Cricket 1913

6 8 8 C R IC K E T : A W EEK LY RECORD OF THE GAME. October 18 , 1913 . X V . o f N ew Z e a la n d . It w a s keen ly c o n te ste d ; bu t th e hom e s id e ’s a ccep tan ce o f odd s renders it o f com p a ra tiv e ly sm a ll accoun t in the retrospect. A w in fo r them w ou ld h ave been b a d ly d iscoun ted b y th e fa ct o f th eir p la y in g fifteen . C an te rb u ry w a s represented b y H . D e M au s, F . W ild in g , A . E . R id le y , and W . C . P e a rc e ; from W e llin g to n cam e A . B . W illia m s (fo rm erly o f O ta g o ), A . R . H o ld s h ip , E . F . I'p h am , and R . C . N iv e n ; from A u c k lan d I. M ills, L . A . C u ff (recen tly removed th ith er from C a n te rb u ry— a year or so later he M r . C. H I C K S O N ( W e l l i n g t o n ) m ig ra ted a g a in , to T a sm an ia ), R . N eill, and D . H a y ; from O ta g o J. B aker and A . E . C la r k e ; and from S o u th la n d W . R o b e rtso n . H u g h L u sk , A . H . F ish er, and A . D ow n es w ere the m ost p ro ­ m inen t ab sen tees. A u s tra lia w on b y 5 w ic k e ts; b u t there w as som e cap ital b a ttin g b y W illiam s (73)1 C u ff (50), B ak er (40), D e M au s (24), and R id le y (20), w hen N ew Z e alan d fo llow ed on 175 in arrear. T h e Q u een slan d team in clud ed S . P . Jones, the fam ou s A u s tra lia n b atsm an , w h o settled in A u c k ­ land later and is still there, the stonew aller, D r. R . M a cd on a ld , W . W . M cG lin c h y , O . W . C ow le y , and D . M iller, w ho had all been m embers o f form er N .S .W . team s, S . D on ah o o , w h o had p la y ed for V ic to ria , W . B ra d le y , a cap ital w icket-keep er and go o d bat, W . H o are, a slow b ow ler of real a b ility , and oth er cap ab le m en. It b e g a n op eration s b y a d raw w ith A u c k la n d , w ho m ade 253 in their second in n in g s, C u ff ra ttlin g up 80 in 75 m inu tes desp ite a d am a g ed knee, and K a lle n d a r (55) and N eill (39) a d d in g 94 tog eth er. T h e secon d match w a s w ith N ew Z ealand at W e llin g to n . E ig h t o f th e fifteen w h o p la y ed v . A u s tra lia w ere included , the side b e in g L . A . C u ff (cap tain ), R . N e ill, and E . W r ig h t (A u c k lan d ), A . R . H o ld sh ip , and E . F . U ph am (W e llin g to n ), II . D e M aus, A . E . R id le y , W . C . P ea rce, and F . S . F ra n k ish (C an terb u ry ), J. B aker (O ta go ), and H u g h B . L u s k (H aw k e ’ s B a y ). D ow n es and F ish er were a g a in u n a v a ila b le . B u t th ey w ere sca rcely m issed . F ra n k ish (8 fo r 100), U p h am , and N eill d isposed o f Q u een sland fa r 146 and 120, and N ew Z e alan d w on b y 182 runs, L u sk (59), P ea rce (52), and B ak er (36) in their first, and H o ld sh ip (69), C u ff (41), R id le y (30), and L u sk (23) in their second in n in g s a ll b a ttin g w e ll. T h e tou rists ran up a b ig score (492) v . H a w k e ’s B a y , M acdonald and C o w le y m a k in g cen tu ries. L u s k scored 51 and A . H . G o re 42 in th e hom e sid e ’s first, G . S ta ite 54 and G . M a rsh all 49 in their second . T h e C an te rb u ry m atch w a s w ell contested, Q u een sland w in n in g b y o n ly 47 runs. A rth u r S im s first appeared for C a n te rb u ry in th is m atch , and w ith 31 and 37 tied w ith th e crack , D e M au s ((55 and 13) for h igh est a g g r e g a te sc o re ; D an R eese m ade 55 and J. W h e a tle y 53 in C a n te r b u ry ’s first, and E . A . B ates (10 fo r 131) bow led c a p ita lly . O ta g o w en t under b y 8 w ic k e ts. T h e y lacked D ow n e s; bu t F ish er w as a ll there, ta k in g 9 for 50 in Q u e e n sla n d ’s first. N o on e had an a g g r e g a te o f 40 fo r th e losers in the m a tch . F o r th e S o u th ­ land- X I I I . G . G . B u rn es, W . R o b e rtso n , and T . D . K in g s la n d (47, 36, and 31 resp e ctively ) batted w ell in on e in n in g s or the oth er, and J. T a y lo r and F . T w em low , b y a tim ely stand at a critical time, saved th eir side from defeat. T h e O ta g o v . C an te rb u ry m atch at D u n ed in w as a rem arkab le gam e. W ith sco res o f 59 and 18 for 1 the hom e side w on b y 9 w ickets, C a n te r b u ry ’s totals b e in g o n ly 27 and 49. D ow n es (12 for 40) and F ish e r (5 for 3 1) bow led u n ch an g ed , and on a n asty p itch had the batsm en h elp le ss. T . H . N orth took 6 fo r 23 for the losers. A t W e llin g to n A u c k ­ land b eat the hom e side b y 62 runs, a result m a in ly due to R . N e ill’s fine a ll-round p la y— 94, 4 for 54, 13, 5 fo r 43 h is figu res. A t C h ristch u rch W e llin g ­ ton run up 401 for 8, dec., v . C an te rb u ry , w h o re­ p lied w ith 348 for 6, the m atch b e in g d raw n at this sta g e . T h e W e llin g to n total w a s a N ew Z ealand first-class record to th at date. A s th is w a s the first in n in g s o f o ver 400 in N ew Z ealand b ig cricket the score o f the m atch (w h ich produced 749 runs for 14 w ickets) seem s w orth g iv in g here.