CRICKET.

Otago Witness, Issue 2810, 22 January 1908, Page 68

CRICKET.

-""■;'.' ,J&S u TRALIAt! FIXTURES.' \ '._ January 24— England ,v. at JBC OD W*; " . " New South Wales v. Tictoria.^aA Sydney. January 31— England v. Victoria, at-, Melbourne.. ... * February 7 — England v. x "Fourth. Test, at Melbourne-. ■ ---r t . February Mj— England v. New; Souths Wales, &t iSydney. ' ' ", ; > "February 21— England! v.^ Australia, 'Fifth. Test, at Sydney. \ - , -- >. - February 29 — England v.. South Australia, at Adelaide, t >-„'. March 12— England, v. Western., Australia, a* . .Perth. ' ... April 18— New South Wales v. Queensland, at Brisbane. v , \ ITOTES BY LONG SLIP. In" connection ,with the proposal that a team representing the rest of New Zealand should contest' cricket supremacy with. Auckland as mentioned last week +ho scheme does not meet "with Qic approval of cricketers -in liunedin. Speaking- to a leading authority on the game the other evening that "worthy Mmarked: "It's all right enough ''for Auckland ; they have nothing to lose a*nd much to gain, but wherein is the benefit to the rest of- the Dominion." The question went' unanswered.' I have ascertained- that even in tho event of any Otago. players being eelectod to represent" the rest.it is unlikely they would be able to make the trip to the far northern city. " Apropos/of Auckland the feeling has been expressed that Auckland is" too far for .a team from- Ofcago to. visit at anything Jike reasonable intervals. Th© opinion has been voiced that Otago will mot visit. Auckland again lor many a lonfr day. Bnt the province has not lost sight .of the Plunket Shield, and will nofe be happy till it gets it. There is a feeling-", abroad since the defeat of OtaygpAat* the bats" of Canterbury, JWeirihgtbn, and Auckland,^tHat^anT effort should bo made to. engage -a coach for next season, and edme enthusiasts purpose taking the matter up. The question of a coach is one well deserving of support, and : I "trust that if anything,as done in connection therewith th<s selection of She coach ba placed' in the. hands of .a committee appointed for ■£he ■purpose. But, firgt let us get ' the money to .secure. the services of" a suitable ma,n. . ... . "Auckland was thoroughly deserving of the Plunket Shield," said a returned Otago cricketer somewhat emphatically to me the other fine afternoon. We' were outsat Gariebrook discussing the possibilities of cricket- in general, and th» Auckland-Otago match in particular. "Why," said, he,- the Aucklandere were at practice six weeks before the matches against Canterbury and- Otago. And real honest practices they, were, too— none .of your haphazard strike at the nets which wo indulge- in down here, and for want of a "better name call 'practice for the Plunket Shield.'" I could see\that my onolret friend was" in real earnest, «o let him go on. "Yes," he continued, "every man. picked to practice has his time allotted! to him to bat, and he had alwaye the best of the representative bowlers at him; 1 after his strike he took his allotted placo on the field, and did his share of fielding practice. The whole arrangements for practicein Auckland were systematic. What haci we down here?" he asked with tears in his voice. "Two or three- evenings __ a strike at the "nets" to the bowling "of any- of tho team who happened to be prenent, and this was practicing in view -of^ the Plunkefc Shield. lYes- I say,' -ATicklanS deserved win the Shield, for -the systematic manner - they went about to perfect themselves to win the matches to retain- it." - After ude' 1 livtring iimself my friend walked off whiio I pondered deeply. , " A recently-returned Otago cricketer -informed me the other day in tones, that suggested that the northern associations wera n-ore enterprising than? the local association, that the acbrinjr board in -Auckland was the best seen on the northern tonr ■if the Otago team; Wellington was next.

