CRICKET NOTES.

Southland Times, Issue 19193, 3 November 1903, Page 4

CRICKET NOTES.

(By " Stump."

There ia little to record this week ?* tho doings of the Wednesdnyites, their afternoon's sport, being marred by tne previous day's ruin. The Star had a fio , on ttfe matting, but the practice was -poor and the wickot extremely r >* f Ideal weather prevailed on Satut day ior ' tho opening match between the Warehousemen, and, Civil Semnts. rhDMilt goodsiaen won the toss and totalled 140-Captain Wilson S_. L.he • , cX - Vlct t °J e inn went in first, ana .remained at the Xkets for nearly two hour., durmg which he jrave only one chance, tie mt St-ou"ly all round the wickot, and at tne _nish had hard ;luck in tapping up a half tosser, which Findlay secured Scandrett shaped well lor 10, and Strang notched a similar number. Five of the otners contributed * blobs." At one stace tho warehousemen had 5 v.'ic„e_~ down for AOO-a good porforma J>*f; f»°" slderine .that Turner, Pt-^lue, ltalryniplo " and Andrews were opposed to them, "indluy arrived just in time, to do good execution with the *baU ; six wickets tor Strung being Mis contribution towards the downfall of the \Va_-ehousamen--a fine performance for one who has not t un iiieu a ball for two summers. Wilson thought liis side in clover, but as matters turned out, he reckoned without lis host, and his "" latent talent in the siiatio Of bowle-rs, did not come off-ie-luff Civil Servants l«4 nms for «. kets when stuimps were drawn AI-K«U; BhSed splendidly; for 41. and Haum^u -a promising colt-made lb (in)- llu match will be continued next • Aft_r l«>in_ in a dormant state i«" " counle of seasons, the Hluu". club has »°b£bbcd up serenely," and irom all l acrmints they mean business this year Thw have a large membership, plenty, ol go, Wsame very good talent. A. team *rom the Invercargill banks went down oTsatSd_J and were handsomely | heaten by the Portites by something Uk« 1 50 -?uns I have not seen the score-book but understand that my old Inencl Jack :.. Wilson wafl^weU to the .tore with ba^and hall, his score being well nuo *-u--thirtias The Bluff has another good oilSd man in Keenan, who luade about the same number of runs as Wilson. lam always pleased to hear of the doings of clubs in all parts of the town and district, but like any other mortal. I cannot be in half a dozen places at one time. 1 am indebted to a .vj>»thful scribe for the following, and tru.-,t that he will continue to assi-t me V> *"°S his team before the public :-- In your ■ notes you mention some ol tne otar , > men-what about, the veteran Batt ins 57 not out, playing for the Pickwick on their opening day? He gave us colts a great loathe? hunt with 10 in the lieid, not bad for an old ono.' Shacklock, the' Notts' professional, engaged by the' Otago Association, is an old chum of Mr ,W. Sampson of this town, they having play*d for the same club in the Old Country. /( . I cull the following from Felix, in the Australai.ian.^- J ♦A^lotbeJ■ Victorian cricketer, .John Lynes,. has. secdred a position in Now Zealand. Lynes goes to Invercargill, • and, as that sterling old St. ' Kildaite G. Wiluon is stationed there, I have no doubt that Lynes will feel quite at home. I told him that Invercargill- is pretty cold in winter, and ,he said, '•' I think I can stand it j 1 was born Jn Tasmania" From tho little 1 have seen of Lynes he is going to be a valuable acquisition to Southlahd cricket. He knows all about preparing wickets, and ds a bowler, we have not had his like before. He sends down fast aiid slow ones with deadly accuracy, mid fcoon finds out a batsuioji's weak point. A commencement was made with .Saturday cricket on Saturday, when Warehouse and Civil Service teams met on the Star ground. Thf Warehousemen put up a score of 140 ((Vi'.son __"), and at call of* time the Service had lost 7 wickets for 134 runs, so that the latter's chances of securing a lead on the first innings, when the game is continued next Saturday, looks rosy. Tne scores were : WAREHOUSEMEN. Wilson, c and b, Findlay S2 Strang, c Andrews, b Turner 10 Warrington, b Turner >. 0 Scandrett, b Findlay I<* Cook, b Mcltae 4 Stokes, b Findlay f Henderson, ' not out ■' Kilroy, b Findlay 5 Patten b Findlay 0 MebaiTey, b Findlay D Thompson b Mcltae ( | Extras •=> Total I*o Bowling Analysis— Dalifymplc 0 for 16; Andrews, 0 for l' 3 ; t'ordu v , 0 for 2.1 ; Turner, 2 for 25 ; Findlay. G ior 24 ; Mcßae, 2 for 29. ! CIVIL SERVICE. i A. Y. Smith, b Thompson 14 Turner, b Warrington 14 i'indlay not out " Purdue, hit wicket, I.