Cricket 1913

04 CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. M abch 15, 1913. Cricket in New Zealand. MARLBOROUGH (EIGHTEEN) v. SOUTH MELBOURNE. Marlborough is one of the weaker provinces in New Zealand, and would certainly have had no chance on even terms against the powerful South Melbourne side, skippered by a tactician like Harry Trott. But their playing eighteen made no difference; an eleven could scarcely have fared worse. The chief features of the game (played at Blenheim on December 21 and 23) were a hard-hit century by S. Sykes, one of the youngest men on the visiting side, and destructive bowling by Kyle, Kenny, Kelly, and M’Cormack. First innings. D. Naughton, b Kyle ................ E. Phillips, c Kyle, b Kelly E. M. Beechey, c Pentland, b Giller E. O. Blamires, c Giller, b Trott... F. A. Midlane, st Pentland, b Trott J. P. Blacklock, c Kelly, b Kyle... A. H. Fenton, b Kyle ................ C. V. Grimmett, b MlCormack ... C. Robinson, b Kyle ................ G. Schmoll, not out ................ T. R. Southall, c Giller, b Kyle Extras ................ W ellin g to n . Second innings. ... 10 c Pentland, b Kyle ... ... 42 c Sykes, b Scott ... 24 c Purvis, b Scott ... 27 lbw, b Scott ... ... 43 b Scott 0 b Kyle 7 b S cott........................................ ... 19 c and b Kyle ... ... 18 c Pentland, b Kyle ... 2 b Giller .......................... 1 not out ................ Extras ............. First innings. Pearpoint, lbw, b M'Cormack Whittle, c Sykes, b G iller................ Mills, lbw, b G ille r............................. Wedde, b Giller ............................. Jackson, b Scott ............................. Goulding, st Pentland, b M'Corinacl Robinson, b Kyle ... Martin, b Kyle ............................. Reed, lbw, b M'Cormack ... Cragg, b M'Cormack ................ Ross, b M‘Corinack ................ Reid, Ibw, b K y le ............................. Whitely, b Kyle ............................. Horton, c Giller, b M'Cormack ... Monro, b Kyle Hylton, b Kyle ............................. Blinks, st Pentland, b M'Cormack Benning, not o u t ............................. Extras ................ M arlbo ro ug h . Second innings. c Sykes, b Kelly b Kenny c Sykes, b Kelly c Deas, b Kenny c Trott, b Kenny c Pentland, b Kenny . c Giller, b Kenny run out b Kenny b Kenny b Kelly c Kenny, b Purvis lbw, b Deas lbw, b Purvis b Purvis st Pentland b Kelly . not out st Pentland, b Kelly . Extras Total ... 148 Total S outh M e lb o u r n e . G. H. S. Trott, c Martin, b Pear- W. M'Cormack, c Martin, b Horton 29 point 0 T. Purvis, b Pearpoint 13 S. Svkes, c Cragg. b Goulding 115 H. Kelly, b Benning 14 W. J. Scott, c Ross, b Goulding... 51 A. Pentland, not out 0 T. F. Giller, run out 5 Extras 42 A. Kenny, c Cragg, b Whittle 38 R. Deas, c Benning, b Horton 44 Total ... 391 J. H. Kyle, c Cragg, b Pearpoint... 40 ---- S. M elbourne B owlers ’ A nalysis . M arlborough B owlers ’ A nalysis . R. W. R. w . R. W. Giller ................ 24 3 ••• — — Pearpoint ... .. 83 3 K e n n y ................ 11 0 ... 29 7 Ross .......................... •• 34 0 Kyle ................ 27 6 ... — Goulding ... .. 61 2 Trott ................ 23 0 ... — — Benning .. 29 1 M'Corinack ... 23 7 ... — — Hylton .......................... .. 21 0 Scott ... ... 10 1 — — Cragg .......................... •• 15 0 Kelly ................ — ... 28 5 Whittle •• 31 1 Deas ... ... — — ... 26 1 Reid ................ 9 0 P u rv is ................ — — ... 11 3 Martin .......................... Horton .. 