CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1645, 11 January 1913, Page 12

CRICKET.

By The Breaker

Earl of Liverpool as Cricketer. : :."i. :'.'*i \i /is' possibly, nbt gorjorally ldiownthat - our; new,(Governor, tod Eajl.of'Liverpool, ; haal been' a ,b!on and'assiduoub .follower.

.',;';;., of the gamo.for a good tnanj years past. ; : '.-.'■ y. Ho learned its blemenraat Eton' Collego, , l . i,'' ; on.thb'iplayiiis fields of which ; historib in- '■:'■' :" statution tho: Duke" of Wellington is "al-

■.''; :^;''Je^-'vto''iJavo^Baidlthe.tatUe"6f;WaWloo : i;'.■;- [yraa won;;'/He did -not'got into lis ,col-_ -'/ r * lego Jpaprbsentativo; eleven; but he ployed' ..■;; ; for ;tho,Eton ,RamMerd. Lator ho joined : ; : ,P• V: the i':l. ;' Zingari and the iM.C.()., 'neither :'"'"■: ;of■: ; whieh.'-.club3.-;rociuiro' introduction -in :: ;;' 'any "part! ,if the oricketing . world. V ; -■; .'■; ; i -,'■' ' : ;'.' A^tCT■leavings. tho Bari...of ■.■- Uyerpool "played 'a/'gMd \;deal ; ; ,of, oribket .'■ for ibis regiment,'and also frequently tobk ';W :; part'in^I r ;Zirigaii;wdeks in .different para .•^'l'/v.ofi&glan&i:?^^^ ■: Ct Club,is not 'confined, to' ;'^ ; ;"anyvpartibtiJaJ lc^o . ; : ■'■■':'■• ■ /iinge,d■ where.' and --/when/i/the ; ■ occasion^ :'■ '^:; serves:''!-; Now tli'eji • !tho;^ingari:'.Clnb; ■ '".. v.-•. organised the ;■;■ v,'.'Aufltraliiliis';or:other; firstflight elevens.; : ■V- ; f' '" V Jtroini ; Experience' of.;the ;•; game in., ■ ,': .' England„:.ihe"Earl:,bf ,iLiver'pobi:ha3 borne :';;'!'> aj'part ;in: : many'.v,yiooiegal ; - ; }'\- Ireland."■'■-'-"■'■ > ■'■ :; " i' : & .?;■'•, <';k ■ '■' ■•■ Ji 'i':^ '■"'.': -:-'''. vNe'w - Zeoldhders 'may'-reasonably -Infer >■'■ :'j' from the whibh-hisExcellenoy ; -'"'... : >toqk : in organising'an;oleyen to.-meet tho •■^:^' l NbmadS, : :;lhat the interest -'whichv.'.t.hfeir -■■•:; !new'Gbvernbrhas hitheHb.imanifested in ' ", r : : ;■' tMS: splendid' 'summer gamo;;.is'v by. Ino "■■ ;; ::''-V"-r4eans ;oh'lhd' ',: Cricket 'has,; ..opca*; X& ,'ffloiially;.-^een'';pushed„'into ; : d;rear T rank ''■ ! .-';'l-?t.'^tlon'in^ l ; ;f i' ; V ';lpng);v and-itheVf bet .i that ;it". numbers ;his '^'r^ : ■i ''. do a, good;;'deal to;;keep;it steadily - ','-:;■■': in ito rightful place, in. popular estimation,

Who are the Nomads? Look at a clump of New Zealand bush, and be surprised at the number of shades of green in it! There are nearly as many shades of blue in a Nomad's blazer. Who are these Nomads? They belong to a club which has members in many parts of the North Island. It is a club without rules—an excellent thing. And there is no subscription fee— a thing still better. When on tour every man pays his own way. If there is any particular centre from which the club is operated it is the Rangitikei. There are over 60 members, most of whom reside in tho Wanganui and ' ' Eangitikei districts. To" get the touring team together every summer, a small committee 6ends out invitations to players likely to travel. This year over 100 letters were written before an eleven could ' 'bo secured.