*-, Scandrett IS Andrews, c Doig. b Warrington . . 0 Mcßae, 1.b.w., b Scandrett 41 Dalrymple, b Stokes 14 Baumgart, not out l» Extras 16 Total for 7 wickets 134 Bowling Analysis — Scandrett, 2 for 28 ; Warrington, 2 ior -4 ; Ihompsoii, 5 for jaS ; Sttlkes, 1 for 27 ; Wilson, O for l'J. » ____ AQUATICS. (By •' Grip.") ■■The "I.R.C. open their season on Wednesday afternoon. Opening proceedings are not usuuilv of a very exciting order, still friends and supporters always likethe recognised formalities' carried through, and members generally do not feel quite satislied until an official opening takes' place. Thie reason the I.R.C. has really solid reasons for wishing to meet all friends .on Wednesday, as the additions to both plant and shed, as the outcome of their highly successful carni--1 val, are now in evidence. That the ladies who worked so indefatigably to ensure that success must feel an interest in the result of their efforts is only to be expected, and from the skids at the shed the interesting little ceremony of christening the now boats will take place. Tho order to be followed is as simple as circumstances will jwrmit. Tha ■following crews will be at the shed at 2 o'clock and immediately take their boats clear of the skids :— Racing Four— Perry, J. Christophers, WiUett, W, Thomson. Greenland No. I— Matthews, 1). Canip'bell, JI. Gilmour, Walton. Greenland No. 2— F. Traill. Travels, Mair, Mills. Racing pair — T. Brown, G. Totton. Double sculls— S. Craig. It. Curistop-hei-B. Pair— l). Alor-tou, H. Flaming. Pleasure boat (No. 1)-- Cookson, J*Gilmour, E. Traill. Pleasure Boat No. 2— Robinson, Steele, V. Christophers. Grafter-^R. Todd, G. Black, C. St. Paul, Mathiesmi. At 2.45 the boats will back alongside , the skids in rotation and receive their christening, " after .which the president (Mr J, Ba.ger). and other officials will take their seats iti the Grafter, tho club's favourite pleasure boat, and head a. procession . up to 1 the arm on the southern side of the first magazine, back past the jetty and return to tho shed, . the Greenland fours and pairs continuing their course down the river to tho 'red beacon, from which point they will race home, the fours first, and the pairs following. Tho Railway R.C. will endeavour to send their eight out. The Battalion Band had generously consented to contribute one of their choice programmes at the previously arranged date of opening, and it is hoped they can mako -it convenient to play on Wednesday afternoon. The first race of the I.R.C. Trial fours takes place gt 5 o'clock this afternoon, and the heats will be kept going till 7.30. Jt is intended to continue the series at 4 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. The following are the Railway Rowing Club crews selected for the Trial pairs, the nrst round of which will be rowed this week : — Senior pairs — Kodh? and Lynch, Cameron and Thomson. McKenzie and Jaquiery, (rilchris't and' IToran, {Shirley and Newman. Junior Fairs— Lennon and A. Gilchrist, Ctissidy and Greenwood, Barker and Southern. It. M. Stead and Feam, PettlgrewV^tnd Scott, Hobb and Crawford, Commons and Keane, Currie and Edwards, Davies and W. Stead, McGavock and Roche.. The Borough Engineer having approved of the plans of the Railway R.C. shed at the end of tha jetty, the work of" construction will ba placed in hand immediately.. Otago Rowinir Association has fixed Anniversary Bay (March 23) for the great aquatic carnival. This suits tho Southlanders much better than Xmas ' possibly could. Whether: or not it is permissible under the harbour regulations to mark moorings by securing beams- of wood by line to anchor chains right in th B fairway, I am not aware ; but that such procedure is the recognised rule among many sailing men, is certain. One party mark their moorings with a lfift. log. To tho .-.'...■ rowing fraternity these mooring marks .ar© " a continual source of anxiety and danger, as they lie just beneath the surface and out of sight of the cox. As an ... alternative to the present " tree " sya- ■ tern, yachting men might tuke into con- : jSideratiou the advisableness of substi- '■'■• tuting a drum, which would not only X prove Handier for themselves- to pick up, but ; also lesseri the chances of impuct j with skills. ."'.,