Cricket 1913

September 27, 1913. CR I CKE T : A WE EK L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. 653 the little p ro v in ce now w an ts to join the competition for the P lu n k e t S h ie ld , and if its app lication to do so is gran ted its represen tatives w ill a g a in h ave to jou rn ey farth er afield— let us hope w ith better suc­ cess. In these two m atches no S ou th lan d p la yer reached 25 in an in n in g s. A . B row n (12 and 18) a lone m ade doub le figu res in the C h ristchu rch g am e ; at D uned in there were fou r doub le figu re scores in the two in n in g s, w ith 23 b y the cap tain , G . G . B u rn es, a s h igh e st. B u t F . C . S teph en son (5 fo r 62 and 10 for 113) and P . D a lrym p le (3 for 37 and 8 fo r 87) b ow led w ell in both m atch es. M R . A.": D O W N E S ( O t a g o ). C an te rb u ry and W e llin g to n drew at W e llin g to n , the hom e side d e c la rin g their second in n in g s at 263 fo r 7. U p h am took 5 fo r 20 in C a n te rb u ry ’s first. W e llin g to n visited D u n ed in for the first tim e, and beat O ta g o b y 45 runs, A sh b o lt ta k in g 12 for 102, U ph am 8 fo r 52. D ow n e s ’ s 63 for the losers was h igh est score o f the g am e. T h e n cam e a return between C an te rb u ry and W e llin g to n at C h rist­ chu rch , th e hom e side w in n in g b v 9 w ickets. L . A . C u ff (72) and H . C . R id le y (46) sent up three figu res fo r the first C an te rb u ry w icket, and D e M au s p layed a sp lend id in n in g s o f 94. R obertson took 9 for 98 in W e llin g to n ’s second . M a rlb o rou gh beat N elson at B lenh eim , th o u gh B road p la yed an in­ n in g s o f 94 for the losers. B lizza rd took 9 for 26 in N e lso n ’s first. A t C h ristch u rch O ta g o put ou t C an terb u ry for 40( F ish er 4 for 19, D ow n es 4 fo r 23), and then made 144 (W . C . P earce 5 fo r 34). In C a n te rb u ry ’s second P earce (68) and L ab a tt (57) p layed up finely ; bu t O ta g o w on b y 4 w icke ts. A . E . C la rk e (of the last N .S .W . team ) w as a lo n g w a y h igh est scorer in each in n in g s for the w inn ers w ith 41 and 64. A u c k lan d beat H a w k e ’s B a y b y 5 w ickets at N ap ier, N eill ta k in g 9 fo r 70 in the m atch , and D . H a y , 21 and 55, h e a d in g the A u c k lan d score in each in­ n in g s. L a st m atch o f the season w as H aw k e ’s B a y v . T a ra n a k i at N ap ier. O w in g to rain on ly abou t 2J h o u rs’ p la y took p lace, and d u rin g that time 11 ugh L u sk (88*) and G e o rg e M ills (49*) refused to be parted, the score b e in g 144 fo r o when the elem ents closu red the gam e. (T o be con tinu ed .) — P h ' / Further Experiences of Some Cricketers under Canvas. O u r first exp eriences in un d e rtak in g a fo r tn ig h t’s cricket-cum -cam p in g tou r in D o rsetsh ire have been told in a p rev iou s article, and so much en jo ym en t w as d erived from th is novel h o lid a y that we had no hesitation in rep eatin g it th is y ea r. A v o id in g undue repetition , I m ay sa y that w e g o t tog eth er abou t a dozen keen cricketers w ith a taste for cam p in g , and w ith the assistan ce o f the G .W . R . tran sported them to a certain spot in D o rsetsh ire w h ich is a sworn secret. T h e re we set up ou r cam p , and sent ou r defiant ch a llen g e s to the n e ig h b o u rin g v illa g e s. T h is y e a r the task o f m a k in g up the fixtu re list w as easier. W e had a ch ieved som e local fame— or notoriety— and were ab le to select ou r e ig h t fixtures from a la rg e number o f app lican ts, as th ey s a y in the ad vertisem en ts. 'Phis n atu ra lly stren gth en ed ou r list, a s w e d ropped tw o v e ry rustic sides w hom we took on last y e a r in ign o ran ce o f their som ewhat lim ited a b ilities. T h e result w as th at w e o n ly w on one g am e out o f the eig h t, a lth o u g h two were d rawn in ou r favou r. (W h o e v er cam e across a d raw y et that w as not in fa vo u r o f the sp eake r’s or w rite r’s team ?) W e were fortunate in g e ttin g alm o st the sam e team as last y ea r, and on a fine d a y in ea rly A u g u s t w ere met at the station (name a secret) b y ou r o ld friend the b u tch er. W e g o t up ou r tents that ev e­ n in g (a F rid a y ) and were ab le to sp y ou t the lan d b efore ou r in itial fixture on the M o n d a y . W e had won th is m atch last y ea r, and found ou r oppon en ts th irstin g for reven g e, w h ich th ey d u ly g o t— b y e ig h t w ickets— in a low s c o r in g gam e. It looked like b e in g worse at one t im e ; bu t ou r A u s ­ tralian schoolm aster hit up 39 in h a lf that num ber o f m inu tes tow ard s the end o f ou r second in n in g s, and ou r oppon en ts had to g o in a g a in to w in . W e fixed up a return fo r the next d a y , w h ich w a s a lso lost, a lth o u g h not b y so la rg e a m a r g in ; fou r