Cricket 1913

December 1 7 , 19 13 . CR I CKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 733 O rch a rd (37*), and B aker (32) d o in g b est for the S o u th . T h e n N o rth made 156 (O lliff 49, M ahon y 31, M ason 26), and after the cheap d ism issal of som e o f the best Sou th ern p la y ers a fine stand b y G rah am (63) and C a llaw a y (65*) pu lled Sou th th ro u g h b y 2 w ickets. T h e re were not m any in terp ro vin cial m atch es in 1904-5. C an te rb u ry beat W e llin g to n (by 201 runs) and O ta g o (b y 66 ru n s); O ta g o beat W e llin g to n b y an in n in g s and 75 and S ou th lan d b y 8 w ic k e ts; A u c k lan d defeated H a w k e ’s B a y b y an inn in g s and 17. P erfo rm an ces of note in the b a ttin g line were W . B ro o k -Sm ith ’s 112* (A u c k lan d v . H a w k e ’s B ay), A . S im s ’s 82 and 76 and S . T . C a l­ la w a y ’s 65 and 24 (C an terb u ry v . W e llin g to n ), J. P . B la c k lo c k ’s 81 and 34 (W e llin g to n v . C an ter­ b u ry ) and 60 (W e llin g to n v . O ta g o ), and H . G . S ie d e b e r g ’s 88 (O ta g o v . W e llin g to n ). B la c k lo c k ’s match v . C an te rb u ry w as h is first for h is province. A m o n g the bow lers Bennett d istin gu ish ed him self b y ta k in g 5 for 10 in O ta g o ’s second in n in g s and 10 fo r 79 v . W e llin g to n ; C a llaw a y had 10 for 81 v . O ta g o , S tem son 10 for 97 (A u ck lan d v . H aw k e ’s B ay ), D ow n es 10 fo r 93 (O ta g o v . W e llin g to n ), U ph am 7 for 85 (W e llin g to n v . O ta g o ), and F ish er 10 fo r 77 (O ta g o v . S ou th land ) and 6 for 63 (v. C an te rb u ry . D a r lin g ’s A u stra lian T eam , on its w a y to E n g ­ land , p la y ed s ix m atches in the D om in io n . A u c k ­ land and W e llin g to n elected to put fifteen into the field a g a in st it, bu t C an terb u ry and O ta g o played on even term s, and there were tw o g am es w ith N ew Zealand , at C h ristch u rch and W e llin g to n . F . R . M a so n ’s 79 w as the b est score for A u c k la n d . L . T . C ob cro ft made 49 in W e llin g to n ’s first and C . S . Ilic k so n 56* in their second . J. D . L aw re n ce ’s 49 w as top score for C an terb u ry , for whom Bennett and L aw ren ce b ow led so w ell that the A u stra lian s were d ism issed in th eir first in n in g s for 166. O ta g o cut up b a d ly , o n ly s c o rin g 55 and 76 to 304. F o r the first N .Z . match five C an te rb u ry men (O lliv ie r, S im s, C a llaw a y , B ennett, B o x sh a ll), three from O ta g o (G rah am , S ied eb e rg , F ish er), two from W e llin g to n (B la c k lo c k and U ph am ), and M ason from A u c k lan d were p la y e d ; in the second g am e the o n ly c h an g e w as C lau d e H ick son for F ish er. Both m atch es were v e ry one-sided . T h e A u stra lian scores w ere 533 (A rm stro n g 126*, H ill 118, T rum p e r 84) and 593 for 9, dec. (T rum p er 172, H ill 129). N ew Z ealand m ade 138 (O lliv ie r 39), 112 fo r 7 (O lliv ie r 32*), 94, and 141 (B la ck lo ck 30). In 1905-6 C an te rb u ry beat A u ck lan d (5 w ickets) and W e llin g to n (35 runs), bu t lost to O ta g o (82 runs). O ta g o , b esid es b e a tin g C an te rb u ry , de­ feated A u c k lan d (149 runs) and S ou th lan d (7 w ickets), and, w ith the best o f a d raw a g a in st the M elbou rne C lu b sid e w h ich visited N ew Zealand this season , had an unbroken record. W e llin g to n beat A u c k la n d (214 runs) and H a w k e ’s B a y (an inn