CRICKET

Otago Witness, Issue 3756, 9 March 1926, Page 60

CRICKET

ENGLISH SELECTION COMMITTEE. LONDON, March 1. The Daily Chronicle, in an editorial headed “Gentlemen and Players,” urges the selectors to enrol Hobbs, because he is the soundest judge of cricket available It adds: “Modern opinion favours a very different status for professionals from that of 30 years ago. The old aristocratic distinction between the gentleman who plays for love in the superabundance of his pleasures and the paid professional has now gone. The professionals are now the mainstay of cricket. English cricket is distinguished above other sports by the excellent spirit of its professionals. This will be encouraged by associating them in the direction of the game and the control of the tests.” CO-OPTATION OF PROFESSIONALS. LONDON, March 3 The test selectors have co-opted Hobbs ail'd Rhodes. AUSTRALIA v. ENGLAND. LONDON, March 5. C. B. Fry, speaking on team work in cricket, said that the Australians would play as a real team, while the English side would be only a scratch team, hence the Australians would have a tremendous advantage. The reason why they could not get good team work in England was because the English authorities would not organise and the counties would not make the needed sacrifice where their men were concerned. BENEFIT FOR HOBBS. LONDON, March 5, Hobbs has been granted as a benefit the proceeds of the Sumy-Notts match

on July 31. This will be his third benefit. AUSTRALIAN TEAM IN TASMANIA. HOBART, March 2. Tasmania in the second innings made 195 (Allen 37, Newton 36 not out, Martin 52). Mai ley took five for 69, and Gregory 4 for 90. Australia won by an innings and 175 runs. March 4. The Australian XI commenced a second match against Tasmania in fine weather and on a good wicket. Tasmania in its first innings has lost 9 wickets for 187 runs (Wilkins 25, Green 40, Watson 28). March 5. Tasmania, in the first innings, made 187. Everett took two wickets for 33, Mailey three for 62, Richardson two for 24, and Macartney one for 28. Australia had scored 128 for two wickets (Bardsley 62 not out, Woodful 38 not out) when stumps were drawn. March 6. The Australians in their first innings made 494 (Macartney 163 not out, Everett 77; Bowling: Newton three for 156, Watson four for 95. Tasmania in the second innings has scored 15 for one wicket. For the cricket match there was fine weather and a good wicket. Tasmania in their second innings made 123 (Martin 33, and Newton 33). Bowling: Richardson took two wickets for 8 runs, Mailey three for 43, Andrews three for 24. Australia won by an innings and 194 runs. UMPIRES ON STRIKE. AUCKLAND, March 4. The Auckland Umpires' Association, which recently went on strike on account of its members not being supplied with ground members' passes for Eden Park, has decided that its members will not officiate in any senior matches on Saturday. The difficulty has been overcome by old cricket coming forward to fill the vacancies. SENIOR GRADE MATCHES. The drawing of stumps in the match between Albion and Dunedin, played at the Oval, has left an interesting position. Albion baited first on a slow wicket, and did not make a very impressive showing, only three batsmen getting into double figures. Shepherd was bowled bv Casey for a duck. Dunedin have the match well in hand on the first innings, and if the remaining Dunedin batsmen can carry the score on a bit on Saturday next they should win comfortably. Scores ALBION. First Innings Barron, b Torrance 11 Duncan, b Torrance ... 27 Blair, B Casey 4 Shepherd, b Casey 0 Blamires, lbw, b M'Cardell 24 Reid, c Symonds, b Torrance 7 Yorrath, lbw. b Torrance 2 MTvor. b Gasev 3 Binnie, not out 4 Oaskie. c Grigg. b Torrance 1 Allan, lbw, b Torrance - 0 Extras 13 Total 96 Bowling Analysis.—Casey, 104 balls. 2 maidens, 41 runs. 3 wickets; Torrance. 143 balls, 6 maidens, 31 runs. 6 wickets; M‘Cardell, 40 balls, 1 maiden. 11 runs, 1 wicket. DUNEDIN. First Innings. Cherry, not. out 25 Kenny, c Duncan b MTvor 2 Grigg, b Blair 10 Hisrgins. b Blair 0 M'Cardell, run out 4 Casev, not out 23 Extras 8 Four wickets for 81 Bowling Analysis.—MTvor, 96 balls, 1 maiden, 35 runs. 1 wicket; Shepherd, 96 balls, 5 maidens, 17 uns; Blair. 32 balls, 1 maiden. 16 runs. 2 wickets; Blamires, 24 halls. 1 trr' len- 6 runs. GRANGE v. CARISBROOK. Grange and Carisbrook met at Carisbrook on a slow wicket and slowoutfich' Grange made the satisfactory score, for the wicket, of 145 runs, Galland smackine up 47 in his usual virile style. He got one six and five fours. M‘Gregor compiled a useful 32, and Knight got half his score of 28 in three hits—a six and two fours. Carisbrook have made a poor start, and with Worker, Cantrell, and Dickinson out do not. appear to have any chance of catch ing the Grange’s first innings 6core. Details:— GRANGE. First Inning 9. M’Mullan, b Dickinson 3 Knight, st Green, b Douglas 28 Alloo, c Dickinson, b Douglas .., ... „ 8 Galland, c Worker, b Proctor 47 Chadwick, c Faulks, b Douglas 9 Hanan, b Proctor 0 M‘Gregor, b Dickinson 32 Paul, st Green, b Douglas 0 Rush, c Allan, b Douglas 0 Grant, not out 2 Extras 14 Total 145 Bowling Analysis.—Dickinson 120 balls, 3 maidens 32 runs, 2 wickets; Douglas 120 balls, 2 maidens, 53 runs, 6 wickets; Proctor 40 balls, 46 runs. 2 wickets. CARISBROOK. First Innings. Worker, c M'Grcgor, b Galland 19 Cantrell, c Hanan, b Galland 13 Dickinson, run out 1 Douglas, b Galland 10 Goitrley, not out ... 5 Bardsley, b Alloo 0 Allan, b Alloo 8 Cameron, not out 6 Six wickets for 62 Bowling Analysis.—Galland 120 balls, 9 maidens, 29 runs, 3 wickets , Alloo 128 balls, 6 maidens, 24 runs, 2 wickets; M‘Gregor 8 balls. 4 runs. AUCKLAND COMPETITION. AUCKLAND, March 7. In the senior cricket championship North Shore, batting against Eden, made 314 runs (Frater 159). Bowling for Eden Stmpso.i took four wickets for 60 runs and Cooper four for 94. If North Shore win this match they will have won the championship.

