THE WORLD OF SPORT.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1639, 4 January 1913, Page 12

THE WORLD OF SPORT.

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h::;;;;-'):,;' ;v ;:\« [Br the : Beeakeb.] ■■';: ;.-, |;'oi:;,VNo;Baii(ii;'No; .;■;.; ; ;';; f. v ; : ;','V; -Dreailfuilroivdiiig has cbm'B.!fro'm':"Anck-! |..v.■ :■ "..'land this'.'wWk.'and (at;'.time'.;bf ".writing) K:\ - 'Wellington's'second'iiinings seems to coui>;;ft.;. /stituto :tho^limit:in agony. fc.^;.'.-;' to .be "a;; good, eleven .on'paper—in , tact it r..'i:: 'i';':is really, d: good, 'team—but: the : "glorious f- /,;,:,., ■ unoertainty 'of ibis fascinating game has |(;^f'-'i-ever';,fo'b9:reckohed,with^'■•: ■■.'■.■,'■'■ : ';■ ■■'■''.'." |{ -V ; i; "■':■:And'so,: by, the-way,- has the "glorious K. ; ;-vvV.''"i!ertaint^ K;^u''..: : : On .tho : .whole' one' is; inclined' to - fear. p •' ! ;;''' that"there will bo no band at the station K. ; :V-- ■•■ -to meet poor Wellington, :and no, display, ■' of'.fireworks (wortli;'speaking of) on; tho (;■ i^,;,; Voyening after.they;arnvo.; , ;,',:.'; ;-; fc ! ';p'.''?<;: , f:• '-*:. fi.,: : }GM ? tbok f the;lost- ;threbv wickets |;;' ■::■': ■-.• with 'successive balls, and a collection .-, C);.;rt.v^; : was,.taken;up:;bn : ;th(): grouhd'for a;''j;.;;,.;:;;;.,; presentation ..to the .diminutive bowler . fit'-i -'?•';) - ; ' : ;ter;: : h'is l .fine;abhwvemeht."—Press 'As^.'.; iv.S-'.'l''^-'^.-6 o *ial4on.'''.''V.;':'}.;--o''-' >&>V'-i'. /{Good-luck Oliff I .-'Before he-v.tbbt tfiose- last. threb'wickets ho had already f^---.'o'-:. v 'tokfl'n'' ; tfiree(:''other9\ i :>t > - 1 .f -Blaniifes, ,0;- Phillips iO, 7 and. Brice: 27,' Ha is..a ;:-::;;- : :-' :6low+bwler"wh6;can;turn the ball.from u 'y'--'--:-y\ Neither '6ide.on: any-wicket, but'on crum-t*:'^'.-,''vbljn i #6rstloky'turf*l«'aprta'rj'-to.'.W «: i'.'r,': to "make-the-Wl; do anything; ■espeoially' : % : ■:,;■■■;'.. ''':'yy ;-'■■'',' s¥.Vr; : .i.;:.yrimo after ,'tinie.atall from him-breaks. y.^- V: C:., right i, across., the ..wicket,; beating '.'bat, ?f^; ; iV'-"6tumps, :i: is in, :,':tlus fonn;<ho .will/dislodge 1 tho.mqst pa- ; well-set-batsman with a ball which ; J ;-/•'.! •S : ■ cs ji fol low.* "' : '.-/;:-:-'i ; :;.'::■-'v-V ■;';7:;;v..'.;.,'.lJever;. .M'lCibbin>,came'!here .has v there -been, ■ seen - a '.bowler ati'work who; ":--'.';.--'"l:"f "cftiaTnwkcf.-th« ; .taU- ; "jMt»' J -.' : «»'- OlifiVcan, ?',-<:•' ;'i ; -and :he : .has- also acquired 'a 'ball which Oti-.-.;,;': appears to':h'avb:.''overspin":an:it^;.This / [r'.'iiv defivery,slips-straight,:.throughi from -.the, •.!ft. ■ 'f- pitch to --"a most' disconcerting ; way-i;;, It is the -wicket L:'i-'.V;'-is-helping Olllf, "tho man.-with-,tho bat S ; V:,fe:':" simply must•,use hiq'lpgs.; This, in brief; : '''' is. tna -bowler 'iwhp' wrought such-haypo «:■;,:/;: with;:ouf.ifellbw9 / P'n:Neir, Year's.Day./,;and.ha. 'A -, i ;;-. ■;* can-keep.oiVsWingin'g bowl-, ;■'.'.• ■>.