CRICKET.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 530, 4 January 1913, Page 5

CRICKET.

' In the match between Auckland and Wellington for the Plunket Shield, ' commenced at on New 1 Year's Day, the Wellington feani battad first and totalled 201 runs. Aucklan'a Scat inninjts produced 270. In Wellington's second innings, which commenced on Thursday evening, five batsmen were dismissed for 11 runs before .stumps were drawn. Oiiff, who had performed the hat trick for Auckland in Wellington's first innings, clean bowled the first five Wellington batsmen in the second innings, his analysis reading five wickets for three -runs.

Wellington put on 120 runs in their second innings, Oiifr, the Auckland bowler securing seven wickets for 42 runs. Requiring 43 to win Auckland secur ed that number for the loss of one wicket, thus winnig the match by nine wickets. SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCH. Melbourne, Friday. Victoria in the first inningsmade 291, Ryder 40 riot out, in reply to South Australia's 309. The visitors in their second innings have lust five wickets for 39, Mayne 30 riot out. The deposition of W. W. Armstrong as captain of the Vistorian team was widely discussed at the inter-State match between N.S.W. and Victoria on the Melbourne Cricket Ground last week and the spectators showed their disapproval of tha tactics, adopted to brine about the change by cheering the tall Victorian whenever he entered the field. The remark made by a prominent New South Wales player as he arrived at the ground before the selection was made, was: "I hear they are going to bump Warwick.",. When the Victorian- team was selected, tha East Melbourne captain, Sejtz /as a- leading and consiscent <ha|s/meani/ was one of its members. The team then contained two permanent captains, Seftz and Armstrong. Th(B^ : veteran was cast aside «in fayour of a jnan with less experienced Referring to the matte- the Age asks: "Having driven N Frank Layer—still in his prime as a bowler —and Kyle out of the game in Victoria, as a similar section has done with Noble in Sydnev. is it the in tentibn of the V.C.A. to take the first opportunity to 'drop' Armstrong as well? It seems so."