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Otago Witness, Issue 3544, 14 February 1922, Page 58

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OTAGO v. SOUTHLAND. The weather was perfect for the opening of the Otago and Southland cricket matches at Carisbrook on Wednesday morning. Both senior and junior games were played, but noither province was represented at anything like its full strength. The absence of many well-known names from both senior teams took away considerably from the interest of the match, but nevertheless a fair number of spectators gathered round the railings in the afternoon. Otago batted first, and remained at the wickets for the greater part of the day. Largely owing to the good work of Iveast, whose 61 was the top score, of Higgins, who patiently compiled 46 in the opening stages of the game, and of Catto, who knocked up a smart 41, the Otago innings yielded 276. The veteran Doig was undoubtedly the mainstay of the Southland attack, though the averages do not show that. He bowled with great accuracy and consistency, and had hard luck In having four catches dropped off him. Tool, with four for 37. came out with the best average. In the matter of catches the Southland team was weak,, and at least seven chances were dropped, but ilieir ground fielding as a whole was distinctly good. Hamilton at point was particularly noticeable for many smart saves, and Bogue, who stumped two, gave a very good display behind the wickets. The length of the grass in the outfield tended considerably to slow down the scoring. Southland went to the wickets at 5 o’clock and made a disastrous start, Hamilton and Kavanagh being both clean bowled by the time 11 was scored. Walsh and Abercrombie made a useful stand until the latter was dismissed Ibw, and at the call of time the visitors had somewhat recovered, and had 41 runs in hand for the loss of three wickets. Play will be continued at Carisbrook at 11 a.m. to-day. Messrs Hamel and M’Connoehie officiated as umpires in the morning, Mr Mackersy taking Mr M’Connochie s place in the afternoon. The teams were as follows„ Southland: T. Bogue, J. Doig, T. Abercrombie, H. Gleeson. T. Groves. J. Hamilton, E. Kavanagh, A. Poole, Y. Raines, A. Walsh, and A. Wish. Otago: G. Sansoin, A. R. Knight, A. Keast, W. Strong, I. T. Catto, H. Shadwell, G. R. Dickinson, H. E. Harraway, T. Carlton, W. Higgins, and R. Cherry." Carlton, the Otago skipper, won the toss, and elected to bat. Plav commenced at 1125 a.m. Cherry and iliggins were the opening batsmen. Higgins at the pavilion end taking strike to Groves. He got a 2 ball, and another was added for a bye before the close of the over. Doing took the ball at the other end and Higgins added a single off his second.’ Cherry got 2 behind the wicket. In the next gver Higgins cut Grove's last for a single. Play continued very quiet, while tho batsmen sought to play themselves in. Doig s second over, which was to Higgins was a maiden. Groves followed with a maoden to Cherry, a hot shot being well fielded at point. Higgins drove Doig for a single in the next over. Higgins brought “ U P 25 minutes’ plav by chopping Droves s last ball past cover to the boundary for 4. Cherrv had a narrow escape of being caught in the next over, Doig falling 08 i e t?° 1 to it- Kavanagh replaced" Groves! and Higgins on drove him for a couple Cherry added a single off Doig. who was keeping an excellent length, and another off Kavanagh. Higgins brought 20 up by pulling Kavanagh to the leg boundary The score mounted slowly by singles, and then Higgins drove Kavanagh for a 2 and a 4 and hooked him to leg for 2. Thirty up! -*llggins continued to be more aggressive and drove Doig over the bowler’s head for a single He lifted him again high into Abercrombie s hands at deep mid-on but -he chance was dropped. In the next over bo pulled Kavanagh nicely for 3. Doig sentdown a maiden to Cherry, and then Wish took the ball at the end opposite the pavilion, Higgins square-cut his first to the boundary, bringing 40 up, and followed with a leg hit for 2. In Doig’s next over he added a couple and two singles, and 50 appeared on the board. After an hour s pia.y Cherry brought his score to 13 by getting Yish to the leg boundary. The total was 55 with no wickets down Hiofill 8 w nt u° r . a i lig hit off D °bb hut it u 4 , s i* ort a 6. Cherry pulled a short ball from ish to leg for 4. Doit’s next over was another maiden to Higgins. Poole was the next bowler tried, and Cherry dismissed his first a full toss, to the leg boundary. A single to Cherry later in the oxer brought the total to 70. Higgins cut Do,g sweetly for a couple. Cherry was 24 when Kavanagh at mid-off dropped a hot low one from him off Poole. In Poole’s next over Cherry attempted to pull a straijdit one and was clean bowled. 