CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 840, 14 March 1903, Page 2

CRICKET.

LORD HAWKE’S TEAM v. VICTORIA

CONSISTENT SCORING BY

ENGLISHMEN

THE VICTORIAN WICKET-KEEPER-MAKES BRILLIANT DEBUT.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Received 10.30 p.m., March 13. Melbourne. March 13.

The wicket was a tr.fle slow, and late in

aiternoou snowers ot ram 1011, and tho light- became bad. The main feature was the consistency of the Englishmen’s batting. They played briskly, hut never recklessly. Warner and Taylor were particularly stylish. The Victorian bowling was hardly up to the standard, and tho fielding was capable of improvement. Monfries made a successful debut behind the wickets, catching three batsmen and stumping two. The scores wore

Englishmen—lst innings. Burnup, c Armstrong, b Saunders ... 21 Warner, st Monfries, b Saunders ... 30 Fane, c Monfries, b Collins 19

Taylor, Ibw, b Armstrong ... ... 59 Dowsou, c McAlister, b Laver ... 61 Bosanquet, c Monfries, b Saunders... 51 Trott, o Graham, h Saunders 17 Thompson, st Monfries, b Saundors... 88 Stauuing, c Monfries, b Saunders ... 11 Johnston, not out 37 Hargreave, b Ellis i> Extras 11 Total ... ... ... ... 350 Collins took ono wicket for 80, Armstrong one for 63, Laver one for 87, Saunders six for 118, Ellis ono for 40.

| Players in this colony will bo heartily pleased to read of tho lino score put up by the Englishmen in their opening innings in Australia. To make 350 against Victoria ou a slow wicket proves conclusively that Warner's men are a fine batting side, and tho Now Zealanders have no reason to feel disappointed at thoir performances against them. Many captious critics kept remarking, as the Englishmen piled up score after score against Now Zealand bowling, “ Wait till they get to Australia.” Well, the Englishmen have arrived thore, and apparently find the Victorian bowling little superior to that of this colony, judging by tho fine opening total against Victoria.]

EAST COAST WANDERERS.

THE NAPIER TOUR.

By to-morrow’s boat, a team of Wanderers, composed almost exclusively of players from the- Waipiro and Tuparoa Clubs, leave for Napier, wiiere they commence a series of matches on Monday next with a game against the County Club on the Hastings ground. On Tuesday, the visitors attend the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club’ meeting, and on Wednesday play the United Club on tho Recreation Ground. On Thursday, the Coast men commence a twodays’ match against a Hawke's Bay representative eleven. The personnel of the team is as follows J. N. Williams, A. B. Williams, 11. B! Williams, A. I*l. Beale, and C. E. Nurse(Waipiro;, K. S. Williams, E. R. Ludbrook, and G. Jackson (Tuparoa) L. and G. Cotlcrill (Mata), aud J. 14 Murphy (Tolago Bay). Beale, Ludbrook, J. N. and H. B. Williams) join - the team at Napier." The Wanderers have taken on a big order, hut we expect to see them keep up their end well in each contest. The bowling is a trifle weak, but sound batting and smart fielding may more than counterbalance this defect. After getting thoroughly fit on the Napier grounds, the Wanderers will return and probably engage the Poverty Bay, representatives to-day week. It is a proof of how strong cricket is now, in this district that three representative teams will be on the warpath next week. Not so very long ago, the greatest difficulty was experienced in getting one eleven Rom the whole district. We wish the Coast men a pleasant and successful tour.

This afternoon, the representative team which proceeds to Tolago tomorrow plays an eleven selected from “ disconsolales.”

A meeting of the Management Committee of the Poverty Bay Cricket Association will be held in the Masonic Hotel at 7.30 this evening.