CRICKET

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IX, Issue 671, 15 January 1903, Page 8

CRICKET

(By

"Yorker.”)

Playing against Parnell on Saturday Gordonmnde the good score of 237, the main factor in . which wan an innings of 123 contributed by R._ Mason. He played well all round the wicket, his driving being especially good. Kallender hit up 28 very smartly, while Kyd put on 21, -M. Hicks, R. B. Lusk and Barclay each contributed 14 to the score. Parnell in reply have 23 on the slate for no wickets. Gavin and Elliott are the not outs with 12 and 10 respectirely to their credit. » ■, The fifth round of the championship matches was commenced on Saturday and everything was favourable to good play, the wicket., proving excellent and the weather brilliantly fine. Auckland played. United, but failed 'to show to advantage, the absence of the veteranskipper Neill being very much felt. The side was all out for 95, a very paltry total for such a batsman’s wicket. Ficholson 26,. St. Paul 20,. Oossey (not out) 15, HemusT4, MacOprmick.l3, were the two-figure scorers. United did very much better, totalling 167 for five v ickets. Gleeson played an atttraotive inriings for 63 not out, while Lusk did some good hitting in his puota of 45. Others to reach ,two figures were Stemson 17, Stoman 15 and Clayton 12.|§evue, -■>■- X • ■•■ :■■■■/. ~ Trumper and Duff, the two young Sydney players, did some heavy scoring on Saturday in the match New South Wales against Soutn Australia. Trumper con piled 178, while Duff was* responsible for 132. ' ' ' ♦' - « y ■■ l The English Team had. another very, soft snap on in their mat ch against Eighteen of Manawatu# They batted first, and knocked up 307 for eight wickets, the principal scorers being Fj JL. Fane (not out) 76, P. F.’ Warner 69, J N Williams 48, 0. J. Burnup 38, and J. Stanning 35. The innings was then declared closed, aid Manawatu going in could only put together 105 and-72. L. Skelley top score > in both innings with 31 and 24, playing with the utmost confidence. There was a fine nestful of duck’s eggs, no less 'than fifteen returning to the pavilion without troubling the scorer. ' . ■ *- . •■ .■ ■'■#/. Owing to having written somewhat foolishly, to Phillips, the well-known umpire, concerning the questionable delivery of two bowlers in the late Australian Eleven, Jack. Worrall was . practically boycotted by cricketers in Victoria, and has been virtually compelled to. give up first-class cricket. Worrall;has; been a leading . light in ictorian cricket for many years, having frequently represented the colony. If memory, serves me right, it; is eighteen years , since - ; I first saw Worrall acting for Victoria, and he has -been a regular member of the eleven ever . since, on several occasions'acting as skipper. Twice he visited England as a member of Aus- . tralian teams. He is a slow bowler with • dangerous brea-, and is also a most pubishing batsman, shining especially on a bad wicket* The action "of < Phillips in showing a' private letter appears indefensible,-and one cannot help think- ; ing that it is a case of making a mountain out of a molehill, op the part of, the returned Australians. It seems a thousand . pitiei that on'e .who has done so much for cricket, in Victoria should

bo obliged to cluee his career on the field tor such »(trfle, but then they take the game more seriously in Australia than we do over here,

« * w • The crack Adelaide batsman Hack intends to settle in New Zealand. Although his style is hardly graceful, he is one of the. soundest bats in the South Australian representative eleven, and no later than last Friday made eighty-four against New South Wales. The English team were in a line .scoring Vein against Hawke's Hay. "I he latter led •ff with 106, towards which Lusk was the - best contributor. On the Englishmen going to the wickets the bat immediately assumed eomniand over the ball. That very sound little batsman, Burnup, put together 82 before being caught by Naughton off Lusk. Warner did rather better than he has in recent' matches, the skipper knocking up 40 before succumbing to one of Trott’s. That usually consistent scoring man, Fane, fared badly, Trott bowling him for four runs, and the same bowler got the Yorkshire crack, Taylor, leg before wicket when be had contributed 29. Dowson showed nice cricket for 41, but it was left for Bosanquet to give the best batting display; and he hit in the most brilliant style" all round the -wicket. So fast did the Middlesex amateur pile up the runs ' that it rook just an hour to make lift, and he was eventually sent back to the pavilion by Young, who accepted a hot chance from Trott’s bowling. Thompson played a very forceful, but somewhat lucky, innings of 67, while Whatman 19, and Leatham (not out) 10 were the others to reach two figures. The innings eventually closed for the big total of 461. Going in with a big difficiency to face, Hawke’s Bay started in the feeblest manner ,four wickets being down for five runs. Hawke and Hallamore slowly raised the score, the former having 30 on the slate before getting leg before -wicket to Hargreaves. Coterill, however, played the brightest innings for his side, rattling up 34 before Bishop, who was fielding substitute, caught him. Nothing could stave off disaster, however, the match resulting in the hollowest of victories for the visiting team. One of the features of the matdh was the non-sttccess of Trott, the ex-Aus-tralian player. Hi's batting was very poor, while his six wickets were very .deai'ly obtained, costing 225 runs. •

Lord Hawke’s team commence a match against Wellington on Saturday next. The visitors have so far not been really extended, all their victories having been of the hollowest description. It is to be edthat the boys from the Empire City will make a better showing against the Englishmen than has been done yet. It is somewhat doubtful .whether such very onesided games: do much to popularise cricket, for young players are apt to become disheartened, while a closer struggle would be certain to increase the attendance. Perhaps the All-New Zealand eleven may be able to check the victorious march of the Britishers.

Victoria beat South Australia during last week by 189 runs, the scores being Victoria 472 and 164 to South Australia 317 and 140. In the first innings of the men from the Cabbage Garden, M. Ellis (118) and T. Hastings (106, not out) put on 211 for the last wicket, which is a record for Australasia.

The once famous Yorkshire batsman, George Anderson, died at Bedale, Yorkshire, on November 26. Born January 20, 1826, he was, of course, merely a name to the present generation. In his Cray, however, he played a great part in the cricket field, being for many years one of the best professional bate in England. He commenced playing cricket when quite a lad, and was already almost past his best when the Yorkshire County Club was formed, about, thirty-eight years ago. His last match of over 50 in a first-class match was 99, not Out, at Trent Bridge, for Yorkshire

against Notts, in 1864. For mahy years he was associated with the AU-England Eleven, and formed one of the unbeaten team brought by George Parr to Australia in 1'863-4. His height was 6ft, and his weight 14st 71b. Of him Dr. Grace writes: —“• He was an excellent field, and as a batsman possessed rare hitting powers. He stood well up, played freely and confidently, and when he hit, the ball travelled at a great pace.” He was superior to the average player in manner and education, and was a great favourite wherever he played. Parr’s unbeaten team consisted of George Parr, captain (Notts), A. Clarke (Notts), J. Jackson (Notts), R. C., Tinley (Nott®), W. Caffyn (Surrey), J. Caesar R. Carpenter (Cambridgeshire) ; T. Hayward (Cambridgeshire) ; G. Tarrant (Cambridgeshire), Dr. E. M. Grace (Gloucestershire), and G. Anderson (Yorkshire). They played sixteen matches, all against twenty-two, winning ten, losing none, drawing six.