and Chiistch'urch third, -while the methoc of scoring in Dunedin -was, he said, primitive in the. extreme. I -well recognise this, ' but the present financial position oi tfie association .scarcely -warrante it going to- the expense of of an elaborate scoring board. What' is leally wanted above .all else .is improvement in our cricket^ and 1 would, suggest that any" funds which, th't /asociation has should be put aside for- thai particular^ object. At, the same time tht association (might -make -inquiries as to tlw scoring bcatd in Auckland,- and what' di would costf tePhava one" of a similar kinc c constructed in Dunedin. .Perhaps Mr Wil son,' the -manager of the Otago team, .coulc throw some light on the construction of the •Aiickland^scoring board. ;#; # Keen observers at the- Carisbrook Ground and those' not- so keen will probably have noticed . that the bottom of-the- hedge at the Oargill road end has been trimmed and cleared of -weeds 18in or so above the ■ground. For this Cariabrook cricketers are extremely grateful, .and the lost ball is », no-trnow of so frequent an occurence. Bui .what I set out to note in this paragarph was riot so" much the .improvement to the hedge but to draw 'attention to the fact -that the hedge itself, from a batsman's point of view is a. weariness to the ey« , and a notoriously had background. It ia • a circumstance, well known to cricketers batting at the" pavilion end of the ground, ''that 'the Hedge affords a very bad back- , ground for' light. The bowlers arm onl^r "is~ seen coming up, , but the flight" of .the ball iteelf is lost against the- dark green foliage/ Since the Otago- Rugby Union has .. taken over v the ground many improvements have been effected;' and a further improve"ment'inight be'brought about if the union " could its way to take ' the hedge down bii*' the. south side of , the field in "W line with." the wioketa, 'and! paint the fence white. If this rwere done an 'excellent light would be obtained' and a favour conferred on the game and cricketers generally. Fortune does riot appear to be particularly kind to the Oarisbrook B Eleven. '~3SJo' sooner; <3oes' tlio - team reoeive an n<3'dition to 'its fighting' strength' than some one else drops'" out to reduce it to its ordinary level. The present instance is that of W. Sparrow who "goes out on the road" at the beginning ofjnext month, and "will be lost to his club for some time ..iduring the season. v Mr Frank 'Campbell, who has not taken up' the game 'so far this season, promises to do so next week, when he will be found -in his old 1 eleven — Carisbrook B, to wit. Mr Campbell 'is fresh from, an extended holiday, and should "'prove a valuable- addition to the attack of the B team. As previously noted in these columns, C. West, the J ex-CnristehVroh cricketer has been drafted into Carisbrook B, and has already proved his usefulness. * He is a batsman of "the purely defensive type, but ■he bowls a good 1 ball, and has a quick nip up off the pitoh. .On Saturday he secured three Opoho wickets at a cost" of 33 runs.The cricket was _ slow, but not uninteresting at ' Carisbrook on Saturday. The spectators present were, however, not treated' to anything like the champagne of the game. ' The match resulted in a- win for Oarisbrook A by 31 runs on the first innings. At one stage of the proceedings, when Eokhold and Watkins were batting-, . the hopes of ' 'the Dunedin supporter^ , were roused to bhe possibilities- of, a win, but -with the collapse of Eokhold the end came about all too soon and with a' shortage on "the fir^t- innings. * '"The feature of the _ day's cricket, In -which the rate of scoring was not exaggerated, was the batting, of the footballercricketer Eckhold, who put together -nearly half the runs'compiled by_~ the Dunedin -eleven. It was generally agreed thai. after -. the first day Eokhold, who -has been- batting well, would trouble the bowlers on the second day.