CRICKET

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume VII, Issue 326, 22 October 1896, Page 2

CRICKET

[By

Stonewaller.]

THE ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIPS.

Beautifully fine weather greeted the continuation of the Cricket Association championship on the Auckland Domain, and this, coupled with the fact that the senior contests had reached a decidedly interesting stage, and the revival of interest in cricket, was responsible for a splendid attendance of spectators, including quite a sprinkling of the fair sex. United went in for their second essay, and after knocking up 163 for a loss of five wickets declared their innings closed, and endeavoured to dismiss Gordon before time, but without success, the latter holding up their wickets until the call of time for 84, thus scoring a victory on the first innings. Auckland delivered a decisive beating to Parnell on the first essay by 101 runs, the scores being 207—106. United v- Gordon. This match seemed to claim most attention, due, no doubt, to the interest that is being taken in the doings of United, and the plucky and determined struggle they made to pull the match out of the fire was a perfect treat, Cuff —good old General that he is—in particular working like a trojan. Prom the jump they forced the runs, playing freely and with confidence, and as the fielding of Gordon was decidedly loose and careless, one and a half hours play produced 163 runs for a loss of five wickets only, when the “ skipper” decided to close the innings. Cuff’s 47 was the result of brilliant cricket, he driving and hitting freely all round the wicket ■ while Labatt, another Christchurch addition, gave us a taste of his ability with the bat, his late off-strokes in particular eliciting much praise. Stemson laid the wood on pretty severely for his 44, but if the Gordon fielding had been up to the mark he would have succumbed on more than one occasion long before that total was reached. No others reached double figures. Gordon, in the the absence of Dr. Pabst, opened very badly, and matters looked none too promising for the first fifteen or twenty minutes. Williams and Williamson opened to the bowling of > ay and Hawkins, the former succumbing to Hay’s first ball, while the latter followed without adding a single. Nicoll, who followed, was clean bowled when he had recorded 4, but a steady bit of play by Gould and Ball followed, and it was to this, I believe, that Gordon owe their win. Gould was eventually dismissed by Hawkins for 14, and the club’s hitter, Kallendar, filled the vacancy, but succumbed to Hawkins when he had added 5 to the total. Hemery came next, and batting with more confidence, remained with Ball until he had put on 26, when a smart catch by Lusk, behind the wickets, retired him. Then came Hume, who lost his wicket to D. Hay just as the bell ran, Ball (not out) with a carefully compiled 22 to his credit. The scores are as under: —

Parnell v- Auckland. The Auckland not-outs. Holland and Wynyard, resumed batting to the trundling of I. Mills and Edmonds, but the partnership was short lived, Wynyard, after a leg-stroke for a brace, being bowled off his pads by Edmonds. Quentery took up the running, and he and Holland remained together until 57 had been added to the total —which gave 134 —when Quentery was beaten by I Mills, after a prettily compiled 21,. obtained with freedom and confidence. Arneil came next, but was taken at cover point off Woods when he reached double figures, and Colwill then joined Holland, but had. not been long with his brother junior of last year before the latter was stumped by King, off W. Mills, for 78. The innings was a really splendid one, showing good all-round batting, and few be.grudged Holland the rounds of applause that greeted his return to the pavilion. T. Neill joined Colwill, and the pair batted steadily until 39 had been added, at which stage the former was bowled by W. Mills, retiring with 20 to his credit. Colwill followed Neill after a couple more had been added to the total, with a carefully compiled 20 against him on the board, and St. Paul going without scoring the innings closed for 207. Parnell, with an hour to play, went to the wickets and made 77 before the ball rang —Lawson (22), Woods (20), and Hoile (12, not out) being the principal run-getters. The particulars are as under : — Parnell. —First Innings ... ... ... 106 Auckland. —First Innings. A. G. Holland, st King, bI. Mills ... ... 78 R. Neill, cI. Mills, bW. Mills ... ... 12 D. Clayton, bI. Mills ... ... ... 13 O. Stone, bI. Mills ... ... ... ... 4 W. Wynyard, b Edmonds ... - ... ... 22 W. Quentery, bI. Mills ... ... ... 21 J. Arneil, c Gardiner, bR. Woods ... ... 10 J. H. Colwill, b Edmonds ... ... ... 20 T. Neill, bW. Mills ... ... ... ... 20 J. R. Lundon, not out ... ... ... 2 M. St. Paul, bW. Mills ... ... ... 0 Extras ... ... ... ... ... 5 Total 207 Parnell.—Second Innings. F. Edmonds, b St. Paul ... ... ... 1 G. H. Dixon, lbw, b Clayton ... ... 1 0. B. King, b St. Paul ... ... ... 0 R. Woods, b Clayton... ... ... ... 20 W. Gardiner, b Arneil ... ... ... 7 W. Mills, b Clayton ... ... ... ... 0 R. H Hoile, not out ... ... ... ... 12 W. Lawson, c Clayton,b Colwill ... ... 22 Extras ... ... ... ... ... 5 Total for 7 wickets ... ... ... ... 77 At the annual meeting of the Licensed Victuallers’ Cricket Club, held at the Central Hotel on Friday last, the following officers were unanimously elected:— President, L. Ehrenfried; vice-presidents, Mrs Seccombe, Messrs Moss Davis, N. A. Nathan, A. Bankart, A. Myers, G. S. Budge, W. Lynch, R. Scott, J. Buck, E. J. Smith, J. G. Ralph, W. R. Waters, S. Coombe, B. Myers, W. H. Pearce, J. Gallagher, C. Tate, E. Buchanan, P. Quinlan, S. W. Buck, W. Regan, J. Hawkins; delegate, Mr A. Hayward ; treasurer, Mr A. Seccombe ; committee, Messrs. J. Buck, G. Rhodes, A. Hayward ; secretary, Mr C. J. Phillips. The championships will be continued this afternoon, when Gordon meets Auckland and Parnell meets United. Both matches should be full of interest.

