Cricket 1913

C R I CK E T : A W E E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. September 27, 1913. th eir first m atch the v isito rs beat A u c k la n d (J. A . K a lle n d e r , 24 and 32, h ig h e s t scorer in each in ­ n in g s fo r the p ro v in ce) b y 9 w icke ts ; in their second th e y defeated H a w k e ’s B a y b y an in n in g s and 13 ru n s ; in their th ird th ey d rew w ith W e llin g to n , for whom R . V . B la c k lo c k scored 65, A . R . H o ld sh ip 45, and F . L . A s h b o lt to o k 6 fo r 52 in the first in n in g s. T h e n cam e th e g am e w ith C an te rb u ry , red-lettered in N ew Z e alan d cricket. F o r C an te r­ b u ry b eat the in v ad ers b y an in n in g s and 7 run s ! D e M a u s p la y ed finely fo r 1 1 3 ; W . C . P ea rce h it up 54, L ab a tt m ade 42, and W ild in g 29. P ro R o b ertso n (6 fo r 72) and L a b a tt (4 fo r 37) did the b o w lin g in the first in n in g s ; w h en th ey w ere M R . W . R. G I B B E S ( W e l l i n g t o n ). kn o ck ed off in the follow -on P ea rce (3 for 28) and P a lm e r (3 fo r 42) pu t in som e effective w o rk . T h e v ic to r y w a s in ev ery w a y cred itab le, even if the hom e side had som ew h at the best o f the w icke t. O ta g o show ed a stiff fron t in th eir first in n in g s (264— L aw to n 58, D ow n es 48, F ish e r 39, H a rp er 28, H . R . B o d d in g to n 27, B ak er 24), and held an a d v a n ta g e w hen the g am e w as d raw n . T h en cam e ano th er m em orab le d a y fo r N ew Z e a ­ lan d— that o f the first m atch in which a represen tative N ew Z e alan d eleven w as put into the field. T h e sid e chosen w a s : I. M ills and J. N . F ow k e (A u c k lan d ), L . A . C u ff, H . D e M au s, A . M . L a b a tt, J. D . L aw ren ce , E . V . P a lm er, and W . R obertson (C an terb u ry ), J. C . L aw to n (O ta go ), and C . S t. G . G o re, and A . R . H o ld s h ip (W e llin g ­ ton). T h e venue w as C h ristch u rch . N ew South W a le s won b y 160 runs, k e e p in g the u pp er hand th rou gh ou t, and o n ly D e M au s, w ith a first inn in g s of 45, did much fo r New Z e a la n d ; bu t a start had been m ade in the p rin cip le o f co-operation am on g the ch ief centres, and a few m on th s later (D ec., 1894) the N ew Z ealand C ric k e t C o u n cil cam e into b ein g , th o u g h to w h a t exten t it owed its o rig in to this match one canno t s a y . T h e N .S .W . team p la yed one more m atch , beat­ in g an eleven o f the N orth Island b y 123 runs. Isaac M ills (40 and 38 and 7 w ickets fo r 70 in the first inn in g s), H u g h L u sk (39 and 21), and E . F . U ph am (8 for 107) were ch ief figu res on lo s in g side. S till more b u sy w as the season o f 1894-5. A F ijia n team , under the cap ta in c y o f the H o n . J. S . L 'd al, A tto rn ey -G en eral o f F iji, visited N ew Z e a ­ land , and p la yed e ig h t m atch es. T h e sid e con ­ sisted o f seven B ritish ers and six n ative ch iefs. T h e y met w ith no su ccess a g a in s t the stro n g e r pro­ vin ces, A u c k lan d and C an te rb u ry b e a tin g them in an in n in g s, and the W e llin g to n and O ta g o m atches b e in g d r a w n ; bu t b y d e fe a tin g S o u th la n d and H a w k e ’s B a y (each in an in n in g s), and N elson and T a ran a k i (each n arrow ly) th e y had on paper quite a go o d record . A u c k la n d m ade 333 a g a in st them in the first m atch , N . W . W i l ­ liam s (82) and I. M ills (26) p u ttin g up 110 fo r the first w icket, and E . W r ig h t (89) and W . T . W y n y a r d (63) a d d in g 124 fo r the seven th ; B aker scored 80 in O ta g o ’s first in n in g s ; W ild in g (136) and T . H . N orth (70) added 179 to g eth er for the sixth w icke t at C h ris tc h u r c h ; and C . H . Broad (who had p layed fo r O ta g o e a rlie r; like C raw sh aw he w as a schoolm aster) scored 80 at N elson , the next h igh e st score b e in g 17. A m o n g th e best b o w lin g an a lyse s a g a in st them were F . V . K e l l y ’s 7 for 27 at A u c k lan d , J. H o p e ’s 8 for 27 at D un e­ d in, R o b e rtso n ’s i t fo r 94 at C h ristch u rch , L . G ra h am ’s 7 fo r 61 at N elson , U p h am ’s 10 for 69 at W e llin g to n , and W . M ills ’s 12 fo r 90 fo r T a ran a k i at H aw era . O n e has not th o u gh t it necessary to offer m uch in the w a y o f d eta il a s to the ind ividual deeds o f v is itin g p la y e rs ; bu t one in n in g s fo r the F ijia n sid e must b e m en tioned . A t N ap ier J. C . C o llin s w en t in first, and carried his b at th rou gh an in n in g s o f 187, fo r a rea lly fine 128. T u i V an u a V o u , one o f the native ch iefs, bow led v e ry effec­ tiv e ly in th is g am e (9 fo r 5 1 ) ; he took 54 w ickets at under 9 each d u rin g the tou r. B esid es the F ijia n g am es there w ere n ine inter­ p ro v in cial m atches this season . S o u th la n d fared north, and were beaten in an in n in g s and a sin g le d a y b y C an te rb u ry , for w hom T . II . N orth hit up 70 and Robertson (him self a S ou th lan d e r) took 13 w ickets fo r 4 1. T h en at D un ed in O ta g o (B ak er 72 in the first in n in g s, P a rk e r 60 in the second , P arker 12 for 53, A . E . C la rk e 7 fo r 33) beat them by 178 runs. T h is is the only tim e th e Southland men have gone farther north than Dunedin to play; but