- ' This theory was well founded, for Eckhold did trouble the. bowlers f not that hewai reoklesa "in hia hitting-— rather the reverse,— but all the time be appeared to «ay to himself^ "You've go* to'djg irie out.° So it proved/ -for the Dunedin priokeier e*w the eighth wicket fall before

j I crease over- three ■ hours for his 58, in the compiling of which he never gave a, ' chance. Eckhold batted in his characterc ; istio style, and put his -score together mainly ! , by' square cuts: - ' - " r . -In connection with Eckhold's innings, the y Cari6brook- captain plaoed an extra man L at deep- cover, thereby saving many pos- » sible boundaries off ' Eckhold's bat. ' is -- In marked" "contrast to Eckhold's style "of » cricket -was I ' -that '-furnished by' his-club- * mate ■ Graham,' who compiled his runs--a J splendid "and^-more than useful "35— by 1 "vigorous cricket, the cricket that everyone * .delighting, in the 'game goes* out, to see. » The ball "came off Graham' sy- bat ' with -a 5 crisp- 1 " Ack !' 1 and 'the sound was" music -in the. ears of the enthusiasts round the » ring side.- The cricket of young Graham » was possibly not that by the book, but it i was delightfully free and full of dash. 1 ' It was not altogether faultless, for he gave * ! a chance of stumping an-d another in the ' slips. At the same time, it is not every1 one who can make runs, even when chances ; are given. Graham was eventually out to 1 a rather good catch' by Johnston at deep ' mid wicket off the slow break bowler Ban- \ nerman. | Apart from the batting of Eckhold and 1 Graham there was little left in the bat1 , ting ,of Dunedin,- the only other players 1 i to mike* any show at all against the Carisbrook bowlers being Wilson and Watkins, ' who are thanked • for their contributions . of 16 and' 13 not 'out respectively. """~ The Carisbrook fielding showed a marked improvement .- on previous efforts byv this" eleven. The 'ground fielding was particularly good,- and in this connection praise 'is "due -to W. Foster for his smart work. After the match had been won and lo3t Oarisbrook went in again J for a ' second strike, and succeeded in compiling 76 for the loss' <Jf five wickets. Of thife total Rutherford claimed •38 (n<it out) and Adams 17. - Several changes of bowlers were tried by the Dunedin captain, Melvin, the break 'iowlear, l>einj^ £lie mosi successfu], securing three for '38.^ v > ' ' ' Congratulations to' Carisbrook B "on securing "the ri first win of" the season. This i was against Opoho on Saturday 'last. The • wicket on the hill was only fair and at times the ball got up rather dangerously, on two occasions flying over the batsmen's heads: The winners compiled 166 "before the last man • was sent back to the pavilion. The scoring was wretchedly inconsistent, for of the total four B batsmen claimed 153, the remaining batsmen, assisted by "Mr Extras," who got 7,' accounting for 13 runs over all. . ' Siedeberg, who has been batting consistently well this -season, was out early a victim to ' a ball which • kicked on the pitch off Chadwick, and which the Caris--brook man played into the hands of-Kepny at point. - t -\ - Ussher, the recruit x>i the Star ,dub, batted very attractively for his score, of 33, in