Whitty, being caught smartly in the slips by Emery. 16—5 —3. O'Connor followed, and in Whitty's next over he placed one into Bardsley's hands at third man. 20—6 —2. Cobbe. was next man. JEmery then clean bowled M'Lgan. but the umpire called noball, and the ordain got a life. The ball was the seventh of trie over. M'Lean was now playing with more confidence, but the next over of Whitty's proved too much for him, and the ball found his off stump. 33—7—8. Holland followed, and a brief stand was maxle. Fifty went up' for an k hour's play. Things showed signs of livening up, and Holland lifted Emery or another 4, while Cobbe followed this up by two 4's. The brief partnership was broken by Holland's wicket falling to a swift one from Emery. 64—8—13. Bartlett followed, and made a single before Cobbe fell lbw to Emery, after making the highest score 'or his side (32) by clever hitting. His hits included five 4's.' 79—9—32. Wells walked to the wickets, placed one into Whitty's hands, and walked back again. 79—10 —0. Eyre scored a brace, but was clean bowled next ball. 87—11—2." Greer,'the last man placed a short-pitched ball from -Emery into, Bardsley's hands, the innings closing for 87 after an hour and a-half's play. The Australians opened to the bowling of Ongley and Bartlett, Facey and Dodds going to the wickets. Facey caused a sation by hitting Onglev out of the ground twice in xapid succession. Twenty and 30

went up on the board in quick time. Greer relieved Ongley, and with his fourth ball clean bowled Facey. 36—1—24. Whitty followed, and spooned Greer's first delivery, but there was no one handy. Shortly afterwards he repeated the performance with Bartlett, and spooned one nicely into Wells's hands. 37—2—1. Kelleway was next man. Runs were now coming slowly, mainly by singles. Dodds fell to a swift one from Greer. 48 —3—15. Emery replaced him, but shortly afterwards the umpires stopped the game owing to the bad light. | March 17. The' cricket match, Australia v. Mana- j watu, was continued to-day. Kelleway and i Emery, the not out men, faced th© bowl- j ing of Greer and Cobbe. Emery and Simpson were quickly,dismissed. The Kellc- I way and Smith partnership saw 14 tele- j graphed before Kelleway was dismissed by a beautiful bailer from Holland. He had j made 47. Bardsley joined Smith, and a j fine partnership resulted, th© score being taken to 264 before Smith fell lbw to Greer, j He made 107, including eight 6's, a five. | and six 4's. Both h© and Bardsley played j vigorous cricket, and landed the ball in the | middle of th© crowded grand stand fre- j quently. Mayne joined Bardsley, and car- ' fied the score to 304, when Bardsley was j clean bowled by Wells after making 76 i attractively. Manawatu's second innings commenced .' after a delay by heavy rain. The visitors j commenced by bowling soft stuff from Hop- • kins and Warne, but as time was getting : on Whitty and Emery took the leather, and ] Manawatu were dismissed for 113, Australia thus winning by an innings and 104 runs. Scores:— \ Manawatu.—First Innings. Mitchell, b Whitty ... ... 0 Ongley, c Emery, b Whitty ... ... 6 T.revena, b Whitty ... ... 1 Goldspring, b Emery .;... -«.. 2 M'Lean, b Whittv 8 Mason, c Emery, b Whitty ..." ... *.'. 3 O'Connor, c Bardsley, b Whitty . ... ... 2 Cobbe, lbw. b Emery ... „.. '«,. ... 32 Holland, b Emery ■'.".'. ... :„■ ... ,>U 13 Wells, c Bardsley, b Emery ... ... ... 0 Bartlett, not out ... ... ... 12 Eyre, b Emerv ... ... 2 Greer, c Bardsley, b Emery ... ... ... 0 Extras ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 Total ... ... ... ... ... 87 Bowling Analysis.—Whitty, 6 for 36; Emery, 6 for 47. Second Innings. . Ongley. b Hopkins ... »« s;i 25 Mitchell, st Dodds, b Hopkins .., .... 0 Trevean, c Whitty, b Warne ,>. .... 0 j Goldspring, b Facey ... .... ......... 20 M'Lean, b Bardsley, b Warne *..».. 2 1 Cobbe, st Dodds, b Whitty .... ».. w. 17 ; Holland, b Simpson >..■ >,..- 1 ! Mason, b Facey ... ... ,-. ».-# *... 4 Bartlett, not out , .>.. ».. 7; O'Connor, c Kelleway, b Whitty ... •«.. 8 ' Greer, b Whitty ' .i. *..: *.. 0 Wells, b Emery ...... ... ... 