CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1990, 21 February 1914, Page 12

CRICKET.

'". [By The Beeakee.] . ' . WEDNESDAY BATTING. ■ 1 ->;Tho following are the leading batting and bowling averages of tho players in the Mid-week Association, compiled by Mr. J. C. Cusack,-:up to and including Wednesday, February 18 :— i" Tl. H.S. In. N.O. Av. Warne (Union) ... 358 87 9 1 44.7 ■M'Girr (Union) ... 288 102 10 1 32.0 Wilson (Artillery)- 144 44 5— 28.8 Kinvig (Rivals) ... 194*64 9 2 27.7 Smith (Artillery) 170 '50 8 1 25.5 Paten (Artillery) '74 36 3—24.6 Greig (Rivals) ... '139"71 7 1 23.1 . George (Rivals)... 114*33 7 2 22.8 M'Gill (Union) ... 171 *42 10 2 21.3 Taylor (Union) ... 123 *23 10 4 20.5 Dempsey (Oriental) 158 31 9 1 19.7 ■Dr. Tolhurst (R.): 116 81, 7 1 19.3 Mills (Oriental)... 57 47 3— 19.0 Dr. M'Evedy (R.) 121 40 8 1 17.2 Major Hume'(Ari) 118 55 8 .1 16.8 Caterer' (Oriental) 152 72' 10 1 16.8 M'Mahon "(Artil.) 114 '54 7—16.2 Harris (Artillery). 63 34 4—15.7 Thiscott (Oriental) 77 37 6 1 15.5 Gourlay (Oriental) 73 24 5 — 14.6 Beard (Artillery) 63 *40 7 2 13.6 Mummery (Orieh.) 26 20 2 — 13,0 Cording (Oriental) 120 39 10 — 12.6 Master (Oriental) 82 «20 9'2 11.7 Owtas ' (Artillery) 53- 2.1, 7 2 11.6 Dr. Gilmer (At.) 65 20 7 1 10.8 . Mulford (Union)... M .34 ID I 10.5 Smith (Rivals)'.... 31 ]8 3— 10.3 Billman'(Oriental) 81 53 9 1 10.1 \\ THE BOWLING. ■" !■'■■."' Runs. Witts. Av. Beard (Artillory) ... IPS 25 7.23 Harris (Artillery) ... 112 13 8.8 M'Gill (Union) 260 24 • 10.8 Kinvig (Rivals) 267 25- 10.68 r Taylor (Union) 257 • H 11.3 Burke (Rivals) ...... 212 19 11.3 M'Girr (Union) -290 26 11.4 M'Mahon (Artillery) 139 12 11.5 Dr. M'Evedv (Rivals) 122: • 10' 12:2 Demosey "(Oriental) 37(i 52 17.2 Cording■ (Oriental)'.:.■'• 247 ' 12- 20.5 AVamo (Union) 21J7 11 25.5 Above the Law? , 'Armstrong, perhaps, would not have done tho .following if he had thought over it. beforehand. Some Wellingtonian Kot out, and Armstrong began .■to.fill. up. the intorvalof. waiting for.the next man bv howling down the wicket, contrary to Jf .C.C. rules. ."Mr. Armstrong I" said the conscientious umpire, "von can't do that; it's contrary to'tlip taws of the name." ' "Aw," replied the ' big fellow, "what's, the penalty ?" . ■■ '■ : .;Tho umpire., correctly stated that it might bf\ within his province to order - tho match to be replayedr : : "Aw right," retorted the Australian. . "Ah'm going to bowl'right on. What you going 'to do?" , It may bo explained, in, connection with this littlo outburst,' that, in Aus- ■ tfalia._ the M.C.C.,'ordinance on thispoint is moro-Jionpunjd in tho-breach than the observance Possibly, that was \yhy Armstrong.said fwliat he did. '■ ■' ,Nlce Man to Kiibivi■•-■• ■- : ' A beoutiful new bat, light, and wellbalanced, with a cork And rubber centre, was thrown at Snnnders unextKcfcpflly after the-We'match on tTiq Bosin. Tho bat bore the legend—"Kins; Billy—his hat.".written in iv>n'aVlinlr across the : lflnde. It was "M'Kcnst'o's gift. Bats do not matter much to M'Kenzie. for he. is ... .i' yerr wealthy nimi, hut lie seemed'Jo think' that, one Victorian should/not ' meet' anotliT Victorian in a distant cmintry witbmifc letting him know. "Thorp , ? an o''l bat hfre. .lack," bo said to "von betfco-r have it." . .T.-iUfinif "f bats reminds tho writer that. H. M'Oirr eapture'l the bat offernl . W Messrs;. Lows nnd Manning for the highest in the match, and re- " c.eived jt-on. It is another, .good hit of willow. ■

