Cricket 1913

October t 8 , 1913 . C R ICKE T : A W EEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 687 NEW ZEALAND CRICKET AND CRICKETERS. (C on tin u ed from p a g e 653.) F o r the third tim e a team o f N ew S o u th W a le s p la y e rs toured N ew Z ealand in 1895-6. It was under the cap ta in cy o f L . T . C o b cro ft, w h o later settled in N ew Z e alan d , and p la yed both for C an ter­ b u ry and W e llin g to n , and it included L . O . S . P o id e v in , S . T . C a llaw a y , and F . J. B u rton , all earlier or later p rom in en t N .S .W . represen tatives, as w ell a s a num ber o f oth er cap ab le p la y e rs. In th eir first m atch th e y b eat C an te rb u ry b y 6 w icke ts. T h e hom e side we re headed b y 70 runs on the first in n in g s ; bu t C u ff (75), D e M au s (68), H . C . R id le y (41), and W . C . P ea rce (40) p layed up g am e ly in the second , C u ff and R id le y a d d in g 81 fo r th e second w icket. A fine p artnersh ip o f 143 b y S . R . W a lfo r d (122) and P o id e v in (58) g a v e the tou rists v ic to ry . T h e y beat O ta g o b y a sim ilar m a rg in in a g am e o f much sm aller sc o rin g . A . H . F ish e r (9 for 75) b ow led v e ry finely indeed for the p ro v in ce. W e llin g to n were defeated b y 226 runs, F . W . W a rr e n , w h o m ade 50 in the first in n in g s, R . C . N iv en , the w icket-keeper, U p h am and A s h ­ bolt, each h e a v ily pun ished in one in n in g s and each ta k in g 5 for under 80 in the oth er, b e in g the o n ly local men to earn credit in the gam e. T h e n cam e the m atch of the tour, th at o f v . New' Z ealand at C h ristch u rch . C an te rb u ry supp lied L . A . C u ff, H . D e M au s, A . M . L ab a tt, and W . C . P ea rce to the com b in ed team , W e llin g to n A . R . H o ld sh ip and R . V . B la c k lo c k , O ta g o A . F . C la rk e (of the N .S .W . team o f 1889-90), A . G . R a in s (an­ other A u s tra lian , a w icket-keeper), A . H . F ish er, and A . D ow n es, and from little S o u th lan d came “ P ro ” R o b ertso n , not w ith C an te rb u ry th is y ear. A u c k la n d n atu ra lly resented the non -in clu sion o f a n y o f her men ; bu t the team that H o ld sh ip c ap ­ tained w as a go o d one. O n ly R a in s (55) and P earce (47) m ade m an y in N ew Z e a la n d ’s first, and the v isito rs had a lead o f 11 run s w ith h a lf the match o v e r; b u t in the second F ish er (52*), D e M au s (47), P ea rce (47), and C u ff (36) all did w ell, and N .S .W ., set 244 to w in , w ere beaten b y 141 runs, F ish er (5 fo r 20) fo llow in g up h is cap ital in n in g s b y b ow lin g in irresistib le form . It w as a fine v ic to ry , w ell won, th o u gh the losers were hand icapped b y the fact that B u rton and N oon an had sustained in ju ries w h ich p reven ted their d o in g th em selves ju stice. A u c k la n d made a v e ry fair sh ow a g a in s t th e tou r­ ists in a d rawn gam e, F . J. O h ls o n ’s 59* and R , N e ill’s 6 for 87 in the first in n in g s b e in g the best p e rfo rm an ces. O h lso n w en t in third w icket down and p la y ed re a lly w ell. C an te rb u ry did not w in a m atch th is season . A t W e llin g to n their tail-end men failed m iserab ly after C u ff, L aw ren ce, H . C . R id le y , and W ild in g in the first, and C u ff and R id le y in the second in n in g s, had made a g o o d start, and W e llin