The possession of a good bat is the fond wish of nearly every cricketer, but the article is not always obtainable. We have, however, been shown a new line of bats just imported by Messrs. H. E. Partridge and Co., of Queen Street. They are from the well-known manufacturer Cobbett, and are so beautifully balanced that the 21b 6oz bats swing as lightly in the hand as an ordinary 21b 2oz hat. There is an abundance of wood in the proper place, and the line should not take long in clearing. Referring to the visit of the Australian Eleven to New Zealand, the Sydney Midi says:—“The New Zealand programme will consist of six matches, viz., Auckland, Wellington, Southland, Otago, Canterbury, and a wind-up against all New Zealand at Wellington. To the majority of the team a trip through that delightful country will be new, and if they relish it as much as I did the memory will be an abiding pleasure. The island cricketers are taking keen interest in the

coming matches, and I sincerely hope that the contests may result in a stimulus being given to the game from Auckland to Invercargill, and all the intervening towns, not forgetting Wellington, where even the ladies are so interested in the Australian Eleven that they wish to know the exact shade of blue and gold forming the colours. I regret that I am not an adept in shades of colour ; all I can say is, ribbon of navy blue, with two stripes of old gold. Flanigan, in the ‘ Good Natured Man,’ looked his best in blue, and Harry Trott, who is a very goodnatured man, looks his best in blue and gold, so I’m told. The action of the Australian Eleven in determining to pay New Zealand a visit before returning to their native land has incensed a section of the arm-chair cricketers who form the New South Wales Cricket Association. By way of showing their indignation they have de termined to spite themselves, and have decided not to play a match against the eleven when they return. This should make Harry Musgrove and his boys smile.

United —First Innings ... 49 Gobdon —First Innings ... 97 United. —Second Innings. L. A. Cuff, c Williamson, b Kallender 7’ "... 47 D. Hay, c Kallender, b Williams 5 A. M.Labatt, c Steele, b Edwards ... 41 W. Stemson, c Ball, b Edwards ... 44 P. Marshall, c Steele, b Edwards 4 W. Hawkins, not out... C. MacCormick, not out 7 ... 7 Extras ... 8 Total for 5 wickets... ... 163 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Wides. Buns. Wkts. Overs. Mdns. A. Edwards ..,0 53 3 9 0 N. T. Williams 0 47 1 10 0 J. A. Kalender 1 38 1 6 1 J. Steele .. 0 17 0 4 0 Gobdon. —Second Innings. Williams, bD. Hay ... 0 Williamson, c Labatt, b Hawkins 0 Gould, b Hawkins ... 14 Nicoll, b Hawkins 7 Ball, not out ... ... 22 Kallender, b D. Hay ... ... 5 Hemery, c Lusk, b Hawkins... Hume, b D. Hay Extras ... ... 26 ... 5 ... ... 5 Total •••■ 84

BOWLING ANALYSIS. Runs. W’kts. Overs. Mans. D. Hay... ... 38 3 10'2 1 Hawkins ... 23 4 14 5 Stemson ... 9 0 6 1 Labatt ... 9 0 6 3