Resurrection. . . jttt is good to hear that South is rs good as alive again, and -rfill whistle Koine .sort of tune in tho.senior concerto , i next year; It see-ma that'some .of the Indefatigables—Arthur George, I .suspect, was one—have been iyfc work, and now the -thing is prncticAlly done. 'Among other efforts they have* com-, snaildeered a first-class, secretary (Mr. H. Ivory), and l a club ;i that is sure of a •good .secretary starts, with' a mighty .asset. ■..-■'• ;' .-■ 1 By the way, might I sngpe-st that, if the resurrected- f.lub are .looking for recruits, they might ret some hefty ones jib'y beating nri tho Warehousemen's Association? Dind is one, and the Lambjton police station holds, within its t^wy 'walls, two or three bats th.it woiild be si oredit to any eleven. Telephone Eichange might h» runor nn, to- * '10 r Searchlight might be turned- on tlie Light Club. But, if I were South', I would certainly not miss the fbhance of taking some of the policeJpricketers "into custody." ['•Everyone Doing It." ... Everyone is trying .to pick the New Zealand team to play 'Australia, and, for the first time in my career as a cricket : writer, I am tempted to pick mine. The I 'All England , elevens arc -selected on this ■principle:—First, the wioket-keeper, irrespective of any other' qualification; Kecond, four bowlers as different in style "as may he, and irrespective of whether ;they can bat or not; next, four stock for batting only. That makes /Mine. The next two men -(in English, ■ selections) arc usually men with> special .'qualifications—good, fields in ■ the !country, good change bowlers, and pood 'Siatsmen of the free variety. .Well, then, there is the team: — .' ; .Wick'at-keoper: Board. L Main howlers: Robinson, Saimders, •Bennett, Sandman.'. I- Main batsmon and special men': ilteese, Patrick, Whitta,' Henvus, Hickinott, M'Girr, Sneddon. ' If Board's arrangements wilh' his county do not renderhim available, then the next best back-stop is certainly Tuckwell. On counting it up I notice that my team is not perfeot. If- 3ms twelve men in it. What one- would 1 you leave out? Cato Arrangements. " . A; prominent cricket official waited on tho writer after stumps were drawn on Saturday with a complaint to tho effect that the cricket authorities were greatly annoyed with the gate arrangements, which were undertaken and carried out by the City Council. The official's opinion was that things .had beenibadly mismanaged. He -said' -that- -there vtas crowding at the entrances, and everything went so badly that heated arguments were common. One gate-keeper, ho said, was supplied .with only 20 passes, so that when a large crowd sought to leave for a few minutes during an adjournment there was ugly trouble at tliii gate. Another.complaint (s that many people- goHn;free. Watching the Mid-Weekers. The secretary of the Wellington Wednesday Cricket Association (Mr. J. C. Cusack) has received word from tho Auckland Mid-week Association that they aro sending down a tcani at Easter. The match-will- he played on Easter Monday and Tuesday. The Wednesday Association'is also arranging a match with tho Wellington Junior Association for the same dates. The.: -fielding „ in our. Wednesday

matches this week disclosed a great improvement, some fino catches being taken! Burke took a beautiful onehanded catch, which disposed of Alpe. The catch that disposed of'M'Kenzie by Osborno was snapped while tho catoher was side on. • Greig fell to a fino one-handed catch 'by Gordon. M'Mahon, fielding as substitute for Union, took a hot ono from Dr. Gilmer. 'Rivals pait up a good record in defeating Oriental; George and Greig started well, running tor everything ami tal'ijg the chances, while t'iio partnerships Kinvig and Dr. M'Evedy was a fine exhibition of hitting and running. The Union bowlers had the Artillery team thinking. Smith and Houlihan were tho only ones to do any good, while "Mr. Extras" had a big say in tho total. ' . . M'Girr did some mighty hitting, getting Harris ovor the fence five times in one over. Watching last week's games I could not help thinking that A. 'A. George Iceeps wickets as well as any stumper wo have in Wellington, Told bv Lavcr. According to the way Mr. F.' Laver put it when he was here, cricket matches are Marathon' events in the Pacific Islands. When Mr. Laver visited the isles recently "the steamer was met by a dusky contingent ready to put an eleven in the field against the vessel's beet. Tho tourists were informed that on some islands cricketingby tho native.; had to be prohibited, for one tribe of hlacks would visit another tribe, and stay several months, doing no work, but playing cricket every day. Some Stray Singles. Armstrong bowled eleven, overs in Wellington's second innings. Nine of them were maidens.M'Girr's fielding on the occasion on which Ransford was run out was one of the smartest piece of out cricket of the match. In addition, tho throw-in, was a beauty, and Howe snapped the ball just in lime to whip 'the bails off before Ransford pushed his bat across the 'chalk line. .'.--. Southall took three wickets witli four successive balls. - Mighty near Iho hat trick! Playing the trick on Trumper, Armstrong, and Waddy would have been a feat indeed! The ovation Victor Trumpet got when ho went out to bat last Saturday must ;;have easily compensated him for the one that was missing on his immediate return. Tho echoes of his welcome had not all died away when he was back in the stand again, The fact that while Wellington only used four bowlers in one innings of the Australian match and still had M'Girr and Gibbes to call oii indicates no idearth.of trundlers. It is rare thing for either fGibbes or M'Girr to play in a . match.'without bowling. . Of the-.Australian team which played against Wellington, the. following clubs were represented:—Paddington O.C") (Noblo and Cody); Gordon , O.C. (Trumper);'... Melbourno C.C. Armstrong and ','Ransford); Fitzroy C.C. (M'Kenzie); Central Cumberland C.C. (Waddy); Eedfcrn, C.C. (Mailey); Syd-.lioyC-C; (Collins); Adelaide C.C. (Dolling). ;Tho other member of the eleven was Arthur Sims. ;; •■, ■.:-, j . ; , Tho senior Wellington'efade 'seems to' have captured Warne at last. iHe will have the pads on to-day for East.