-': ■/'".;ing ; under" tlw/Auckland; siin,. without tt«' '■•'i ■•:. Y'■•'■■ slightest distress'forajpost'any : time.: "At: V-j- ■"':■••;.' tho■ end .'pf thb"''d{iy.?(a's;moSt'followers,pf, f: ; :i/, ; v;crlcket' 1 -khbw)':'hi?:;lias':'generally;f bagged V '■/:/',- :c 'mbst of tho wdekats:;^': ":::/-/:;■;•";-'' v. -i/'.',;/ /''.'Apparently' the Northerners "relied:on 1 /'-'-;.V;;'.:{'.hlm:to do'-inbstrof'.tha'' ( dam'age this-year,, 'yvHifr' v/ithqut him? their ''.'attack-' wds v -;cer r /■ 'X\ v.:, 'tainly weak. -> OUff'has,';on.;:Tare -Occasions:. :/.;>-'/■ that':-of:.itwo: v years;>go:;when: I /': -1 --. :C»nteibuiy .lifted /..tho,! shie|d—been., col-; ; -V/.,;:"• -.'lared; but he/ivas:only- smashed, up'then; £?:' / /by«being;kept' ! bn-'tpo'loijg :yn\K another: ;;'S;,;-;',;;;'s'o;w : :;bpwler* at.'the/Other,;)}nd;/•;,:■;./;; .;.:,://,' Teiegrarri 'Scuth'Melbourne; Manaoer, '''^-::'/ i the following' telegram'.from lir.' //'"'M'Corroack;rinanagsr,of ?tna South /Mel:V;i^V'V;.bb:urne:'.te'amp~^'i.. i - i A;'! ! had a grand:trip down to Lytteltpn '■ * ■,' : la 'tho Maori; the water'was as'smooth as' :"c X-.- o'niillpbhd,; and wo' were all well and -fit x&jvtf.im- arrival.:/W£ are charmed jrith:Christ;///:;■:/ohutoh,;'too.''^:;;/':,:':'v:;'':^/i"^: s :/?/!•;.' ; ;'; ! ,•'/>;■; /""Our. oatph|ing and: fielding;, was bad on ':';/'.:■■ /'the .'second of the /, match .with :/.: ! -:i.'./:CahterburyV«aid cost many runs. /Patrick ;::';':',-" = -'^o r^^ -V-V : :.'..- '■ grand'strokejii;,.Hiokmott;-:ths-, colt,'.-has .a eplendid,future, as a .'bat, •;■>•!''•.'i>-''"''entl'heiis.also a.brilliant field.'-.'.•/.■ |; ;- : --: ;/n ;! ;"&'"Tflo£apeiiihg: , 'j-;'-' .':/.eecon'd'innings.'wds.V]phenomenal.-; : .. Scott ;•■'::':'/'opened .the lwwitog,,ftnd you knbir-.by.this /,/:>'//tiuib'lww. r fest/tlio "situation fdoveloped.; , ■. ; HWkmbtt■vkaweU'-'tllb■: , innings and, \ went ;.'• /■ /', : ./. righUthrddglt ,it-r««5elloht: ! work,, -; \i:l.3yr. i ■.^v , ■ : ■■' i ■•.'V^;■'Sou%' t -~-: ! fe:;winl-«Wb;all/felt confident,' but.;all.the: /:■;'';;■:■':{.Bame-.thoiwdctet.;,wa9.:,wearing,;,,and"wo; ::' ; T)W:;flofed:for. ah..interesting;fihish, : which, in' ! /:-;..X^ l ' A 'facfc: : it'".was;;:'': ! - ;;•/:,;;. /■''■■-■'^■;"'V'^vTi> : : '. : . ':■;* : , '.': :"Wo' hiid a great reception'at the finish,: ■■^.'■'^■■■•ftndtir^ .'/■'i-:'. ; .'. CTatulate-1 :;oh SwhatVthe j good ,'peopw ."■ Pf :'://.<^:.'Christchiij:ch/terniiDd. '//-' /■ /'.Kerihy:playM.':,bcautlfully;'and Pfii,'- ,'lighted;',mth';bur.%in.y' ; Laricaster,',.Patk.. ■■'V-'.<;A;was.;firie/an^^ '.'.:■;■■,':' - mbnts' WeTe.excellenttThfl crowd was .very'.: yy-if':,, ;'fair..//:.::: r ft *(■/■;;;/ : /''; .■■■"/ : /^;-/;. : -'/'-;'i/: ; ir;/- , on Friday ■:;/*:// 'at ■ the, "grotind,:and \ Mr.' : ;;T.';Crbuoh;/tho /vftiVi; J Association iroproj''.-, i yy. sentatiye;: fmth: us; * >;te/ awfully';,; good-;in: ':?•,;:•-..•;< looking' after'our .wants. /Ho'.is'al-splendid-, i/" ■:.;',/;feHb^.'V</^Y,:K '¥-y:y< , 'fyW']PsW>P\? ■ Gr, *' ,; fe;?':/,/,/■:i;A>nofcaWe : .namo .which does;not;,fignr«' .'A//;in:the Otagpiteam whio'h istojlaySpnth' '/iJ.; -;'Melbourno is that of "Alick":Downe3,'.tho •*^y%:.'''well-known:'righit'-'hand'.