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Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 29 January 1908, Page 57

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' The-Otagb -Umpires' -Asssociation has 'brq\^hl?C;«r -rndst-^iinpOTjiant'- matter- .under • " the notice of the Otago .Cricket' Assooia-^ . iion.- 1.; lir/is .to ?the ' effect that* f th& time is x . - opportune "to "New Zealand. "Cricket-; "1 Council to ;-app_omt_ - umpires 'for 'inter- J , provineidl, matches. -~I tr,ust the .sugges- : ! ition will be carried >quJ. -'•*-„ The locals' prnpfeee'' -Association' purpose", -holding. ' a.^.smolce."'«oo'ial-; "in 'Maicn^nexlj, , wien it, 1 "!*} hoped_the*e' -will be' a good muster, of supporters rind sympatibisers of-> x the 'lasadciation. ' preeent. , / ■ z~~*- . - - . . 33i& iinprovementef and >alteßations. at , ' Cairisbrook'" aiß.'well migh.. o©mpl"Bt«d,r.and i the is. looking'- "partioularly "well at present. - ■ By :^«xt season it should be ; one of ithe" finest ' afchletio sf ro "unds r in the i ' Donuhion. .. \ ' - . - ... i Hbrec loomment^. on. -the .Srange-Albjon -• , match - were unfortunately " orowded..', foot ' -of- iast -wieek^s, ißSue.f , 'i is one- - incident I ' 3/ntitt: ito i bring! i 1 under v notioe. It is dv -connection, wjSh iihe'S . innings >of aoberts^' - flCha* .birißman -may! be said to iave.been blessed/.Trafch'tt "deal of good fortune," -for. in playing a ball he • was legitimately -caught at mid-offi. .-The i umpire -gave . ham % out, -and the' batsman , wilted away" from iiia wiofcet. -Meanwhile the attektion. of iihe umpire was diavm 'to- the fact. tEat -on& of, "fhe baills was j off, and- Bbb'eite •waa-'r&oaUed'and given ' -I not out. .To my reasoning the-, umpire \ i.had givan a correct decision itf *he_ -first I plaoS; > and in an endeavour ~%0 rectify 'a i supposed -mistake had "-racpnsaiously" oom'.mftted -an - «evar '"in-trecailHlg iihe' =b&3isman-' 4 -fend ' declaring' himrio£'-*(ut.' " l i ' jiext -maioh in "-rohicn Otago wilL be engaged Ss'^fchat against Southli'land -abcrat Jhe middle-of -3?6brm£y : '-The-, - matcb^'willCSe. .pbyed- ? ar 'Duneain, r and-; ■ though beaten- by *bft .'northeTn jprovinces; '< Otagb should l b'e a*le-to wipe out *he xefo&i-.i. lection, in' 'a' defeat of -our 1 "■ " Apropos of the?^Sou^ilftn^(:in«fa»fi..a Vgp. • known^f)sago informed -me- -ther.. other- --day ■*!«*> hoc -had-.' tieeri., in: ~Xfb&e&-'. cftrgil Teeasaiy '«|id -bad Tbeeii-' •infoasmed^ of big scogrew Bompited bjr"jfee^orick-eters.of» the -SoatlfeTn ci^, : *o i*at -Eexhaps- 3&iter-i alljt m^M not be -*ise *o 4^old Soifthland ' to& -cheap! '" -.v. v \" -""'"■", There are' several^ promising . !#nior cricketers* in 'lie-Star *cam come Jqf * the". *eM»,:'witE" a .view to. «neoun^fihg > • ' junior 'cricket, jshou'ld "ke^> -,«n eye," . on~J these youthful Trumpers.', ' ' V. . ; !For ■mci* ' sna-foh" "».gainst..-Csajrisbroofc _B^ -on SatunJa'v Bunedin. -were witKout the services of! the Eeprcsentative .•' bowler EicbaTd~-Torrance, who, I un-derstarid^ is.--now in* a €sovernment billet at>X)amaru. ' : L6cal-*cricTEefte*s --were fa-vovred vith. -fine - "weather for" 1 the continuation of tbte series"-? of 'grade. fixtures -on^ 'Saturday last. 