the getting of which.he showed good strokes all around the\ wicket. He was eventually out to a brilliant oatoh by Timlin, for which th© latter was' deservedly congratulated^ ■ /' G-. G. Austin for a brief space recovered ■ bis _luok and got amongst the runs to the merry tune of 43. Austin batted well, ' quite like hl« best form, and scored freely all round- the- wicket. It was an innings full of meris and good to. look upon. The ©x-Ohristchuroh crioketer West sue- . cumbed ' early — a to Chadwiok be- ' fore he had contributed to hie side's total. . | was pleased to sea Captain Burt get going against Opoho on Saturday. Be : treated the bowlera with some disrespect, 1 and compiled 52 towards his |ide.'« total of 166. It was an Innings full of goocT cricket ' maide by, strokes all round the wicket, and Burfe«wa9' heartily congratulated on his peri formance. W..Snarrow hao! the misfortune i>o oh'op a ball from Chadwiok' on to his wioket, ' ' ana .was sent disconsolately back to the pavilion, without aoorlncr. ■ The' not ouft man on the JJ bWq , Wa? JF. Pxumnu yrho. Wi W^^rji^^^ind 7 .. was

' man's maxihsk, is to go at the bowling 1 on every possible occasion, „ Saturday was .one - of the occasions, and Johnny Drumm went for it for all it Was worth, which was 2J3 runs. Had ihe had anyone 'to stop with him there is no telling what Drumm J s bat might have recorded. Bufc there it is. The remaining wickets fell like leaves in winter, and the tale was' quickly told. , -Last week when rainr interfered with the play Opoho bad put on 17 runs without the loss of a wicket, but on resuming the crease on Saturdaylast the whole side collapsed for 74. The batting was feeble in the extreme, and was surely not indica- ; tive of the true form of the hill team. J "Only three batsmen on the Opoho side I made anything like- a stand, and these , throe— Turnbull, Jas. Timlin, and Kenny ) were responsible for 41 out of the side's ' total, while extras contributed il, leaving , ihe retraining batsmen to make up the difference. ; -Turnbull, after contributing 11 in quite characteristic style, was caught by Stables I off Austin. Jas. Timlim batted well, and . showed quite the best form of his side in his score of 17, while Kenny stonewallad for his runs. The remaining batsmen did nothing sensational, unless it was to show with what despatch they could get put. , , The bowling of Carisbrook B was^ entrusted to Austin and West, and these- two went through the whole side for 74 rune. Austin bowled particularly well, quite the best this Season. His seven wickets cost* "only 30 runs. West, the, ex-ChristchurcK cricketer, secured the remaining three "for 33. * ' "'Clem" Hill made the highest score of his : life when 17 years of age< — 358 for _ Prince Alfred College -Against «3t.' 'Peter's 1 . Joe | -was 'two "years younger on th4"ocea- ] N sion 'of his memorable 252 for the Princes I v^ Saints. He has been .cricket j for 22 years. "*? i "- ; I ' Concerning the showing of two ex-Dun^. ; edin cricketers in Christchurch : AckroydV 36 was *slow and tame compared with the display by Bennett and Patrick, but; his defensive innings was of great service to his side, and especially' at a time when wickets I .were falling fast. Peake^ made. 22 at, a, I time when things were critical for the I Westerners. > He watched the bowling well, and scored- chiefly by, on-drives and a forcing stroke to forward square-leg. Peake . continues to show excellent form at coverpoint, and ,his. J -throwing-in ' is first _ class. Like, most .of .the. English the j Worcestershire Club lost money