CRICKET.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 2 March 1914, Page 6

CRICKET.

AUSTRAL IA v. CAXTERBU UV. A Bid SCO HE. (£f Telegraph—Press Association C HKIS TCll UHC'll, Last Xin hi. Tin* miltcli between ill;; Australians and Canterbury was continued yesterday. Tito local team had boon disposed ol lor 92 runs in their first .Minings. The Australians compiled tho great score o! 631 ior the loss of luuo wickets. 'Flic scores ior Australia, were Trumper (293\, Sims, not out (182), Cody (•>-!), M. A. Noble (36) and W. -M. Armstrong (31).

THE KIKST TEST MATCH

CHIMSTC'II URCH, Last Night. K. Horspool (Auckland), and W. Patrick 'Canterbury), have Weil selected to Jill the vacancies in the. ,\./i. team for the first test match, caused by L. H'. Heinus and X. C. Sneddon Auckland) bring nibble to travel to Dunedin. To allow -nembers of the Australian tonin to travel overland to the West Coast, instead of by steamer, and also to accede to the wishes of Wellington for a return match, tho programme after the test match has been rearranged. The.match sigsunst Southland will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 10th and 11th; the. return match against Canterbury on March 13th ami 1-1 tli; the Nelson match on Wednesday and Thursday, March 18th and 19th; and the Wellington match on March 21st and 22nd.

WAIKAR.APA ASSOCIATION. SATURDAY'S GAMES. W. HOAR (JETS A CENTURY. , Beautiful weather prevailed for the, continuation of the Wairarapa Cricket Association's championship series. The wickets 011 the Park Oval were in splendid order, and the spectators were treated to a fine exhibition of batting 011 the part of several batsmen. i The matches commenced the previous Saturday were completed, Carlton A defeating Masterton B by, several hundred runs. Mastertoir A. accounted for Carlton B by a comfortable Miargiii. Saturday's winning team.s will now be left to compete, for championship honour;?. >. For Carlton A, W. Hoar, who made 86 in the first innings,- went still better and secured his-century with five runs to -spare. This promising player gave a. fine exhibition of batting, having the opposing bowlers at his mercy right through. His score included four sixers, eleven fioureiys and three threes. Southgate, in the saflie team, was also in good form, and failed to reach his century by eight runs. He played a fine free innings, scoring all round the wicket. With Hoar and Southgate together the Alasterton fieldsmen .were treated to a deal of leather hunting. -The stand made jvas one of the best witnessed on the local ground for some time. Styles played a forcible innings for 51. Kemfiall compiled a useful 33 by nice cricket and Mad-sen showed a glimpse of {his old farm by hitting up 33. The ijunings closed for the fine score of 355. The Mastorton B's had an impos-sible,-task .before them, and seyen wickets were down for 32, Pliiflips taking five , wickets for 15 runs, ijiiicl Styles 2 for 11. 1-n thn Alasterton A. v. Carlton B 'match the former's second innings realised 144, E. Perry 36, C. Perry 39, Dunn 46, and MeJvenzio 14 being the double figure scorers. . Wanting 165 runs to win the Curlton men failed to rise to the occasion, being all out for 79 runs, Hickson coming out with the fine average of 7 wickets for 26 runs. F. P. W'elch 13, 11. Moss 15, K. Welch 16 and C. Welch 16 were the main scorers for Carlton, The details are as follow: .

CARLTON A v. MASTERTOX U. Carlton A. Kirst Jll itiiitvs 172 " Second Innings. Styles, l> .Jordan 51 Kenibali, c sub., h Redmond ... 35 Phillips, !) .Jordan 5 Southirate, c Walker, h Jordan 92 W. Hoar, Ij Redmond 103 Moore, lbw, b Rodniond 10 Madson, b Redmond 33! B. Welch;, not out 8 R. Hatch, e sub., b Redmond ... 0 W. Flaws, b Redmond 0 Petersen, b Redmond 15 Sundries 15 Total 355 Howling.—Redmond 7 for 103, Jordan 3 for 79, Cong-don 0 for 102, Walker 0 for 54. ' Masterton B. First Innings 95' Second Innings. Jordan, <• and b Styles 7 Rodniond, b Phillips 8 Congdon, b St vies 3 Walker, I. Phiilips 7j AlcEwen, e sub., b Phil lips 0 Po'.nton, b Phillips 0 , Tooby, b Phillips 0 7

(Crystal, not out .... 1 Sundries G Total for 7 wickets 32 Bowling.—Phillips o for 15, Styles 2 for 11. . MASTERTON A v. CARLTON R. First "'innings 146 Second Innings. E. Perry, b R. Moss 36 Blackmail, b B. Welch 0 C, Perry, not out 39 I). K. Logan, b Moss 0 Hiekson, b Moss 0 Dunn, e Stewart, b B. Welch ... 46 Wixon, b F. Hoar 2 lggulden, b B. Welch 4 McKepzie, b B. Welch 14 Dnimmond, b Welch '2 Sundries 3 1 Total 1 Bowling.—B. Welch 5 for 37, R. Moss 2 for 22, F. Hoar 1 for 24, H. Miller 0 for 19, C. Welch 0 for 7, Flaws 0 for 14. Carlton B. First Innings 120 l Second Innings. J F. P. Welch, b Hiekson 13 Mowlern, cC. Perry, b Hiekson 2 E. Welch, cE. Perry, b Hiekson 1 Stewart, c and b Hiekson 1 B. Welch, cE. Perry, b Hiekson 0 H. Miller, b Hiekson 1 Moss, run out L> P. Hoar, run out 3 K. Welch, b Hiekson 16 C. Welch, b Wixon I*s T. Flaws, not out 0 Sundries H

Total Bowling—Hiekson 7 for 25, AVixon 1 for 18, Logan 0 for 24.