ROWING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2080, 4 January 1908, Page 3

ROWING.

Three races were rowed last night -in the sculling competition, .Poverty Bay Club, for trophies presented by Mr. Broad. Roche (20sec) met AA tlkinson (14sec), and after a good rice won bv about a length. AA’ebb (20sec) and Pritchard (22sec) were the next pair, and the race resulted in practically a walk-over for AA’ebb, as Pritchard capsized, and liis opponent n’lled in an easy winner. The race of the evening was witnessed when F. E. Porter (26sec) and Parker (28sec) tried conclusions. A rattling race ensued all the wav, both men rowing evenly .anil well. Parker just managed to gain the verdict by a margin of two feet. Tonight the races will be continued. - Nicholas (6sec) meets AA’inter (loser), and McGuffie (9sec) will be opposed, by AA’illi ims (30sec).

TRESIDDEK -WELCOMED TO . WANGANUI. Press Association. WANGANUI, Jan. 3. Dick Tresidder, who is to row Wm. Webb for tin* sculling championship, arrived in II anganui th.i-s afteinoon. He was given a very cordial welcome by a large crowd. Tresidder, who is in excellent health, commences training immediately. CRICK£T WELLINGTON BEATS CANTERBURY. , Press Association. t WELLINGTON, Jail. 3. N. After a close finish Wellington beat Canterbury on clio stroke of the clock. Play lasted from 1 till 6.30, and the game was only won in the final over of the day, Wellington closed their innings at* 346 lor 7. Beechey increased Jus score to 94, nearly ail being singles, and Blacklock hit up 93 by batting of an entirely opposite character. Both, however, were missed. Hickson made 38, and Williams 29. Canterbury had 310 to get in 3J hours, but never tried lor the runs. Ileeso played another line innings of 69, and Orchard hit up 36, but with nearly an hour to go 8 wickets had fallen. Then Bennett and Williams made* a stubborn stand, the latter simply blocking, while the tormer hit hard. They took the total to 211, and Crawshaw stayed till the hist over. Bennett was a triad to hit the bowling, and would not run ior his own hits, but unluckily gave a chance off the last ball but one, winch was accepted, the total being 218._ I his was a high scoring match, 1 200 runs being recorded. AN EXCITING FINISH. (Special to Times.,' WELLINGTON, Jan. 3. The linisli of the cricket match Wellington v. Canterbury tins afternoon was ono of the most exciting ever witnessed here. '1 he match wa s v remarkable for big scoring, at all events for New Zealand. W lien the Wellington side declared its innings closed it appeared doubtful if the Canterbury team could in the time that remained knock up the nceessarv number of runs to score a win, though later in the afternoon, when Reese and Orchard got going, runs began to come very fast, and it seemed equallv doubtful on the other hand whether * the Wellington howlers would he able to dispose of the visiting batsmen before 6.30 p.m. to secure victory for their side. 1 licit was every likelihood ot a drawn game The features of Wellington « bating were the lino innings of R.ncklotk and Beechey, of 93 and 94 respective: ] V . The short- but sturdy BlacUoA especially did some mighty sllll l '' r v’ which hugely delighted the o Ho hit two sixes clean out of fi t ground. On the- Cantei mu y SR Reese played a fine mnn.gs J W. At one .stage, when he was t(»«•"r, J play, his st rtykes displayed g. at w netv 110 lost ,IIS "' l( ' kot "'th -the “core at 170. It was then apparent that Canterbury could not mate a suificient number of runs t v w ■ Later, with the board showing ' wickets for 173 and •>•> mmutes of t o suw assSWc? nains to keep their wickets intact. The 'Wellington bowlers tempted them with soft stuff, and frequent changes were tried, but all with no r«u t. Bennett, the more experienced of th two was batting with confidence, and planned to get most of tho The Wellington men. on the other liiond seemed anxious to get the less experienced Williams in front of the wicket-keeper, oven to Imextcno^of surely 01 fielding°or slovenly throwing S e.rJlLciTon

