Cricket 1914

6o THE WORLD OF CRICKET. M a r ch , 1914. W e l l in g t o n . First Innings. Second Innings. H. McGirr, c Crockett, b Doig 16 lbw, b Poole 4 D. Hay, b Doig 3 lbw, b Crockett 0 T. M. Grace, c Crockett, b Doig .. 13 lbw, b Doig 1 F. Joplin, c. Poole, b Kavanagh .. 22 st Gilbertson, b Kava­ nagh 21 W. A. Baker, lbw, b Kavanagh 1 7 not out 9 C. V. Grimmett, not out 27 b Doig 13 J. P. Blacklock, lbw, b Doig 1 c Poole, b Doig 17 C. G. Wilson, b Kavanagh 1 b Kavanagh 4 K. H. Tucker, c A. Hamilton, b Kavanagh .. 0 b Poole 15 W;. Wagstaffe, c Gilbertson, b Doig 1 7 b Crockett 60 J. V. Saunders, lbw, b Doig 2 b Crockett 0 Extras 6 Extras 11 Total 125 Total 155 S o u t h l a n d . First Innings. Second Innings. J. W. H. Bannerman, c McGirr, b Saunders 28 b Saunders 2 T. Crockett, b McGirr 1 E. Kavanagh, c Blacklock, b Saunders 8 c & b Saunders 12 D. C. Hamilton, c Wagstaffe, b Saunders .. .. .. * 1 H. Irwin, b Grimmett 6 b Grace 18 W. Driscoll, st Wagstaffe, b Grim­ mett 7 b Grace 1 A. Poole, c Wagstaffe, b Saunders 19 st Wagstaffe, b Saun­ ders 3 A. Hamilton, c & b Grimmett 3 not out 11 J. A. Doig, b Grimmett 6 not out 3 J. Hamilton, not out 5 b McGirr 7 J. Gilbertson, run out 4 Extras 9 Extras 9 Total 97 Total (for 6 wkts.) 66 S o u t h l a n d B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Bannerman, 9-3-21-0 and 8-3-18-0; Doig, 20*5-2-50-6 and 17-4-46-3 ; Kavanagh, 12-1-48-4 and 8-1-39-2 ; second innings only, Poole, 12-3-35-2 ; Crockett, 7-1-14-3. Doig bowled a wide in first innings. W e l l in g t o n B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Saunders, 17-4-49-4 and 13-6-21-3 ; McGirr, 10-4-13-1 and 7-2-13-1 ; Grimmett, 7-0-26-4 and 10-0-18-0; Grace (second innings), 2 for 5. Saunders bowled 3 no-balls in first innings. OTAGO v. W ELLINGTON . A t Dunedin, January 9, io, and 12. No meeting had taken place for some years past between these provinces, Wellington having owed their southern rivals a visit. Hiddlestone, an ex-Otago player, made 64 of the first 78— a good, but not faultless innings ; Joplin and H ay added 89 for the fifth wicket, the former, quite a colt, showing most promising form. For Otago Alloo, also a youngster, played very carefully until well set, but drove finely afterwards, and made his 101 in about 3 hours without a chance. Ramsden helped him to add 58 for the eighth wicket. No one did anything remarkable in Wellington’s second. Otago, set 190 to win, had to bat on a wicket which was kicking somewhat, and only Ramsden, who was in 115 minutes for his 40, and Higgins did much. Grace, a Maori football crack, took 4 of the last 5 wickets at a cost of only 6 runs. Wellington won by 85 runs. W e l l in g t o n . First Innings. Second Innings. J. S. Hiddlestone, b Downes 64 c Downes, b Torrance 19 C. V.! Grimmett, c Downes, b Tor­ rance 1 7 run out 14 H. McGirr, b Downes 5 lbw, b Torrance 4 W. Wagstaffe, b Downes 13 c Downes, b Torrance 11 F. Joplin, st Condliffe, b Torrance.. 80 c Alloo, b Torrance .. 22 D. Hay, b Torrance 40 lbw, b Ramsden 30 C. G. Wilson, b Downes 7 c Ramsden, b Torrance 8 K. H. Tucker, b Torrance 16 c Higgins, b Torrance 10 J. P. Blacklock, lbw, b Downes .. 3 run out 0 T. M. Grace, not out 16 0 Higgins, b Downes.. 28 J. V. Sanders, b Torrance 0 not out 1 Extras 15 Extras 2 Total .. 276 Total 149 O t a g o . First Innings. Second Innings. H. C. Watson, lbw, b Saunders .. 10 b Saunders 0 A. P. Alloo, c & b Grimmett IO I b McGirr 3 T. McFarlane, hit w, b Saunders .. 29 c McGirr, b Saunders 5 H. G. Siedeberg, b Hiddlestone 12 run out 6 A. Eckhold, b Hiddlestone 1 c Saunders, b Grace.. 1 W. Higgins, b Saunders 4 c Hiddlestone, b Saun­ ders . . . 