CRICKET.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 26, 30 December 1908, Page 8

CRICKET.

Resignation of a Veteran. Dr. W. G. Grace, the veteran cricketer, has resigned the secretaryship of the Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. Wellington Averages. Tucker leads in the batting averages at Wellington, with an average of 62.2, and then follow Brice, 59.4; J. B. Blacklock, 47; Mahoney, 46.2; Monaghan, 43.5; Payne, 33; Richardson, 32.5; Bruce, 32; Newhold, 32; Little, 30.2; Ashbolt, 30; 8. Hickson. 30. Among the bowlers, Patrick heads the list, with an average of 4.5, the next eleven being Day, 7; Monaghan, 8.5; Tucker, 9; Connolly, 9.2; Mason, 9.6; Rodgers, 9.8; Mitchell, 10; Smyrke, 10.3; Staples, 10.3; G. S. Pringle. 11; Matthews, 11.3. Auckland. A team from Bombay met an Auckland junior eleven on the Auckland Domain on Boxing Day, the match resulting in a win for the Aucklanders. Batting first, the home team made 92 (Lepine 23, Speight 21, and Schofield 18), and the visitors responded with 78, of which E. Clarke made 13, Proude 17, A. Clarke 16, and A. Evans 15. -With four wickets down for 131 (Goulding 57, Williams 22 not out, Dinnison 20, Speight 12, Browne 10 not out), the juniors declared the second innings closed. The visitors, when stumps were drawn, had lost six wickets for 88 runs (Edgell 37 not out, Balme 18, and Evans 11). Of the Bombay bowlers, Clarke took five wickets for 34 runs in the first Auckland innings. Among the trundlers of the winning team, Schofield took four wickets for 10 runs, and Dingle three for a similar number of runs. Finance of the Australian Tout. Tn discussing the objection of Clem THII and M. A. Noble to the terms of the Board of Control regarding the finance of the Australian eleven in England, the “Sportsman” advises the Board to go warily ami not be too grasping, for if it caused a defection of many leading players the English Board of Control would be quite justified in cancelling the programme. as the invitation was expressly given to the representative Australian team. [The Board of Control decided that it would take all the receipts from matches in England. retaining 5 per cent, of the total up to £6OOO and 12 per cent, beyond that sum. Clem. Hill stated that these proposals were unjust, and he would not think of going to England under them. M. A. Noble expressed a similar view. In the past the Australians have divided the whole proceeds more or less equally among the men undertaking the trip.]