CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 734, 5 February 1910, Page 12

CRICKET.

■ :, ' : iSi). i■'■''• : Kv iBY;TKB" ; BEBAKBB.] ; \>"''.' ';'";i" vi ■: '*Ttie'.' Laws ■' of - Cricket,"'' teineat, booklet; form,- are. to ■ ha'nd.v Our rthanks ; ; for a'■ copy ; are,-tendered' ; io ■ iMr;' D;"M*Kenao, ,who'■■' has':gone.-■>toy-"'considerable;/trouble, in' C collecting; I and; .V the : different parts of the;hook:-'The first section'.com-. latest: instructions, to •umpires;'"with. idecidbns and''interpretathWMarylebone Cricket' Club.''-,■ Theh-'MoW "the rules •of the : Wollin'gton v Cricket.Ass6ciation.(nbw' published officially)'.''' with'.'.-, the ■ÜBt';'of : office-bearers,'', and; the.,names 'of cliib secretaries and'.their addresses. ..'An'otheri' part 'of i.tha.'-bqoklet' sets * put; the :by-l'aws 'ofV-.the ;.Zealand , .Crioket iCouncili and-' the Plunkef ;Shield';regula:.tionsi; The.,boundaries .of;ffie jßasirr.Ke-; :serve': wickets. are stated,; as ''agreed upon i b7;;the't'"\JmpiMV/.''^^6iatioi-: : ''BJid'/;thfl .CTaampionsriip';' Committee of'.the; Cricket of,' the^Cfeatures" is the diagram 'showing, the-boundaries of. : the ; .Wellington''.- cricket■'•• districts. ,','->'; The booklet is'. a ? sixp'en'cewbrth' which: should :be::in;>the. -'.possession."', of,V,'.every, local ■ cricketer..;'.' #';■',: v;-: :'.:!'■■ /:*:\. , /::.:/-.;,-v-;' ; ';' .is'^understood■..that./.the ; .>AucHand i/'incidehf'fiwiliybe-referred .to/at.Mon-. : day's :• meeting.. ; of i tie -■ Management;. Com'.mittee .V- of.'. the ■'•'-. Cricket.. -Whether the 'Management; Committee will imake,any;announcement'as \tb[the result. ■of ■' '.their■.'';/inquiry'■,'■,■;(if,v: any) l^ '•:• is ••'V' an T 'otherV;-.'matter" altogether; ,':ln , /6bme iguarters,:.!the;.feeling "is/.that a ./special meeting' of: the'/association ought.^to:be' called, if the.'Management Committee declines " to, make' khown'.their. decision,.on 'the; matter}/ I '■; >m*S'.-. '?,V T.;-. V. : :vv p ■■■/;,'[: ■y\ Apart:■; f rom:: a«seniorV practice,!'• game :be.'/n*eldi'on?flie':Wellington ' College .ground,': if: a wicket'.is available); '.the; only, matches;'to ■ be'pla'yed to-day-will , i be|lthose' ; sin'vthe 'rjunior' i and ihird-class championships.'-.The, Basin Heserve is:en-. . gaged-: for .the ".Wellington. Provincial. Ath.lefic: .Championships,', postponed. from; last ''Saturday, ;;.;;^;v^^v'.V.' ; :/^M:K/. : /i:/ : ".v:,'i'-;