laet^ year j ■ owing^to the wet summer. In referring to | this matter at the annual meeting, H. K. j ]- Foster, the captain of the county < team, ! j said there had been steady falling off in | the 'membership during the last three- years, ' and unless the trouble was remedied •• the j club must die. ■> - j j- It is said that at least one celebrated j English cricketer was not invited to become" ! a member of the M.C.C. English team. And it -is also said- that the future history 'of cricket in "Australia may produce its ' parallel if one or two players in Australasia j ' are not more careful of their attitude to- ] . wards the" ruling body in the ' aport. It can -'be truly said of cricket, as of all^ other ■; tnmgs," that "the game is greater., than the , man. "' ' An item concerning 'one of the heroes of j the now historic third test' match. — Roger I Hartigan; of -Brisbane, was due to return to Brisbane in_time for the wool sales'.' On Tuesday • morning before be * had _ commenced batting he .telegraphed to his employer^ asking -as to .the prospects -o^'being.allowed to extend" his stay in Adelaide for another day, as his 'train was timed to leave Adelaide at half-past 4 in the after- j noon. -In the- meantime telegrams came \ through showing that Hartigan was likeiy to play the innings of his life, and his employers replied to him : " Stay there as long as you are making runs." It is more than probable that Wellington, having beaten.' Otago and Canterbury, will, have a shot at Auckland. They will possibly wait until after the departure of Relf. The Auckland team, while in Christchurchy was left severely alone by the Canterbury Cricket Association; little being done in the way of entertainment (says an,' — Auoiuand. writer). Of course, that is Can--terbury'e business, and tne matter would not be referred to save for the fact that , it was> stated in Christchurch, and the ' statement was passed on to the Otago reps., that the Auckland Association had asked that their men be not entertained. No such request was made, and the statement is not unnaturally resented by the team which visited the City of the Plains. CLOSE PUNISHES IN 1 TEST MATCHES. 1882— Kennington Oval, Australia, by 7 runs. 1883— Sydney, Australia, by 6 runs. 1887— Sydney, England, by 13 runs. 1890— Kennington Oval, England, by 2 wickets, 1894— Sydney, England, -by 10' runs. - . 1902— Manchester, 1 Australia, by 3 runs. 1902— Kennington Ova.l, England, by 1 wicket. 1907— Sydney, Australia, by 2 wickets. ■ 1908 — Melbourne, England, by 1 wicket. At the^first'teat match £3004 0s 6d was taken at the gates. At Melbourne in the ..second match, this sum was far exceeded. •Following are details for the first five days : 'Attendance. Gate.proceeds. "Wednesday .. 26,798 £1382 0 0 Thursday .. 18,227 901, 1 6 v Friday .. -.* 10,000 426" 0 0 Saturday f* 20,073 864 0 0 -Monday ..i .. 9,089 378 18 9 84,187 £3952 0 "8 THE PLUNKET SHIELD. THE WINNERS t. THE REST OF 3SIEW ZEALAND. AUCKLAND. January 18. Some time ago the New Zealand Cricket Council decided that the winners of the Plunket " Shield should play ' a matoh against the rest of New Zealand towards the end of the season. As there doe 3 not appear to be any likelihood of more ohal- , ienges -.coming' forward the local . association h&a instructed the secretary -to - write to the council asking if the' match will take place this eeaaon^and, if co, on what date. BRINGING ON THE JUNIORS. The Auckland Cricket Association. loses no chance -to improve tflie local "play, as far &<$ its 'means .permit. 'It has now' decided, with; the aid of A. E. Relf, the professional coach,' that- the meet promising juniors' of 6aoh olub &all receive spao)*l coaching afternoon from Relfi 4j7he various 1 mstriot olubs have beep, asked to forward ttLQ Hainc3 of fihe' nxoofc pftoflniSuiu juniors,

