CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2354, 9 January 1915, Page 9

CRICKET

•' ■ ■ !' . C pltjnket shield match, teams for to-day:-:,.':: The Canterbury representative oricketers arrived' in Wellington from Napier last evening by the Hawke's Bay express.' They are staying at the GrandHotel. *,*«s ■>; «ic'.s .m? ;;.;;'•; *-.*- . The team to defend' the" ' Phinket Shield for Canterbury will be chosen from the following ' .twelve ; players :— 'Bennett',- Boxshall,'"" Wood," Witta',' Bishop, Hickmott, Beale, Sandman; Patrick, M'Lachlan, Thomas, and Carl-' ton. The Wellington team is:—Wilson, Brice, Midlane, Burns, Baker, Burton, Gibhes, Robinson, Southall, Hiddleston, and Bray. Rodgers is twelfth man. Mr. Ward;is- managing, the" visitingteam. The match will commence at 11 a.m. on the Basin Reserve. The following will represent The Dominion in a'match against the J. C. Williamson Company at Kelburn Park-to-day at 2 p.m. sharp:—Tew, Sando, Binnie, Reid, Kinnear, Maysmor, H. Earle, Fennell, Fleming, Orr, Anderson, Hamerton. ' » . . . The team to represent Kilbimie v. Thorndon, on Anderson Park, is:—R. Murphy, 0. "Murphy, H. Murphy,. W. Garrod, A. Cunninghame, Keys, B. Griffiths, W. Higginbottom, F. Russell, O. Hill, Collins.' ' INTER-STATE CRICKET SOUTH AUSTRALIA V. NEW SOUTH ".' WALES. . By Telegraph—Press Association—OoojiieM (Rec. January 8, 8.80 p.m.). Sydney, January 8. The inter-State cricket match, South Australia- v. New South Wales, opened in fine weather. The' wicket was perfect. New South Wales went in first, and have two wickets down for 166 runs. Macartney made 24, Bardsley (in) 80, Andrews (in) 51. The game was stopped owing to'rain.