75—1— , ‘ 1 ,a y “ad then been in progress for an hour and 25 minutes. Knight followed, and notched a single off his first ball. Two balls later Poole clean bowled Higgins, who had contributed a most valuable 46. 76—2—46. Dickinson was the incomer, and Knight got the bowling from Doig. He scored a single, and -then Dickinson brought 80 up with a carpet drive to the boundary Poole’s next over produced 3. Knight- got a full toss of Doig’s away to leg tor 2. cut him for a couple, and brought 90 up with another couple to leg off the last of the over. Dickinson drove Doig for 2, and added a closerun single off a short one. In Doig’s next over Dickinson'drove him three times to the boundary. The second hit brought the century up, and provided a good chance to Gleeson at long-on, but it was rather close to the fence to get back to. Dickinson lifted tho next low into Walsh’s hands also in the long-field, but he could not. hold it. The batsman did almost exactly the same with the next, and this time Walsh made no mistake. 109—3—24. At this stage the luncheon adjournment was taken. Carlton went to the crease with Knight after the interval, and Poole and Doig took up the bowling. Before any addition had been made to the score Poole’s seventh ball proved fatal to Knight. 109—4—10. Keast followed. Higgins brought 110 up W'lth a single off Doig. and Keast added another. Each batsman got a single off I oole s next, over. Keast got a brace off Doig, and then hit him in leg fo- 4 Carlton square cut Poole almost to the boundary, but a short run was called, and only one insulted. A number of singles were added, and Keast off drove Poole to tho boundary 130 up. At this stage Doig, who had bowled continuously 20 overs from tho comfneneement of*the match, was re placed by Groves at the pavilion end. Carlton hi# his first to log for 2 and another went, to tho boundary for lives. Keast pulled Poole for 4 and for a single, and in the next over he got a 3 from Grove-

including two for an overthrow. He got the same bowler past cover point for a brace, and brought 150 up. Kavanagh, bowling a slow break, replaced Poole, and Carlton put him up dangerously in the slips. The over produced four singles and a pair to Carlton. Keast cut Groves to the boundary, and brought 160 up. A couple of balls later what appeared to be a chance off Keast was not accepted by the wicketkeeper. Then Keast sent one hard back to Groves, who misled a difficult one-handed chance. In the following over Carlton swept a full toss from Kavanagh hard to the boundary. A few balls later Carlton chopped one of Groves’ up into Doig’s hands at second slip, and fhe veteran made sure of it. 1745 —22. Sail so m was next, man, and he opened his account with a single from an overthrow and another off Kavanagh. Keast lifted Kavanagh over point’s head to the boundary. He cut Groves strongly for 2, but “one short” was again called. The batsmen, who now seemed fairly comfortable, continued to add singles. Keast brought up hi s own halfcentury and became top scorer by driving Groves to the off boundary. He followed this up by lifting the ball over Groves’ head for 4 and cutting him for another 4, this last stroke bringing 200 on the board. In the next, over Sansom missed in attempting a big hit off Kavanagh and was smartly stumped by Bogue. 200 —6—6. Catto followed, and sent his first ball to the boundary. He did the same with t.he last ball of Kavanagh’s over, and then pulled Groves for a third 4. Keast got the bowling in the next over, and pulled Kavanagh for a 2 and a 4. Two for an overthrow brought up 220. The first ball of Kavanagh’s next over Keast skied, and Raines ran round' and held it safely. 223 —7 —61. The outgoing ' batsman got a good round of applause. Strang filled the gap. Catto got Groves to the leg boundary, and drove him for a single. Tire first ball of Kavanagh’s next over he also smote cleanly to leg for 4. Strang had only made two singles when he went for a hit off Kavanagh, and was stumped. 235—8—2. The afternoon tea adjournment was ihen taken.