FIRST GRADE. .' XfABIkBBOOK A-V. DuNEDlfcr. Tills match -was concluded on Saturday, and .-resulted, in a yi'ya. for the^iA team by 31 run's .on the first* innings-.- '"Appended are the detailed 'scores 1 ! — . • ' Carisbboox. "■ ? "First Innings • ..■..., r. ; *. 189 Second Innings. ~ Adams, biCramona .. .«•".. 17 Martin, . lbw, . b Melvin s^ '-. 2 S.: Foster, b M«lvin ..'...... 8- \; SVatson, b Melvin .■, 2 Rutherford, not out 38 Bannerman, b Cram'ond .. „• 0 Extras J .s .. .. 9 Total— for five wickets 76 - Bowling Analysis. — Mwckerey, 54 balls, 6 maidens, 6 runs; Melvin, 54 balls, 88 tuns, 3 wickets; Courtis, 24 ba.ils, 3 maidens, 1 run; Bannerman, 18 balls, 9 runs; Cr*mond, 24 balls, 5 xuns, 2 wickets; Graham, 12 balls, 7 runs; Eckhold, 6 balls, 1 run. 3>unedin. — First Innings. Delamere, o Harraway, b Fisher 0 . Eckhoia, c W. b Watson 58 Torrance, .b . Fißh^r .^ •<- v -.. 5 Mackersy, o" Watson, b "Pisher .. 0 Graham, c Johnston, b Bannerman „. — ,-• 35 Cramond. x "b Fisher ...... 5 Courtis, b. Fisher '.." .. v --..' .. " 2 v Wilson, c W. Foster, b Watson 16- ' Bannerman, run out y. ..''.. 0 .». Wwtkinaj-.not, .ottt .."}'. . .:..,i»- 13 Melvin, c Butler, b Rutherford 1 , ."Extras ..'^ .. .. • 14Total ' ..-(-.. ... -„ .. 149 • .Bowling Analysis. — Fisher, , 1,56 ba,]ls, .*9 maadeiis, >42V runs, s ',wickets; , Bvitler; 48 balla, "-2 ' m«idens,;, 24 runs]. Rutherford, r 79 balls, 3 maidens! 18 'runs,* 1 wicket; Adams. 36 balls, 1 maiden, " 12 runs; Banneiman. 24 balls, 26- runs, It wicket; Watson, 36 balls, 2 maidens, 10 runs., 2 wickets. ' Oeoho v. Carisbliook! B. This match was continued at Opoho. . Opoh<s. — First Innings.Turnbull c Stables, b Austin ... 11 . James, Timlin, b' Austin i .. .-'.17 Kennjr, ' c Stftbles, b Austin • ; " ' 13 \* „ o Dramm,- b West .. 3 . - „ Eckh&flE, b Austin i. „. \. .. 1. _, Jenkins, o, Thomson.'^ b "W«st .. 8 f John Timlin, c -Ussh err b' Austin 6 M'G-ftvin. " c , Ussher, b West . . 1 v - Webb, -i> Austin ' .>"'.^ -.- '(? -> 0"^ Chadwiok, b Austin . . ..'..- 5 'Jjear, ' s not out "*". .' .T 0 ' ' - ■ Extras' .. ■ 11 Total .:' „? 74 ■=■-■ Bowling Amalysis.-^ Austin, 102 balls, -7 maidens, 30^runS; 7 wickets ; West, 100; balls, 5 m«iidens,^33 runs, 3 wickets". ■ d /v - Cabisbrook 8.-^First Innings. ' Siedeberg, c" Kenny, b ChadwfcK 0 Ussaer, c Timlin, b Eckhoff '.^ 33. " Austin, cr-Tiinlin, b Eckhoff ;l- 43 ' West, b Ch«dwick-v, 1~ 0 Burt, b EckhofE .. _- v .. .. 52" •"_""■ Sparrow, b~ T Chadwick .". „ .V r3 - ~. Drumm, - not "out ," .". i. '-. 's ".^.25 * Thomson, b Eckhofi •„'' 0 Brown, st Lear, b Eckhoff .. ..' 1 Stables,'l>"Jehkiris '.. 2" William§,<* absent i. -../.. i. 0 •^ Extsas .- 7 - .. ■ Tqta,l i^...' ..- vr i.*166 BowHhg Analysis.-^Chadwiek, 96 balls, 4 maideng, 1 46 runs, ,3 wickets; Ecklioff, ' 114 ba-llsy'4 maidens, 54 /runs, 5 wickets; v Webb,\ ) .48' .baills, 1 , maiden 40^runs;'. M'Gavin.^ia *] balls;. -l! runs; Jenkins, 24 balls, -8 runs, 1 wicket. , , - ' - -r- Albion v. Gbange. . Grange defeated 1 Albion by two wiokets. • L '\ SECOND GRADE.