Cricket 1913

December 1 7 , 1 91 3 . CR I CKET : A WE EK L Y RECORD OF THE GAME. 73 i NEWZEALAND CRICKET AND CRICKETERS. (Continued from page 714)- A t N ap ier W e llin g to n and H a w k e ’s B a y drew . T h e g re a t featu re o f the g am e w as D e n t’s b ow l­ in g ; he took 9 for 47 in W e llin g to n ’s first. O ta g o were all too stro n g fo r S ou th lan d at In ve r­ c a r g ill. B a k e r scored 88, H . G . S ie d e b e rg 59, and W . W e b b , a slow bow ler, had 12 for 42. A . P o o le (41, second inn in g s) and G . A . T u rn e r (6 for 46) alone earned a n y credit for the beaten side. In the C h ristm a s m atch at C h ristch u rch in 1901-2 the O ta g o tail, u su a lly som ew hat w eak , p la y ed up fin ely, R . W ilk ie w ith 73 d o in g p a rticu la rly w ell, and the b o w lin g o f D ow n es (10 for n o in the m atch) and F ish e r (5 fo r 67, second in n in g s) helped to g iv e the v isito rs v ic to ry b y 122 runs. T h is w as an alm o st ex a ct tu rn in g o f the tables upon the result o f the p rev iou s season, and cu riou sly en ou gh it fo llow ed an a b so lu tely exact reversal o f the W e l­ lin g to n g am e, for on the B a sin R e se rv e C an ter­ b u ry had beaten the home side b y 3 w ickets, F . S . F ra n k ish (13 fo r 90), A . S im s (74 and 21), and W . C . H . W ig le y (40 and 31) b e a rin g off the hon ­ ours for the v isito rs. M id lane made 87 for once out for W e llin g to n , and U p h am ’s b o w lin g nearly pu lled the g am e ou t of the fire. H e had all the seven C an te rb u ry w ickets in the second inn in g s at a cost o f o n ly 24 runs. H a w k e ’s B a y , w ith A lb e rt T ro tt (coa ch in g at N ap ier) in their team , bu t la c k in g their g rea t b ats­ man, H u g h L u sk , tou red sou th . T h e y b e g a n b ad ly b y lo s in g to O ta g o (B ak er 103, A . E . G edd es 77, R . W ilk ie 49, D ow n es 13 fo r 1 1 1) in an in n in g s. T ro tt w as h ig h e s t scorer in each effort w ith 39 and 30* and also took 7 w ick e ts for 136 ; bu t he cou ld not ca rry th e sid e on h is shou ld ers. A t W e llin g to n he took 5 fo r 17 in the first inn in g s, and g a v e his sid e a lead o f 5 5 ; b u t their second total w as o n ly 100 (T ro tt 43), and , th an k s to M id lan e (59), R ich a rd son (45), and T u c k e r (32*) the hom e side won b y 8 w ickets. H a le s had 9 for 42 for them . A t C h ristch u rch T ro tt and F . H . D en t betw een them g a v e their side a v ic to ry that w en t far to atone for the tw o defeats, for it w as no little th in g fo r H aw k e ’s B a y to b eat C an te rb u ry b y 6 w ickets. T r o tt made 68 and 80*, h ittin g fiercely, and took 11 w ickets for 1 5 1 ; D en t scored 56 and 30*, and took 8 for 153. A rth u r S im s ’s 72 w a s the o n ly notable per­ form an ce fo r the losers, w h o had qu ite a go od , if not th eir stron gest, team . O ta g o beat S ou th lan d in an in n in g s at D un ed in , D ow n es (70), G ed d es (55), G e o rg e M ills (43), and H . G un th o rp e, a left-hander, w ith 12 for 81, d o in g m ost. S ou th lan d had for the first tim e the help o f C . G . W ils o n , w h o had p la y ed fo r V ic to ria , and he m ade 48 in their second in n in g s. A . G . B ell, fo rm erly o f O ta g o , w as the o n ly other man to reach 20 in either. In terp ro v in cial m atch es in 1902-3 