7: Eyre, b Emery ... ... ... ... ... -.» 1 Extras ... ... ... ... ... ... s« 1 Total- ... '-,. ... H 3 Bowling Analysis.—Hopkins, 2 wickets for 17 runs; Warne. 2 wickets for 36 runs: Simpson. 1 wicket for 6 runs; Facey, 2 wickets for 9 ru.ns; Smith, no wickets for 10 runs; ' Whitty, 6 wickets for 22 runs; Emery, 2 wickets for 4 runs. Australia. First Innings. .7 Facey. b Greer. .. ... -..*. r .» 24 I Dodds, b Greer -.., *,.».. 15 Whitty, c ' Wells, b Bartlett . .... .... I Kelleway, b Holland. ... ... i.. -*•; 47 Emery, b Greer .......... s.« V.* 0 Simnson. b Cobbe . ... .... ... ... Smith, lbw. b Greer ... ■■<../:...' -s-.v y.. 107 Bardsley, b Wells ... ~,, ... ... >... 75 Slayne, not out .... >.. ..* . •"? *" <•• 19 Extras ... .« »• »•• 4 3 Total, for eight wickets >;. ... 304 Bowling.Analysis.—Bartlett, 1 wicket for 56 runs; Ongley, no wickets for 49 runs; ; Greer, 4 wickets, for 2 runs; Cobbe, 1 ) wicket for ,28 runs;. Holland. 1 wicket for | 4 runs; Wells, 1- wick°t for 35 runs. - j AUSTRALIA v. WANGANUI. -*• WANGANUI, March 18. j The Australians commenced their match against an Eleven of Wanganui this afternoon. Btitterworth, the Wanganui captain, won the toss, and batted. ' The first wicket fell at 17, when Butterworth was bowled by Kelleway. Wanganui ..batted poorly. Nine wickets were down for 69 runs, of which Parker made' 26, when Henderson and Holland became associated, and car- ; ried the total to 125. by free hitting. Gorry and Emery opened Australia's innings. The first wicket fell for 16, Addison bowling Gorry. ■ '■'■ Whitty came : .n, to see Emery out lbw for 20. Whitty batted aggressively. The third wicket fell at 38,' when Holland bowled Facey. Simpson and Dodds added 5 each. Six wickets were down for 52 runs. Bardsley joined Kelleway, both playing out time, with the score at six wicketsdown for 90. Addison and'Holland; bowled splendidly for Wanganui, who also fielded well March 20. The oricket match Wanganui v. Australians was resumed at Cook's Gardens on Saturday morning at 11.30 in ideal weather. The attendance was very fair. The not-outs, Bardsley and Kelleway, - resumed the Australians' innings. Bardsley scored 3 off Addison's first over. Kelleway narrowly missed being stumped during the next oyer, and in the following he' was brilliantly caught by L. P. Cave off Holland ait cover point. 110 —7—27. Smith filled the breach, and the runs came slowlv. Then Holland snapped ut> Bardsley in the slips. 128—8—37. Bardsley had dayed sound cricket, and the local team was not sorry to see the last of him. Smith was and then he saw Howard retire, being caught by H. B. Cavo off Addison at mid-o.n. Hopkins came in. only to see Mavne caught bv Howard at long off, and the innings closed for 130. Butter worth and H. B. Cave opened for Wansranui. the former playing good cricket until'bowled by Emery. "19—1—10. L. P. Cave filled the 'breach, but the partnership did not last long, H. B. Cave getting his log in front of a ball from Hopkins.' Parker's reign was also short,, but he had got a. 4 and two 3's when ,bowl«d- by Honkins. Howard then came in, and the scores mounted steadily, both men playing good cricket. The score stood at 65 at the luncheon adjournment. After resuming L P.< Cave hit 10 off Hopkins's seventh over, and then he saw Howard retire,.- being" caught in the slips off a .-ieingr ball by Gorry from Emery's "firs*,ball. 88—3—i8. The.next man to retire was Holland, who scored L

and was then caught in the slips by Emery. Andreae, Addison, and Henderson went in, and retired in quick succession. Andreae secured 2, then Emery found his stumps. Hopkins also scattered Addison's wickets before that player had scored. Henderson smote Hopkins for a single, and then his next was caught by Bardsley off Emery. 968 —1. Burrett brought up 100 with a 2 off Emery and a stroke to leg. Hopkins, however, scattered his stumps. 