Cricket 1910

6o CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. A p r i l 1 4 , 1 9 1 0 . 2 nd M a tc h —v. AUCKLAND. Played at Auckland on February 18, 19 and 2 1 . PLUNKET SHIELD HOLDERS BEATEN. Australia won by an innings and 128 runs. Armstrong:, winning the toss, sent Auckland in aud they fared badly against Whitty, who took eight wickets for 27 runs. Relf played aggressive cricket for 51, but received poor support. After losing Bardsley to the second ball he received, Simpson and Mayne added 53 for the second wicket and the latter and Armstrong 115 for the fourth. Armstrong offered two chances, but Mayne’s display was faultless. Kelleway and Warne played useful innings, and the total reached 355. Auckland again batted in disappointing fashion, and were beaten by an innings. Score and analysis :— A uckland . First innings. E. TTorspool, c Simpson, b W hitty .......................... 0 C. Oliff, b Whitty ........... 8 E. V. Sale, b W h itty........... 1 A. E. Relf, b W hitty.......... 51 A. Hadden, c Warne, Armstrong ........... W. Brooke-Smith, lbw, Whitty ........................... 8 A. Anthony, run out........... 0 N. C. Snedden, b Whitty... 4 F. Taylor, not out ........... 3 A. M. Ilowden, b Wbitty... 0 W. Robinson, b W hitty ... 0 Byes, &c.......................14 Second innings, c Dodds, b Arm ­ strong lbw, b Emery b Whitty ... b Emery ... • 17 not out Total ........ 112 A ustralia . b Emery ........... 0 b Emery ...........21 b Emery ........... 8 b Kelleway...........10 c Bardsley, b Armstrong ... 4 st Dodds, b Kclle- w a y ................... 1 Byes, &c. ... 24 Total ...115 W. Bardsley, c and b Relf ......................... 0 E. R. Mayne, b Relf ...136 C. E. Simpson, b Oliff 30 I). Smith, b Oliff ... 3 W . W. Armstrong, b Oliff .......................... 46 C. Kelloway, lbw, b Snedden ...................51 T. S. Warne, c Hors- pool, b Snedden ... 54 N. Dodds, b Taylor ... 6 S. H. Emery, run out 2 W. J. Whitty, not out 6 C. R. Gorry, b Taylor 0 Byes, &c............. 21 Whitty ... Armstrong Emery ... Kellcway Simpson First innings. d . M. R. W. 22-3 11 27 8 . 14 3 57 1 .. 0 10 0 . Total Second innim ..355 1 2 0 . 2 2 0 . Warno O. 14 5 10 2 M. K .W . 6 28 1 0 17 2 1 42 5 1 1 2 0 3 0 Armstrong bowled three no-balls, Kelleway two, and Whitty one. R elf... . Howden Oliff Taylor A ustralia . O. M. R. W . 32 10 60 2 I Hadden ,18 0 72 0 | Brook e- .20 0 77 3 Smith 1 , 16 3 1 54 2 | Sncddcn.. 4 O. M. F. W. 8 0 41 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 3 rd M atch .— v. CANTERBURY. Played at Christchurch on February 23, 26, and 28. A CLOSE GAME. Drawn. Canterbury made a capital struggle against the visiting side and shared the honours of the game. Reese, who has played for Essex and London County, showed excellent cricket and made the highest score in each innings : his 108 was a particularly fine display. With T. Carlton he put on 167 in 100 minutes after the sixth wiekct had fallen at 80. The Australians were set 341 to win and for some time their defeat seemed assured, for they lost Bardsley (to a splendid piece of stumping) at 1, Simpson at 34, Smith at 35, Hopkins at 38, and Emery at 30. With half the side out, Mayne joined Armstrong, who had ,r0ue in first. The pair naturally played a cautious Same for some time, and their partnership saved their side from defeat. Mayne scorcd 102 of the 176 runs added for the sixth wicket in an hour and three-quarters, and, after he was out., Kelleway helped to add 44 for the seventh. When stumps were drawn the Australians with two wickets in hand required 34 runs to win, and had Armstrong well in. Neither Mayne nor Armstrong played a faultless game, but as to the value of their cricket there could not be two opinions. There were 98 extras in the match. Score and analysis C anterbury . First innings. Second innings H. B. Lusk, b Emery 9 b Emery ........... *35 W. R. Patrick, c Simpson, c Kelleway, b b Emery .......................... 17 Armstrong ... 22 W. Carlton, b Emery........... 15 b Emery ........... 6 A. Sims, c Dodds, b Facy... 15 b H opkins........... 33 D. Reese, c Simpson, b Whitty .......................... :108 b Armstrong ... 41 A. E. Ridley, b Whitty ... 11 c Simpson, b Hop­ kins ........... 15 S. A. Orchard, run out 1 b Armstrong ... 0 T. Carlton, b W hitty......... 68 b Armstrong 2 J. H. Bennett, b W liitty ... 6 b Whitty ........... 37 C. Boxhall, not out ........... 21 b Whitty ........... 20 D. Sandman, b Armstrong 20 notout.................. 12 B 29, lb 6 ................. 35 B 32, lb 4 ... 36 Total ................. : 321 Total......... ! 259 First innings. W. Bardsley, c Sandman, b Reese .......................... 35 E. R. Mayne, b T. Carlton. 11 C. E. Simpson, b Bennett... 1 D. Smith, b Sandman ... 49 W. W. Armstrong, b Sand­ man ..................................17 C. Kcllcway, c Ridley, b Bennett ...........................32 A. J. Hopkins, lbw, b Ben­ nett .................................. 1 A. C. Facy, run o u t ............. 5 N. Dodds, b Sandman ... 12 S. H. Emery, not out ... 50 W. J. Whitty, b Bennett... 7 B 18, lb 1, w 1 ........20 Second innings, s t Boxshall, b B en nett........... lbw, b Reese ...K b T. Carlton ... ! b B en n ett........... not out ......149 c Boxhall, b T. Carlton .......17 lbw, b T. Carlton 2 not out................. 7 b B en n ett......... 5 b B en n ett......... 0 B 5, lb 2 ... 