CRICKET.

NZ Truth, Issue 76, 1 December 1906, Page 2

CRICKET.

(By Scout). \ '. Wellington's batsmen had a day out at the expense of Old Boys. A capital wicket was "ready for them to operate on and the older club's representatives rose to the occasion. Naug'hton and Richardson shaped none too comfortably at the start, a few lucky snicks were brought off and the stonewaller was missed twice at the wickets, the first time from a catch , and on the second occasion ■ Avicketkeeper Blacklock declining; the opportunity. ■ The Wellington skipper was also given a let-olf by one of his own men —Hill— who was fielding as substitute, at TiiM-on; After these series of happenings, Richardson settled down to business and cave ah excellent display quite m keeping; with his form of earlier days. When 'Naughton. had 24- opposite his name he fell a victim to Beeohey who took a neat catch m the slips off Monoghan. Stan Hickson filled the breach and shaped m tradesmanlike :style till. Monaghan . m the slipsbrought oft a. catch from Tucker's bowling which sent the batsman Piivilibriwards. 'Maiioney joined his captain and followed iip his previous good displays with, a .brightly compiled 29:.. He Was' : snapped ftp" at -point by Jacobs, | whose clever taking was deserving, qt. aIF the/ applause it'gbt. ■ The retiring; batsman was very sweet oh -the out, ; -the ball' repeatedly skimming to the boundary. „ ■ ■-•■•>- '• ' • When Barney Waj'bourne made '"his appearance at ' the ■batting' create ■ thb ' : spectators • anticipated ' some forceful hitrtiti'gi but the newcomer was' ; content to feel his -way and started off with five siiigles.- Once into' action Barney 7 hit clean arid, hard- his partner being: coiitent to Keep his end up and notch ati. occasional boundary The breakinpr up of the association came when WeyMir.'n.e 'hit- a, ball m the direCtioii of Hay kt caver-point attd; . ,?ifc|j^M> down 'till" crease . Rich--I'3s6ti|^H|^.r; was caught m two I .minds, an^^^yßoinga yard or two f'Veered rou™9s|m'd 'made tracks back to .the crease: He who hesitates is lost, and Richardson discovered its truth when the ball was returned, to Wills who whipped off the bails and subsequently, threw' it to -the other end where the bails were again dislodged. Both batsmen were out ' of their erounid, but on account of them not having crossed ORichardson was the one who had to • go pavilionwards. The Wellington ■♦'captain gave" a natient .and solid display blemished by iho three chances debited against him m the early stages of his innings. O'Sullivan, whose fielding has been his strong point m the past, found the bow] ing to his liking, and with Weybourne's assistance rattled on the runs m merry fashion. ; The catching at this stage, was faulty, J. P. Biackloclc missing one m the slips and Monaghan failing v to hold a marrn, .1 return. The ground fielding, moreover, was not up to concert pitch. - . . ; Even the usually reliable Ken. < Tucker caught the infection and miss- ; ed; .gathering m a xxai-out through neglecting to pick up cleanly and return .accurately; tp the stumper. ; Barney came to grtef by Hays catphin^him Mpnaghan. His 'pbmpilatio?i of 7<S \v'as the outcome "of. crisp' and liveiv b'atting-. -When once' tinder •wav there are few more attractive ijatsm'en to watch than the same. Wcybourne. "Snowy" Hales , executed a few vigorous smacks before Monaghan upended his timber-stack-. Charlie Gore and o 'Sullivan played out time, the telegraph reading being 313 for six wickets.' As the game has' progressed rather slowly another Saturday has been./ set aside for its completion. , ■ : As matters now stand, Wellington has a distinct ad vantaspe , but Hales is likely to be away on leave when the ganie is resumed, m which case the Wellington bowling may suffer. - The Old Boy's are not yet out of the hunt by any means. The Mi'dland^Grasworkers; heat was continued oh No. 3, the wicket ftfeing. a tip-top one. Gaswbrkers, !whp T b^d one wjckei down foiv j.4 bnV the / pre"-/ yibus Saturday made another/ start, ; Ashb6.lt and Lingard being the batsmen-, v. , : \ /-...