LAND AND WATER.

Otago Witness, Issue 3332, 23 January 1918, Page 46

LAND AND WATER.

A member of the Wor&er Bay Swimming Club was responsible ior a remarkable feat a few" days ago (states the Wellington Post). An anchor bad been lost in about 12ft of ■water, and had become deeply embedded in the &and. A swimmer was sent down to locate it, that it might be grappled for. He, however, not only located it, but brought it to the surface. The weight of the- anchor was 201 b or more, and it had been m the water for nearly 12 months. A young girl, Miss Eegg, of Dunedin, had an unfortunate holiday experience (reports the Tapanui Courier). She was stopping with Mr P. Sim, at Crookston, and either fell or jumped from a horse which she was riding. She landed on her feet, but fell forward, striking her chin on the ground. She remained unconscious for over a week, and at first her life was despaired of, but the doctor has now every hopo of her recovery. CRICKET. Some discussion took place at a meeting of the Management Committee of the Wellington Cricket Association a few nights ago when a telegram was received from the Canterbury Association asking if the local association had any objection to Patrick, who played for Otago a short while ago, playing for Canterbury in the match between Canterbury and Wellington, commencing to-day. Patrick, since playing for Otago, had taken up his residence in Canterbury. The Wellington association replied that in its opinion the rules concerned), which state that no man should represent more than one centre in a reason, should apply to the case. FIRST GRADE. The match St. Kilda v. Mornington was .played on the Caledonian Ground, and resulted in a win for St. Kilda, who scored 101 to Morniilgton's 90. The match Carisbrook v. Albion was played at Carisbrook on an easy wicket. Carisbrook maintained their unbeaten record this season by defeating Albion in a low-scoring match by 2-1 runs. A feature of the match was the fine fielding of Monk (Albion), who also batted vigorously. Ramsden, for Carisbrook, was the mainstay of the side, getting 21 runs and taking six wickets for 23 runs. SECOND GRADE. Grange met and defeated Albion on the Grange wicket by 22 runs. Albion, 57 (Bethune 27). Grange, 79 (Arthur 26, Reutieaux 16, Wright 16, Hughes 10). Wright (five wickets for 17 runs) bowled best for Grange, as did' M'Neil and King for Albion. LEAGUE MATCHES. Shaddock, 122 (Burt 47 not out, Eckhofl 87, Wills 23, audi Rigby 10) defeated Orokonui. 74 (M'Neil 21 aiid Marshall 11). Bowling for Shacklock, Eckhofi captured five wickets for 30 and Burt two for 34, and for Orokonui Connor five for 24 and Dodd four for 69. Tramway, 78 for nine wickets CW. Paine 33) beat Standard, 74 (Paine 17). Tramway's best bowlers were Paine (one for 4) and Murrow (four for 29), and Standard's Ingram (five for 33) and Richmond (one for 22). ■ WELLINGTON v. CANTERBURY. WELLINGTON, January 21. The Wellington-Canterbury cricket match ■was commenced on the Basin Reserve today, in perfect weather, with a light southtrly breeze. The Canterbury captain won the toss, and. sent in Perrin audi North.

Garrod bowled from the sblith end, and Hiddlestone from the north. Notwithstanding the rain that had fallen there was still some sting in the wicket, and the batsmen were uncomfortable when facing Garrod's fast bowling. Garrod bowled Perrin after about 10 minutes' play. 12—I—lo. Allardyce rame in, and had the good fortune to be missed twice in one over by Lambert, and in the next over survived an appeal for leg-before. At 49 Brice relieved Hiddlestone, getting North in the first over leg-before. Booth, the next man, soon lost his -wicket to Garrod, and Thomas followed. Seventy went up after an hour's play. Brice then bowled Thomas. Marris relieved Garrod, and shortly after Allardyce -was stumped off the former's bowling. 85—5—33. Reese had made only four when he was clean bowled by Marris, and Hay was run out without scoring. Read came, but soon lost Gray. Howell was dismissed by a splendid catchy by Marris, and shortly after Brioe caught Fuller. Read, who carried his bat, played lively but sound cricket for 41. Wilson and Hiddlestone opened foi 1 Wellington, Reese and Read bowling. Wilson did not relish the bowling of Read, who at length captured his leg wicket.—37—l—23. Dind followed. Howell relieved Reese, and Thomas replaced Read. Scoring was slow, and when Thomas bowled Dind the board showed 77 for 79 minutes' play. Bolter was caught by Perrin after making 2. Burton showed an inclination to hit out, but Reese sent a full-toss, which Burton hit to Hay, who held it. Condliffe joined Hiddlestone, and the century went tip after 94 minutes' play. Reese bowled Hiddlestone, and the board showed 107—5—51. Brice, the next man, soon lost Condliffe, who was bowled by Howell. Lambert was given out to a full pitcher from Reese. Brice scored a sixer by hitting Reese out of the ground. Marris lost his wicket to a yorker from Reece. Brice, who was forcing the pace, over-reached to one of Reese's, and was stumped. Garrod, the last man, was caught in the slips before scoring. In Canterbury's second innings Garrod bowled in great form, and when stumps were drawn the visitors had lost four wickets for 74 runs. Gray, who is shown in the score to be the not out, was bowled by one of Garrod's fast deliveries, but the disturbed wicket was not noticed until the umpire had called over and the ball was dead. Perrin retired hurt, but will resume later in the innings. Scores: Canterbury.—First Innings. North, lbw, b Brioe 18 Perrin, b Garrod 10 Allardyce, st Condliffe, b Marris S 3 Reese, b Marris 4 Booth, b Garrod 0 Tl'/mas, b Brice 5 Gray, e Hiddlestone, b Marris 9 Hay, run out T 0 Bead, not out 41 Howell, c Marris, b Hiddlestone 8 Fuller, o Brice, b Hiddlestone 7 Extras ... 24 Total 159 Bowling Analysis.—Hiddlestone, two wickets for 45 runs; Garrod, two for 26; Brice, two for 29, Morris, three for 35. Second Innings. Perrin, retired hurt 10 North, o Baker, b Garrod , 7 Allardyce, b Garrod 7 Booth,' b Garrod , 0 Hay, b Garrod 18 Trcmas, not out ~ 8 Gray, not out „. 9 Extras 16 Total (for four wiokets) 74 Bowling Analysis.—Garrod, four wiokets for 20, Biice, none for 11; Hiddlestono, rone for 27. V/ELLiNOTON.—First Innings. Hiddlestone, b Bead ;. ... 51 Wilson, b Bead "j \" 33 Dind, b Thomas t „ t#< '_'" j,j Baker, c Perrin, b Thomas „ \[' g Burton, 0 Hay, b Reeso " g Condliffe, b Howell , ,"' \" .5 Brice, st , b Beoso , ['[ 03 Lambert, lhw, b Reese \\[ 5 Marris, b Reeso ,„ u Bennett, not out j) Garrod, o Read, b Reese 0 Extras „, ... 10 Total "163 Bowling Analysis.—Read, two wickets for 54; Reese, five for 63; 'Howell, ona for 20; Thomas, two for 17.