Cricket Notes.

Southland Times, Issue 18056, 28 January 1903, Page 3

Cricket Notes.

(By "Stump.")

The matches fixed for to-day are the Star A v. B teams on the Eastern Heserve at £," p.m., ami Wai kiwi v. High School on the Appleby ground at 3. The Appleby Club plays at Kiverton.

Afevv weeks ago, a Johnny in the back country styling himself Guy Neville Montgoineric, wrote to the local Association placing his able services as a cricketer at its disposal. Taken at his own valuation, Guy was a great player, having captained the famous Harrow School Eleven, and in addition was champion of Tasmania last year. He duly came to town, but unfortunately he left his flannels behind him. and on this account could not be induced to wield the wil. low. However,, to show good fellowship to a local club, this famous Harrovian scattered invitations to wine suppers galore, but before any of these functions had time to lake place, the great Guy was gone, Perhaps he chuckled to himself in the belief that he had some credulous would-be guests, but fortunately they, were aware, r.,11 along, that the distinguished visitor was none other than a famous gentleman who, a few months ago, impersonated a naval lieutenant at a social function in the North with unpleasant results.

In Dunedin, last Saturday, the Carisbrook A team, playing against l'ort Chalmers, with 3 wickets clown for 204 from the previous week, continued their innings. The afternoon productive of tall scoring-, Sierleberg recording 173 ■in) ni!<l Austin 114. the innings being declared closed with ("• wk-kets • down for 4(>(i. On present form Austin is undoubtedly Imp linost bat in Otago, nml his average this season must Tie well over 50. In club cricket Siedeberg has scored consistency, but ill-luck seems to have attended his efforts in representative matches. Without doubt he is the most stylish player in Dunedin-, and when he gets going he invariably gives a good all round exhibition. .

In scoring 124 agaihst Victoria, Clem. Hill showed all his magnificent command of stroke, and those •rfho talk about his having lost form (says "Felix") would have had that notion speedily banished from their minds if they had seen him doing practically what he liked with the Victorian bowling. To leg, to the on. to the off, driving, cutting a-nd leg-glauc-ing, he was the same old master that ,ye all" esteem so highly, and the Victorians in the field -have only one unanimous word to express with regard to him as a. batsman, and that word is "ckampionf" .