■ ■". '■'.....'. ■■•■"•■■ ■', ' Lingard -was the first to/depart, at 25, Davis,. who was sending down slows, accepting a return. Dtedpce ' foliowisd, .but that consistent pliyer ; had' the. misfortune toget run put. off Jiis. first.., bail.". c There ;wai.,a /terttim; run but . Ashb6lt. was" troubled .with the .'jslows'- a^d ; neyjer. jnade a shot at. ii,'. oolnseqiteihtlv /tlie more impetuous Dredge /ifelj a.^ldtim; . , . ; i Hawthorne -bejgantp' 'lay. . the wood on and; was .parti cularl,y;. severe ■ Jpp. Davis, wlios^; sjowsr^ere.^appreciateti by the <^sworke.r;; Not, until, fee had knocked' up 47; d.id, TJpham, -get ■„ one past, him Hawthorne's .exhibition was/refreshing^ to his; iteam/ and .onlookers; and his : -plucfey efforts 'to avert what-, - btifc' for h;is eff orts , ■■ must have, b^en: an insigjiifibaht : to the' fpjcmer's credit,, is • 4eservinj* ■: " of nbiwrable/, mention !.' He "" lift cleanly all itarpuph. „_''• ; '//. !■":'■■. . :y ' : * \::- --.'" A&nbolt,'was run ou^;w'tieii, : t/M jally on the slate was l '.2s'.. ,TUe'..;iiext three men (Tdpp,' Burkfe aiid Carrie) W^re disposed of for rUhs. between them, Upham bowling, brie and catching two off Dkyis' bowling. • Harris and Hawthorne were responsible for a most useful stand, 45 runs being added before the partnership, was dissolved, Harris was-con-tent to leave his clubmate to operate on the bowling. McKay knocked up .12, and the innings realised 108, or 119 less than that amassed by Midland.

| Uphani and Davis 'divided the.w.ickj els, the fast trundler bagging ;4 for 130, while the slow bowler captured the same number at a cost of nearly 12 runs apiece. At .times " Ikwis would have 10 or 12. runs scored . oft him m one over, but he- invaifiabiy wound up' the agony. by ; riettirig . a;j wicket. : ... ' ' " ... .'■■■ " ' Hickson and Wiliiai?i9 started ilidland's second essay, the, latter .roing. lor the bowling 'from the jiimo witha fiver, fourer and two threes m sue-,, cession. Hickson plodded -along with! five' singles when he too eschewed defensive tactics and' got. hitting allround the wicket, 40 mo re runs be-, ing on the slate before, ye gods, there was a single, .amongst the. strokes. • That Hickson can put the wood onwhen he likes is undeniable and. ■ the spectators who ; thrpiig the Basin oh; Saturdays would prefer him adopting this forceful policy. He was even--tually out to a good 'catch by .Waugh off Ashholt after making 58. , ■ Willianis knocked, -up 28 ..in quick time, and then Dick Burke upset his apple-cart with a. very, simple 'bail.; Stephenson, Quee : and Barron v had short lives, their, total ,contributionbeing 7. Patrick, however, came : to light and r treated; the bowlers all' round with scant respect. ■ He piledon'the runs rapidly, receiving - service- : .able assistance from the fieldsmen, who were notoriously lax m tiieir, movements . The ex-Victo r ifan . .put 6fi : . to his credit before - Waugh-: .caught, hjm off : Topp. ■■. ••"Thereswere only o;; ten,; singles m liis, ..tally.^which n.nclud.edj fou.r-.55, three 4s and seye-n'Ss*. ..u- - Patrick's, lively innings Was b'r.qug'ht to a termination but a few minutes: before the drawing of stumps, ■■■ Three stamds were nvade by . the Midlanders during their second s.trike, Hickson and Williams putting on .53, | Hickson and Patrick exactly the same number, and. Patrick and lur-; phy- 41. When play had ceased the-Midland-ers' score was 164 for 6wickets, which gives 'them now*' a formidable lead of 293: It would-be a wonderful performance on the pa.rt of the Gasworkers were -they ,10 pullthe match out of the fire.