g to n won b y 6 w ickets. U ph am and A sh b o lt bow led w ell for them . T h e losers lacked D e M au s, L ab att, and P ea rce, three o f their best. D an R eese represented his p ro vin ce for the first time in this m atch ; he w as qu ite a you th then, and his scores (o and 3) did not foreshadow his fu tu re grea tn ess, th o u gh w ith 6 fo r 65 he show ed up w ell as a bow ler. C an terb u ry sen t a more rep resen tative side to D un ed in , bu t lost b y 6 w ickets, D ow n es (10 for 104) b ow lin g in great form . A u c k la n d beat W e llin g to n b y 4 w ickets at A u c k la n d ; the feat o f G e o rg e M ills in p la y in g rig h t th rou gh the hom e sid e ’s first in n in g s o f 235 fo r 106 b e in g the g am e ’s ch ief inciden t. O h lson (49) helped him to add 112 fo r the fou rth w icket. U ph am (51) and S . J. T u c k e r (brother o f the better- known K e n n e th ) added 81 for the seven th w icket a fter 6 had fallen for 83 in W e llin g to n ’s fo llow -on . R . N eill (8 for 51) w a s v e ry d ead ly in the v is ito rs ’ first. G o in g on to N ap ier, the W e llin g to n team h ad the w o rst o f a d raw w ith H a w k e ’s B a y , w ho o n ly needed 15 w ith 4 w ickets to g o at the finish . F o r the v isito rs W . C . S . L e v e rs made 45 and 57* in the m atch , and W . G a rd in e r (form erly o f A u c k ­ land ) 59 and 24. E . R . L u d b r o o k ’s 68 and H n g h B . L u s k ’s b o w lin g (11 for 71) w ere the ch ief fea­ tu res o f th e hom e sid e ’s cricket. F in e b o w lin g b y L . G rah am (12 for 47) enabled N elson at hom e to defeat M a rlb o ro u gh ; bu t, in spite o f an 8 fo r 51 in one in n in g s b y C o le , N elson w en t under to T a ra n a k i at N ew P lym o u th , W . M ills (of the A u c k la n d fam ily o f that name) ta k in g 8 fo r 47 fo r the w inn ers. S o u th la n d at In v e rc a rg ill beat O ta g o b y 33 runs. R o b ertso n took 12 for 99 for them . F . C . L ig g in s carried h is bat th ro u g h O ta g o ’s first in n in g s o f 115 fo r 58, and A . E . C la r k e ’s 32 w as the o n ly doub le-figu re score in the second in n in g s. T h e season o f 1896-7 w a s a v e ry b u sy one. T h e A u s tra lia n T e am on its w a y hom e from E n g la n d visited N ew Z ealand in N o vem b er, and p la y ed five m atches, all a g a in s t odd s. A b o u t C h ristm astid e a Q u een sland side cam e a lo n g , and p la y ed e ig h t m atch es. F iv e o f these were on even te rm s; but S o u th la n d fielded 18, and g am es at A sh b u rto n and G o re w ere a g a in s t local odd s team s. T h e re were a lso seven in terp ro vin cia l m atches. Isaac M ills (20 and 28) w as top scorer in each in n in g s o f th e A u c k lan d X V I I I . a g a in st the re­ d ou b tab le sid e led b y H a rry T ro tt, and R . N eill (6 for 71, first), and W . S tem son (5 for 49, second in n in g s) b ow led rea lly w ell. A . R . H o ld sh ip (5 fo r 28) a s b ow ler, and F . H o ld sw o rth (30) as b ats­ m an, su rp rised the W e llin g to n c ro w d ; if the r 61 es had been reversed there w ou ld h a v e been no occa ­ sion for su rp rise. G . G . B u rn es (18) made the on ly doub le figu re in eith er in n in g s o f the S ou th lan d X V I I I . R . D . S p r a g g o n (36), F ish e r (11 fo r 18), and D ow n es (7 for 80) did th e best w ork fo r the O ta g o X V . T h e g am e at C h ristch u rch w as a g a in st