CRICKET.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144051, 22 March 1913, Page 8

CRICKET.

(By “Willow.”)

The following are the averages for the 1912-18 season in the North Taranaki Association’s Saturday competition : UNITED SERVICE CLUB. BAITING.

tSignili ’s retired. not out. BOWLING. Ov’rs Puns W’kts Av*ge Osborne 55 142 24 5.91 Hooker 20 71 U) 7.10 Dinniss 88 244 28 8.71 Bain 109 854 81 11.42 Colvile 87 185 U 12.27 Ingram 40 161 10 16.10 The Inflowing also howled : ■ Sumner 8 lor 17, Simpson 8 for 17, Sullivan 2 tor 13, and Stewart 1 lor 40: LAW CLUB. BATTING. Not

E. R. Mayno. who made so favourable an impression during tho tour of the Australian team in Acw Zealand three yeut.s ago, but who did not fulfil the promise lie then showed when lie went to England with the last representative team, came out with Hying colours in tlie Midfield*' matches this season, iiis aggregate lor all mutches was 476, the highest made by any player. Trnmprr came next with 410, and was followed in order hv Macartnev 391, Crawford 338. Hill 320, Barbour 292, arid Armstrong and Baring with 265 each. .Macartney easily topped the averages, hatting four times and being once not out. His average was 130.33 per innings. Tnnnpor and Maync each averaged 68, and were the only two batsmen who scored two centuries in the series of matches. AVhitty was the most successful bowler, taking 25 wickets.

-The match against Canterbury for the Plunket Shield at Easter is creating a dcvl of httorost in local cricket circles (says the Otago Witness), and the interest in Christchurch is also well sustained. Tho selection of the Otago team has given general satisfaction, and there are those who think that if the Otago players put their bricks to the wall they can beat Canterbury. Otago’s prospects, despite tho Invercargill showing, arc certainly good, and there is no telling what the team may bring forth. So far as is known at present the only member of tho Otago team who is doubtful of making the trip to Christchurch is Torrance. In the event of the Dunedin representative not being available the selectors will probably choose M‘Laughlan, whose form has been noted for some time, and whose work in the match acainst Southland Inst week created such a favourable impression, to fill the vacancy.

Torn Soutliall," the old Taranaki bowler, bids fair to boat all records for the number of wickets secured by any bowler in any season in M el 1i 11 cton (says a sontliern writer). So far ho has taken Cl wickets in championship matches this year at an average cost of 9.78 runs, and in representative cricket 12 wickets at the rate of 16.58 per wicket—not a bad record considering the season is not yet finished^ Some days ago (says “Felix” in the Australasian) an old friend who has reached that mature stage of life when easy competence affords ample leisure, was .walking through, as ho always calls it, “Richmond Paddock.” He is an •ardent lover of cricket, was, in fact, a good cricketer himself. Presently, as he passes the Cricket Ground, just on half-past 12 o’clock, his footsteps are arrested by the sound, the musical sound, of hat and ball. He stops in his stride, and walks into the "round. This is his report:—“l saw a big man at the nets, and two or three M'.C.C. bowlers having a go at him. He could hit. I tell you that I have not seen a bigger hitter on our ground since the days’ of Percy M'Donncll and George Bonnor.” As my friend failed to ascertain the name of the big hit-

ter, I thought it was up to me to find out. So I spoke to the old footballer, George Moodio, and I ascertained from him that the great noontide hitter was the distinguished actor. Oscar Asche. The match which is to be played on Monday and Tuesday sides alleged to bo representative of North and South Taranaki will be robbed of much of its interest by the fact that the sides are not truly representative of either end of the province. This is probably due to the golf tournament taking away a good number, of players at this end at any rate, and partly to faulty selection. There arc notable absentees . on both sides. There is a future Victor Trumper or something attending the Cleveland Street Public School, Sydney, and playing for the Double Hay Cricket Club (says the Sydney Bulletin). Allen Kippax is ins name, and he has only seen 15 summers, but in the city and sub- ' urban competition he lias been banging \ the ball about to some effect. Here arc his scores up to the present: —18, 25. 68 (not out), 18, 0 (run out), 85 (not out). 25 (not out). 54 (not out), 105. 81. (not out). 8 (not out), 54 (not ; out), and 105 (not out)—a total of 083 1 for seven completed innings, giving an average of 88.2. In addition bo bar, knocked up a century or two in school cricket. It is a remarkable season's | record &r a lad of his years.

At the last meeting of the Wellington Cricket Association a letter was received from the Auckland Association confirming a suggestion hy Wellington that annual matches should be played between the provinces, and that the visiting team should receive‘-HO per cent, of the net profits, irrespective of whether the match were for the shield or not. The letter stated that the Auckland. Association could not fix a date until they knew whether or not Canterbury could play them at Easter. It was derided to reply to the effect that the Wellington Association would he suited by a match in Wellington at Christmas, and to'point out that the annuallratch between Otago and Canterbury took place at Christmas, and the annual match between Wellington and Canterbury at the New Year.

i?c .= s: 1 1 I ’ 1 y £ K Bain 10 112 1-IS 41.80 Perham 10 i 1021 259 2S.77 Colvile. Hpv. !! i I out 226 28.25 Stewart 7 :2 -10 103 20.60 Sullivan . ... (> 0 06 119 19.83 Ingram 7 2 30 93 18.60 Osborne 10 1! 51* 135 16.88 Sumner 10 0 12 107 10.70 Simpson 7 1 25 77 12.83 Diuniss s 2 15 59 9.83 Mackav 10 0 20 93 9.30 Hooker I 1 19 22 7.33

Innings Out 11 mis Av’ge Greatbaleh ... 1;) i (307 50.3 Lash .... 13 •2 445 40.4

Bcwlev . 13 L 133 11.8 A. Anderson 2 0 21 10.5 Linvrov A 0 till 8 Kins; , o 0 36 7 ° Klliott . id 1 67 5.1 Johnson . 11 0 46 ■1.1 It. 15. Reid .. {) 2 26 ■ 3.7 H. 15. Hold .. . Kl 0 33 3.3 Anderson . 10 2 18 ° 2 R. Quilliani 8 0 i) i.i Sheppcrd . 8 i 4 ■ 5 , NEW l.’LVMorni BOWLING. CLUB. "Wickets. Huns. Av’go Elliott 36 524 12.1 G roatbatcli 18 ,254 14.1 Lash 474 15.2 Anderson ... 12 219 18.2 BAITING. Not Innings Out Runs Av’ge Mason . 13 1 319 26.5 Arden .. 10 1 22T) 24.4 Gwillim ,. G 0 144 24 W. Shepnerd 10 2 93 12 Harding ..... .. 13 2 122 11 Green ,. Id 0 74 6.1 Stobr 7 0 35 5 “Williams .... .. u 0 r>2 4.7 Ncwall ,. Id 3 38 4.2 Monk . 11 0 47 4.2 F. Skepperd 12 2 38 3.8 O’Donnell .. 9 i 24 3 Hooker G 0 BOWLING. 14 2.3 Wickets. Runs. Av’ge .Williams 23 351 15.2 Gwillim ii , 219 15,6 Mason 26 481 18.5 O’-DonneU ... 1) 180 20 XewaU a 132 44