-!stQV;iia^3itiTji. r ;/.off'- :;; '•:•..■. : ; v '/' : :'/r: ;; - ; './-/-;///•: '•'-'•.' -'..'..:; In his comings and'goihgs up and down .'::/,/,/;:;tha'Iace.'of ftho:eartnV' ; :"::: ': . Btunibled the">iother/iday(;■'across;, genial, .'/". . vPran¥Williams,:whb:Used to.be the Otogo; ty'.yy ":'-..wioket-keepery -;aud/is ; now. : :'bhb-:",bf;''4no iS' /' 'VyOtago selectors,';.and,.naturallj'..askeds,why,' A;:, : •/Downed wasi not in' tte"Otaffoi v team;l!"':.',- •■'• l ; f'/'/.;':' Willianis.is now on a;«hort holiday /i/'-r'- .-'jaunt ; in:Wbllipgtoii,'fand : .he''pointod;Out, ,:■■.:;.-./: th'at/Downes', ; waß :alM'"'.bne'of,..tha;.Otagq' V///'':. 'Selectors,' and 'p.rpbably':"Alick'r':.had.;nowi ';/' .vl:;carried ; out:what"he ; .litld always wished to: '>'/;:..,'•' /du-rho had^oluntarily'.fetdq.d:down;tq-give /■:./,■.;•'. some of tho, younger players 'a; chance..; '. ; 'f ..*," ■•'■' /';lt/is,', of i.cbursbi'-.just :.what?'6)ie-would 3 ; /i'.i^.':'''wpert' : to'he'ar;.'bf;'ohiTalrdU9'olq\ vtAvfofh /'/v/v'. but, kll-th,? same,"; the writer-thinks, that. :-/;:;; ';;h«ts too;good;a 'man- tofbe" stai ding/down. ;J:.: rlmpressions! MKi-Arthtirffleoriie on'frott i/;'--' 1 ,-.' l ;''Aßnd::Hls,;Meri. ; .v:'--:;/y;:;;:/^;';; ? :/ ; ;'.' : .!;.;'; :; Mr. .'Ai'/A;,. George, "whb' was mainly. l J';' ■' ••'.r;bspbnaible:for:t •,;;'/.: , .:team'.to'.'Ne,w, Zealand; was,asked-the other :1-}' ;. V: ; day for, his": opinion /of :thb >Jlelooui : hite3. v ' ;.,'./; : .:'.-!:' 1 Tthink they'ara a fine:combination," ;■:■';■'./ .said: Air.: George,' "but they were riot seen V'-// >/at'^tiair'best' here because, they arc hot •J :-:''' yet:!qiiito sufficiently accustonied ;to..'our' ; ;\Hckete^.'. : l'..UitokjScott,V(Kenßy : ''ahd > even' ;■/ '■';: Gill?? "will imake tig; scores ...before.they, .:•. /-.''leave ./hora,, : /Gray, //too,. CI./.expect. A : : ///to IShcar/■:;6fr'',!,Mo.nhg ;V'freely.■":■.-:'Hti :/';-/;.;.knocked'the : bowling;.about;as ho'liked; ;i;.;.- : ;:;.iwhen v practising/liero. pn ;Christmas- Day. : J-;. ;■■':"■ Scott -has ;nbt done'' jnstica' to : himself co ';,/:•:.; tho 'risks. -It: isnotli*-, ./' : : ./'ing™.for;him knook. up/a' century./l'; 'V ; .'..' ; • ■•■ : "i-\Hiiiik/;tbo' , 't('airi.'.Trantsa! ! , ././.•..•liand:'bowler.:'M'CormacJc:' is-, not'-'/quite ,:, the.-ldnd: of left-hander.;:l, would, liavo , .:■,; :ifko'd-to see. I think Kelly.'was'.kept on'' it is hot-for me to y '•...'.■■. 'question Harry Trott's'judgment.. ':;'/' fe ... - • ;?'J(Vheu'the team;gets back to -'JVelllng-' m ;';'-'/ ton'= they 1 will .'bo'.in' tho.t«st of nick, and; 9■':■' . .r:am: sure that thera will bp : eomo -:'..;'.'.»ark-ibly ,big' scoring.' /It ,is noticeable ■':'■, ..../that", Purvis,, who .was. knocking at, tho ,:. :.':■"' door- of /international,' orickot'• over. : l ..the other sidei has not struck form hero. -/.'•..' .'/,,,':..'.: "I think.