Cricket Notes

Southland Times, Issue 18062, 4 February 1903, Page 3

Cricket Notes

\ (By Stump.)

There is every promise -of fine weather for the first trial match to-day, tmd the committee ask all players to be on the

ground sharp.

. K >* s >e«n decided to play 15 men theVy Englishmen, and in all likeUhbod Dr- Thomson (Arrow ), Messrs A. Gv_Beli and E. R. Bowler (Gore), and . J- Keenan .{Nightcaps) will be amongst Southland's selected. All of these are

quite good enough to represent Southland, and all have acquitted themselves well-on previous, occasions. Very little ****. L %*" «een of -Keenan in Invei'cargill,

biit in > the Western District he has been

showij^^ up ,to attyaritage. J'rior to ,- coining; to these parts he ylayed a good ,'de.al in yicboritu, and against McLaren's last English team, for StawelJ, he "secures top 'average with bat und ball. . his score lieing- 34 (in). In some quarters there is a httie dis- : seneion regarding: ■ the committee's action ■in jppaftppning- vtihe Star A v. Appleby /match -until after ihe English fixture. Persoaially, J . I cannot see where the rea.jßon?/ifbr such objection comes *n. Surely ;jthe..maiority-:-of players attack more im— r pbrlaice; to. the preparation bl a representative teafti -thaii they, do to trie hon7'qulr.andrgjpry.of/posisible success in an -interrtJlub-. jjontesi. Qn, tins occasion the v-pujbUc^wan/t to -sec. (Southland's litst fif-v^n-iPitted;; agaiia^, Lord. Tfawkc's pow:^uKe)eyen,,and; the : only way our men .can hope to. make anything like a show ' Js. by V .assiduous i. practice for i£e next . fortnight. '.;'. If the committee had taken any; step- tiian.^playing. trials there ; : would: have .been', a perfect', howl against them v.fo.r depriving, players such as •I Burnes, palrymple, ■ / Keenan, rurdue, /Taylor. a^dT^ner.jtff the «:hance of taking part in .the. only -tTf.o afternoon practices ayailkblei prior to the big event. In the match .Appleby '. v. Riverlon , on t|he ; latto'C. ground,- last. Wednesday,, tne chief Morers^for the visitors were Grindr lay 50, Watson 437 Kane »■*-' *&& Geddes(i^il.; -Appleby 's total of 163 for £ wfckeits is. one of the largest yet made i on'the' ;grbuxuLV -.Q,

A ladies' committee has been formed to supervise the afternoon tea arrange-

ments in connectioi

m with*.' the 'natch be-

ifjr^Tthet^i^h team and Otago. Per■HS&l Ihe^l^fes^of ytov^rparjgill might dexibrtEerii fiiends in this respect" "

Hargreave, one^of the . professional touring with Ix>rd -Hawke's team," 'has been 'approached by^ne Wairarapa country jilubs, who are anxious to tecure bis 6ervie6ft;for six months, at a salary of £200.

Had Victor Trumper made 22 more runs In the match agains* .South Australia, he would have had "^the unique re<?ord of halving scored 200 runs in an innings against five states or oolonies— that • is, against, each cricketing state andJlew Zealand..* He got 292 (in) against Tasmania, 253 New Zealand ado Victoria, and 208 Queensland. His> 178 is the biggest innings he has played against South Australia, the previous best Deing-165 at Adelaide three years ago. Clem Hill, the South Australian captain, adopted a clever ruse to obtain possession of the ball with vhlch the niatcH between Uew Soutli. Wales _ and South. Australia -was played. New South "W*fcs wanted two runs to wm. > and Hack was^put on to bowl. l*o sent down a wide, which went to the boundary on the leg side, HUI promptly pocketing th» ball. - -