- ' \, The Albion defeated Opoho at Carisbrook .on Saturday by seven wickets. On the previous day . -Albion put together 227 runs in their' first innings, and Opoho had lost four wickets for 52. Continuing their innings, they compiled 108. Evans (52 not out), Anderson (19),-JM!oQTd (13), and Turnbull were the principal scorers. J. Black and M'Glashan (with four wickets each for 44) were the most successful '^owlerki/fdr Albion. Opoho followed on, v being in a -'minority of 119 runs, and were not disposed of until 138 appeared on the -scoresheet. Anderson - (56 not out), Evans (25), and* Moore; (19) batted most consistently for Opoho.* Black (three for 15) and M'Glashati (three ,'for^ 25) secured the wickets > for. Albion. '- Requiring 20 funs to win, Albion obtained the runs required for the loss of three wickets. Dunn and Anderson secured the wickets for Opoho. The Carisbrook D met and defeated Grange at Carisbrook by 58 runs. Carisforoolc in the second innings oompifecl 143Page (43) -played a ,fine innings. Fenwick (24), x . Robertson (16). and Moore (10) also batted well. Grange, on going to the wickets, made 100. ~,Wright (22), ,Paterson (18), Davidson (12), and .Ewatf ! (12) /reached double figures. -f. For_ Carisbrook, Tfenwiclc (three for 12) and Alloo (four for 34) bowled very ; and- for . Grange, ■ Wright (four wiokets) and Davidson (three wickets) were most successful. The match Dunedin No. 1 v. Mornington was brought to a. finish on the Caledonian Ground. Dunedin on the previous Saturday totalled 110, Eyre (30), Thomson (26), J. Wilkie (20), and Goyen (16) reaching double figures. Mornington replied with 180. • Morgan and Clarke • batting first •. took the etmg out of the bowling; Clarke (38), Morgan (12), Caradus (24), Stalker (27), Shaw (28), and Young (25) "ail batting welF for their runs. Dunedin in their second venture made 126, J. Wilkie playing A splendid inning* -for 57, Fleming (22) and Davenport (13 not out) also showing good form. Mornington requiring 66 runs for a, three-point victory, succeeded in making the runs for the loas of three wickets, Shaw (25 not out) and Young (14) being mainly responsible for the runs. For Mornington Morgan (9- for 77), and for Dunedin J* Wilkie and Campbell bowled w&U. The match. Roslyn v. Dunedin No. 2 resulted in a victory » for -the^ former by 164 runs. On the previous Saturday Dunedin had made 61 (Johnston 13, M'Cann 11), and Roslyn replied with 187 (Gibb 35, O. Andereon 21, F. Anderson 19,- Kayanagh 14,^ Wilkinson 14). In their second innings bunedin compiled 92 (McCann 32, Grigg 21, Johnston 15), and Rosyln scored 180'(Goode 80, Rigby 36, Wilkinson- 28). ' Gibb (9 for 72), Spong (4 for 2l), find F. Anderson (6 for 50) were responsible for all the Dunedin "wickets, -while Brigge (5 wickets), Harris (3), and -Niehol (3) divided the honours for Dunedin. THIRD GRADE. , - / Carisbrook E (69) defeated Dunedin (40) on ihe Caledonian Ground." ' > ,Skr No\ 2 defeated St. -Martin's No. .2 O^ W&A. rum St Martin's' made 90,

McLennan (27), Booth (16), MoDonald (Ify being- highest. Star replied- with 93, -Swa» son (19), Pram (19), and Banks (18) reacH; ing double figures. " For Star Aitohison (3 wickets for 9) and Pram (2 for 9) bowled best. , „---• r ~ Grange defeated Albion by 31 runs ort ■the first Innings. Grange, batting first, compiled 71. Graham" (14) and Jones (27) batted very well. Albion replied with'4o,' Buckle (10) alone reaching double figures. Wren (7 wickets for 20) bowled exceedingly, well for Grange, while' Hart, t McDonald, and Worrell divided the bowling honours for Albion. The match St. Kilda v. St. Martin's No. 1 resulted in a win for the former by; one wicket and one 1 run. For the winners,' E. Daniels (24), J. Beck (23), Armishaw (15), L. Edwards (13), Harvey (12), and: Botting (12)' ,well, whilst L. G. Edwards and ' MoFarlane bowled well. For the losers, Alf King (66 not out) and" W, King (10) batted well,; whilst the King brothers bowled well. •« ii _^ i ■ , . , WURTH GRADE. ■ Mornington defeated St.