Cricket 1913

714 CR I C K E T : A WE E K L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. November 15 , 1 9 1 3 . T h e resu lt a lto g e th e r w a s d isa p p o in tin g to those w h o had h ig h hop es o f the fu tu re o f N ew Z ealand c ric k e t; and the h a p p en in g s o f the next season in N ew Z e alan d tended to accen tu ate the b e lie f w h ich A u s tra lia n s w ere d isp o sed to en tertain th at the g am e in M a o rilan d had not y e t reached the sta g e at w h ich the a rran g em en ts o f m atch es w ith really s tr o n g sid es w a s ju stified . F o r th e next two or three season s, indeed , N ew Z e alan d cricket seemed under a clo u d o f m ed io crity. F o r in 1899-1900 a M elbou rne C lu b team cam e a lo n g and p la y ed h a vo c w ith the sides opposed to th em . T h e y totalled 554 v . A u c k la n d (H u g h T r um b le 135, D . M a iler 105), and pu t ou t the N orth ern p ro v in ce fo r 85 and 84 (J. W . C a v e 10 fo r 67, T r um b le 6 fo r 54). T h e y ran u p 430 v . W e llin g to n , and W e llin g to n slum p ed fo r 65 and 66 (T rum b le , 10 fo r 46, and C a v e , 10 fo r 50, b ow lin g un ch an g ed ). T h e y pu t ou t C a n te rb u ry fo r 93, ran up 336 (H . G rah am 169), and then d ism issed the C a n te rb u ry men a g a in for 135 ( A . E . R id le y , 63, head and sh ou ld ers ab o v e h is com rad es). T rum b le had 13 for 66 in th is m atch . O ta g o show ed a b o ld er fron t, and escaped w ith rather the worse o f a d raw n g am e . G . G . A u s tin (35 and 52) w as top scorer in each in n in g s for them . N ew Z ealand w en t under in an in n in g s at C h ristch u rc h . H . B . L u s k (H a w k e ’s B a y ), W . R o b e rtso n , D . R eese, F . S . F ra n k ish , J. N . F ow k e , and L . T . C o b cro ft (C an terb u ry ), J. B ak ei' (O ta g o ), W . T . S tem son (A u c k lan d ), and C . A . R ich a rd so n , K . H . T u c k e r, and E . F . U p h am (W e llin g to n ) m ade up the N ew Z e alan d side. A g o o d o n e ; bu t it fared b a d ly . T h e M elb ou rn e men m ade 36 7; th e hom e sid e tum bled ou t fo r 89 (F ra n k ish 28). F o llo w in g on , th e y put up 246; bu t th is w a s la r g e ly the w o rk o f an A u s ­ tralian , C . A . R ich a rd so n , w h o scored 114*, the first cen tu ry m ade fo r a N ew Z ealand representa­ tive team . T u c k e r (46) and R e ese (26) were the o n ly oth ers to do a n y th in g m u ch . In the in terp ro vin cia l m atch es o f th is season O ta g o beat C a n te rb u ry at C h ristch u rch b y 37 runs, bu t w en t under to W e llin g to n b y an in n in g s and 256, and to A u c k la n d b y 9 w ick e ts. In th e rem ain- in g g am e o f th eir tou r north th e y b ea t H a w k e ’s B a y at N ap ier b y an in n in g s and 45. A m ost e x c itin g finish betw een W e llin g to n and C a n te rb u ry at W e l ­ lin g to n saw the visito rs scram b le hom e b y one w icke t. A t A u c k lan d the hom e side beat W e llin g ­ ton in a g am e o f v e ry sm all sco res— 84, 59, 89, 62 the totals— b y 52 run s. O ta g o defeated S ou th lan d b v an in n in g s and a run at D u n e d in . A m o n g th e b est perfo rm an ces w ith b a t or b a ll in th ese m atch es m a y b e noted D o w n e s ’s 10 for 64 for O ta g o v . C a n te rb u ry , C o b c r o ft’s 6 fo r 23 in one in n in g s fo r C an te rb u ry v . W e llin g to n and his 70 and 44 (h igh e st score o f each inn in g s) in the sam e m atch, K . H . T u c k e r ’s 60 and 31 and W . Q u e e ’ s 31 and 51 fo r W e llin g to n in th at gam e, B a k e r ’s 64 fo r O ta g o v . W e llin g to n , U p h am ’ s 5 fo r 27 and T u c k e r ’s 6 for 21 fo r W e llin g to n v . O ta g o , N e ill’s 5 for 39 and W . B . S te p h e n s’s 7 for 46 for A u c k lan d v . W e llin g to n , C . K a n e ’s 32 and 21 (top score each inn in g s) fo r S o u th la n d v . O ta g o , and F is h e r ’s 7 fo r 59 fo r O ta g o in the sam e g am e. T h e W e llin g to n score v . O ta g o , sin ce it set up a new record fo r in terp ro vin cia l g am es, is appended : W E L LIN G TO N . VV. Quee, lbw, b Webb .............. 