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Otago Witness, Issue 3860, 6 March 1928, Page 58

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AUSTRALIA v. SOUTHLAND. INVERCARGILL, February 28. The Australian cricketers commenced a match against Southland this afternoon. The home side won the toss, and took first use of the wicket, which was in good order. The attendance was very satisfactory. Southland were dismissed for 124, and when stumps were drawn the visitors had lost no wickets for 96 runs. February 29. Australia, with one down for 96, resumed its first innings against Southland in threatening weather this morning. Several showers before lunch necessitated temporary stoppages, but the afternoon remained fine, lhe visitors gave an attractive display of batting on an easy wicket, and when the total had reached 507 for the loss of nine wickets, the innings was declared closed. Southland batted again, and had scored 51 for the loss of two wickets at the cal] of time,- the game being drawn. The scores were as follows: SOUTHLAND. First Innings. A. J. Lynch, lbw, b Oxcnham .. .. 16 T. Grove, b Morton 8 A. Keast, b Morton 7 N. M'Gowan, c M'Namce, b Blackie 31 ... Hamilton, lbw, b Oxenham ~ IT J. Campbell, st Oldfield, b Oxcnham 0 W. Carson, b M'Namee 5 A. Poole, lbw, b Blackie 0 N. Nisbett, v Oldfield, b M'Namee 1 T. Bogue, not out 4 D. Agnew, c Richardson, b Blackie 32 Extras 9 Total .. 124 Fall of wickets.—One for 14, two for 22, three for 45, four for Gl, five for 61, six for 84, seven for 84, eight for 84, ninq for 97, ten for 124. BOWLING ANALYSIS. O. M. R. W. Av. F. Morton . . 8 — 27 2 13.5 R. M’Namee . . 14 G 16 2 8 Oxenham .. 7 — 18 3 6 Blackie .... 13 3 54 3 18 Second Innings. W. Carson, c Ponsford, b Richardson 35 J. Campbell, c Richardson, b Schneider y N. M'Gowan, not out ... .' b A. Hamilton, not out ... 0 Total for two wickets 51 Bowling Analysis.—F. Morton, 3 overs, 5 runs; R. M'Namee, 3 overs, 6 runs; R. Oxenham, 3 overs, 3 runs; D. Blackie, 3 overs, 14 runs ; V. Richardson, 3 overs, 7 runs, one wicket; K. Schneider, 2 overs, 14 runs, one wicket. M'Namee and Schneider each bowled one no ball. AUSTRALIA. First Innings. W. Ponsford, c M'Gowan, b Groves ... 110 A. Jackson, c Poole, b Lynch ... ... 110 W. Alexander, c Lynch, b Poole ... 80 V. Richardson, c Poole, b Nisbet ... 33 A. Kippax, lbw, b Keast y K. Schneider, c Lynch, b Poole 29 R. Oxenham, c Nisbet, b Lynch ... 42 W. Oldfield, lbw, b Groves 13 F. Morton, not out 14 R. M'Namee, c Nisbet, b M'Gowen 39 Extras 28 Total for nine wickets (innings declared closed) 507 Fall of wickets: One for 220, two for 231, three for 295, four for 318, five for 382, six for 390, seven for 440, eight for 442, nine for 507. Bowling Analysis.—D. Agnew, 20 overs, 1 maiden, 90 runs, 1 wicket; A. Keast, 15 overs, 74 runs, one wicket; N. M'Gowen, 4 overs, 26 runs, one wicket; A. Poole, 12 overs, 75 runs, two wickets; J. Lynch, 13 overs, 103 runs, two wickets; T. Groves, 13 overs, 60 runs, two wickets; N. Nisbet, 4 overs, 51 runs, one wicket. AUSTRALIA v. CANTERBURY. CHRISTCHURCH, March 2. The cricket match between the visiting Australian team and the Canterbury representatives was commenced at Lancaster Park to-day. A warm unclouded sun shone throughout the day, and was cooled by a fairly strong easterly. The pitch .was in capital order. Canterbury occupied the wickets all day, from 11.30 to 5.30, and with a total of only 305 it can be imagined that the batting was slow. . The first century went up in good time —in lees than an hour end a-half. March 4. Canterbury’s very respectable score of 305 on Friday had paved the way for a good attendance to-day, estimated at from 12,000 to 15,000, when the match against Australia was resumed. The takings for two days amounted to £593. Scores:—

