CRICKET.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 437, 7 February 1912, Page 3

CRICKET.

The Ohura cricketers have signified their willingness to pay a visit to Te Kuiti, and meet the local players, and a match is to be arranged for the first suitable date. In view of the races this week and the agricultural show next week, it will probably be found advisable to fix the match for Saturday, Feruary 24th, providing that date meets with the approval of the Ohura players. It will also enable the local men to get in some practice in order to show decent form against the visitors, who are said to be a pretty strong combination. In any case they can be assured of a hearty welcome and as good a game as it is possible to give them. It is stated on reliable authority that a well-known Te Kuiti cricketer proposes to take his piace at the matrimonial wicket during the present month. He will be sustained by the heartiest good wishes of all good cricketers and can be depended to play a sound innings in the matrimonial game, as he invariably achieves his best on great occasions. The English captain, J. W. H. T. Douglas, has raised a veritable storm in a tea cup over the use of resin by Australian bowlers. He has gone so far as to say that its use is unsportsmanlike. It is very difficult to follow the'line of argument by which he arrives at this conclusion. Dr Hordern has given the best answer to the criticism by saying that h 9 prefers using resin to licking his fingers, as the English captain does. The objection can really hardly be taken seriously. It is a pity that Douglas ever made it, for the arguments which may be adduced in support of its use are both numerous and potent. If the use of resin on the fingers was prohibited, it would follow logically that the use of adhesives on wicketkeeping gloves, rubber handle grips, and a host of other things would have to be done away with.