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Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14658, 27 January 1912, Page 5

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o aUSIRALUNS JPOR EKGLAMB, PLAYERS AND THE BOARD. Press Association—By Tel<—Copyrjjjafc. j ADELAIDE, Jan. So. H3l, tho Australian cajitaia, has received the Board of Control's reply 4o the cricketers' protestations that the Board's representative shall not be paid by the players. It denies that the players are not allowed to appoint their own manager, at>d adds: "The Board desires to send tie best team to England, bnt will not permit any number of cricketers to dictate the terms and corditiens of the visit, or tow the manager shall be appointed." ENGLAND v. TASMANIA. Received 11 p.m.. Jan. 26th. EOBART, Jan. 26. A match, Tasmania v. England, began to-day. The local players' showing was mediocre. The visitors bowled and batted well, Wooliey being particularly good, boundaries being hit with -unceasing regularity. Rhodes, too, performed brilliantly, the partnership accounting ISO. Tasmania scored 124; England 191 for one wicket. PLUNKET SHIELD MATCH "WELLINGTON v. CANTERBURY. Per Press Association. - CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 25. . lie Plunket Shield match, Canserimry v. oommen>*d this arteraoon in fine weather and on a perrect wicket, Canterburv won lira toss and batted., making an excellent start. They had 100 np for or.e wicket, but tils good average wts r.rt maintained, four being down for 113. Then Reese and Hickmott made a gcod stand, taking the s?ore i/-, 370 Then the wickets fell cheanlv vv&. eight were down for 225. i-af" a ™od stand by Patrol: and Bojrphal! rarrivA the total to 274. the innings dosing three runs inter.' Patrick i;att»d vc-iy soundly but Lusk was vcrr Ijckv. erring no less than tlireo chances. 3:cimott played a innings, and showed capital pesfeiing stiokes. Wellington, with a quarter of an hour to bat, lost two wickets for 10 runs. CANTERBURY—Ist Inni^. Lusk, c Beeciy, b Fenten 61 Hayes, c Berendsen, b Saunders 1 Norman, b Gibbcs 42 Reese, c and b Satinders 27 W. Carlton, c Berc-ndsen, b Gibbes 0 Hiimott. c Berendsen, T> Patrick 52 Patrick, not out ' 6:! , Sandman, b Brice 2 T. Carlton, c Blamires, b Patrick 0 Boxshall, run cut 19 Bennett-, 1.h.w., b Saunders ... 0 Extras 11 Total _... K7 Bowling—Saunders S for 92, Patrick 2 for 59, Brice 1 for 50. Gibbes 2 for 29, Featon 1 for 36. WELLINGTON.—Ist Innings. Crombie, b Bennett 4 Fenion, b Reese 0 Midline, not out 1 Saunders, not out 4 Bye 1 Totals for 2 wickats 10 TEMTKA v. SOUTH END. I The match between Temuka. and t South End commenced at Temuka on. i Thursday. The home team batted ' first, and made a novel score — i 1, 0, 0, 0, 46, 0, 0, 0. 0, 0. 0, 11The whole side were dismissed for 53 j W.Davis 46 not out. Twomey 1. and I "extras" 11. Douglas finished with - , the remarkable average of seven wicj kets for nine runs. ; South End passed Temuka's total I with two wickets down, Douglas and | Cave carrying the score to 65 before : the latter was caught at leg. Sliao I (12}, Oppenheim (12j, and Machen O.Q) assisted Douglas to carry the score to 144. before Douglas was bowled for a I well-played 65. W. Davis, 4 for 45, ! was the most successful bowler for ) Temuka.