CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2380, 22 December 1908, Page 2

CRICKET.

PAVILION GOSSIP

(Notes by “Short-Slip.”)

■Cricketers lat this festive season of the year are usually at the very top of their form. ' Big fixtures are the order of the day while the Christmas and "New Year fh.olidv.vys last, and steady net practice is indulged in that elevens may take .the field with hands and eyes in perfect concert. From all directions come records of phenomenal hatting performances. Tim perfect woutlier which prevails iust now in the Commonwealth and the Dominion enables glass wickets to he prepared, in which the batsmen can not only see their laces but the despair in the eyes of the pool howlers. From Auckland comes word that no dees than four centuries were scored in championship matches in that city on Saturday afternoon last, while five scores of 50 and over- were also registered. 'Otago Bind Oanteihurv will have to show exceptional form in the matches commencing on the 28th inst., before they can carry south with them the .H-u-nkot Shield--the blue riband of cricket m Nm\ Zealand. From Adelaide the enable sends tidings of the mammoth total amassed by New South Wales against South Australia m the lntm-fetate match which commenced last Friday. How would our Gisborne fieldsmen feel after fielding out an innings of 713? New South Wales had one wicket down for 410! Hopkins and Noble added 283 for their .par rnei ship, and scored’ 218 and 213 respectively. Ye Gisborne howlers and fieldsmen, thank your lucky stars that you hve in a clime where rain fulls at. least once a month, where glass nackcjs land greased-lightning out fie.els do not exist, and where Hopkinses and Nobles-do not abound. .It is quite a relief to turn from Hm bewildering hatting -figures or the Nev South Welshmen and contemplate the score sheet of. Te Ran i« tlmu second innings -agauist TJmtecl m to local championship, at \ ictoiiu- ; At, SMnrdav afternoon. On the scored 01, anu oanu • =n C ond 109; Te .leketo i ," m i: g ?n? 32 The YcSker was dorrecover their position. the ox turn tion of hatting ’characanything hut an exhilarating cliarac fer and in an hour and a half Alan •nin- and Hallamore howling unchanged, dismissed the side for an additional 30 runs. . thus jvoir hv the large margin of an inning and 4 runs, exactly the aime margin, by a strange coincidence, as Wundei, ers defeated Te Ran by m the concluding match of the first round Manning and Hallamore honied re markibly well. The 'former sent down 54 balls for 16 runs, and captured six wickets, while Hallamore howled 86 balls for 10 runs, and bagged three wickets. ’Hallamore sent down no less than eight maidens. - The brothers, H. and J. AA ack, with 11 and 12 respectively, were the only batsmen to shape at all well. Admitting that the howling was good, the batting lacked confidence, most of the men feeling about for the ball in a timorous fashion, instead of making an effort to hit the howlers off their length. Jim Aloore, for for once failed to get going. He played so far hack te -Manning in negotiating an off-break that he dislodged the bails with the -bat, find a round ’un was hoisted on the hoard opposite his name.

Te But good-naturedly, gave the United team- some batting practice after the match had finished, and some fine hitting was indulged in. Bowman, Gibson, and Manning did some big hitting, while Farrell, Gorman, and Hallamore also scored lyAt Taruhern Wanderers had a comfortable seven-wickets’ victory oyer the freezing works club. Considering the state of the weather, wicket, and out-field, the scoring on both sides was very poor. T.arnheru scored 62 and 46, while Wanderers totalled 77 and 32 for three wickets.

jimmy Golding was the sole Taruheru batsman to sthnd up to the bowling, and he had scored IS confidently, when he had the ill-luck to .get his ieg in front of one from Glennie. __ Glennie was a long way the best of the AVanderers’ bowlers, and carao ont with the fine figures of six for 14. He kept an excellent length, and just ■worked enough to heat the bat. Adamson, Young, and Babb also sent down some good overs.' After the runs required bad been hit off, Wanderers continued their innings. iMcColl (20), Babb (21, retired), and Hogg ((18) batted well. Davis was the most troublesome of the country howlers. _Ho secured Glennie and Lasker with very fine bulks.

Barker played for Taruhern in this match, but showed none of the font with either hall or hat that distinguished "him last season. On Sunday next a team representing the Poverty Bay Cricket Association leaves for Napier, where a twodays’ match against the Hawke’s Bay representatives and three other matches fcgainst clubs will be played. The following is the team L.--Ander-son, E. Derecourt, and P. Clark (Motu), AV. Oates (Tokomaru), J. Bowman, J. Lang, C. It. Suinsbury, AV.Gibson (United), O. It. Olsen, J. Monk, E. Featon, J. Moore (Te Ran).

Though by no means representative of the strength of the district, the team is a -good deal stronger than that usually sent away on tour, I her e are 'always dozens of men clamoring for inclusion in the team when a big match has to ho .played m. -Gishoine, but when travelling has to be -done there is no such eager rush. The team is fairly strong in bating, but will he weak in howling. One advantage tile team -will have. over previous sides which have visited Napier i s that at will . include a firstclass wicket-keeper in the person of J. Bowman. . I would suggest that the Association, if possible, arrange a match for Christmas Day or Boxing Day be-, tween the team -which goes to Napier and another eleven. This would enable the touring team to try . 'its howlers, -and shake the men into their places.