Shadwell filled Strang’s place and opened his account with a single off Groves. Shadwell snicked a boundary through the slips in the same over and brought 240 up. Both batsmen continued to score off Groves and 250 was soon run up. Catto drove Kavanagh for 3 to the off, Shadwell drove him straight back for 3, and Catto got him to leg for 3 off successive balls. The over produced 11. Poole came on bowling at the pavilion end and Catto turned him to leg for 2. His third ball Catto skied up in the slips where it was hold by Wish. 263—9—41. Harraway was the last man. Doig came on at the opposite end and Shadwell drove him straight back for a single. A 2, a 3, and a boundary to Shadwell brought the total to 270. Haraway drove Poole for a single, the. only run scored in that over. He pulled Doig for a single in the next and then Shadwell hit him to leg into Wakh’s hands. The innings closed" for 276 at a quarter to five. The Otago men had been at the wickets for four hours and one minute, and had given a sound though by no means showy or brilliant display. When Southland commenced their innings, Abercrombie took strike to _the bowling of Dickinson with Hamilton as his partner. Abercrombie scored a single and then Hamilton scooped him to leg for three. Abercrombie got another single and then Dickinson with his seventh ball shattered Hamilton’s off stump, 51 —3. Gleeson was the newcomer and Carlton took the ball at the pavilion end. Gleeson gave a chance in the slips, but Cherry failed to hold it. The over was a maiden. Abercombie got Dickinson to leg for a single and drove Carlton for 1. Gleeson added another single. Two for leg-byes brought 10 up, after 14 minutes’ play. Gleeson got a smack on the wrist from Dickinson and went off in favour of Kavanagh. Dickinson’s first ball to him was a low fast yorker which upset his middle stump, 11—2 —0. Walsh followed to the wickets and played out the over. Abercrombie played one of Carlton’s to leg for a single. Dickinson beat tho wickels and the wicketkeeper for two byes, and Abercrombie ran a close one off the next. Carlton had Walsh in difficulties but a couple of singles were scored off his next over and 20 appeared on the board. Both batsmen got singles from Dickinson. Abercrombie got Carlton to leg for 2, and then Walsh cut Dickinson to ♦lre fence for the first 4 of the innings. 30 up. The next ball was a chance which Higgins, behind the wickets, dropped. With the score at 32 Keast went on in place of Carlton, Abercrombie securing a pair and a single off his over. Haraway came on bowling at the other end and each batsman got a single from him. Keast sent clown a maiden over to Walsh, and Harraway bowled a maiden to Abercrombie. Keast’s next was the third successive maiden and then Abercrombie pulled Harraway to square leg for a couple. He got another couple in a similar direction, and was then given out 1.b.w., 41-3 -19. Groves was the next batsman. Keast’s last over of the day was another maiden. Stumps were drawn at 6 o’clock. SECOND DAY. —SOUTHLAND DEFEATED. The match between Otago and Southland was continued in excellent weather at Carisbrook on Thursday forenoon. The visitors were suffering from a run of bad luck. Doig had ricked his back the previous day, Gleeson’s injured hand heavily handicapped him, and Groves was by no means recovered from a. bout of influenza. In their first, innings the visitors carried their previous day’s score of three for 41 to 74 before the innings closed. Poole’s 14 was the only notable further contribution to the total. In their second venture Southland fell one short of their first innings total and left Otago winners by an innings and 129 runs. Dickinson and Carlton did most, of . the destruction though Harraway got two wickets in the first innings and three in the second. Messrs E. A. Hamel and W. Mackersy officiated as umpires. At tho close of the game Otago went in again just for a purely sporting innings. The Southland and Otago juniors continued their friendly game in Carisbrook during the day, the visitors making a much better showing on this occasion than in the official match. Play was resumed at. 11.15. Dickinson from the end opposite the pavilion bovvliiiu- (o Groves. Ills sixilt ball took Groves’ off stump 41—4- 0. Poole followed and survived an anpeal for lbw off his first ball. Carlton bowled from the other end to Walsh and his seeded ball clean bowled him. 41- s—lo. Rail 'a was the incomer I’oole drove Dickinson for a single, the first run of the day, and Baines added

