Cricket Notes.

Southland Times, Issue 19727, 30 January 1906, Page 4

Cricket Notes.

(By “ Stump.’ ) In tbe senior grade eompelitliou Hie points now stand : —I.l'.C. If. Appleby 5, Ulull 3, Wuikiwi nil. Hit those figures it would appear the LC.C. will have to hustle lo keep ahead o( Appleby, especially us that team has recently been materially strengthened by tho inclusion oi Knue and -Mnley. 1 lie Port team, too.

has lo lie reckoned with as the next two mulehes are played at Ill'll!, and it is quite on the cards that on the home wiekot tile I'ortites will put on tour .petals, in whieh ease a success iu the unfinished game against Wuikiui may just " do tho trick.’’ There seems lo he some soreness about I. playing a visitor in tl'.e.r game against Applehy, though the fuel Unit the Soul headers won will do away with difficulties outside the club. The club’s selection committee may have some reasonable explanation of the position, hut so US has yet. appeared it seems as it they acted unwisely if. including the player, in preference to a It grade mouther. Allowing thill in- was a member the fact reumins that lie was ant a permanent resident nr.d in lie' absence of regular members of the A team the committee acted unjustly I.m aids the B grade player.- "li ‘ e f ■ l' L .-h tuUl itav C been given first opportunity of promotion. Tho action was hardly sportsmanlike and may tend to alienate from the elnlj the sympathy of outside enthusiasts. friends of CL Wilson will be pleased to know that he is iu possession of some material memento of bis notable performance in the Aueklamff Hugo match when h,'Topped (he scores on bis side in each innings, he having been presented at the last meeting of the dtngo Association with trophies presented for Ihe highest .scorer. A local cricketer who saw Wilson compile bis ITT says that the e.x-Victoriaus display "as a treat. Wilson's hitting on the leg side was ns whole-hearted as e'er, while lie went m fur some powerful back-cutting that kept the men tin the slips lively. Those swinging leg strokes are well enough known in Southland, but the back-cut is surety a new development of Wilson's batting. 1 1 is a stroke lie never used iu Southland ; maybe Harry Graham has been giving him a tip The team from Melbourne Cricket flub which tours N. ’/.. "ill play Southland ou Wednesday and Thursday, Tlh and sth Alarch. arrangements therefor having been definitely fixed with the N.’/,. Assoeint inn. The members of the team are:—W. W. Armstrong. A. A. Aitkea, 11. fry, ti. llu/litt. If 111 nil , M. Irw in. I’. .1, Jennings, Laver, f. Mel.ecd. Ih Maijer, V, Hansford and f. ' aughnu. They play nine matches, that in Invercargill being I lie sixth. Tli-ir tmr in eludes the spending of two clear day's at Kolorua and four ditto at tjueenslow n, so that the trip should I e altogether a line holiday outing for the said members of M.f.f. With referei.ee to the playing .pmiitieations of (lie indi'idiUil mem! ef-- Warwick Armstrong, of course, takes first place on account of his n ita’.m p. r.ot es with both bat and hall during i hj,. last Australian Eleven's vi-'d t. England. in his appearance on a local wicket public interest will undoubtedly centre most strongly. i:tid howe' er si t ong our patriotism it Wlii he the 'll-'. 11 111 dcsile ol spectators that Arm-lsotig he not howled first ball. McLod is the only oilier international in Ihi- learn. I.aver ~s a nephew of the famous frank I.aver, and a fairly fast bowler. Ha/.liU am! Hansford are both very young players "ho lane won ini e: -St in- honours. the latter as a brilliant left-handed batsman for whom international honour.; are confidently predicted If. is said in some quarters that Hansfnr I act ually had the refusal of n place in the last Australian flev.'M. tail tie- generally accepted impression is that he was found wauling in (he I’n-ldhig department. Vaughan, vlm is classt-ii as ihf liqsi Imtsmaii in tin* town, is also it ineilium-pace lov ler. with a break, and usually opens t tie Melbourne Club's innings. with Armstrong. Fry, the team's professional, is a good batsman, a ground bowler and a capital wicketkeeper. Irwin -is tin' veteran of tho combination, being about 10 years oi age, and bats well. Aitkcn ftlie manager) is a good batsnuu, mid fieldsman, and was captain of M.f-f.'s second eleven ; Tfenty, also a second eleven man, is a. stylish, fas’ - 'coring batsman ; and Jennings, who has played tins seasorr for both first and second elevens, is also n strong batsman. FMailer's forte is Ids batting. The bowlms on tour will probably he Armstrong. McLeod. Ifazlil I. Laver. Vaughan. Aitkin and Hansford.

Tri I tic week-end iiuo ikies Blun’ ’c.ijs with f>i points. Hailvvj;r 1 point s. W urihouseimm 2 points, T.C.C. 2 points. The match T.CJ.C. v. Bluff, to have been plnjcd at the port on Saturday will, I presume, tie awarded lo Bluff, the town players failing to pat iu au appearance. They were under the misapprehension, until too late to rectify matters, that (hey were to commence the match against th' Railway on Hie F.astern reserve recording to the fixtures and that the Bluff match would he concluded at the close of the season.