1 F. L. Ashbolt, b W ebb................. 2 K. H. Tucker, b Siedeberg ....... 74 F. A. M idlane, run o u t ............. 149 C. A. Richardson, c Geddes, b Siedebery .................................. 113 A. B. W illiam s, c Austin, b Baker .......................................... 42 C. Hickson, b Webb...................... 15 V. W aters, run out ....................... 6 E. F. Upham, c Liggins, b Webb .............................................. 3 F. C. Stephenson, not out........... 6 E. O. Hales, b Baker ................... 4 Extras.............................. 49 T otal...................... 464 T u c k e r and M id lan e added 153 fo r the third w icket, M id lan e and R ich a rd son 207 fo r the fou rth . N ever b efore had tw o in d iv id u a l cen tu ries been made in one o f these gam es. In 1900-1 C an te rb u ry beat O ta g o b y 125 run s at D u n ed in . S . T . C a llaw a y , the A u s tra lian inter­ national, p la y ed h is first m atch fo r the w inn ers, and took 12 for 82, and O r ch a rd ’s 55 w a s th e top score o f the g am e. O th e r su cce ssfu l bow lers were D ow n es (9 for 116) and F ish e r (7 fo r ‘76) fo r O ta g o , and P ea rce (6 for 37 in the first in n in g s) for C an te rb u ry . A u c k lan d w en t on tou r, b u t w ere beaten a ll a lo n g the line. T h e y had not their best te am ; R . N eill w as a notable absentee, and G e o rg e M ills w as c o a ch in g at D uned in th is season . O ta g o b eat them b y an in n in g s, G . G . A u s tin s c o rin g 50, D ow n es ta k in g 12 for 108 and F ish er 7 fo r 55. A t C h ris t­ chu rch th e y w en t under b y 6 w icke ts, K e ith O lli­ v ier (49 and 26) h igh e st scorer for th e w inn ers, w h ile N orm an L u sk (88 in the first in n in g s) and D o u g la s H a y (37 and 40) did b est fo r th e losers. W . B . S tep h en s (10 fo r 156) b ow led ste ad ily and w e ll for A u c k lan d . W e llin g to n ran up 397 (M id lan e 102, A . F . C la rk e , fo rm erly o f N .S .W . and O ta g o , 76, K en n e th T u c k e r 70, M . J. C rom b ie 63, U p h am 44) a g a in st the tou rists, and in sp ite o f H a y ’s 144, the in n in g s o f h is life, A u c k lan d w en t under w ith ­ ou t the hom e sid e ’s n eed in g to b a t a g a in . T u c k e r took 13 fo r 157. D e fe a t b y an in n in g s at the hand s o f H a w k e ’s B a y (H u g h L u s k a sp lend id 120, G . H aw k e 87) w as the last straw . T h e b roth ers M ills (Isaac 42, W . 55) alone m ade a n y run s to speak o f for A u c k la n d . D en t, W ils o n , and G ore bow led v e rv effectively for H a w k e ’s B a y . W e llin g to n beat C an te rb u ry b y 3 w ick e ts in a finely contested gam e at C h ristch u rch . S ev era l men m ade u sefu l sco res; b u t M id la n e ’s 55* stands out as m ost im portant as w ell as h ig h e st, fo r it had much to do w ith h is sid e ’ s v ic to ry . C a lla w a y (10 fo r 94) b ow led w ell fo r the lo s e rs; T u c k e r (7 for 94), H a le s (6 fo r 57), and U p h am (6 fo r 59) fo r the w inn ers. (To be continued.)