another to leg. Poole cut the last ball of the over to the boundary. Poole out Carlton high over slips for 4 and brought 50 up. In the next over he drove Dickinson for 3 and Raines got in a good stroke to the leg boundary. Raines added two off Carlton's next, but Dickinson knocked h,is middle stump flat a few balls later. 55 —6 —9. The next batsman was Bogue. Carlton caught and bowled Poole in the next over, and the visitors' began to look pmar. 65—-7—14. Doig filled the gap and drove Carlton for a single. He glanced Dickinson to the leg boundary and added a single to leg. In the next over he put Carlton up in the slips and Sansom held the eat-oh. 71 —B—6.8 —6. Wish came in and Bogue scored a single. Wish drove Harraway almost to the boundary and was finishing off a leisurely three when the return from Sansom and then Keast surprised him by hitting tho wicket,. 74 —a —2. Gleeson returned to see what he oould do «vith his injured hand, the bowling going to Bogue at the other end. The innings closed for 74 when Bogue hit one up to fine leg where Sansom effected a smart one-handed catch. It had lasted altogether an hour and 50 minutes and concluded just after mid-day. Southland followed on, Bogue and Abercrombie being the pioneer batsmen. Bogue hit a single off Dickinson’s first ball, but Abercrombie touched the second into Higgins’s hands behind the wickets. 1—1 —0. Walsh followed to the wickets, and Carlton took up the bowling from the pavilion end. Two byes were added, and then Bogue drove Carlton to the fence. In the next over he cut Dickinson for another 4 % Ten up. Carlton bowled a maiden to Walsh, and Dickinson got Bogue lbw in the next over. 12—2—9. Kavanagh was next. Walsh got a single off Carlton. Harraway came on at the opposite end, and Kavanagh cut him to the boundary. A couple for overthrows brought 20 up. Walsh pulled Harraway for another 2, the over producing 10. Keast came on bowling, and Kavanagh drove him for 4 and hit him to leg for 3. Harraway bowled a maiden, and Knight replaced Keast with the ball. Knight and Harraway each bowled two successive maidens, and then Dickinson took the ball from Harraway. Kavanagh turned him to leg for a single, and the lunch adjournment was taken at 1 o’clock with the score at 2 for 31.

After lunch Carlton’s first ball got Kavanagh’s wicket. 31—3—13. Hamilton came in, a bye was added, and then he retired lbw to Dickinson. 32 —4—o. Poole was next, and scored a singlo off Dickinson and a brace off Carlton. Walsh swung Dickinson to leg to the fence, and Poole brought 40 up with a drive for 3 off Carlton. Carlton got Walsh with his next ball. 42—-s—ll. Doig, who followed, fell a victim to the same bowler four balls later. 42—6—0. Raines filled the gap, and Poole skied pickinson into Carlton’s hands at point. 427 —6. . Groves came in. Raines got a single, and then three 4’s to square leg off Dickinson. Cartlon bowled a maiden to Groves, and Harraway replaced Dickinson. Knight had another turn with the ball, Raines getting one single from him. Harraway bowled him in the next over. 59—8—15. Gleeson pluckily went in again, but Harraway’s last ball got- him. 59—9 0. Wish was the last man. Two for byes brought 60 up. Groves drove Knight for a single, and Wish got him twice in succession to the on boundary. Groves drove Harraway for 3, but Harraway’s next ball took Wish’s baits and ended the match. The following are the scores: The following are the scores: Cherry, b Poole 25 Higgins, b Poole ... ... 45 Knight, b Poole ... 10 Carlton, c Doig, b Groves 22 Keast, c Raines, b Kavanagh 61 Dickinson, c Walsh, b Doig 24 Sansom, st Bougue, b Kavanagh ... 6 Catto, c Wish, b Poole ••• 41 Sansom, st Bogue, b Kavanagh 6 Shadwell, c Walsh, b Doig 26 Harraway, not out 2 Extras ... 11 Total 276 Bowling Analysis.