21 •• 45 0 WELLINGTON v. SOUTH MELBOURNE. C. G. Wilson, the old Victoria, Southland, and Otago player, now in Wellington, has been appointed sole selector of Wellington teams—a doubtful policy, seeing that he can scarcely know very much yet about the capabilities of the men—and the team he chose for this match was in the main a young one. Beechey, Midlane, Blacklock, Fenton, and Schmoll (wicket-keeper) were the older players included; Gibbes, Brice, Tucker, Hickson, and Wilson himself were all absent. The match was played on the Basin Reserve at Wellington on December 26, 27, and 28, and after a struggle right up to the finish resulted in a victory for the tourists by 32 runs. The wicket, newly laid, wore towards the end, and runs were hard to get. Grimmett, quite a colt, played a particularly plucky innings of 29 on the last day, and Robinson, another young player, bowled with great effect. Firstinnings. _ S o u th M e lb o u rn e . Second innings. W . M'Cormack, c Blamires, b Southall ... 19 b Fenton ... 16 S. Sykes, run o u t ........................................ •• 13 b Robinson ................ 5 w . J. Scott, b Southall 10 b Southall ................ ... 6 J. F. Giller, c and, b Grimmett ... 20 b Robinson ................ ... 17 J. H. Kyle, c Midlane, b Southall.............. 19 b Robinson ................ 9 A. Kenny, c Blainires, b Southall .. 48 b Fenton 0 R Deas, run out ... ... ... . 30 b Robinson ... 26 G. H. S. Trott, not out ... • 43 b Robinson ... 8 H. Kelly, c Schmoll, b Robinson... 9 not out 10 T. Purvis, c Southall, b Blamires 3 c Phillips, b Robinson ... 6 A. Pentland, c Southall, b Blamires 3 c and b Blamires 1 Extras ........................... 10 Extras ... 8 T o t a l ........................... . 227 Total ... 112 Total 30 223 Total Robinson Southall Grimmett Fenton Blamires Scott Kelly Kyle ... Giller Kenny Trott M'Cormack W ellin gto n B o w ler s ’ A n a ly sis . O. M . R . W . ... 18 2 73 1 ... 21 3 73 4 ... 11 1 32 1 6 o 16 o ... 5-5 o 23 2 S. M elbo u rn e B o w ler s ’ A n a l y s is . 39 41 25 25 45 7 O. 19 O. 14 M. 4 4 M. 3 23 16 W. 6 R. W. HAWKE ’S B A Y v. N.S.W. TEACHERS. Full score not available. The match was played at Hastings on December 25 and 26, and the visitors won by 4 wickets. Hawke’s Bay made 162 (Board 37, Smyrk 34, Brownette 24) and 160 (Board 42, Creed 24, Boulnois 28, O’Brien 20) ; the N.S.W. Teachers 221 (Rose 79, McMullen 57) and 102 for 6 (Harvey 45, Smith 20). Smyrk for H.B. had 7 wickets for 86 in the match, and in H .B .’s second O’Neill took 5 for 42. Rose and McMullen added 118 for the seventh wicket in the visitors’ first innings. ASHBURTON CANTERBURY 2nd XI. Played at Ashburton on December 25 and 26, Canterbury winning by an innings and 129 runs. Scores : Canterbury, 312 (H. A. Bishop, 133) ; Ashburton, 84 (H. Waters, 30'*') and 99 (H.J. Chapman 25, H. Waters 23). In Ashburton’s first innings C. T. Rix took 7 wickets for 38. MARLBOROUGH v. NELSON. At Blenheim, December 26 and 27. Drawn. Marl­ borough, 308 (Pearpoint 77, Miles 46) and 78 for 1 (Pear­ point 30*) ; Nelson, 348 (Mead 83*, Neale 64, Haycock 58). For Marlborough, Goulding took 6 for 93. CANTERBURY v. OTAGO. Next season will mark the jubilee of this match, the only interprovincial game in New Zealand which has been played without a break season after season since its inception. The visiting side at Dunedin (on December 25, 26, and 27) was not quite at full strength, lacking Harold Lusk, perhaps its finest bat. Reese won the toss for it, and Canterbury batted first on a wicket like putty. The earlier batsmen went cheaply, but Donald Sandman and T. Carlton hit out well, and a decent total was realised. The bowling of the veteran Downes was excellent. On an improvised pitch Otago did much better, Ramsden accom­ plishing some effective hooking in his 74, and Hopkins, McFarlane, and Siedeberg showing to advantage. Carlton made a fine catch, with both hands above his head, at square-leg in dismissing Downes. Canterbury had a deficit of 67 runs to make up ; Hayes and Patrick played capital innings, however ; Sandman, though lucky, made some valuable runs ; and Reese and others contributed usefully, so that Otago were set 248 to get for victory. They never looked like getting them, though Austin and McFarlane did very well. Reese and Sandman bowled effectively, and Canterbury won by i n runs.