Cricket 1913

November 15 , 1 9 1 3 . CR I CKET : A WE EK L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. Jem P h illip s , c o a ch in g at C h ristch u rch th at sea­ son , p la y ed fo r C an te rb u ry , bu t w as not con sp icu ­ o u sly su cce ssfu l. H e had a b ig share in the defeat (by an in n in g s and 127) o f W e llin g to n at C h rist­ chu rch a few d a y s later, how ever, sc o rin g n o * and ta k in g 4 fo r 49. C o b cro ft made 59; D an R e e se ’s share w a s 48 and 5 for 69; P ea rce scored 38 and took 4 fo r 50 ; F ra n k ish h it up 27 and had 5 for 22 in W e llin g to n ’s first. H o ld s h ip ’s 65 and S tep h en ­ s o n ’s 34 were the best scores fo r W e llin g to n . D raw n g am es were p la yed between W e llin g to n and H a w k e ’s B a y at W e llin g to n , and O ta g o and S o u th ­ land at In v e rc a rg ill; and in a g am e p la y ed 13 a side the team for A u s tra lia defeated O ta g o b y 9 w icke ts. T . D ow n es, o f whom little more is re­ corded , took 11 fo r 32 in th is last gam e, one of v e ry sm all sc o rin g . F ish e r p layed an in n in g s of 68 and took 6 fo r 75 in the In v e rca rg ill m atch. G . G . B tirn es (60 and 38*) topped the score in each in n in g s for the little p ro vin ce, for w h ich A . M . H ow d en , now o f A u c k lan d , made h is first appear­ ance, and J. T a y lo r (6 for 81) and G . P u rd u e (5 for 55) bow led w e ll. F o r the N .Z . T e am v , O ta g o D an R eese took 9 fo r 14 in the hom e s id e ’s second. T h e team chosen for the A u stra lian tou r con ­ sisted o f five men from C an terb u ry— C . W . B ox - sh a ll (lately com e to the p ro v in ce from V icto ria ), L . T . C o b cro ft, F . S . F ra n k ish , D . R eese, and A . S im s ; three from O ta g o— J. B ak er, A . D ow n es, and A . H . F is h e r ; tw o from A u c k lan d— the b roth ers G . and I. M ills ; tw o from W e llin g to n — F . L . A sh b o lt and E . F . U p h am ; and one from H a w k e ’s B a y— H u g h B . L u s k . O n paper there m ig h t seem too m an y bow lers. S ev en o f the side w ere am o n g the ch ief trund lers for th eir respec­ tiv e p ro v in ces, and five m ore w ere occasional c h an g e s, w h ich leaves o n ly B o x sh a ll (the w icket­ keeper) to accoun t fo r. In the even t, how ever, the b o w lin g p roved the sid e ’s w eakest spot, U ph am , D ow n es, and R eese b e in g the o n ly men o f th e crowd to meet w ith a n y success. B u t a ll the bow lers m ade som e runs. T h e m atches p la y ed were fou r, re su ltin g thu s :— v . S o u t h e r n T a sm a n ia , at H o b a rt, d raw n ; N .Z ., 335 and 103 for 3 ; S .T ., 343. v . N o r t h e r n T a sm a n ia , at L aun ceston , won b y 150 r u n s ; N .Z ., 245 and 285 ; N .T ., 329 and 5 1. v . V i c t o r i a , at M elbou rne, lost b y an in n in g s and 132 ru n s; N .Z ., 317 and 153 ; V ., 602. v . N e w S o u fH W a l e s , at S y d n e y , lost b y an in ­ n in g s and 384 ru n s; N .Z ., 140 and 64; N .S .W ., 588. U n til the last m atch the N ew Z ealanders acquitted th em selves v e ry w e ll w ith the b at. In the first th ree g am es th ey totalled 1438 for 52 w ickets, w h ile th eir op pon en ts m ade 1325 for 40. T h e re is a b alan ce on the w r o n g side here, bu t not a v e ry seriou s one. T h e S y d n e y g am e lowered the a vera ge fo r from 27 to under 23 and raised that a g a in st from 33 to 38. B ak er m ade 81 and 5 1* at H o b a rt, 56 at M e l­ bou rn e, 49 at L a u n c e s to n ; C o b cro ft 83 at H oba rt, 59* at M e lb o u rn e ; D ow n e s 74 at L aun ceston ; L u sk 91 at H o b a rt, 83 and 34 at L aun ceston ; and R eese 88 at M elb ou rn e. O f the other e ig h t none failed to p la y at least one u sefu l in n in g s. A sh b o lt had scores o f 31 and 21*, B o x sh a ll o f 38, F ish er o f 29, F ran k ish o f 26, 19, and 19, G . M ills o f 31 and 29, M r . K E N N E T H H T U C K E R ( W e l l i n g t o n .) Isaac M ills o f 31 and 19, S im s o f 33 and 18, and U ph am o f 3 1 * . A t S y d n e y th e best stand fo r the side in the m atch w as m ade fo r the last w icket in the first in n in g s b y the bow lers, F ran k ish and U ph am . Bu t the far from perfect w icke ts to w h ich th ey were used at hom e had not prepared the bow lers for the “ g la zed sh irt-fron t ” p itch es o f A u s tra lia . R eese (5 for 58) bow led w ell at H o b a r t; U ph am (6 for 26) and D ow n es (4 for 23) put ou t N orthern T a sm an ia fo r 51 ; bu t here the record o f success ends'. T h e b o w lin g figu res m ake a poor sh ow . U p h am ’s 16 fo r 426 w as the best record ; D ow n es had 14 fo r 385, R e ese 12 fo r 339. F ra n k is h ’s 4 cost 82 e a ch , F is h e r ’s one 179, and A sh b o lt had 102 h it off h im for no w icket.