Cricket 1913

October 18 , 1913 . CR I CKET : A WE E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAME 689 W E L LIN G TO N . G. F. Burton, st Fowke, b M alone .......................................... 4 F. W. W arren, b M cMurray... 31 A. B. W illiam s, c Clark, b Bates 163 A. R. H oldship, c North, b Bates 63 C. St. G. Gore, c Fowke, b Ba'.es 57 K. H. Tucker, b Bates ............... 15 E. F. Uphan did not bat. W. C. S. Levers, b Malone ...... 2 F. A. Laws, b North ................. 11 C. A. Benbow, not out................ 12 F. L. Ashbolt, not out ............. 16 Extras.............................. 27 Total (for 8 wkts.) 401 CA N TE R BU R Y . J. W heatley, run out .................. 21 H. C. R idley, c Upham, b Tucker 52 D. Reese, c Laws, b Ashbolt ... 96 A. Sims, not out .......................... 103 R. D. Harman, c Burton, b Ashbolt .......................................... 5 T. J. M alone, S. M cMurray, and E C. R. Clark, run out .................. 46 T. H. North, b W arren .............. o J. N. Fowke, not out ................. 17 Extras.............................. 8 Total (for 6 wkts.) 348 . A. Bates did not bat. T h e re w as a second C an terb u ry and O ta g o match th is season— a cu riou s gam e, for O ta g o , after b ein g headed b y 98 runs on the first inn in g s, .w on b y MR. H. G. S I E D E B E R G (OTAGO.) 146, C an te rb u ry c o lla p sin g for 46 in the last inn in g s on a go o d p itch . D e M au s made 75 in their first; B a k e r ’s 50 w as top score for O ta g o . J. H o p e took 5 for 52 in C a n te rb u ry ’s first, F ish er 7 for 11 in their second ; and M alone (7 for 30, first) and W ild in g (5 for 67, second) bow led w ell for the losers. A t H aw e ra T a ra n a k i beat H aw k e ’s B a y in an in n in g s. W . J. C raw sh aw , w ho had p layed for O ta g o , C an terb u ry , and W e llin g to n , now first a p ­ peared for T a ran a k i, and m ade 106; he and P . M . P ra tt (85) scored nearly all the runs for the w inners, for whom B . M cC a rth y (who played for N ew Zea­ land a few yea rs later) bow led w ell, ta k in g 7 for 88. H a w k e ’s B a y also went under in an inn in g s to W e llin g to n , for whom V . W a te r s (86) and Iv. H . T u c k e r (64) added 127 for the eigh th w icket after 7 had fallen for 80, and F . H o ld sw o rth took 12 for 82. M a rlb o rou gh at B lenheim beat Nelson in a match in wh ich the bow lers a lw a y s ruled the roost. O ’D w y e r ta k in g 9 fo r 39 and N ea l 9 for 42 fo r the w inners, G . S ilc o c k , sen ., 11 fo r 91 and W h ite h o rn 6 for 13 in the first in n in g s for the losers. H ere, one th inks, a definite sta g e in the d ev elop ­ m ent o f N ew Zealand cricket m a y be said to be reached. In fou r seasons the men o f M aoriland had en tertained five team s from overseas— the F ijia n s , A u stra lia , Q ueensland , and two N ew S ou th W a le s sid es. T h e y had learned lessons from all, th o u gh p ro b ab ly the F ijia n s cou ld not teach them v e ry m u ch . T h e y had ga in ed experience— an in­ v a lu ab le asset. Som e o f the b est o f their older p la y e rs w ere d ro p p in g o u t ; bu t new ones were com ­ in g a lo n g , and these y o u n g e r men had ad van ta ge s that their predecessors had not possessed . W h a t w as needed, and for that matter is still needed in som e p rovin ces, w as more efficient c o a ch in g . In later y ea rs A u c k lan d had A lb ert R e lf, S . P . Jones, G e o rg e T h om p so n , F red P ea rson , and F ran k S h a ck lo c k to fill th is n e e d ; C an terb u ry had E dw ard H um p h re y s, Jam es P h illip s , and W illiam C arlton , o f V ic to ria ; H a w k e ’s B a y A lb e rt T ro tt and, more recen tly, John B o a rd ; W e llin g to n has J. V . S au n ­ ders and F ra n k W a r d ; O ta g o , w h ich had already had P aram o r from K e n t and L aw to n from W a rw ic k s h ire , has sin ce had several A u stra lian s w ho p la y ed and pu t in som e co a ch in g, not­ a b ly C . G . M a cartn ey for one season, and H a rry G rah am for som e y ea rs. T h en the m igration to N ew Z ealand o f A u stra lian p la y e rs of repute and a b ility , such as C . A . R ich a rd so n , S . T . C a llaw a y , L . T . C o b cro ft, W . R . G ib b e s , J. J. M ah on y, C . W . B o x sh a ll, C . G . W ils o n , C . C . H o p k in s, and T . C a rlto n— th is is not an exh au stiv e list, per­ haps, bu t it w ill serve— helped on the gam e. ( T o be continued.) BLANCO For Gleaning and Whitening White Bucksi;in and Canvas Shoes, Cricket Pads, and all other articles of a similar nature. It is prepared in a v e ry careful m anner, and extra precau tion s are taken to en su re an evenness o f colou r. 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