7 Total ...........240 Total (8 wkts)307 C anterbury . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Hopkins .. 16 4 41 0 ... ... 11 2 45 2 Emery ......... 18 2 77 4 ... ... 7 0 22 2 Whitty .. .. . 19 3 69 4 ... ... 8*5 2 31 2 Facy .. .. . 11 0 38 1 ... ... 3 0 22 0 Kelleway 7 2 24 0 ... ... 6 3 13 0 Armstrong ..,. 9*3 0 37 1 ... ... 19 6 83 4 Simpson ... •4 2 7 0 A ustralia . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Bennett......... . 16-5 3 61 4 ... ... 29 4 87 4 T. Carlton ... 8 0 43 1 ... ... 17 2 75 3 Sandman .. 17 1 78 3 ... .. 13 1 57 0 Reese ........... 5 0 29 1 ... ... 13 1 58 1 Orchard........... 2 0 9 0 ... ... 1 0 6 0 W. Carlton ... 4 0 17 0 T. Carlton bowled a wide. Interviewed after the match by a re­ presentative of The Press , of Christchurch, Mr. Armstrong said “ It was a good match, a very good match, and it ended in just about the right way. If it had been played out Canterbury might have won. I don:t say they would have, but they might have. We were considerably suprised at the fine form shown by Canterbury. They hung on to us all the time. Both in batting and bowling they are the strongest side we have met yet.” Something was said by the interviewer about the interprovincial matches this season. “ Oh, well, Canterbury must have played below form in those matches, that’s all; Canterbury certainly batted better against us, and bowled better, than either Auckland or Wellington. Their fielding, too, was good. Reese? Reese played a very fine innings indeed, and bowled very well, too — as well as any one on the side. The wicket was the best we have played on yet.” “ New Zealand cricket ? It has improved considerably since I was here three years ago. We were surprised at the confident batting of the local men. You have plenty of good material here, and with good coaching you ought to be able to get a Canterbury side that would give an Australian State team a good go. No, I don’t think you’re up to English county standard ye t; a New Zealand team might be, but, of course, there are counties and counties. I don’t think you would have much of a chance against York­ shire, Lancashire, or Surrey.” Conversation turned on the coming Test matches, and Mr. Armstrong expressed the opinion that they would be good contests. He was reminded that, though Canterbury gave the Australian Eleven of 1905 a good game, that team overwhelmed New Zealand. “ Yes,” he replied, “ but you must re­ member that team was a representative Australian Eleven, and we are not. People have an idea that we are a wonderfully strong side, but we’re not. We have neither the batting nor the bowling people credit us with. I am confident that the New Zealand team will be a good match for us, and that the Test matches will be ding-dong ‘ goes.’ You tell the public that. Let players go on the field with confidence, and not feel that they are out before they go in.” 4 th M a tc h . —v. OTAGO. Played at Dunedin on March 5, 7 and 8 and won by Australia by ten wickets. S co re s O ta g o , 166 (Siedeberg, 50) and 120 ; Australia, 189 (Armstrong, 91 ; Bardsley, 34) and 98 for no wicket (Bardsley, 56 not o u t; Mayne, 40 not out). 5 t h M a tc h .— y. NEW ZEALAND. ( first test match .) Commenced at Christchurch on March 11, and at the end of the second day the position was :—New Zealand, 155 (Sims, 51 not out) and 201 for four wickets (Haddon, 47; Midlane, 41 n o to u t); Aus­ tralia, 306 (Bardsley, 97 ; Armstrong, 72). Australia won the toss and sent New Zealand in. Rain prevented play on the next day, and it was feared that the match would have to be abandoned. TH E IND IAN TEAM OF 1911. Nearly everything has been settled by the executive for the Indian tour of 1911. It is gratifying to learn that nearly R50,000 have been collected, and that further financial support is assured. What is more there is the prospect of the best men accompanying the team. If Jam Ranjitsinhji consents to go the task of the tourists will be consider­ ably lightened, for no one knows English ciicket so thoroughly as the idolised Indian prince. I read that Mistri, of Patiala, the best left-handed batsman in India, is to go ; then there are Dr. H. D. Kanga who played in good-class cricket in England last season, Priuce Victor of Cooch Behar and the Maharajah of Patiala, who has been coached by Tarrant, of Middlesex, and who is said to be a fine player. Besides these such men as Baloo, Shivram, Warden, Sesachari, B. Jayaram, Ahsan-ul-Hak, Prince Narayan, Mulla, Jelang, Meherhomji, Mehta and K. B. Mistri are available. These players form the nucleus of a strong all-round side that should give many of the English teams a good game.— Amicus , of Colombo. TE N N IS COURT BORDER NETS, good colour, 1 especially prepared, with strong line attached to net at top and bottom ; easy to erect or take away ; will not rot, can be left out in all weathers ; 25 yds. by 2 yds., 6s. 6d. ; by 3 yds., 7s. 6d. , by 4 yds., 8s. fid. ; any size made. Standards for same, 10 ft. high, Is. each. Garden Netting, 30 sq. yds for Is. Orders over 5s. car. paid. List of Fancy Tents free.—H. J. GASSON, Net Works, Rye. Est. 126 years.