103—9—6. Atkinson was last man in, and put Hopkins away nicely for 2. Whitty replaced Emery, and with his third ball bowled Atkinson, and closed the innings for 106. . - Requiring 102 to win, Bardsley sent in Simpson and Mayne at 3 o'clock, Mayne taking strike to Holland, who sent down a maiden over. Addison's first over produced eight runs, and Simpson, brought up 10 by a nice drive. The local men were fielding splendidly, and the pair batted brilliantly. Simpson then played loose at a good one from Addison, and was caught by Butterworth. 40—1—21. Emery came in, and Mayne brought up the half century with a boundary off Addison. L. P. Cave relieved Holland, sending down, a maiden over. Sixty now appeared after another nice boundary stroke by Mayne. The next ball however, h© placed in Burrett's hands at long on, and retired for 31. Whitty did not last long, being caught by'Butterworth off L. P. Cave. 62—3—6. Dodds' and Addison sent down a maiden over. Holland relieved Cave. Both batsmen Jwere playing very careful cricket, and at the afternoon tea adjournment the score stood at 70. After tea runs came slowly, the batsmen contenting themselves with singles. Dodds was then caught at mid-off by Andreae off Addison. 86 —4 —2. Emery batted well, bringing 100 up with a fine stroke to the boundary, and put the next ball to the pavilion for 6. the Australians thus winning by six wickets. The rest of the afternopn.'*th« Australians devoted to an exhibitiojl or batting. The sco're was 222 when stujaps were drawn. The wicket wore very weft *and the visitors say it is the fastest during the tour. Scores:—^.-• .- "■ '■*'. •'■ '"' '>' ■ -.-"' 'Wangan'ui.^—First Innings,. . % Butterworth, b Kelleway ~l .-:...".. ';;. ; s l6 H. H. Cave, b Kelleway :.". .....,■-.;., 5 L. P.' Cave,- b Kelleway .-..- «W ; ; .">. '».". • 6 Parker, - lbw, b Smith ... ■... -... ... 26 Howard, is Kelleway ... ... ... ... ... 4 Andreae, "b Mayne ...■ ,-... 3' Atkinson, o Bardsley, b Mayne ... ... 2 Addison, c Simpson, b Smith ...■ ... 0 Holland, b Kelleway ... v.. ... «... 23 Burnett, b Smith -...-•... 0 Henderson, not out ... ... . 28 Extras ... ... „.< .... ... s .j ■'*..- 15 Total ... ... ... ... ... .....125 Bowling Analysis.—Kelleway, five wickets for 17 runs; Mayne, two for 10; Smith, three for 10. . - Second Innings. - Butterworth, b Emery ... ...- ... ... 10 H. B. Cave, lbw, b Hopkins 7 L. P. Cave, not out ... .., ... ... 35 Parker, b Hopkins ... ... ... ■:.!'' ... 10 Howard,'o Gorry, b Emery .;.;..... 18 Holland, c Emery, b Hopkins 1 Andreae, b -.Emery,. . ..,.,".,.- ..;..; -...:..; 2 Addison,■-b;Hopkins..? '..;':...>• ...• ..'.' ... 0 Henderson," c Bardsley, b Emery "' ... 9 Burrett, b Hopkins :» .-..,/..." ;.:'-... ..: 6 ;Atkirison,-b Whitty■-•'.;'.•',-.v.-- :.■;;■.--•' : '..-. -.;/-:■ 2 : : : -' : ' :,..■ Extras "; ..± ,'.^.'",.;.■ ■':&;£. . ; .'.. y ' 14 ••- Total -. i.< l --.::\ a .-i ..:.:: 106 ■ Bowling ' Emery, 4 for 43; Gorry, nb wickets for 8; Smith; rib' wickets for' 5; "Whitby,;, l'for 1. •:.:. ■ Emery, lbw,"^b'-'Holland , .'i'.," ...'' ''.'.. r..' 12 Gorry,' b" Addison''.;"*'.;■..'„'•.:". '.'.:i~ ...'-;..' ■ I; Whitty, c L: Cave, b Addison , .i.: ~,, 20 Facey, b Holland'' :' .*-.. .» ... -..a 2 Dodds, b -':". ".■■';. ... ... Simpson, c Parker, b Holland Kelleway,: ,c L. Cave, b . Holland .;;." 27 Bardsley," o' Holland, b Addison, >.'. 37 Smith, 'c H. B. Cave, b Addison ... 10 ■Mayne, o Howard, b Holland; ~. .'..';. 1 Hopkins, not out .:...- ',>•;,;..' f.\> .;. 1 Extras' ... ... .<.... ;../...: 9 | Total. ... ... . ... .„..;: 130 I. Bowling Addison, 4 for 37; L. P. Cave, no wickets 'for 6. ; :■ Second Inning's. '.,'.'.,'..„,.:.. Simpson, c Butterworth, b Addison .... 21 Mayne, o Burrett, b Addison ....... 31 Emery not out- ... 62 Whitty, c"Butterworth, bL. P. Cave... 0 Dodds, c Andreae, b Addison ..:•■-... 2 Gorry, bL. P. Cave' - .'■'. ... -■ ... H Fac-v, b Addison -... ... .•: ...:..•< 23 Hopkins,- 1 c Butterworth, b Addisbh. >:..f -8; Smith, b'L. P. Cave ..: ... 14 Kelleway, c Henderson, b Addison .'.. 27 Bardsley, not out 3 Extras ... ,~ 20 Total ... - 220 Bowling Analysis.—Holland, no wickets for 56; Addison, 6 for 61; L. P. Cave, 3 for 51; Burrett, no wickets for 34. ENGLISH TEAM IN SOUTH AFRICA. CAPETOWN, March 14. The South Africans', second innings produced 324 runs (Faulkner 99). England won by nine wickets.