CANTERBURY. First Innings. / Gregory, c Oldfield, b Blackie 7 Hamilton, c Blackie. b Grimmett ... 69 Jacobs, b Oxenham 24 Page, lbw, b Oxenham ... 20 Newman, b Grimmett 98 Nixon, c Wpodfull. b Grimmett 4 Merritt, st Oldfield, b Grimmett M 2

Evans, b Grimmett 29 Road, b Oxenham 9 Dorreen, o Blackie, b Grimmett ... 5 Cunning-ham, not out 16 Extras '. 22 Total _ 305 Bowling Analysis.—M'Namee, none for 39; Blackie. one for 58; Grimmett, six for 128; Oxenham, three for 55; Schneider, none for 3. Second Innings. G. R. Gregory, not out ... 7 I. M. Hamilton, b Grimmett ... _ b Total for one wicket ... 10 AUSTRALIA. First Innings. W. H. Ponsford, b Merritt ... ... 16 W. M. Woodfull, lbw, b Read 30 A. Jackson, c Doreen, b Merritt ... 12 R. J. Schneider, c Read, b Merritt 138 V. Y. Richardson, c Hamilton, b Cunningham 6 W. C. Alexander, b Read 36 R. H. Oxenham, b Newman 1 W. A. Oldfield, st Doreen, b Merritt 137 C. V. Grimmett, not out 12 D. J. Blackie, st Doreen, b Merritt ... 1 R. M'Namee, b Read ... 4 Extras 11 Total 404 Bowling Analysis.—R. J. Read three for 120, J. Newman one for 114, W. E. Merritt five for 105, W. H. R. Cunningham one for 10, O. C. Nixon none for 28, C. E. Evans none for 16. MATCH AT HAMILTON. WELLINGTON, March 2. In place of a match with the Waikato team, the Australians will meet a North Island eleven at Hamilton on Wednesday and Thursday The North Island team is as follows: —

H. M. M'Girr (Wellington), J. Langncge (Auckland and Sussex), F. T. Badcock (Wellington), H. Lambert (Wellington), N. Gallichan (Manawatu), W. Garrard (Rotorua and formerly of Auckland). S. A. R. Badeley (Waikato, ex Auckland), E Kavanagh (Waikato, ex-Sou thU nd). D. Hawke (Waikato). M. Hockin (Waikato, ex Taranaki), and E. Everest (Waikato). AUCKLAND v. AUSTRALIA. AUCKLAND. March 4. The following team has been selected to represent Auckland against the Australians, commencing on Friday next:—Snedden, Bowley' Langridge, Rowntree, Cooper. Hendy, A. U. Weir, G L. Weir, Roy, Anthony, Player. The twelfth man is Postles. NEW ZEALAND CRICKET. CHRISTCHURCH, March 2. “Wc have noticed a general improvement in the standard of play in New Zealand,” said Mr V. Richardson, captain of the Australian cricket team, in au interview last night. Mr Richardson xs a member of the Australian team which was here in 1920 21 He said that not only had ho noticed the improvement, but so had members of the team who had been round here with more recent teams. Referring to the matches they had a>readv played, Mr Richardson said that the wickets generally had been good, though a trifle on tho slow side compared with the wickets they were accustomed to in Australia. OTAGO v. SOUTHLAND. The following team has been selected to represent Otago in the match against Southland at Invercargill on Wednesday and Thursday next:—Cavanagh, Conradi. M'Grcgor, H. C. Alloo. N. Cherry, Proctor. Sinclair. Brown. Giles. Leader, and a wicket-keeper to be selected. The following will represent Southland:—Groves, Carson, Poole, Keast, Cox, Nisbet, Lee, Lynch, Agnew. M'Gowan, Campbell; emergency, Anderson.