-as.l.sajd before, that the gredfc ,; :, want of 'the .team; is a good;;nippy, left-' ./.-.;•;; hand bowler."/". "'/v':"/'::''■'/;/',;;,:./:'" ;';.;:. 'j- Gritrimett'With the: /;;//;1;;';'' One is mslfnod tothint that Grimmett ~': '; will'Svake'npisohio morning to find himyy. ;-.■".. self :f amous—as a 'batsman. As a bowlor ~,, ■•:,■ .wor..know;..his -'strong -points .already. 'Against South Melbourne- ho. played a .■;'■■''.■•'■" merry'■;tune--'pitchixl-in the key, of-B : ' ;;,.•: tural,/That is; to say, ho played, his own ■"■■.:■•.:• gatno just as ho would have played it at ■ ■';•' tho'hets. Most.of tho.other Wellington .batsmen played their selectipna in'the key of B ilati A few, however," played it in B sharp-rsha'rp in getting out. ' :V ■' .'i'lie crowd clapped Gnmmett's 'every " . stroke, and each chip was a' little louder "■-'..' ondniore hearty than the one bofore. Of ','..':■ course, he got. the hackneyed ."ovation" at';tho.end of the:innings., .•,.,.■:-■..;,: • As a purely/speculative, question, ona is a'little inclined:to I 'wonder-what'tno final. 1 .'■" clnpwould have been'like.had.Grimmett succeeded in raakiiig; thd winning hit; ■"/'-. Would at haveshaken down tho old ram- '.'' shackle.payilibn?.;':-/ /'':':/': './;"'■'\ , Robinson,/cf/Centra[,;';,;;;;/ ;i;. .;//.;';-.; -■■: * ' No: remarks -on'-the;So.uth Melbqutne game'- wo'iikl .bo-'complero.' withoiit:,a ■ ivord / yf tho exton- ■; ■'■•'" ■ siv.e Central-Ixi'.vlbr,-who.-played so;big a • uarfc. in- rbtt!iug" ,fJ6iifli..',Aiblbbtirno out.; ■ : it is' stated"tliat.,ho' was evcn/gottihg-a, ':" "''■ .'.'cerliiin 'aiiibuiit-.0f.-''tliriiV/.frpm'.4o(f '.on■ ■>■■/../ eouie.'i6£• J-.i'k;.fiist-'■ iiietliwins,-:-'.;./ . ~:■./;' Ktinic* of ti<; liUtl good hopes of him.when ■■■ Vjib'-wi'-ni- i:itn'l«!. fhb teciing being 'that ; : h'i>'-''iud Gi-'-'urn'r-it 'mi-jht.possibly.pull tho nii'ti' 1 ' cut of-the lire, for. Kobinson, when ■'•" the Jiicod,:'doe9.not : mako bis rung

In. ilngles, but in. Bixee, • :atid fl»-' South Melbourne sopra waii not a'big one.to over- :■;;,-:;.,'.!':'; -.: ■:;■ ■;' ': .'■ ' -•That was the -anticipation, twit alas fpr tho realisation]! Just' after the tea adjournment.the hands and voices of Trott'a .''red baps'* rose in united appeal, aid Wellington's last chance of winndng had; vanished, ..'..-;■. \> ; ;• The Travels of the Melbourne Men. . Horowithi ■ some farther' detail? of tha tour of Trotfs team as mapped out from now till sail : is set for Australia. . Yesterday ths 'team left ChTistchurch ■for Dunedin, and pfldy will bo,commenced there to-day and continued on Monday ohd Tuesday/,Ther wil leave Dunedin for Central Otago on January 8- (Wednesday). and play a matohat Tapanui op-January--o,'and 10. : On tho; 18th they will leave Tapanui.and get back to;-'Dunedin that, and-Tuesday. They will leav« Dunedin for Ashburton, and' there they .will piny on January 15 and IG. On January: 17 they will leave Ashburton ,'qn the way back to Wellington.'