24 J. S. Bruges, run out 6 lbw, b Grimmett 12 J. W. Condliffe, b Saunders 9 not out 7 j. Ramsden, not out 27 c Saunders, b Grace.. 40 R. C. Torrance, c Tucker, b Grimmett 13 st Wagstaffe, b Grace 0 A. Downes, b Grimmett 2 c Joplin, b Grace 2 Extras 22 Extras 4 Total 236 Total 104 O t a g o B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Torrance, 28-4-85-5 and 26-7-70-6; Downes, 24-1-77-5 and 20-6-38-1 ; Ramsden, 13-1-45-0 and 11-2-28-1 ; McFarlane, 5-1-8-0 and 4-2-7-0 ; first innings only, Eckhold, 7-2-30-0 ; Watson, 5-1-16-0 ; second innings only, Alloo, 1-0-4-0. W e l l in g t o n B o w l e r s ’ A n a l y s is . Saunders, 28-3-97-4 and 22-13-31-3; McGirr, 13-4-30-0 and 13-4-29-1 ; Grimmett, 22-5-54-3 and 6-3-17-1 ; Hiddlestone, 9-0-21-2 and 5-1-17-0 ; Grace, 2-0-12-0 and 7*1-2-6-4. CAN T ER BU R Y v. AU CK LAND . A t Hagley Park, Christchurch, January 23, 24, 26, and 27. Each side was short of many of its best players, Auckland lacking Sale, Howden, and Olliff, as well as the men who had been on tour in Australia. The Canterbury side again defended the Plunket Shield in fine style, and had the best of the game from start to finish. In their first innings W hitta, who cap­ tained, and Woods put up 72 before a wicket fell, W hitta and Bishop added 50 for the third, W hitta and Watson 69 for the seventh, and Wilson and Monaghan 83 for the la s t ; in their second W hitta and Woods again gave the side a good start, sending up 89 for the first, Bishop and Caygill added 93 for the fourth, Watson and Wilson 72 for the eighth, and Wilson and Monaghan 59 for the ninth. The best stand in Auckland’s first was one of 52 for the fifth wicket by Brook and Smeeton ; in their second Horspool and Smeeton added 81 for the fifth, and Sloman and Smeeton 51 for the sixth. McCormick seems to have made a mistake in sending Canterbury in to bat after winning the toss; though there had been rain it had only made the wicket slow and easy, and the bowlers got no help. W hitta’s century was not up to his best form ; he ought to have been out at 10— a very easy chance to mid-on— and made some mistakes afterwards. He batted 4^ hours. Woods showed particularly good form ; but the great feature of the match was the all-round play of Wilson, who surprised everyone by his excellent batting, and bowled very finely indeed. Smeeton. the highest aggregate scorer for Auckland, is a schoolboy, and shows high promise. W hitta might well have made Auckland follow on, but preferred not to do so, and the result was a match total of 1150, one of the highest ever recorded in an inter­ provincial game. Canterbury won b y 318 runs. C a n t e r b u r y . First Innings. Second Innings. H. B. Whitta, b Taylor .. .. 147 c Brook, b Clarke .. 41 F. Woods, c Taylor, b Woods .. 39 b Taylor .. .. 52 W. Hayes, c Wright, b W’oods ..1 c Brooke-Smith, b Clarke .. .. o H. A. Bishop, c Brook, b Clarke.. 15 cWright, b Taylor .. 67 E. R. Cavgill, c Brook, b Taylor .. 14 c Brook, b Clarke .. 30 C. E. Beal, runout .. .. .. 13 b Clarke .. .. 8 J. L. Paterson,b Woods .. .. 6 c Dacre, b Clarke .. 18 H. Watson, st Smeeton, b Taylor .. 38 c Horspool, b Taylor 23 L. R. Brunton, c & b Taylor .. 1 b Horspool .. .. 4 G. C. L. Wilson, not out .. .. 34 not out .. .. 64 H. W. Monaghan, c Wright, b Brooke-Smith .. .. .. 46 c Wright, b Taylor .. 39 B 14, lb i, w 2, nb 1 .. 18 B 13, lb 1, w 1, nb 1 16 Total .. .. 372 Total .. 362 IM PORTANT . W ill readers please note that our only address is 61, Temple Chambers, and that letters should not be sent to 25, White Street, Moorgate? Neither the Cricket and Sports Publishers, Ltd., nor the Cavendish Press, Ltd., has any connection whatever w ith this paper.