Cricket 1913

650 CR I CK E T : A WE E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAME September 27, 1913 NEW ZEALAND CRICKET AND CRICKETERS. (Continued from page 643 .) O n their w a y to the northern c ity W e llin g to n had p la y ed H a w k e ’s B a y , and had won b y an in n in g s and 102, G . C . H een an h ittin g up 146*, and A . H . G o re ta k in g a dozen w icke ts in the m atch . J. W o ls - tenholm e made 56 in H a w k e ’s B a y ’s first. T h e F ifth A u s tra lia n T e am , on th e ir w a y hom e from E n g la n d a fter a tou r w h ich had not enhanced the cred it o f A u s tra lia n cricket, p la y ed five odd s m atch es in N ew Z e alan d , a ll bu t one b e in g d raw n . T h e s e g am es w ere a g a in s t the five c h ie f p rov in ces, o f w h ich O ta g o w a s the one to g o dow n , th o u gh the oth ers w ou ld a ll h ave had a like fate had time a llow ed . S e v e ra l o f the C a n te rb u ry men show ed up fa irly w ell as b atsm en , M illto n and E . P . B arn e s m a k in g over 30, and W . J. C o tte rill, IW . J. C raw - sh aw , W ild in g , H . R . M a th ia s, and R . D . H a r ­ man 20 or o v e r ; b u t the b est score registered a g a in st the v isito rs w as D . L y n c h ’s 47 at A u c k la n d , and the b est b o w lin g perfo rm an ce G . M ills ’ 7 fo r 53 in the sam e g am e. S . P . Jones ran up 159 fo r the A u s tra lia n s at W e llin g to n . A s in the p re c ed in g season , in terp ro vin cia l m atch es were few in 1887-8. O ta g o b ea t their old riv a ls at D un ed in b y 103 run s, F . H a r p e r ’s 53 for the w inn ers b e in g the h ig h e s t score o f the m atch , and W . C a rson (11 fo r 77)vb o w lin g v e ry effectively . In a sm a ll-sc o rin g m atch at N elson th e hom e side low ered the c o lou rs o f a w ea k W e llin g to n team b y 9 w ic k e ts ; and W e llin g to n ^t hom e b eat H a w k e ’s B a y in an in n in g s, W . M o orh ou se, E . B o d d in g to n , and J. LI. C o llin s a ll m a k in g betw een 40 and 50, and J. H . H ew att ta k in g 7 fo r 30 in the v is ito rs ’ first in n in g s. S h aw and S h r e w s b u r y ’s T e am , w h ich had been to u rin g A u s tra lia , paid the islan d s a b rie f v is it; bu t rain interfered s a d ly w ith the m atch es, and all three, one v . 18 of W e llin g to n and tw o v . 18 o f C a n te r­ b u ry , were d raw n . W ild in g bow led fin ely in the first m atch at C h ristch u rch , and W e r r y (of w hom , cu rio u sly en o u g h , no fu rth er trace can be foun d in W e llin g to n score-sheets) scored 53* at W e llin g to n . A lean season w as that o f 1888-9. W e llin g to n beat N elson b y an in n in g s and 190 run s, and C a n ­ te rb u ry beat O ta g o b y an in n in g s and 126. T h e C an te rb u ry score w a s 373, L . A . C u ff m a k in g 70, R . D . H arm an 6 1, E . J. C o tte rill 45, R . B . M a th ias 36, W . F rith 3 1, G . M a rsh a ll 30, G . R a y n e r 29, and R . H a ile y 22*. O ta g o slum p ed for 47 in their first in n in g s, A . M . L ab a tt ta k in g 5 for 17, H a ile y 4 fo r 29, bu t fo llo w in g on m ade 200— F . H arp er 69. T h e re w as a d istin ct re v iv a l in 1889-90. A u c k ­ land w en t on tou r a g a in ; C a n te rb u ry and W e llin g ­ ton resum ed th eir m atches, irre g u la r to that date, bu t seldom a llow ed to lap se s in c e ; and a N ew S o u th W a le s team visited N ew