Cricket 1913

M a y 17, 1913. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OE THE GAME. 197 NEW ZE A LAN D . The first-grade club matches in Christchurch finished on March 15, and a few o f the leading averages (those of interprovmcial players, mainly) are appended :— B a ttin g . Inns. N.O. R. Aver. H.S. D. Reese (W. Christchurch) J 4 1 686 52-76 209 S. A. Orchard (Linwood) 15 4 466 4236 86 C. E. Beal (E. Christchurch) ... 11 I 411 41-10 168* W . Hayes (Sydenham) ... 11 2 369 41-00 125 H. A. Bishop (St. Albans) 14 2 490 40-83 69* J. L. Paterson (Sydenham) 12 O 473 39-41 161 T. Carlton (E. Christchurch) ... 14 5 337 37'44 62* R. G. Hickmott (St. Albans) ... 7 O 2 5 ° 3 5 ' 7 i 104 H. B. Whitta (Riccarton) 14 3 3 9 i 3 5 '5 4 125* 11 . B. Lusk (W. Christchurch) 11 I 355 3 5 - 5 ° 126 J. H. Bennett (Sydenham) n 2 257 28-55 i° 3 * A. W. Thomas (Linwood) 14 I 363 27-92 128 D. Sandman (St. Albans) 14 3 3 °° 27-27 56 F. Woods (Sydenham) ... 12 0 311 25-92 69 E. R. Caygill (Riccarton) 13 I 2 95 24-58 59* K. M. Ollivier (W. Christchurch) 12 I 237 2 1 -5 4 59 0. M. R. W. A. 204 21 682 5 7 11-96 181 4 7 4 3 9 36 12-19 276 55 9 3 4 76 12-28 205 35 682 4 1 16-63 2 47 52 828 46 18-oo B o w l in g . G. Wilson (Sydenham) ... J. H. Bennett (Sydenham) D. Sandman (St. Albans) D. Reese (W. Christchurch) T. Carlton (E. Christchurch) Additions to the century list :— March 1— T. McFarlane, 132, Albion v. Carisbrook A. „ 8--------. Brinsley, i n , Albion v. Opoho (Dunedin). .,15—C. E. Beal, 168*, E. Christchurch v. Riccarton. >,15— D. Reese, 157, W. Christchurch v. Linwood. McFarlane made 194 during the afternoon’s play, his first innings’ score being 62. His side had to follow on, and after two wickets had fallen cheaply he and Williams ( 5 3 ) added 166 for the third. He hit three 6’s and thirteen 4’s. H. M. Butterworth, who has been making heaps of runs in the Wanganui district lately, is the old Marl­ borough, Oxford, and Wilts batsman, who very nearly won his blue at the ’Varsity He is now a master at one of the Wanganui schools. During Easter some most interesting matches were I'layed at Xgarukehu, some miles from Mataroa, which is itself on the main trunk line o f the North Island rail­ way. Here Mr. D. Ledward has a capital cricket ground of his own, and he has often invited up teams from ^anganui. This year a side calling itself “ The Antient Rehques,” went up. The Reliques were by no means the back numbers that their name would seem to apply. They included five o f the Cave family, which has been so prominent in Wanganui cricket. The home side had in J M. Hussey an old interprovincial player of note. In ’he first match the Reliques put out Ngarukehu for 96, and themselves scored 241 (L. P. Cave 92); then the home 'ide made 211 (Hussey 73), and the visitors hit off the runs required for the loss o f one wicket. In the second 'natch R. W. Orton (97) and Hussey (107) fairly took r<x>t for Ngarukehu, and they put on 161 for the first ''icket. Total, 313. H. B. Cave and A. N. Cave started or the Reliques, and put up 58. L. P. Cave joined his hrother, and slammed while H. B. played steadily. They added 26c unparted, knocking off the runs required ; and at the finish H . B. was 97*, L. P. 180*. Private cricket grounds are rare in New Zealand; but evidently Mr. Led- ''ard ’s pitch is up to the best English country-house standard. Dan Reese, the greatest and probably the most popular o f New Zealand cricketers, was married at Easter. Con­ gratulations to h im ! A