f,;The-;Australian Eieven,!'who! are;'about ~ ■ Dominion,.leave.!Sydney'to-' ~'; /day'vbyj'the :Moeraki;,;,,Thby-reach, Wei- ;! lington on .Wednesday next, and play-the''! first match;;bf, the; tour, here3against'. the Wellington Representatives,'' sit!-the i- Basin . ] Reserve/.onvFViday,-Saturday'/ and-Mon-day, February.H,'l2,'.and:lt. I-The.-Mayor' (Dr.;'.Newman) ;is'-being.'.approached ;■:by .' the ;,:WeUington:;Crioket ,, Association,' -ffith ' a.view.to arrariging.va civic 'reception'in ! honour- of : the : .'Australian ; ,team.'. -ItAs .■ hoped that'^one;of...the.-Ministers'of .the. ! Crown-'will/be,\ : present. 'has been>'made''to''.the;Minister '.for:'-Internal-'! Affaire,:the; Mayor,-and/the Law. Society - to! declare, a half-holiday, on the;opening : day of the match, Friday/next. ;;;:;..'...■'•'•.''<!'■; ,The .consensus, of -expressed. re 7; gardingi,the, l calibre..of.the 'Australian - team;ch6sen>td i yisit-'NewvZeaJand lis that ! ;.,;•:. ,i'Th'e'V' f 'Syaney-'.'l)aily.;.Telegrapli'' .-'ea'ys. thatpFacy,.";the'",Tasmanian,', should be';a valuable'; member )',bf the:^Australian; team to'/tau'r/NewVZe'alah'd.'.'HeMlJbe the 'fast Dbwleri iv a^d;Viu' v shown in the Turner!'match. ;. : : So'me;of {his -The only:-"experiments"-?.which..';.the'ser lectors';have>madb'. in? the>'Wei-.' ' to oppose, the; Australians' in iheirVfirstimatph'navb:been >f Kinvig','Hawthorne,oahd'Foste'r. Messrs.. Pucker;;.Bichardsdn,; an'd' i C. i -Hicks6h,-the selecMon«Commitae," : ;'liave\-appointed'/:a . jbo'd''aJi-round'-tea.mV'' : froni-, the : < material' nay be/a .weak spot \ ■'■;.-■ ■;''!-'.-' - i v : 'Foster, r'the iOtago'.University ■ gradnate,; ios batted' consistently "for Victoria. Col- ; ege-. throughout the season, baying failed o. make runs, only/ on one'or'two. occa- ' ions. Although;his not.in-, pire confidence,, he "usually ge.tsi.the.runs, . ad: the selectors 'in 'deciding in his favlur'were'doubtlesj ■ influenced.largely by . lis figures;;; ;.! ; .'i,'';-!;,:•-"' ~.v: >''!: -.' '' -'' ; ; /-Hawthorne;. another,' new,,.representa- ■ ive^has^batted'-cohsistently■•■ and,?: with ■igour, ruining y up 'among the, top men wo or three .times.';-.': '»;,.'.; \ •■'• . ~ Desiring -variety of .- bowling,; the' comriittee- -". included'!;' left-hand : ibwler; : Opinions; ;it is 6aid, were, divided !s 'tb'wh'ethef'.'Gibbes'.of Kinvw was;the; iropbr!persb'n!';for .the'/post.'.\.The verdict' reut against-Gibbes, because' he has, not truck •■ success' 'in^tiie!;:' representative, aatchcs';alfeady-played:;,.,The,.vote' went o.Kinvig as'being a/good bat and.a fair ieldsniau.'-'.':"-, -:•!■-■; '■■:■■■'■_ -■;■;•■' !' '; ; Schmoll,' who-is considered by many to te the 'best";-wicket : keeper , iti ; New Zeaand; is-.chosen' for..the.first time to;:ie-iresent-Wellington p'rovinoeiV He/ easily icserves'.'hi's .place, ; : and, may-be expected 0, do; great■-.things.' ISchmoll./was ■ not licked- for;.the'.-match- against "Auckland,-, lecauseiit: was desired that Williams,' a oundor "bat,-'should' be the',-:eleventh o'an: HWhen! ; ,tne! match with' Canterbury ms being.'arranged,?,Schmoll was pioked, rat,' being: out .of town; was,unable to Jay. "v'v;'- ; ! :',;■"-■"' .'"• .' ;: '.-' '. ■'''~": - ": ' "' - The ' most. prominent "absentees are. !obcroft,- Laws, Monaghan, and,; Hickon. : Precisely 'why ''the" last-named' ;is lot playing has -not .been^disclosed,; alhougS it j js : said .tHat'cerfain; happenngs oh'a recent trip-have influenced him n declining to associate himself!with,cerain players';,'.'-" ;'.! / '/'-';'" ■'■■■■■■■ .;'■' 'If their-expectations for Auckland are ulfillcd, Otngo. will, be; the proud poscssors.of the Plunket Shi old when their natch' with the Australians : takes place. Vhether! played in Auckland or Dunedin, he match between the Plunket" Shield iblders and the. Australians. ought to be ne o£ the most-attractive of., the doming our.'. For this reason;if the' Otago team ■ Lnd success in Auckland, and the weather, s.fine for.the! Dimcdin dates, the Otago Irickel Association,should not;regret'hay-; nk, relinquished the; pooling • system. ' . ~Tho Otago \ representative team. passes hrough Wellington-on Tuesday next, en biite to ' Auckland,, where; they play, a natchlwith" the northern representatives a the Plunket -.Shield/competition on ? ebruary 11, dates.of, the, ■est match against the Australian Eleven a-Wellington,- : Otago players-will-there-ore have 1 ; opportunity for two' days' Tactiec'.in the northern'city before their mtch commences..; Mr. J.'Hope has been' puDinted manager of- the Otago team, nd Mr. West will be one,of the.umpires.The 'uncertainty , of' cricket was never' ,etter' exemplified than"! in the Turner

benefit match, played recently in Sydney (says .the "Telegraph"). :In::tho", first innings 'of the Combined States, I ' -Mayne and Simpson failed to score. In the second innings they put on 167 runs for the first wioket. .'■'.''■:>.

"A-' generous spirit*-' is said to ; b9 abroad in Dunedin; cricket. "Long Slip" reports 'that bats. are being presented to thoY top. scorer. in the Piunket shield match,.to the bowler with the best average, and to; the best fieldsman. Macartney has .waived his claim to the bat, genuinely won for his century in the Southland contest, in order that the, amount might bo given to the association's funds.;' rThis spirit is..delightful after.all one hears to the contrary, adds "Long -Slip." ■ ■ : : The New; Sonth Wales cricketer E. L. Waddy has played the following innings this season:' 78", 34, 161*,- '52, 261, 85, ;52, 161, 118, 125, 116*. 118, 31, 25, 0, 30, 9, totalling 1456 in 14, completed innings, averaging 104 runs per innings. The'as-, terisk indicates not. out. -.-•- ; It has been decided that the Sduth African ; cricketers should be ■ requested ;to begin their Australian matches in England in December of this year instead,of January next. year: .. f ■' ._.-• The announcement that M. A. Noble has .definitely, decided, to retire from first-class cricket has induced a Melbourne statistician to tabulate his records. From these it appears that in first-class matches he has scored 13,780 ; runs for. an average of '41:85, and taken; 609 wickets for 13,765 runs, or an average of 22.6. ■' It is reported from Bombay that the committee appointed ;to arrange for a representative i Indian: team to visit England has decid.ed-.to. send the team Home in 1911. A guarantee'fund has been opened, and sums amounting to 30,000 rupees'had already.been subscribed on December ;13. ;, An . Australian' paper, " dealing with benefit matches, expresses doubt that the benefit as we know, jit. just now is the most ' satisfactory means .of helping, cricketers; that could be .devised. -" Its benefits' are to one man only. Would.it not be better to establish' an "Old Cricketers' Fund" vested, in .trustees,, and to. 'play a match annually for the purpose of augmenting it. There are many-old players to whom a benefit on scale is impossible, but to whom timely and. merited' assistance could be. given : from a special'fund..' ;,. '.' ' . "''.'.;.