CRICKET NOTES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXV, Issue 11786, 24 September 1913, Page 2

CRICKET NOTES.

«♦» (By "The Critic") When the last mail left England, A. E. Eelf (the ex-Auckland coach) had scored 1241 runs for an average of 35.(34, and had taken 105 wickets at .'m average of 16.42. F. Pearson (another ex-Auckland coach.) was in the batting and bowling lists with 29.12 and 17.5 3 respectively, while G. .). Thompson (last year's Auckland coach, who played against Wairarapa at Grcytown for "Plum" Warner's team some years ago), was in the bowling list, having taken 112 wickets at a cost of 15.95, being fourth on the list. Dr. W. G. Grace, the famous cricketer, is 65 years of age. A Manchester Guardian correspondent is reminded of a good wicket-keep-ing tip he (the writer) once received (but did not act upon) from a very famous professional stumper of long a<ro. I was keeping wicket in a charity match (he says),, and the famous man was present while I was putting on my gloves in the dressing-room. All the other players had gone ou to the iield. "Let me see your gloves," said X, as we shall call him. 1 held them out. "Oh, they're no good," he said, laughing; "looking at these." With that he, took out of his bag a pair of black-fronted gloves, put them on and picked up a cricket ball. Then he held high his left hand opened ilat, with the palm facing downwards, and with his right hand he threw the ball up against the palm of the left. The left hand remained flat, it did not grasp the ball at all. Yet the ball stuck to it. "Those are the gloves with which I make the record number of catches in a first-class match," said X cheerfully. I examined them. They were covered with sticky stuff. The New South Wales Cricket Association has fixed the dates for the New Zealand-New South Wales match at Sydney for December 26, 27, and 29th, while the Victorian Association has arranged for Victoria to play New Zealand on January 9, 10, and 12. It is. proposed that-the New Zealand team to tour Australia this season will play nine matches in the various States, besides games with Wellington and Auckland. Only four matches were played when the New Zealand representatives visited Australia in February, 1899. The first was against South Tasmania, which resulted in a draw, New Zealand scoring 335 (Lusk 91, Cobcroft (who now resides in Featherston and has played in Wairarapa on several occasions) S3, and Jimmy Baker 81) and 103 for three wickets, and Souuli "'iifu.viniii;i 343. The next gam;; was with North Tasmania, and NewZealand Avon by' 150 runs. They made 2-t.") and £>;". H. B. Lusk being topscorer in the first innings with S3 and Baker 49 in the second. Tasmania ran up 329 in the first innings (Windsor 181), but in the "second aV.f'.not they were all out for 51. Erny Uphan, the Wellington bowler secured four wickets for 62 and six for 26, and Dowuos three ior 95 9)<d four for 23. The th-rd match was with Victoria, and Now Zealand made 317 in the first innings, D. Eeese being top scorer with 88. The Victorians compiled the large-total of 602, and the visitors were lucky to make a draw of the game, nine wickets falliug for 153. For Victoria Peter McAlistm , contributed 224. The last match of the (Continued on Pasre :;.)

tour was against Now South Wales at ; I Sydney. Again the Now Zealand bow- j ling , got knocked about, the homo team , making 588. Victor Trumpor (253) and ! Jumbo Farquhar (110) were the chief ' 1 scorers. New Zealand were dismissed i ..for 140 anil 04, and the tour ended | I with one win, one loss, and two drawn. I I The following comprised the touring team: —George Mills and Ike Mills (Auckland,), 11. B. Lusk (Hawke's Bay), F. A. Ashbolt and E. Upham (Wellington), Charlie Boxshall, L. T. Cobcroft, F. S. Frankish, D. Eeese, and A. Sims (Canterbury), and J. Baker,Alick Dqwnes, and Arthur Fisher (Otago).