- Kilda No. 1-by 79 runs. St. Kilda .made 42. „ Forrester .(12) made double figures. .Mornington -re< eponded with 121 runs. Atmore (30), Scoti[ ,(26), Anderson (15), and Haig batted well. For the winners Martin (5 for 15) and Haig (5 for 19) ' bowled well, as did Forreste* and Harvey for the losers. < St.' Martin's (79) beat Albion (65) by If rune- on 'the" first- innings. • ;. -vCBIGKETVINv WELLINGTON. . \ - . . v ," WELLINGTON, January 19, The , cricket -matches were continued . o\--Saturday jjn- perfect)- \weather. The Gas Company 'beat Phoenix by six wickets. .• On the previous /Saturday Phoenix made -185, and the Ga-s Company 150 fox three 'wickets.. The Gas' Company carried -their total to 267 (Dredge, 76, Ashbolt'fe not out). The Phoenix's second innings yielded 129 (H. Burton 36, Waters 26, G. Burton 20). Topp> .topfe__6ey.en' wickets for 54- runs. The Gae\ Company h*d -20 minutes to make the- 48 .runs reojuirad to /win, and just managed,, tor accomplish the task at a. 'cost of fonts wickets. It was a case of .hit and run, and; jaro men were win out. "Miflland had a ■good first-innings win agahfet _, Newtown.jrh,e"latter's first innings had^clossfl-'for 209. made 408, including 112 by Williams, and 70. by.,Quee, .^Wellington beatf Petone" oh the firms' ifiriings: " The" forme* made 129 .and -270 <.(Hickson 119. .Mahoney, 62, Weybourrie 39), and Petone 113 and 61 for three wiokets. w "V CHRISTCHURCH RESULTS. ; ;- -CHRISTCHURCHf January' 19- . " Another round of the First Grade cricket nratches" concluded """to-day.'. West Christ-church-made 161 and "188 for .seven "wickets (innings > declared ''closed),' and ' beat St. Albans--(100 and 136). ". Riccarton (379 for 'five wickets — innings declared .closed), beat 'East- Chrisjtohurch (173 ' and 142 for ,six ..wickets) on the* first innings."- Sydenfoam :137^: 137^ for three wicketsf-jinnings declared - closed) 'beat Lin wood. (148 and 150 for two wickets— Read 84 nqt out, Bishoj% ,50)./^ ', ■ • •-: ".\ . . ?- j " ~THE AUCKLAND MA'tCHES.' _ . > - AUCKLAND, January 19. The fifth round \of the X District .Cuj3 cricket vchampidnshrp was commenced today' 'in ideal " weather. Four gr'ouhds are nbw-'available each Saturday for crieket> and three senior, games ' are played.; on; separate / grounds.^ .Grafton -in their first' innings made 117 (Slowman 31, Horspool! 20, La-wry 14 not out), 'and Eden lost" two wiokets for 153 (Smith 35. CummihgS 46, Elliott 34 -not out,- Relf 21 not out)."-'Paiv nells first innings realised 307 (Olhff 131? Barry 39, Sale 89, B. Reese 14), and Pon* sonby jn their first innings have "lost na wickets" for 22. North Shore in -their first innings - scored -176 (Prime 61, ' Philson 19, t < Hussey 18, Da<sre 18) and- City have loafe three wickets for 100 {Hemus 64, M'Cormick 33 not but). - l • ■■ v */ . / \'K^VETERAN PLAYER. -" " 1 ".- '■ •'"-" - ' 'SYDNEY,, January 20. Charles Turner, a one : tinie' famous bowler, played against a scratch team om Saturday, and took/nine wickets for 22 runs., , / J .■ ; , ENGLAND v. NORTH TASMANIA. . HOBART, January 19. . - . The , -English cricket team, playing a* Launceston against Northern Tasmania, have lost three wickets, for 218 runs, Hutohings.(37),.Hobbsll96 not out), Hardstaff (61 not outy-Weinp! the chief scorers. „ , - - January 20. ' England, in -their first innings, made 32*' (Hobbs 104, Hardstaff 66, Gmnn 46). Northern/ Tasmania' has lost sevej wickets for"" 225" runs. •