,The General Sohetne, Tho Nomads first went forth to battlo in tho 1007-8 Cfioket season, Since then , they have played 27 matches, of which * they have won 13, lost 11, and drawn one. They have a pleasant habit of com- ' mandeering any English oricketinir felilows who chanco to b9 drifting through ;New Zealand when'the" Nomads'ore on tour, or any other Unattached man of cricket reputation. For instance, Grenior, who hammered 1 tho Wellington .bowling for 78 on Thursday. Grenier comes from tho Malay State 3, but Ms wifVis a New ZeoJander, and both were holiday-nicking hero > when 'the Nomads happened along, 1 and, hearing that the sun-browhed yi3itor could bat a little, ordered him to don the 'Z pads..:;v ; : 7: ; v ''■$*'■-''■>'.'."'ri :'i;-;.Theiidea-ftorn which'has.sprung,thlsjin-" 'i;tere3tihg:dubwas'conceivcdin;the':Eangi r V : tiicei,.v where, lived-sevefaKkeeii-.dricketcr.l ■•' .'who desired- more and rather : better, cricket' ;';.'.thfcn .'thoy; • cdiiid ■ get.'.lodally. 7r ,K ;••','.-'.: *■'; ; v >f ■-So --in' i 4907?8 ■;' team '■ sallied; fforthyjTheirj'fi'rst'y match' '-was"■.against ,' Wairarapa, aild the.:tourists lost it. : .They 'j-wettt.southland Timiru.beat them. They ('beat'dWainlate,'; they.,, beat;" Wes t Christ- : church,- and ,-Riccar.toh:beat them, -Next; ;they .plaved the old CJnited Club at Christ ;: bhurch-(E. T.;Harpor, cdptain) ( -and But-'i-jterworth' and' Marshall -made' 270 for; the • ; ,.::flrst:wicket.;:'Butterworth!knocked.Up IGO,-,'-the'hundred in three : quarters of : an tiour.'; : ; -Marshall's.6Core.wjis : lfll;;not out.. When ; v-:the : Second ; wicket .fell,.,they I ,;wefe;:about :IhV tho'-samo - tour -'.they '. beat i {'--In the' "following season , they !; :.went to •'.Auckland.-* and-., played ,'three- .'matches; : . ; They ,lost "one, ,'W6H. ~'M«; , and:;' drew. ;.one. "; ,Th« team iiiclUdetl the .two ', Lusks, : ■■. In •".liWMO.thbyi'wOn.three'-■'.and 'lost 'two ; ]..]hatche3 r and.in' 1910-11: won -two and lost '"■ three. -ILast season'they won-five arid lost i':one;- : - ; --..:.: v- ;-.;,:.,.:':,. '.'■"■'..-. Hi M. Arkwright, Of .Marton,' managed' :■ the first:team.': The second travelled unS::der. tho ■ wing. .of- W., ; 0.' Cnrgill, .'a' well- : knofrn pressman; the next,' J.H. Miles, of ■:■' Marton,:tobk ; charge,of;\C.:Cook, of Mar-'..-ton,'undertODk'.the. control of ".the: fourth; ■i.'tmd. this year Arkwright is shouldering the, ;:;'bffico:dgain; :i: ".<i--:v ?:v;;:< l v.:' ;^iTho;;jChle|;Men^^ ,v;-;Oi;:this^eay«;,teom,>Buttei^ V; Marshall: ate Rooked' upon;>'fts- the."chief

batsmen..: Grenier m&y/nbt playwith the team,'again/this' year as' he has accepted an invitation: "to /play in' Auckland against tho New: South Wales, Teachers. :;Hussey . is!, an,' - ;eS.-Auckland !■ (representative,'; ana, Bernau ld Wangariuf College bby.'who.'is ; promising-to'tdo'.big. things/with the-bat' and thefball.'"' Ho'lias not playeoV up to ifcy'in on- this .tour. -///.-"j; '■:>:',".:■''. ';/, /Wilson Banding Sixes.'; : :V; ■; '."-•'. ,j Anyone, should be .refreshed by a glancd over;the Tscore made: by 'C. G. Wil- . sdri-"• a^aiiist. jtho.Vi Nomads.; on Tues-' day,^:, : lli3/.-,t0ta1:,;./waß':.. 97,7:. and lie Would'/almost certainly .have, reached • his; hundred had -some /considerate friend given him the':wink to!go carefully because he was: on the century's doormat. However, he banged away in ignorance of llis tally, and when 97 got oaught in the tutfield, while trying tdsmite a ball from Bcrnauiout of the ground, lip hit five 'sixes.- r One dry'six of his got away,as far r«8 the Caledonian Hotel. Forty, of his total came from-fours. ■ Wilson ; in hitting mood is a .beautiful bat. His Tuesday's play was'a great'treat,' • ■ -'.' 1 Big Scoring on th« Basin,•: : ,■ 'The match between Wellington and No- .' ma<ls on: Tuesday and Wednesday: 'was very interesting. Wellington's big score of •327 in' their first'innings seemed.to make the! visitors' chance very srimll, The No : mods made only.Bl in their opening venture, and had to follow oh. In their second "innings five wickets went down for 95.- Then • Grenier got to. work. With • excellent strokes,ho drove the Wellington bowling all over tho field, and he wound ,up a capital innings with .78 to his Credit. ! It was tho innings which 'saved the side, "for .it stopped the rot and provided runs. ,When Grenier Went, out Pomeroy went in*, and in a little over half an hour hit olf,. 82. runs.-- He almost .declined to do but hit fours. When stumps Iwero drawn the Nomads had 941 up for .eight: wickets. •; The game was a diaw (unfinished). ' Jottings. ?:/ ; "-:,!7-: -,/■,:-/'ZT- ; >./,'";'-"';' ■ ■ Of 2?' overs which he.bowled during the Aucklnnd team's first innings in,the natch'with Wellington, Saunders sent down 17 maidens.- - :