—Groves, 120 balls, one maiden, 65 runs, one wicket; Doig, 179 balls, four maidens, 70 runs, two wickets; Kavanagh. 112 balls, 78 runs, three wickets, one no ball; Wish, 24 balls, 15 runs; Poole. 112 balls, three maidens, 37 runs, four wickets. Southland.—First Innings. Hamilton, b Dickinson 3 Abercrombie, lbw, h Harraway 19 Gleeson, not out. 1 Kavanagh, b Dickinson ... 0 Walsh, b Carlton 10 Groves, b Dickinson 0 Poole, c and b Carlton 14 Raines, b Dickinson 9 Bogue, o Sansom, b Harraway 1 Doig, c Sansom, b Harraway 6 Wish, run out 2 Extras 9 Total 74 Bowling Analysis.—Dickinson, 88 balls, 2 maidens, 37 runs, 4 wickets; Cartlon, 80 balls, 3 maidens, 16 runs, 3 wickets; Keast. 32 balls, 3 maidens, 3 runs; Harraway. 30 balls, 1 maiden, 9 runs, 2 wickets. Second Innings. Bogue. lbw, b Dickinson 9 Abercrombie, c Higgins, b Dickinson ... 0 Walsh, b Carlton H Kavanagh, b Canton 13 Hamilton, lbw, b Dickinson 0 Poole, c Carlton, b Dickinson 6 Doig, b Carlton 0. Raines, b Harraway 15 Groves, not out 4 Gleeson, b Harraway 0 Wish, b Harrawav 8 Extras 7 Total 73 Bowling Analysis.—Dickinson, 64 balls, 2 maidens. 24 runs, 4 wickets; Carlton. 64 balls, 3 maidens, 11 runs, 3 wickets: Ilarravvay. 42 balls, 3 maidens, 14 runs, 3 wickets: Keast, 8 balls, 7 runs; Knight;, 32 balls. 2 maidens, 10 runs. JUNIOR MATCH. The junior representative teams were as follows: Southland Taylor, Dykes, Kingston, Crozier, Kilby, Cleland, H. Lilley, Cheyne, Dyer, Pope, Mackenzie. Otago— Baker, Elliott, Grant, Ingram, Thomas, Pei i v, Shadwell, Hitchcock, Crowes, M Gregor, Collett-. Southland batted first and Dykes was the only one to make a serious .stand against the bowling of Collett and M‘Gregor, who wore unchanged throughout the innings. They went through tile Southland boys in quick time, and just before the luncheon adjournment at 12.30 the last wicket had fallen for a total of 64. M’Gregor took six for 35 and. Collett four for 26. The

Otago boys responded by knocking up 154, to which Baker (35) and Shadwell (35 not out) were the chief contributors. Dykes and Kingston took four wickes each. The visitors failed badly in their second venture, Cheyne with seven being top scorer, and the total reaching only 27. Collett got five wickets for 10, and M’Gregor two for four. The local team thus won by an innings and 63 runs. As tiie match was finished before 5 o'clock the teams went on to play a friendly game which will be continued today. Messrs Perritt and E. S, Wilson acted as umpires. The following are the scores: —- Southland.—First Innings. Taylor, b M’Gregor 1 Dykes, o Thomas, b M’Gregor 19 Kingston, b M’Gregor 4 Crozier, b Collett 8 Kilby, b M’Gregor 0 Cleland, b Collett 8 A. Lilley, b Collett 6 Cheyne, b Collett 0 Dyer, b M’Gregor 5 Pope, b M’Gregor 3 Mac Iconize, not out ... 7 Extras 3 Total 64 Bowling Analysis.—M’Gregor, 72 balls, 35 runs, 6 wickets; Collett, 67 balls, 26 runs, 4 wickets. Second Innings. Taylor, b Collett ... 5 Dykes, run out. 1 Crozier, b Collett 0 Kingston, c Baker, b M’Gregor 1 Mackenzie, b Collett 0 Cleland, b Collett 2 Lilley, b M’Gregor 0 Dyer, b Collett 2 Pope, b Elliott 4 Kilby, not out ... 3 Cheyne, c Hitchcock, b Crewes 7 Extras _ ... 2 Total 27 Bowling Analysis.—Collett, 48 balls, 10 runs, 5 wickets; M’Gregor, 40 balls, 3 maidens, 4 ruii3, 2 wickets; Elliott, 8 balls, 7 runs, 1 wic.ket; Crewes, 3 balls, 4 runs, 1 wicket. Otago.—First Innings. Baker, o Crozier, b Dykes 35 Elliott, b Kingston 1 Grant, lbw. b Dykes 13 Ingram, c Kingston, b Dykes 12 Thomas, c Mackenzie, b Kingston 4 Perry, b Kingston ... 6 Shadwell, not out 35 Hitchcock, c Pope, b Dykes ..« 19 Crewes, c Kingston, b C'rozier 15 M’Gregor, o and b Kingston ... ... 7 Collett, run out 2 Extras ... 5 Total 154 Bowling Analysis.—Crozier. 112 balls, 1 maiden, 30 runs, 1 wicket; Kingston, 156 balls, 3-maidens, 67 runs, 4 wickets; Dvkes. 