!' They will reaoli' here on tho :18th and play Petonoon the 19th and the 2flth. : Da January 21, 22,.aud 23 they tvill play a match with Itho.'Wel-. ingiton Wednesday Associations and "oh Jannnry 24/ thoy will leave for Sydney. ■Before the. Melbourpites leave they and tho .Wednesday- representatives -will' be .entertained by Messrs. George and George. Jjotttnqs pn th? \, Mid-Week ■Beprejerrta«lv««. •'"ln 'the match' between.'the mad-week represeutativos—Wellington 'v. ;: Christohurch—at tho Basin on, Thurfdoy, Ar- . thur : George's: scorre of 62 was';a ■ good, sound-innings, his .Jeg'strbkea'being very good. -Victor \Harris : also batted hvell for ;hi9,36, while Warne, Gourloy, nad.M'Gill, .—throe of-our -leading batsmen—hat) the. misfortune-to'go yery.cheaply. Alpe also had tho extremely .'bad lubk to play the ball on'. MlKenzio'p'ut l up lG;with,four hits, one landing over tha south fence..,; l. ! Of the'Wellingtoii, bowlers,; bbthp-M'ln-'' tyre.and.;yi«tor M arris;deserve a-great .deal'of credit. :"vTictdr'' had a good Canterbury man sent to the rightabout in his ;first "over,- and'M'lhtyre was not slow' in slaying has - first • viotim'. At the ,iond of the innings both' had capital:averages. J ■; The batting of the Canterbury men was ■not'up ,to.-:Btan,'!ar'd, -The/only.-one ; to | reach' double figures in the first r innings iwns.M'Parlane," wlio.': also-.-reached • doublo figures in ! the second;", while. Keane batted Cwell,'for'B3..."The, fielding, of, the. visiters : was not oLthe bnsrt. ;.-/:..'.-'- '-. , ! .', ; : ; .,Tho performance. mid-week junior, /representatives 'winning-(for tho fourth s .'tirite) was 'a ,gobd ,one. The fielding of- the 'Canterbury; juniors whs very: poor, catch' after' catch being refused. Por. .Wellington the bowling of "Brnie' Cohen. :'was.good.v.A. J. Williamson,and,L.-Wil-; ■;liamson-both'batted;well...';.;,;• . .r, ■ lUnrest in, ;',; ■ '.!The -deposition of W. W.; Armstrong, as captain of the' Viote'rlan team; wm' widely discussed at the indor'-State match on the Meibourna Cricket Ground on Pridfcj, week.Tand the- spectators showed-: thett disapproval of the tactics adopted tobring about the ohange by bheoring the tall Vic; teriah whenever he entered the field. J. The remark'-made by.- a prominent New- ' South '.Wales player: as he arrived': at the ground—before 1 tho selection was made—; Wiirwick." i When the Victorian' team was 'selected,; the :';East-■-:' Melbburno;. captain, ■Scitz,::as.:a .leading"and'consistent:batsman, was one of- its members.'The'team, •then contained two permanent captains:: ;Sovtz and Armstrong. The veteran -was cast' nsido in'favour of a. man with less; ; "T' ; " ":,■':--' I '-% r:: .!'■■'?■ - ■ '■:"■'■■ '-• Eeferring. ,to: the ; ',matter, the>''Age"; aska:; "Having driven Frank Laver—still in his ■ primo, as a; bpwler—and'Kyle but of the.game in,Victoria.'as'a'similar.eec-' tion has done :with; Noble' in.. Sydney, "is itthe'.intention'bf -tho, V.C.A. v i:io;'fake;the first opportunity to 'drop' Armstrong as jwell ? :It. seems ..to ..be.ap.'Vr,->',-;'.- ;: ■ ■:■•>v