CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2371, 11 December 1908, Page 3

CRICKET.

TH UR-SDAY CHAMPIONSHIP. The Thursday championship fixtures were continued on the Domain yesterday afternoon. The weather was beautifully ■ fine and warm, but the high wind blowing was at times slightly embarrassing to both howlers and batsmen.

UNITED v. TE RAU. United won tlio toss and went to the wickets, but did not fare any too wet’: against the Te Ran trundlers, and were all dismissed for -89 rims. W. Gibson was top scorer with 28, while H. Wack, Featon, and: Scholium were the most successful! of the bowlers tried. Te Rau on going in to bat did even worse than their opponents, and were all out for the small total of 44 runs, J. Wack and J. Moore being the only batsmen to obtain double figures. Farrell and Reynolds both bonded excellently for United, and obtained fine averages. The following are the scores: — UNITED. J. Lang, bH. Wack ... ... 2 W. Gibson, c and bH. Wack ... 28 T. Armstrong, lbw, b Featon ... 9 R. G. Hallamore, c IT. Wack, b Featon ... • •• 8 D. M. Gorman, run out ... 13 C. Reynolds, b Scholium ... 1 F. Farrell, b Olsen 12 A. Lang, c Sim, bH. Wack ... 4 C. Davis, run out ... ... 0 J. Jlarrie, c and b iSchollum ... • 0 N. Hooper, not out ... U Extras ... ... ••• 12 Total 89 Bonding analysis.—H. Wack 3 for 23, Oi'sen 1 for 0, Scholium 2 for 10, Featon 2 for 28, Monk 0 for 15. TE RAU. H. Wack, b Reynolds ... ... 4 J. Moore, b Reynolds - ... ... 13 J. Monk, b Reynolds ... ... 0 W. J. Scholium, b Armstrong... 1 J. TI. Wack, b Farrell. - 12 E. Featon, b Farrell ... ... 1 G. Rose, c Armstrong, b Farrell 0 P. Sim, st. ITalilamore, b Farrell 5 O. R. Olsen, b Reynolds ... 4 H. Minnis, b Farrell 0 vS. Mill, not out 0 Extras ... ••• 4 Total ... 44 Bowling analysis.—Reynolds 4 for 21, Farrell 5 for 6, Armstrong 1 fox--13. UNITED—2nd Innings. Armstrong b Olsen ... ... 14 Reynolds, b Monk ... 9 A. Lang, b Olsen 1 Farrell, not out ... ... 0 Exti-as ... ... 3 Total for three wickets ... 27 UNION v. COSMOPOLITAN. Union were irather poorly represented, only eight of their players being present. They batted first, and thanks to good pf'ay by Davis, H. Gibson,-and Pollock, reached a total of 78. Cosmopolitan then went to the wickets, and the last man was out with the score at 96, giving them •a lead of 18 on tlie.hrst Winnings. Cary played a nice inhiixgs for • 44, and Rice (15) also batted well., Appended are tko details:— - ' , union, i Davis, b Baxter ... ... 22 Grant, b Cary ll Gibson, b Baxter ... ... 17 Tattersall, b Baxter ... ... 0 Pollock, b Baxter ... ... 12 Fox. not out. ... 6 Neill,, c Carv, b Baxter ... ... y, 1 Priestfy, o and b 'Maude ... 2 Extras ... 7 Total for seven wdekets ... 78 Bowling anialvsis.—Baxter’ 5 fox--18, Maxxd© 1 for 7, Cary I for 25.

COSMOPOLITAN. Cary, b Tattersall ... •■ • 44 Austen, b Grant ... ... 0 Roderick, b Grant ... ... 2 Langdon, b Grant 8 Maude, run out ' ... 2 Baxter, c and b Davis ... ... 0 Ferris, bTa ttersall ... ••• 9 Grinlinton, b Tatters all ... ... 0 Rice, not out ... ... D> McLacliilan, b Tattersall ... 2 Bousfield, b Davis ... • 3 Extras ... ••• 7

Total . 96 Bonding analysis.—Tattersall 4 for 28, Grant 3 for 19, Davis 2 for 48.

On Saturday To Ran meet United on the turf wicket at tho Victoria Domain, at 2.15 ji.in.' The Te Rau team will bo chosen from the following:—Olsen, Monk, Cary, Moore, McLeod, Mill, J. H. Wack, Featon, Pine, DucMeld, Scholium, Burke, Miller, Rewai, Rose. Players first on the ground will get preference.

The following team will represent United Club against Te Rau at Victoria Domain to-morrow afternoon, play commencing at 2.15 sharp : Bowman, Daniell, Farrell, Gorman, Gibson, Grenfell, Hallamore, Jeffreys, J. Lang, (Manning, Moorc-Sampson, and TrafforcDßeynolds.

TRIANGULAR MATCHES.

A PROPOSED CONFERENCE

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LONDON, Dec. 9

The Marylebone Club is trying to arrange a conference in tho summer with Australians and South Africans to discuss the triangular matches scheme.