88 balls, 37 runs, 4 wickets; Cleland, 16 balls, 15 runs. FIRST GRADE. Following is the result of the First Grade matches : MORXINGTON v. CARISBROOK. Carisbrook defeated Mornington by seven wickets, securing a three-point win. On the previous Saturday Mornington, bating first, secured only 37 runs, and Carisbrook making 149, the hill team was faced with a difficult position. Resuming their second innings on Saturday, Mornington compiled 132, A. Haig and L. Anderson putting in a fine partnership near the end. P. Shadwell and MTlroy also batted well. Livingston (four for nine) and Dickinson (three for 39) secured tho bowling honours. Carisbrook lost three wickets in obtaining the 21 runs required. DUNEDIN v. GRANGE. The match between Dunedin and Grange was concluded on Saturday on the Caledonian Ground. Dunedin declared their second innings c’osed at 5.20 p.m., when they had compiled 116 runs for seven wickets, leaving Grange only an hour" in which to make up the difference of 193. Grange scored 95 for two wickets, but time was against them, and the result was a two-point win for Dunedin. SECOND GRADE. Carisbrook C defeated Y.M.C.A by 32 runs. Carisbrook C scored 108 runs (Jolly 23, I allows 18 not out, Leadingham 14 Martin 13, H. Harraway 12). For Y.M.C.A. Ihomas Crewes, and Coupland secured the wickets. Y.M.C.A. made 76 runs (Thomas 27 and Crewes 14). For Carisbrook Jolly, Fellows, Cuddie, and Wallis secured the wickets. North-East Valley A defeated High School. North-East Valley B defeated Grange B by 58 runs. Lyng (33) Mackle (27) and Kiach (23) batted well for the winners and Beeby (38! and Chadwick (30) for the Grange. Brownie and Smith bowled well. Dunedin A (two wickets for 174 runs, innings declared) defeated Carisbrook D (90 and 83) by an inning s and 1 run. Jlardie (85, not out). Baker (46). Wills (26. not out), and Thompson QJ) batted well for the winners, and Kennedy (38) was Carisbrook’s highest scorer. Collet (5), Petre (6), and Wills (4) secured the wickets for Dunedin. THIRD GRADE. North-East Valley C defeated Grange. St. I-Cilda defeated Grange C by 58 runs Grange, batting first, compiled 44 runs (Brown 33). St, Kilda replied with 102 (H. Rennie 28, Fairmaid 22, Priest 18, Beeby 12, and Jone 3 10). For the winners Rennie (six for 27) and Jones (three for 14) bowled well, as did Lemin (six for 34) for the losers. Anderson’s Bay (59 and 1G for 1 wicket) defeated Albion (30 and 39), For the winners Garside (18) and Baron (12) batted well, as did Crust (12) for the losers. Dunedin defeated Carisbrook by an innings and 12 runs. Dunedin made 146 (M’Carten 59, Sinclair 38. Sew Hoy 18 lleddington 10), and Carisbrook 83 arid 51 (Robertson 40 and 16, Shepherd 15. Kindlev 12, not out). For Dunedin Sinclair secured eight wickets and Claridge five. FOURTH GRADE. Grange (157) defeated Y.M.C.A. (35 and 43) by an innings and 79 runs. LEAGUE CRICKET. Railway A 45 (J. Pent 18. and Proctor 11) defeated Reid and Gray 20 (Ilankinson 9). Howie 6 for 11 and Steele 3 for 7. bowled well for Railway, as did Ilankinson (3 for 9). Hodge (4 for 19) and McDonald (2 for 11) for Reid and Gray. THE HAWKE CUP. RETAINED BY NELSON. , . NELSON, February 10. The match between Nelson and Waikato for the Hawke Cup was commenced to-day

in splendid weather on a fast wicket. In their first innings Nelson commenced well, the first wicket putting on 51. The next I 1 )’)’ fell rapidly, but the score was eventually carried to IS3, Neale making 36, Fletc _ r Kemnitz 27, Hull 29, and Louisson 15. Extras amounted to 18. Bowling for V aikato, Lentfer took seven wickets for 79 runs, and Gilmore three for 52. Waikato’s first innings realised 172, Blamires making 16, Snedden 13, J Pomeroy 10, ridge 33, \\ . Pomeroy 8, Leftner 8, Johnston 22, and Paterson (not out) 1. Bowling for Nelson, Newman took seven wickets for SO runs, Haycock none for 47, Louisson one for 24, and Neale one for 2. In their second innings Nelson have lost one wicket (Haycock’s) for 11 runs. The fielding on both sides was good, Waikato's being particularly so. February 11. Nelson retained the Hawke Cup, defeating Waikato by 121 runs. Nelson’s second innings realised 259 runs. The Waikato team’s fielding was indifferent, several catches being dropped. Fletcher was let off early in the innings. With 250 to make to win Waikato started badly, six wickets being down for 89 runs, the innings realising 129 runs. Scores: Nelson—First innings 163. Second innings; Haycock 1, Newman 26, Louissen 8, Neale 0, Fletcher 50, Kemnitz 24, Hull 4. Giblin 