- Like the Scotchman, "I hae ma; doots" aboiitthis • very much so. m fact. . . : Murphy,, who was. unbeaten when operations were suspeTided, claimed 13, mostly all singles! He shaped very cautiously, which was a depar-. ture from his usual custom. Phoenix-Newtown finished their con-., tract early m the afternopn, .Plioenix winning by 10 wickets. If 'chances; had been accepted, and there were heaps of them,; Newtown would •havemade a poor shqwinip:,, It was poor;, enough, anyhow, the two first bat-, ters knocking up 82 out .of 9.5 for the innings. . . '. ! ' ./ Cobcroft took 6 for 3.3 and. Laws; 13. for 21. _ Hickey tried for .9 .overs for no wickets and 34 runls. Phoßnix ; fielding was rotten, .taking it 'all ; round. Mpst of their, nien : thing bigger .arid softer than a. cricket; ball .to stop. .. A cheap'li.n^e m; r sliittsl. might be ah advantage And! assi&tance.v, /sCobcrqft had Newto^vn tied '; m ; a.i knot with his slow curly stujß.-^he number of times the batsnien smote and struck the. air • m; endeavoring Ito. hft .the leather qff th^Learth v was j;ani-.t. usin<» Brice had' a. enkrtep of a,- 1 lifetime aoti'hg as stumper!-- He : should' have covered 'himself w|th but^ missed the 3 "bus every tinaeY' '•; i ': . Two hours were occupied "inii)MiS 111. nins. Spfaggori and Walters; ■ nit hard and 61 ten hut T)qth had any amount of luck. Walters -batted ixota ijtart to finish and" waS unbeatehv wfth ;^9 . ?He A : like Spf aegoh ;•■•■ is" nofr-'af rawi^ pf having a gol'rß&ii the;t rest' of Jt(he; team I . ■ .' . '.■' : ..--:..:■' ' ■' ■-. ;.:- : :«i:.- v . XtJ, was .thoUgh.t thai; . Phqenjx , ; were L: going tp liaye a chapce ihi» rseasqn," l^iit tlierd wants, some radical. change' m. the. teani to get ita/boye, .'.ast; season's form. . —.;■• ■•■-■-. •., ■*■->■■ V'v ; ' ; , Th,e Phoenix-Midland match has ;estajilislied 'a- record for growling; and' appeals. The Midlanders, picked . a" supstiitute for Barron 09; /the first; da^,^ without, it seems, asking cPermissiCin'* frqtn .t^eir. qp.pbnfents. , Now^^WhaQV has -written: to. the' -^pni-^ mittee. of the Assqciatiqii cbniplaining- : 'kbbiit the.^tate 6f^lJhe', ; \yi'ckVT^ ".when" m? side Had to . bat,, bn-rthe; eyenings; fixed for the resumption p|. ; the 'j&meS As his team fan; /up ,201. fix Xitic-' ■kefs,' it looks on the face -of it: that •there is not much.. wiphg. '. with,/;-£jh;e ; p ( itcii.., .. . ■ ....;. ■■■;,..■ """~. r >:. : - ; -r,^ : ■- .' Phpe,hij£ wanted th^ matcH; pqsttpqned fqr a week as JByice,,,.v?hq^l ; iyei j .at . and had away early ' ; from Xtrork ,qn fput afteriioqns m iordJii:, v tq> '^lay. cpuld not manage, jo dp^sq 4gairt for the 'final .flutter: \ Tj&u?. reqnesf Fas'decliitieji *y /' Miptlahd, \sq\. it: is. said, wben play was. iesuiiied ml . jibnday ,- Phoenix ayerfirig th^t. they ,were'.'.%r' nied^a, substitute to ;' field .fpr 'Brice;r Jlpham,' ;' however,.' g.iyes'. • a." 'diff|r§nt-' .version. " lie says he'^.as. not w ;. 'lsked:' fpr th'fe concession.! -'■" - X '■>'-. :: '' '•'--■•:; ■Tile 'next -pit' 6( bickeilirie;' arose 'be-! ■tween*'Cbbcrott and ;Urnj>ire SMtto, which .has led to the iattei: repor ting j the Phdehik ; skipper to the Cricket Ass.dfciation,- ; and : filially the Phoenix^j team is putting iii a claim for tile I match on account of the Barron incident. ( •.•:" ■■'■■. . -;■■"■' , .;," AU these matters" will have to be investigated, by the ManaKement^and. .Ground Committees. , UinjpirerSan- 1 dp'.s' series pf grievances agaijist. Cobcfbft nave come before tlip .Cricket' Association, which as. .a '.matter- ofcourtesy will refer them to ■■ tlie. . Umpires' Association, thoiiffh th 6 latter has not the slightest jurisdiction..f or the matter. The , peeviSh attitude taken tip- by tlftf -partiesf'to- the ' dlsDuteis almost "beneath... contempt, and-: does not make for the/ betterment \ofthe sport. ■ , ■ -■■ In the match Eketah'una v. . Masterton A on the former's ground .last Saturday Fish, for the former team, bagged 9 'wickets for 19 m the first innings and 5 for. 34 m the second. ' ? Relf, the English professionali showed his mettle for Eden (Auckland) against City on Saturday week. In nine overs he bagged : seven wickets fpr five niHS. He -kept a perfect