Z e a lan d . O ta g o beat C an te rb u ry in a m atch o f sm all scores at D uned in , C . F rith ta k in g 8 fo r 42, W . P a rk e r 6 fo r 43, and A . D ow n es 6 for 61 fo r the w inn ers. C an te rb u ry at C h ristch u rch beat W e llin g to n b y 39 r u n s ; scor­ in g a g a in sm a ll, A . M . L a b a tt’s 47 the h igh est in­ n in g s, and the bow lers in the ascendan t, fo r C . H . D ry d en took 12 for 93 for th e losers, an d A . E . M o ss for the w inn ers had a ll ten (at a co st o f o n ly 28) in W e llin g to n ’s first— the o n ly in stan ce of all ten w ickets in an in n in g s in a first-class m atch in N ew Z ealand . A u c k la n d lost both at C h ristch u rch and W e llin g ­ ton, bu t won at D u n e d in , w here A . W . R e e s took 14 fo r 65 fo r the northern team . F o r W e llin g to n W . F rith (h igh est scorer w ith 46, too) an d C . H . D ryd en bow led c a p ita lly , 8 fo r 56 and 9 for 61 their respective figu res. T h e N ew S o u th W a le s team d id not b y a n y m eans represent the c o lo n y ’s fu ll s tr e n g th ; bu t it included S . T . C a llaw a y , a fterw ard s an in ternation al p la yer, J. T . C o ttam , w ho p la yed on ce for A u s tra lia , A . L . N ew ell, a rea lly go o d bow ler, W . W . M cG lin c h y , afterw ard s o f Q u een sland , J. D a v is and G . Y o u ll, both for a tim e regu la r N .S .W . p la y ers, and A . E . C la rk e , w h o settled in N ew Z ealand a little later and p la y ed su cce ssive ly for O ta g o and W e llin g to n p rovin ces. T h e y did not lose a m atch . A u c k lan d drew the first gam e w ith th em ; bu t th e y defeated C an ter­ b u ry b y 109 runs, O ta g o in an in n in g s, W e llin g to n b y 8 w ickets, and A u ck lan d in the return b y 8 w ick e ts. T h e h igh e st total pu t up a g a in s t them were 218 b y C an te rb u ry (F . W ild in g 88, H . D e M au s 74) and 205 b y A u c k lan d (H . K is s lin g 5 1, W . T . S tem son 35, H u g h B . L u sk 32, the R e v . J. R ic h a rd s 29); the best b o w lin g perfo rm ance w as, perh ap s, C . F r ith ’s 5 for 51 fo r O ta g o . C a llaw a y , M cG lin o h y , and N ew ell p roved too g o o d fo r m ost o f th e N ew Z ealand batsmen ; b u t on the w h o le the v is ito r ’s s c o rin g w a s kept dow n to fa irly moderate p roportion s, their totals b e in g 279, 212, 177, 172, 169, 166, 116 for 7 (dec.), 103 fo r 2, and 83 fo r 2. T h e re were on ly tw o im portant m atches in 1890-1. T h e gam e at C h ristchu rch betw een C an te rb u ry and O ta g o produced a g rea t s tr u g g le , the v isito rs pu ll­ in g th rou gh in the end b y a s in g le w ick e t, th anks m a in ly to the stead iness o f J. B aker ( 45 *), w ho p la y ed a great gam e at a critical time. P o ss ib ly B ak er is the best batsm an O ta g o ever h ad , thou gh som e m igh t rank H . G . S ie d e b e rg b efore h im ; he p la yed for a very lo n g time, an d w as m a k in g runs rig h t up to the end. H . D e M a u s, w ith 27 and 45*, w as h igh est scorer in each in n in g s for th e losers. An a ccom p lish ed b at, perh ap s C a n te r b u ry ’s fore­ m ost rungetter abou t this p eriod , he d ropped out of the g am e v e ry su d d en ly a few yea rs later, lea v­ in g N ew Z ealand , but returned last season , and p la y ed a little club cricket. In this m atch O ta g o had fo r the first time the a ssistan ce o f J. C . L aw to n ,