Cricket 1913

September 20, 1913. CR I CKET : A WEEK L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. B a y pu t ou t W e llin g to n for 52. B ow lers had their turn. In the two m atches v . O ta g o D . D u n lo p , of C an te rb u ry , too k 19 w ickets for 181 runs. A t C h ristch u rch F . H . C o o k e, O ta g o ’s crack bow ler, took 9 fo r 57 in C a n te r b u ry ’s first in n in g s, the other batsm an b e in g run ou t. In the D uned in match T . L . A u s tin had 9 for 103. F o r (W e llin g ­ ton v . A u c k la n d H . L aw so n too k 11 fo r 138; and in W e llin g to n ’s second in n in g s at N ap ier G . N ew ­ ton, o f H a w k e ’s B a y , had 6 fo r 20. T h e re were few er m atches in 1885-6. A u ck lan d do not app e ar to h ave p layed at all, and W e llin g ­ ton o n ly met H aw k e ’s B a y , w in n in g b y 10 w ickets M R . J . P. B L A C K L O C K ( W e l l in g t o n ). in a m atch w h ich had no o u tstan d in g features. C an te rb u ry beat O ta g o b y 81 runs at D uned in , E . J. C o tte rill p la y in g an in n in g s o f 75* fo r the w inn ers, and E . T . C o llin son one o f 59 fo r the losers. In O ta g o ’s second in n in g s W ild in g (5 for 4 1— 9 fo r 78 in the m atch ) and D u n lop (5 fo r 36) bow led un ch an g ed . C an te rb u ry beat O ta g o b y 10 w ickets at C h rist­ chu rch in 1886-7, ar|d also defeated W e llin g to n by n o runs at W e llin g to n . D . D u n lo p (10 fo r 36 ; s ix for seven in the second inn in g s) and R . H a iley (9 for 52) bow led un ch an ged fo r their side in the latter m atch . W e llin g to n sent a team to A u c k ­ land , and were defeated in an in n in g s. F o r the w inn ers D . L y n c h scored 81, R . J. Y a te s 50, and G . M ills 3 9 *; M ills, w h o later appeared both for H a w k e ’s B a y and O ta g o , o w in g to c o a ch in g en ­ g a g em en ts, a lso took 10 fo r 70 in the m atch , and W . M eld rum had 7 for 38 in W e llin g to n ’s second . G . G . Bu rn es (32 and 6) w as the h igh e st scorer for W e llin g to n . In later years he p la yed for S o u th la n d . ( T o be continued.)^ ' Club Cricket Motes and Jottings. B y g iv in g up their last m atch o w in g to the fun eral o f one o f their p la y ers S u n d e rlan d forfeited a ll chan ce o f sh a rin g honou rs in the Du rh am L e a g u e w ith W e a rm o u th and C h ester-le-S treet, w h o finished level. T h e se two team s p la yed a d e c id in g m atch on S a tu rd a y . T h e cond ition s were th at shou ld bad w eather p reven t p la y the g am e sh o u ld be p o s tp o n e d ; bu t if it w a s started and not b ro u g h t to a definite resu lt the p rem iersh ip w ou ld b e decided on the “ figu re o f m erit ” system as app lied to the w hole L e a g u e cam p a ig n o f both sides. T h is a rran gem en t w as a trifle un fair to Ch ester- le-Street, w h o had n o th in g to p la y for bu t a w in , w h ile W e a rm o u th cou ld m ake su re o f the ch am ­ p io n sh ip b y eith er w in n in g or d raw in g . W e a r - m o u th ’s s c o rin g w as as 1.99 to 1, w hereas C h e ste r’s w a s as 1.50 to 1. T h e cond ition s had th eir effect upon the cou rse o f the g am e. T h e W e a rm o u th cap tain has been roun d ly condem ned in som e quarters as un sports­ man like fo r not d e c la rin g earlier and g iv in g his op pon en ts a fig h tin g ch an ce. B u t what wou ld the W e a rm o u th su p po rters h ave said if he had de­ clared earlier and C h ester had won ? T h e re are argum en ts on both s id e s ; and it seems to me that the rules o f the L e a gu e are more to be blamed than P a rrin g to n , w h o w as b ound for h is sid e ’s sake not to let them lose when d raw or w in had equal va lu e. T h e w icket w a s slow a fter the rain , and the lig h t v e ry poor. T . P rin ce and R o th e ry pu t up o ver 70 b efo reIW ea rm o u th ’s first w icket fell, and the form er Y o rk s h ir e rep resen tative com p leted h is thousand in L e a g u e cricket th is season . H e w a s in fine form , and reached 80 before su c cum b in g . S ix were ou t fo r 160, and C h e ste r’s ch an ce seemed g o o d ; bu t F in ch (65*), C raw fo rd (18), and J. Ilin d s o n (29*) p la y ed up w ell, and ev en tu a lly P a rrin g to n declared . W e a rm o u th had batted 190 m inutes, and had made 265 fo r 8 w ick e ts. C h ester had too m inutes left to g e t the run s in, and b y n o th in g sh o rt o f a m iracle cou ld h a ve th ey been expected to accom p lish the task. B rad fo rd and B ew ick , the o p e n in g p air, con ­ tented them selves w ith w a lk in g s in g le s instead o f