South's luck is out.-.They lost Patrjok for some time early in tlio .season, but tow : have hi in back again. However, laws is nway this month, < M'lntojh, Of the' Victoria College team, ii spoken of:iis being likely to.receivo a cbaiics>in' flie next Wellington representative (eftm, ■ Six wickets for 25 runs fell to'liim ili-oneMiiniiigs ;aguinst Nomads, liii-w of them form) runs'.:. Theso three *myiiliilie(l to'lhrec beautiful halls-ran off. biwil;,' a:leg-break,,'flnd.;a.yorker,., .;,.,.:

A Letter from'J. J. Mahoney. ;' Privatei advice received in Wellington indicates that J.'J. Mahoney, late of tho East Club, is doing, well in. New South Wales. He is working in Sydney, but -has taken, -up- his residence at Richmond, about 30 miles but from tho capital. Mahoney has already found time for some brioket'inhisnew and in a club gamo recently made; 14 and 72 not but.. Ho will probably eventually cast anchor with his old clubr-Qlebe.' , ,- Thß.Rald that" Failed. A retrospective review of the Plunket Shield match at Auckland, in which Wei-, lington • suffered defeat on tho opening days of tho New Year, does - not afford much oonifort forHhoso who would have liked to see tho attempt on ; the 6hield siicceedi. .••:■'• • ■•; ','>*"'' That at any rate is the impression formed after a talk with Mr. G. Howe, of tho Victoria College eleven, who was a spectator of the Wellington downfall. ■ . On the opening day the visitors went to the wickets with overy. opportunity.: of doing well. Rain had deadened the wioket, hull the Auckland bowlers should- have uphill task.'- Instead they got the wickets of Blamires; and Blacklock at. a cost of nothing apiece. . This, was .bad enbtigh," but -when Wellington • completed an.innings for 201 their-prospects had by homeans '..vanished.',' There had' been upa as well nsdowns ; so.far, ~:-.-'•,.•, > ■• ■ More trouble appeared for the visitors: on tho second day, when they had to conduct an attack, with a .greasy ball and on a jjreasy wicket.';;.' .'■'.•'■' '■:■•:■■:■ '•.'•■ In' the early part of tho day' (says Mr. Howe) it was impossible to make the ball turn to any, extent. As the wicket began to dry up,: some wiokots were got fairly cheaply.- At tho end of the second day, when' Auckland again took; the field, conditions had-veered round again in favour of tho' and" tho. Visitors wofe. treated to bowling that turned-in from the off in' a surprising way. "■; ~ .'■Even so, the collapse, for a second time 6f the best Wellington batsmen is a thing not to be explained; It just . happened, and doing so sealed the. fateof the.match, fthdput. Auckland on the road to. easy "victory.'Blacklock never'evonlookedliko getting set, and it was a.wild swipe from his bat' thnt enabled Hemus to-, take a. brilliant catch at mid-off. :,-,;-.,:..; : '-..■■. While admitting Auckland's superiority. Mr'. Howe thinks that if Wellington Mi started their scdond innings oh the third day'they might have dono much -, bettor. This opinion is.suppofted by the performance of/the Wellington toil on the final day of the match.' On this last day a wet wicket again the efforts of the' bowlers, but, Wellington were loo;far gono to derive any, benefit from the circumstance.. ':■.' ' : ' : .;'■ V.''-. : ','r ; tt' '-' : , Tho Auckland bowjjnff, Mr. Howe considers, was comparatively weak, and it the leading Wellington, batsmen had ,been in anything .-like their .accustomed ■form.a Very different/story might have been tpid .of the latest attempt to bring away- the Pliihket' Shield from Auckland. : -... • . on both sides was good, except' in the matter: of returning ■to ,the wicket. •Sale, of .Auckland, was an exception, for his fielding was brilliant in every respect.

East Club Note. :::v: :, / : S, J Nnih, of tho East Club, left this week on a holiday visit to other places. Ho will bo away for about three weeks. '■■ ■'■ ' ■'-■,■'■.<■'■• ;•-., ■"'■