were few , ow in g to the tou r o f L o rd H a w k e ’s E n g lish T eam , cap tained b y P elh am W a rn e r in h is lo rd sh ip ’s un ­ avo id ab le absence. A ll the E n g lis h sides th at had p rev io u sly visited N ew Z ealand— in 1863-4, 1876-7, 1881-2, and 1887-8— had done so a s part o f an A u s tra lian tou r, and as a v e ry su b sid iary part, t o o ; this v is it w as p rim a rily to N ew Z ealand , th o u gh the team p la y ed three m atches in A u stra lia on their w a y hom e. C an te rb u ry beat O ta g o in a m atch o f low sco rin g at D un ed in b y 7 w ickets. T h e bow lers had matters n early a ll th eir own w a y , and F ish er (8 for 54), F ran k ish (7 for 61), S im s, seldom used excep t as a fourth or fifth ch an g e (6 for 63), and a new man for C an te rb u ry , H . H ow e ll (5 fo r 43), all showed go o d an a ly se s. W e llin g to n a lso w en t under to C an terb u ry , for whom H ow ell (13 for 82) did great th in g s, S tep h en son (12 for 86) p e rfo rm in g eq u a lly w ell fo r the losers, w h ile F ra n k ish for C an terb u ry and H a le s fo r W e llin g to n a lso bow led effectively. C lau d e H ic k s o n ’s 46 fo r W e llin g to n w as h igh est score. O ta g o beat S o u th lan d at In v e rca rg ill b y 177 run s. A u stin m ade 67 fo r on ce o u t; bu t the other su ccesses were those o f bow lers, F ish er (9 for 48) and A . E ckh o ff (7 for 26) for O ta g o , C . B . T a p le y (9 fo r 45) fo r S o u th la n d . T h e E n g lis h side consisted o f B . J. T . Bosanquet, C . J. B u rn u p , E . M . D ow son , F . L . F an e, P . R . Tohnson (a N ew Z ealand er b y b irth ), A . E . L ea t- ham , J. S ta n n in g , T . L . T a y lo r , P . F . W a rn e r, and A . D . W h a tm a n , w ith tw o first-rate p ro fes­ sion als, H a rg re a v e and T h om p s o n . E igh te en m atches w ere p la y ed , and all w ere w o n ; b u t o n ly seven o f the eigh teen w ere eleven -a-side gam es, and the others canno t be considered o f much accoun t. T h e gam es on even term s were a g a in st A u ck lan d , C an te rb u ry , O ta g o , W e llin g to n , a S ou th Island team at D u n ed in , and N ew Z ealand at C h ristchu rch and at W e llin g to n . A u c k lan d , w h o had to b at on a bad w icket after the tou rists had batted on a per­ fect one, were beaten b y an in n in g s and 129 ru n s; W e llin g to n , after b e in g o n ly 46 b eh ind on the first in n in g s, b y 10 w ic k e ts; C an te rb u ry , after a declara­ tion in the E n g lis h team ’s second , b y 128 ru n s; O ta g o b y an in n in g s and 230, W a r n e r m a k in g 211 here; S o u th Island b y an in n in g s and 130; N ew Z ealand at C h ristch u rch b y 7 w ic k e ts ; and N ew Z ealand at W e llin g to n b y an in n in g s and 22 runs. T w o N .Z . p la y ers show ed up v e ry p rom in en tly, D an R e e s e ’s scores were 1 t i and 21 for C an terb u ry , 4 and 7 fo r S ou th Islan d , 32 and 36 fo r N .Z . at C h ristch u rch , and 148 and 1 in the return at W e llin g to n . K en n eth T u c k e r m ade 86 and 8 for W e llin g to n , 50 and 67 for N .Z . at Ch ristchu rch , and 21 and o fo r N .Z . at W e llin g to n . Both plaved adm irab le cricket, and in the lig h t o f their su ccess the com p a ra tive fa ilu re o f m ost o f the oth er men w as m arked . S ie d e b e rg (21 and 52 fo r O ta go ),