Cricket 1913

September 13, 1913. C R I C K E T : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 615 J an u a ry , ’7 1 . F ow le r (40 and 6 w ickets) w as again to the fore at D u n ed in in D ecem b er o f the same y ea r, when S a v ille made 58 fo r the sam e side, and O ta g o were beaten b y 10 w ickets. I su sp ect this “ S a v ille ” (a lth o u g h spelt w ith tw o l ’s) to have been G e o rg e S a v ile , the C am b rid g e b lue o f 1868, w ho died n ine y e a rs a g o . T h e name does not ap ­ pear on the C an te rb u ry score-sheet a g a in , and it is lik e ly en ou gh th at the Y o rk sh irem a n m a y have been in N ew Z e a lan d on a v isit, ju st a s the R e v . E . S . C a rter w as in A u s tra lia when he p la y ed for V ic to ria v . N .S .W . C an te rb u ry w on b y an in n in g s and 35 at C h rist­ chu rch in F e b ru a ry , 1873. E . T . A . F u lle r took 12 fo r 43 fo r them , and as 10 o f the 12 w ere bow led one fan cies that F u lle r m ust h a ve been a fast bow ler. N ow on ce more the N orth Island com es into the pictu re. A u c k la n d sen t a team on tou r in 1873-4. T h e A u c k lan d e rs b eat C an terb u ry b y 7 runs— 90 and 133 to 72 and 144 ; O ta g o b y 4 w ickets— 78 and 41 fo r 6 to 77 and 4 1 ; W e llin g to n b y 3 w ickets— 53 and 103 fo r 7 to 35 and 120; N elson b y an in n in g s and 56— 138 to 40 and 42. T h e y app ear to h a ve had som e bow lers o f a b ility . W . W . R o b in so n too k 7 for 63 v . C an te rb u ry , 10 fo r 53 v . W e llin g to n , and 13 fo r 25 v . N elson ; T . S . Sw eet had 7 fo r 63 v . C an te rb u ry , 10 fo r 44 v . O t a g o ; W . F . B u ck lan d 6 fo r ,34 v . O ta g o , 5 fo r 24 v . N elson . A g a in s t them , F u lle r for C an te rb u ry took 12 fo r 85, G a r­ wood fo r O ta g o 6 fo r 28 and D ow n es 5 fo r 28. In th is season H a w k e ’s B a y and W e llin g to n first met, W e llin g to n w in n in g b y 27 runs, s c o rin g sm all th ro u g h o u t. O ta g o b eat C an te rb u ry in an in n in g s that sea­ son . T . L y n c h m ade 5 1, L . E . R e ad e 38 ; D ow n es took 7 fo r 44, and P aram o r, a p rofession al coach h a ilin g from K e n t, 6 for 42. In ’74-5 C an terb u ry turned the tab les. T h e y m ade the b ig total (for those d a y s) o f 354— C . C . C o rfe 88, A . M . O lliv ie r 52, J. F ow le r 48*, E . F ow ler 40, T . S . B ak er 33, G . FI. L e e 25, T . S . Sw eet (the A u c k la n d bow ler o f the season before, p resum ab ly ) 20. P a ram o r scored 62 in O ta g o ’s first, M . J. G o d b y m ade 24 and 21. S c o r in g w as on the upw ard grad e, a su re sig n o f im p ro v in g cricket. A t D un ed in in J an u a ry , ’ 76, C an te rb u ry scored 149 ( A . M . O lliv ie r 62) and 272 (O lliv ie r 67, D . A s h b y , w h o had p la y ed fo r S u rre y , 56*, J. F ow ler 39, C . C . C o rfe 3 1 ); O ta g o 175 (E . T . C o llin so n 48, W . H . L a th b u r y 42) and 101 (P a ram o r 28). A s m a n y as 697 run s were m ade in th is g am e , a lo n g w a y the h igh est a g g re g a te yet recorded. In sp ite o f C a n te r b u ry ’s b ig sc o rin g W . F . D ow n e s took 10 w ickets fo r 92. T h is g am e b ro u g h t the w in s registered b y each sid e equ a l, and C an te rb u ry w en t ahead in ’ 76-7, when H . W . M oore m ade 76 in their first inn in g s, and W . F . N eilson 57* in their second . Sw eet (8 for 47), A s h b y (5 for 23), and N eilson (5 fo r 25) d ism issed O ta g o for 61 in each in n in g s. L illy w h ite ’s T eam now visited the island s, and p la y ed at A u c k la n d , W e llin g to n , N ew P lym o u th (T a ran a k i), N elson , G re ym o u th , C h ristch u rch , D u n ed in , and In v e rc a rg ill, a g a in st tw en ty-tw o ev eryw h ere excep t at C h ristch u rch and D u n e d in , where eigh teen s were m et. R . J. Y a te s , one o f the best batsm en o f the A u c k la n d to u rin g team o f ’ 73-4, p la y e d an in n in g s o f 31 a g a in st them at A u c k la n d . A t W e llin g to n there w as o n ly one d ou b le-figu re score in th e hom e te am ’s two in n in g s ; at N ew P lym o u th no on e g o t more than 7 ; at N el­ son 8 w as the top s c o r e ; at G re ym o u th 11 led the MR. HUGH B . LU SK (H a w k e s ’s B ay). w a y . B u t the C an te rb u ry X V I I I . g a v e them a clo se figh t. T h e E n g lishm e n m ade 70 and 102 ; the X V I I I . scored 65 and 84. C . F rith (9 for 52) bow led re a lly w ell, and it is lik e ly th at bu t fo r an u n ex ­ pected last w icket stand b y H ill and S ou th erton in E n g la n d ’s first the X V I I I . m ig h t h ave w on . A t D un ed in the b o w lin g o f G . M illin g to n (who had taken 11 fo r 94 v . C an te rb u ry , and now had 6 fo r 54 a g a in st more fam ou s oppon en ts) w a s the best fea­ ture o f the lo c a ls’ p la y . N o on e did a n y th in g of note at In v e rc a rg ill. In 1877-8 W e llin g to n met b o th M a rlb o rou gh and N elson , defeated the form er in an in n in g s, bu t w en t under to the latter b y 85 run s. W h e th e r either o f these sm aller p ro v in ces had been met b y W e l­ lin g to n b efore is not q u ite c e r ta in ; p ro b a b ly not. T h e g am es between N elson and W e llin g to n becam e