FIRST GRADE MATCHES. CENTURIES TO KNIGHT AND 4 SHEPHERD. - Cricketers have been fortunate this season as far as the weather is concerned, and on Saturday they again took the field in bright sunshine. Grange and Carisbrook played at Carisbrook. Grange scoring 232. of which Knight contributed a bright 111. Carisbrook’s innings started in disastrous fashion, four wickets falling for seven runs, and when stumps were drawn only 36 bad been scored for the sam e number of wickets. Carisbrook’s bad start was due mainly to the excellent bowling of Alloo, who sent up 15 overs, 11 of which were maidens, for only nine runs and three wickets. The fact that six of the nine runs were scored off one hit made Alloo’s effort all the more praiseworthy. ALBION v. DUNEDIN. The following are the scores: — DUNEDIN. First Innings. N. Cherry, b M'lvor 21 Strang, lbw, b Blair 16 Kennv, c Caskie. b Blamires 5 T. Ritchie, b M'lvor 0 M'Gregor, c Binney, b Blair 16 Torrance, c and b Blair 6 Sinclair, not out 8 Claridge, b Duncan 25 Anderson, st M'Callum, b Duncan ... 0 White, b M'lvor 13 Cavanagh, absent 0 : Extras 15 Total ' ... ... 126 - Bowling Analysis.—Shepherd, 10 overs, 1 maiden, 25 runs ; Duncan, 9.2 overs, 4 ! maidens, 18 runs, two wickets ; Blamires, 18 overs, 9 maidens, 24 runs, one wicket; Blair, 9 overs, 2 maidens, 28 runs, hree wickets ; M'lvor, 10 overs, 3 maidens, 15 runs, three wickets.

ALBION. First Innings. Barron, b Torrance Q Blamires, run out 8 Shepherd, not out ... ... 100

Blair, c Kenny, b Claridge ... 0 Duncan, c Strang, h M'Gregor „. 16 Linney, not out ~, , 23 Extras... 7 Four wickets for .„ ~, ... 154 Bowling Analysis.—Torrance, 12 overs, 7 maidens, 12 runs, 1 wicket; Claridge, 10 overs, 40 runs; M'Gregor, 10 overs, 45 runs; Cavanagh, 8 overs, 35 runs j Anderson, 8 overs, 16 runs. GRANGE v, CARISBROOK. The scores were as follows - GRANGE. First Innings. . Knight, c Faulks, b Dickinson ... ... 11l Alloo, c Douglas, b Blunt ... ... ... 43 M'Mullan, b Dickinson Q Galland, run -out 23 Elmes, b Dickinson ... Brown, c and b Dickinson 16 Chadwick, b Dickinson 0 Tomkinson, st Gourley, b Blunt 8 Hanan, b Blunt .... u Stevens, not out 5 Baxter, b Blunt 3 Extras ... ._ ... ... jg Total .232 Bowling Analysis.—Dickinson, 27 overs, 3 maidens, 82 runs, Ove wickets; Blunt, 16.4 overs, 2 maidens, 57 runs, four wickets ; Faulks, 10 overs, 1 maiden, 46 runs; Douglas, 7 overs. 1 maiden, 29 runs ; Proctor, 3 overs, 8 runs. CARISBROOK. First Innings. Blunt, c Galland, b Alloo ... 4 Douglas, run out J Dickinson, c Knight, b Alloo 1 Smith, not out H M’Leod, b Alloo 0 Allan, not out 12 Extras 7 Total for four wickets 36 Bowling Analysis.—Alloo, 15 overs, 11 maidens, 9 runs, three wickets; Galland, 11 overs, 7 maidens, 9 runs; Elmes, 3 overs, 1 maiden, 9 runs. WELLINGTON GAMES. WELLINGTON, March 4. Senior Cricket. —Institute 481 beat Old Boys 382; University 201 and three for 95 beat Thorndon 178; Midland 237 and one for 118 beat Pet-one 182 and seven for 243 declared; Wellington 192 and 205 beat Y.M.C.A. 171 and 211; Kilbirnie 209 and one for 135 beat Hutt 184 and five for 155 declared. The best performances in the batting were made by C. G. Finlayson (Petone) 106 not out, W. J. R. Christopherson (Kilbirnie) 71 not out, J. A. Malcolm (Old Boys) 62, R. Whyte (Wellington) 62, C. Pdrick (Old Boys) 62, H. M. Lambert (Old Boys) 59, E. Roberts (Thorndon) 57, A. Doneghue (Midland) 55, A. W. Duncan (Old Boys) 54, R. Copeland (Y.M.C.A.) 52. In tha bowling R. W. Copeland (Y.M.C.A.) took seven wickets for 60 runs, J. C. Greig (University) six for 41. H. Wason (Hutt) six for 81, W. S. Brice (Petone) five for 51, C. G. Finlayson (Petone) fiv e for 105. NEW SOUTH WALES MATCHES. SYDNEY, March 4. The weather was fine and the wickets good for grade cricket. Playing for Gleba against Paddington, Morgan made 83.. For Manly against St. George, Berry made 82. Bowling for Balmain against Marrickville, Mailey took six for 32. For Western Suburbs against Northern District, Pupand took five for 61. For Waverley against Mosman, Coswell took five for 29. For Petersham against Gordon, Robinson took five for 56.