fter the finish o f the Plunket Shield match with Otago at Christchurch there was a very pleasing ceremony in the pavilion at Lancaster Park. On behalf o f his comrades in the Canterbury team, Reese was presented with a set o f cutlery; and C. Boxshall, the veteran wicket-keeper, who made the presentation, delivered quite a telling speech. He dwelt on the recipient’ s fine qualities as man and as cricketer, and mentioned incidentally that in representative cricket he had totalled about 2,600 runs with an average o f 27, and had taken over 150 wickets at a cost o f about 20 runs each. He has captained both Canterbury and N .Z. teams with excellent judgment, too. Mr. Clark, manager of the Otago team, followed in similar strain, proffering on behalf o f his men a marriage gift in the shape o f a silver tea set. In his reply, the Canterbury captain referred in terms o i eulogy to the long cricket career o f Alexander Downes, the Otago skipper, still going strong after 26 years at the game. Congratulations also to another popular and capable New Zealand cricketer, who, like Daniel Reese, has helped the game in the council chamber as well as on the field, M. J. Crombie, o f Wellington, who was also married during the Easter holidays. T o both o f them, and to their brides, long life and happiness ! Mr. F . C. Raphael, secretary to the N .Z. Cricket j Council, has forwarded me the averages o f the Canterbury | men in- their five engagements o f the season o f 1912-3- - two v. Otago, two v. South Melbourne, and one v. Auck­ land. I had hoped to give the N .Z. representative aver- j ages in f u ll; but incomplete bowling analyses and defective totals render that impossible, so I must satisfy myself by | transcribing the Canterbury figures— those o f the un­ doubted premier provincial team o f the season. Mr. Raphael promises that in future he will let me have ! regularly news as to Plunket Shield and other important ! matches. C r ic k e t is making headway in New Zealand, in spite o f the fact that six weeks or so elapses before it reache; the other side of the world; and this gives me great pleasure. I believe that New Zealand cricket has a much brighter future than most people suppose, and that we may quite possibly see a N .Z. team here within the | next few years. ! C a n te rb u ry B a ttin g and B o w lin g A v e ra g e s : R ep resen ­ ta tiv e M atch es, 1912-3. Player. Inns. Bennett, J. H. 6 Bishop, H. A ... 5 Boxshall, C. ... 6 Carlton, T. ... 8 Caygill, E. R. 7 Hayes, W. ... 8 Hickmott, R. G. 5 j Lusk, H. B. ... 3 j Norman, Alfred 2 j Orchard, S. A. 2 Paterson, J. L. 3 Patrick, W. R. 6 i Reese, D. ... 7 | Sandman, D. ... 7 Sims, A. ... 4 j Taylor, H. M. 1 ' Woods, F. ... 1 Hayes and Sandman made marked advance as bats­ men, and the side had four good bowlers in Bennett, Reese, Sandman, and Carlton. With a really fast bowler, they would be an exceptionally well-balanced com bination; but a really fast bowler is a rara avis in New i Zealand, unfortunately. . N.O. R. A. H.S. O. R. W . A . 0 41 6-83 23 •.. 198 356 25 I 4*24 0 68 13-60 36 •.. — — — — 3 55 i'S -33 20* . .. — — — — 2 185 30-83 45 ••• 125 251 14 17-92 0 " 7 16-71 35 •.. — ----- — — 1 309 44 -M 123 ... — — — — 1 166 41 - 5 ° 77 • 8 31 1 31-00 0 114 38-00 82 . .. — — — — 0 10 5*oo 6 . .. — — — — 0 12 6*oo 12 . 7 13 0 — 0 60 20*00 53 •• 3 i 98 6 16-33 0 236 39-33 112 . 2 4 0 — 0 2 I7 31-00 130 •• 149 424 24 17-66 1 248 41-33 93 • • 175 469 25 18-76 0 1 37 O 9-25 20 1 3 0 0 8 8-oo 8 1! — — — —