length, .and. -broke, . a good deal fif.oni the off, fond w€& ' ! ; flitch t;ho.t suited his bowling" hV was ;>lmbst unplayable. His,. .variations.- of pace had the batsmen at sea, and the ball came oIY the pitch -iii '''&■■ puzzlui" man nee. He wound up by. performing the hat trick. FJrst .thing, m .-the .morn ins when .Clem Hill got to 'jtown after reading that Charles Gregory had ' eclipsed hi.s record score ,he. sent, a congiatulatbry', telegramT^a^. graceful complilnent. '.". ,," "-, '. .. ' ;..' An . cxtraqidinairy . fatali fey occurred at Fafrfield. ' Victoria, on the 15th Jnst. . at ..St. Joseph's School while playing cricket," Gordon Lawler, a ged .12 years, 'was trying to sneak a run, yj]\en, seeing that the effort was futile, life turned '-.and started to run back to His crease, _ but , throwing; his bat forward, ie]l .heavily to the ground. When the doctor arrived he was dead. Cliarlie Gregory was, en Saturday week, .presented . with a bat, bear i n't; an inscription, "by a number of admirersi^Jle is. .also .to receive a me.meiito of t^ie; occasion from a Brisbane g,dm,irer df.h.is 'wonderful innings. \' Harry!. Hill ti a brother of the re-nb%xied'left-rhjainder, Clem Hill, died m Melbourne' last week at the eafrly age of 25, . He , was a fair all-r o und plav- - ler...UTOi^AM.',|nroa.ds of the white plague;, /consumption/, compelled him "to ■'^i.ve",.u.p I ;the, f fiaine.'.' . ;. The lone;., drawn-out Midland-Phoe-"hiX m.^ch "j^ks brought to a." cbn:jplusibii,' pji Monday night, the former •cqm'binaijipn r nq:tching a meritorious :>ih byr.'foiir wickets. Arnold Wil]iass '.Wi&s . mainly . instrumental m • this result for his side,,' ;anid ;; ji ; is display stood out m bqld relief,'. Barron also lent him valiiable assisitance by making runs at. the crucial pinch. ;; Five; e\reniiigs w,ere occupied m finishing .off ;. this 'game, a circumstance, which Should ]>rinir home to the Association the absurdity of the Imethc^nqw ' m vogue as regards unfinisfo&Er games after two Saturdays have proyecl^ insufficient- for its comptetibii. -'When "a team has an innings ahead. of. it Another Saturday should be £ra»ti&d;'to wind up matters. ■ The " ca.tch, which Burton cleverly held on o the boundary on Saturday left little room, for doubt as to wha.tr ihs';fa|tVi6'i'the I "".'lmt&inan should have .beei^ I'ijhe fieldsman, m- a second and successful attempt to hold tho Vail. .want., over!;, the. boundary linS, ■ and "that being so,' it was clearly a case pf not out... Had Burton taken the 'tfall at, the; first time of asking the ,NewtqJ7ii« ; f*s' dismissal would have been ,a fegitini?ite one. 'Mention of ! ,thi's incident recalls to niy /mind_ Haf ry Lawson's big hit to tjie S.us^e^-jj'Qu^re boundary m the Audkland-WeHiHltpn match > spine years ag^q.'- ' ?h£ !ex-Wellmgton;smack-i'ed the': ball. 1^ : the direction of Charlie (j.ore, "w^i.o .^as .sxandinp-/ at the fopes. At .that' ( sjiig;e, Auckland wanted only a .f^ ;( fjins : ttq^^in the match. _ The .crqW'd/.cieered^ the' fieldsman • for his appealed, to the ■uiiipixe' pn 'ihe'. ground that Gore hart .tsiTi^.p^y^il'qYsr the ropes. V/hen !j^pre,^a|jask^!d.ifor his version of the 'pccurMnc^jJtie honestly admitt'etl . i-hat as stated -'by i.I/a^pn',., ..^hefeiipoh the gb^smaii .al^pw^d tg ( f^ijW? R"is wiM'4^ an<^ n^eVj^s^rwe^". placed op^ppjsite „ his name ;on "the \', score sheiet? . S&lte's > aY^wa), j iwas, i W^Uing'tpn.'s iu)tier|tl x . - ~ ; '':., iss'jifcp&:'&Vi%esste(L_ by Canterbury jo'^'Mn^v^\oerprpYiacial match .iwittt'-^ilSii^p^^b'not fit m with -the latter^, arrangements and Further ■negotiations arefto take place with, a View.;6f fixing hi bre suitable da^es,.