Parnell made 81 runs against Ponsonby. Smith taking five wickets for 29 and Snedden four for 49. Ponsonby scored 147 runs (M‘Leod 54, Commons 45). Parnell in the second innings lost one wicket for 34 runs. University batted all the afternoon against Grafton for the total of 390 runs (Matheson 88, Wells 85, W. Garrard 61, Jones 52). WELLINGTON MATCHES. WELLINGTON. March 7. In the match between Wellington and Midland, with five wickets down for 175 runs, Wellington continued and compiled 285 (Airey not out 80, Monkhouse 65, Burton 44. Badcock 32). P.owling for Midland Bruce secured wickets for 68 runs, an-1 Judd throe for 63. Midland compiled 103 (Baker 57, Hutchings 54). The game was drawn. In the game Oil Boys v. Thorndon, the latter continued their innings and made 206 runs for two wickets, declared (Korfcland not out 110, Roberts 71. Warne not out 42. Phillip 46). Old Boys scored 153 runs (Duncan oO). Bowling for Thorndon Foley took two wickets for 28 runs, Ell three for 31. Thorndon had n three-point win. In the match between Kilbirnie, who had score-1 220. and Univprstiy. the latter compiled 282 (Leys 118). The extras totalled 42 Bowling' for Kilbirnie Christopher son secured throe wickets for 26 runs. Morris three for 33. University had a 3-point win Petone. who had compiled 124 runs, continued their match against Institute, the latter scoring 200 (Prince not out 02. Dcmp ser 30. Banks 27). Bowling for Petone Brice took three wickets for 78 runs. Finlay son five for 70. Petone had lost two wickets for 100 runs in their second innings (Mark Niclmlls 73 not out). Institute had a 3-point win. . . Hntt (227) continued their game against Y.M.C.A., who scored 175 (Brown 64, Virtue 36. Grant 35). Bowling for Hutt MGirr secured four wickets for 74 runs. Watson four for 73 Hutt in their second innings had lost seven wickets for 154 runs (Cobcroft 25). Hutt had a three-point win. and have finished up the season unbeaten. CHRISTCHURCH GAMES. CHRISTCHURCH. March 7. The eighth round of the Canterbury competition was continued on Saturday. St. Albans beat East Christchurch on the first innings, making the total 393 runs fo nine wickets. Woods scored 60. Crawford 37 Reese 43. Brunton 36, North 57. 47, Norrie 45 not out. Bowling for East Christchurch M‘Ewen took five wickets for 152 runs. East Christchurch compiled 211 runs (M‘TOwen 95. Million 35. Flood 31. M'Clelland 22). Bowling for St. Albans, Sandman secured five weikets for 87 runs, and Norrie two for 25. Riccarton drew with Linwood, the former scoring 359 runs. On the previous day Linwood made 285 runs for wl ® k !l 8 (Talbot 109. King 43. Logie 42. Read 20. Bates 20 not out). Bowling for Riccarton Rix took three wickets for 49 runs, and Young two for 43. West Christchurch made -30 runs on th previous Saturday, aud Sydenham replied with 153 (Aytlnff 44, Kins 43. Patrick ») Bowling for West Christchurch Cocks secured four wickets for 58 runs. Findlay three for 42, and Blunt two for 29.