in g s and 322), and A u ck lan d defeated H a w k e ’s B ay b y 6 w ickets. S c o rin g ruled rather h igh er than u sual. W e l­ lin g ton m ade 442 v . H aw k e ’s B a y , and 380 for 7, declared , v . A u c k lan d . In d ivid u al fifties were num erous, and there were fou r cen turies, W . P . R e d g ra v e (a brother of S . J. R e d g ra v e , o f N .S .W . and Q u een sland ) m a k in g 165 for W e llin g to n v. H aw k e ’s B a y , C lau d e H ick son 135 for W e llin g to n v . A u c k lan d , C . G . W ils o n 137 for O ta g o v . A u c k ­ land , and H . G . S ie d e b e rg 102 for O ta g o v . M el­ bourne C lu b . A m o n g other scores o f note were B la c k lo c k ’s 97 (W e llin g to n v . M elbou rne C .C .) , H a ll’s 93 (H aw k e ’s B a y v . A u ck lan d ), S ie d e b e r g ’s 90 (O ta g o v . C an terb u ry ), L . G . H em u s’s 83 (A u c k ­ land v . C an terb u ry ), R e d g r a v e ’s 77 (W e llin g to n v . A u ck lan d ), A . E . L lad d o n ’s 76 (A u ck lan d v . C an terb u ry ), J. M . H u s s e y ’s 74* and 40* (A u c k ­ land v . H a w k e ’s B a y ), H em u s’s 70 (A u ck lan d v . H aw k e ’s B a y ), H a ro ld L u s k ’s 70 (A u ck lan d v . M elbou rne), R e d g r a v e ’s 66 (W e llin g to n v . M el­ bourne), H a d d o n ’s 65 (A u ck lan d v . W e llin g to n ) and 60 and 64 (v. O ta g o ), H em u s’s 64 and 43 (A u c k lan d v . O ta g o ), H . B . W h itt a ’s 62 (C an ter­ b u ry v . A u ck lan d ), G r a h am ’s 60 and 47 (O ta go v. C an terb u ry ) and 58 (v. S ou th lan d ), H em u s’s 58 (A u ck lan d v . W e llin g to n ), W ils o n ’s 58 (O ta go v . A u ck lan d , second inn in g s, after a cen tu ry in the first) and 53 (v. S ou th lan d ), C . H . C a to ’s 56 and 41 (H aw k e ’s B a y v . A u ck lan d ), B a k e r’s 55 (O ta go v . M elbou rne), O lliv ie r ’s 53 (C an terb u ry v . M el­ bourne), B ro o k -Sm ith ’s 53 (A u ck lan d v . M el­ bourne), J. M cN e e ce ’ s 50* (ten 4 ’s included , S o u th ­ land v . M elbou rne), and W . S . B ric e ’ s 50 (W e l­ lington v . A u ck lan d ). A g a in s t A u c k lan d H ick son and R e d g ra v e put on 135 fo r the fifth w icke t, 100 o f them c om in g in 50 m inu tes. It w as cu riou s that H ick son , u su a lly o f the ste ad y order, sh ou ld m ake 20 ou t o f 40, 30 ou t o f 60, 40 out o f 80, 90 out o f 180, and shou ld reach 100 w ith the total 198. R e d g r a v e ’s b ig score v . H a w k e ’s B a y included fou r 6 ’s, tw en ty-tw o 4 ’s. B . A . W e y b o u r n e (40) helped him to send up 137 for the first w icket. A g a in s t the M elbou rne C lu b S ie d e b e rg (90) and G . G . A u stin (28) put up 109 before a w ick e t fell in the second in n in g s. B ow lers had their tu rn , how e ver. D ow n es took 12 for 115 (O ta g o v . C an te rb u ry ), R . C . T o rran ce 11 for 77 (O ta g o v . S ou th lan d ), H . W . M onagh an 9 for 85 (W e llin g to n v . A u ck lan d ) and 7 for 85 in one in n in g s (v. M elbou rne), J. H . B enn ett 10 for 86 (C an terb u ry v . W e llin g to n ), 7 for 105 (v. A u c k ­ land), and 5 for 34 (first in n in g s, v. O ta g o ), T . J. M alone 7 for 64 (N .Z . v . M elbou rne), O lliff 8 for 132 (A u ck lan d v . C an te rb u ry ) and 7 for 115 (v. W e llin g to n ), S tem son 8 for 91 (A u ck lan d v . H aw k e ’s B a y ), C a lla w a y 8 fo r 81 (C an terb u ry v. W e llin g to n ), K en n e th T u c k e r 8 for 60 (W e llin g to n v . C an te rb u ry ) and 7 for 31 (v. H aw k e ’s B a y ), J. A ,