55. I.angbein 38, Rapps 20 Blamires not out 12, Extras 21. Bowling analysis: Blamires 2 for 55. Gilmore 3 for 40, Lentfer 3 for 85, "Snedden 2 for 30. J. Romeroy 0 for 28.. Waikato First innings 172. Second innings: Snedden 1. Blamires 29. J. Romeroy 7, Gilmore 14, Hawke not out 54, Loveridge 1, Barnett 8, Johnston 1, W. Romeroy 2, Lentfer 2, Paterson 0. Bowling analysis: Newman 4 for 42, Haycock 1 for 17, Neale 2 for 16, Blamires 2 for 40, Giblin 1 for 3. ENGLISH AMATEUR TEAM. VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND. PERTH. February 12. The West Australian Cricket Association has received a letter from Mr A. 0. MacLaren advising that an English amateur cricket team is coming to play in New Zealand and Australia, and offering a match to Perth, which the association accepted. Interviewed regarding this the secretary of the New South W T ales Cricket Association said that the association had no official knowledge of the visit of Mr MacLaren’s team, but he had heard that a team was going to visit New Zealand, and that probably efforts would be made to arrange matches in Australia also. He had heard that it was not unlikely that New Zealanders would try to get some members of tho Australian eleven to visit the Dominion. / AUSTRALIAN FAST BOWLERS. LONDON, February 10. The Hon. L. H. Tennyson, speaking at the London and South Counties Cricket Conference, denied the statements that English cricketers were frightened by the Australian fast bowling. Such criticisms, he said, were absolute nonsense. There was great need for optimism in English cricket. He hoped that England would have really fast bowlers when the English team visited Australia in 1924. He was sorry to learn that Gregory was giving up cricket. Armstrong's statements regarding betting and umpires were quite unfounded. He had himself made inquiries from the Victoria Club, and Lad ascertained that there was no betting there. Great care was always Taken when selecting umpires. He was confident that they were all strictly honest men. FRANK IREDALE BENEFIT. SYDNEY, February 6. The cricket match, Australia v. , the Rest of Australia, was resumed in fine weather and on a good wicket. Australia’s first innings realised 403 (Ryder 62, Oldfield 63, Mailey 6, M’Donald 14, Armstrong, not out, 77). Bowling Analysis : Scott two for 109, Kellaway two for 68, Hornibrook four for 107. The Rest of Australia in their second innings have lost two wickets for 179 (Lampard 32, O’Keefe, not out, 87, Love, not out, 48). Ryder batted aggressively and played a sound innings. His score was almost exclusively made from drives. Oldfield’s innings was an attractive one. He hit five fours, his score taking two hours to compile. lie gave a chance when 38. Armstrong, after opening cautiously, batted aggressively. He hit six fours, and in the latter stage of the innings made some powerful drives. He batted 133 minutes. February 7. The concluding day of the cricket match, Australia v. Rest of Australia, was commenced in fine weather, and on a good wicket. The Rest of Australia in their second Innings scored 302 for five wickets and declared their innings closed (O’Keefe 144, Love 63, Willis not out 31). Bowling analysis: M’Donald, one foT 52; Ryder, two for 42; Mailey, one for 81; Macartney, ono for 26. Australia in their second innings lost four wickets for 260 (Gregory 4, Macartney 9, Andrews 45, Collins 117, Ryder not out 65). Bowling analysis: Hornibrook, three for 106; Scott, one for 68. The match was drawn. O’Keefe played a careful, slow innings, which occupied 269 minutes, during which he hit only six 4’s. The play generally was very keen, but during Australia’s second innings Scott caused the slow rate of scoring. Bowling the off theory, he was frequently right off the wicket. Gregory attempted breezy play, but was caught in the sdips. The others were content to bat carefully. GREG OR V’S RFT 1R E\ IE NT. SYDNEY, February 9. J. M. Gregory, who was a member of the Australian Eleven, announces that tho recent match Australia v. Rest of Australia was his last appearance in big cricket. He gives as a reason that ho cannot afford to devote the time required to cricket.