'liams stepped in front of his wicket and was given out. lbw. Apparently ho misjudged one of Monaghan’s swerves and allowed too much for a break that did not eventual-.' Ornwslniw, the ast man, came in 10 minutes before the time of drawing stumps. He managed to ’keep a straight but, and as Bennett seemed • set," the odds were altogether in favor of Canterbury's saving the inateh. Tlio hand of Iho clock went slowly round, and at 2 minutes before rime CYawshaw called Bennett for a run. but tlio latter cried, "No, no. no,” and remained to face the last ol the over. It would have been better hud he taken the run. for in the last over po?silY e just I mill before "time” be was caught out. It was an exciting finish, and a well-deserved win for AA’ellinglon. The crowd cheered enthusiastically. and at once rushed the ground to congratulate tlio victors. PLUNK FT SHIELD MATCH. Press Association. AUCKLAND, Jan. 3. Tlie cricket match between Auckland and Otago was continued to-day in fine weather and with a. good attendance. The play, generally speaking. was slow and not up to the opening day’s form. Scores:— OTAGO—Ist Innings. A. Admit. e lletnus, b Hell ... 21 F. Williams, b lic’.i ... ... 1 S. S. Austin, lbw, b Rolf ... (I it. d. Siedeberg. e Olilf, b Kerr 6 A. Eckhold, t.i Rolf ... ... 8 \A'. AA'. Alaokersey. lbw, 1> Rolf 8 H. C. AA'atson. 1> Relf ... ... II T. Adams, c Robinson, b Kerr... 0 \A". Kilgour, not out ... ... 3 R. ('. Torrance, c Sniitli. I> Kerr 1 A. lv-klioir, c Prime, b Kerr ... 12 Extras ... ... ... ... 12 Total 81 In the howling Relf got 6 wickets for 22 runs. Haddon nil for 5, YY’liite nil for 9, Kerr 4 for 24, and Olilf nil for 5. AUCKLAND —Ist Innings—267. Second Innings.

L. G. Heimis, c and b Austin ... 29 Smith, cA. Adams, b Mackersey 0 E. A'. Sale, b Edkltoff ... ... 25 L. Prime, e and b Eckhoff ... 1 G. Cummings, not out ... ... 29 A. Haddon, o and b Austin ... 9 A. E. Relf, not out 31 Extras ... ••• 11-

Total for five wickets ... 134 In the howling Torrance got no wickets for 35 runs, Mackersey 1 for 29. Eckhoff 2 for 24, Austin 2 for 27, AA’atson nil for 8. SECOND TEST MATCH. United Press Association—Copyright (Received Jan. 3. 9.58 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Jan. 3. The wicket was excellent. The weather was warm. The attendance reached 10.000. Hutchings did not last long when play was resumed. Ho smarted briskly, but only added 9 when howled by Cotter. His innings lasted 2 hours 45 minutes, and was a really in irvellous exposition. It was the nredominant feature of England's' batting, and showed how howling could be hit- all over the field, but none of his colleagues followed his example. He hit 21 fours and 1 six. and showed amazing power off wrist and forearm. In all his strokes he has a peculiar flick, which is unorthodox and highly successful. Old cricketers claim that nobody, barring the Indian Prince Ranjitsinliji, lias come from England with such extraordinary -skill in this direction. He received a well-deserved ovation on returning to the pavilion. Braund piavid a- solid, artistic innings, which lasted 2 hours 40 minutes, and includt d live boundary hits. Rhodes was out to a wretched stroke, after a colorless innings. Australia’s fielding and bowling were very good. Armstrong in particular keeping runs down with magnificent length, his full figures reading:—Overs 34.2. maidens 15, wickets 2, runs 26. Cotter a’id Saunders both bowled exceedingly well. England’s innings lasted 7 hours.

Australia's second innings opened with Noble and Tmmper. Fane, satisfied with the performance of Crawford in the first innings, put him on with Fielder, but before Jong he sought relief in Barnes, Rhodes, and Braund. The batsmen immediately entered upon a forcing game, and scored rapidly. Runs oarao from both ends with sph ndid regularity, each batsman playing sound and artistic cricket, which delighted, the crowd. They hit un their 9G in 80 minutes, and when stumps were drawn were greeted with a burst of cheer-. Scores: ENGLAND.—First Innings (contj. Hutchings, b Cotter 126 Brairid, b Cotter 49 Hard staff, b Saunders 12 Rhodes, b Saunders 32 Crawford, c Ransford, b Saunders 16 Humphries, b Cotter .6 Barnes, c Hill, b Armstrong 14 Fiekb-v, not out 6 Ex! ras 10 Total 382 Bowling Analysis.—Cotter, 5 for 142; Saunders, 3 for 100; Noble, nil for 28: Armstrong. 2 for 26: Hazlitt, l-il for 34; McCartney, nil for 34. The wickets fell:—f for 120, 5 for 299, 6 for 325, 7 for 353, 8 for 300, 9 for 369. AUSTRALIA. —Second Innings. Trumper, not out 46 Noble, notout .-•• 50 Total for no wickets 96