'Save for} a Heavy shower vrlrich fell about 4 o' (flock the conditions. fo£ tb.e summer game wece ideal. ' . " „^ ■ • .. • - Despite oneonsisttent acormg 1 Grange Hay© ■ woi^ed. themselves up into a gcxyi position agjainst" tlie "Opqho^; hav^igf compiled J.6l^runs,. to.vwhich'the Kill team ias replied- -writh 73 -.for- five «ooct mcketß. , The" match will.be continued, on the.fastest ;sooring--ground in^B-uneclin. next-week, when the chances juce-in fjivour^of Grange winning by -a ' reasonable' * marjrin.'' *- But then one never knows. * _" This erlckefc is _a < funny game. Sucn is its^ ctlorious unoertainty. _ --"- -1- . *■' ' " " Taking advantage^ oi c first strike 1 3ast Saturday Grange— thanks \to- seresMtl^-eaer- - getib bats, in the persons -of Ca Beal, Downes, and.W. 3ea% "*asssisted br ■ liix Extras-r-put together- .the 11 fofcal' of, .161 i.before -the. last, man was Sent back ; to, the {, pavilion. ■ • • \ .- 1 ' The orioket throughout- was brilliant only, '." in --patches; aiid'tihe scoring- most kiconsistent. lor' instanoe, four ailen j>om.piled 104- . V out- of the fetal of 16C*^ AaM^i* JW« ,

f the able assistance given by extras (a splen- ' did run-getter on occasions — this was one o'* the occasions) with 29, there is little left to compliment the remaining batsman , upon.. - j *Best, ■whp'is a good bat when he gets j going, was, never allowed to proceed far in the run-getting,._ arid r was- early dismissed % without a contribution — a most mortifying j position t t f or \a -batsmsui who -feels the situation anything like " keenly. - ' . The hero "of last week's incident— Koberts, to wit — compiled 51 by good 1 " cricket, in which he scored well aft round the.wiokefc^ Roberts is a "bat of the more than -useful type. , - . . In. getting into double figures and compiling 16, C" Beal gave one or. two glimpses of his. form. Sev.eral. of his stokes "were well timed and " crisply executed. That -aggressive batsman ■ Ogg, fpr whom I -have some reverence when. he~is-in the run-getting mood," was not in the mood on. Saturday, for -he was out early after, compiling 8, whioh, under " the circumstances, may be termed "useful." Anything over 0 is tolerably^ useful _wheh it comes to- winning -matches!. .- • :-■.,,■' .'-_ - •>*■ Alex. Dowaaes, '3i©ro;of a '-hundred fights and "more; V was amongst . iboste whom the,. j wrj^er ias to'' I 'extend "; complements. 3sie veibe'ran .Grange man -can-jiut his -.runs to? gether, i&: his owif ehaxaoteiistio\ 7 style. Blemishes there' were/ as "there.- wiH .always I be *wi jh ' those who >take'i "risks^ - but" the - innings' was,, neyertheless-^of much merit. > I ,3?0.r ;£h^ , rest,';' they.' wJ|e, dismissed 'early [and olte*i,~tbe,last §v'e; ; -pickets contributing ; ! IX 'between theizC- which: ayerages^badly- on^ the whole.^-^ po"mmg,,down,,the list to a -double^gure'^scoreT/.^jne cannot praise"^l&r I JExtpaS." -fos:.ohi^.share:.in^d^e-Gsran,ge. total, . arid, the 29 added ;in this -way. tepeaks volumes \i or - some -indifferent '.keeping/ -But there. it ifl. - - «r-;./.« r -;./. _- !. - > '.■ The/ bowling icuaours were distributed mgradeß— M'Ga/vin ' going through five of the j enemies" batsmen'fer 51 runs; jEokkoff three for aaid-Ohadwiok.tvfo f0r~39. | -At -dialing :<sf: <$f \ stumps Opoho had lost five good wiokej^v fotv?3>, runs, whioh. at the same" rate, of -<run-gettfne wougfc.6ut, , will laiirf the hill team something short, txn ' ■the firssinnirigs.' ,Ho-weverf the Temaininjri! batsmen " anay- pulj. up the .average -a -bit, and next Saturday -toe" complexion -of -the game, . -Which, so-j fear >as->Q|>bho i* - concerned; --is" dull rand "lead-coloured, ma3r' 4 be; aitered^tcf4v-healtii.y. Tosyinie. - Stor the sake of,, the interest in the 'king- qf games I' trust s'.r " ";- .-.-'•/-. -^ JCn entltusiast -in " George M'Gayin- got going >to the eactßnt 0f "22 Tuns — a, very" sea,-* -soiiable "Bobie- ast'matiters-.'weKe ,presented. ' M*Gavi.i is a better -cricketer than- "he^'s given credit for, •sanoC' in his^ innings. xTn ' Saturday last Showed^ 'fin© c defence r and- attack/ 'But^ -it "is attaok that counts. .t. t - Jame's^'Eimlin" retired''di«3pnßola ; £el3/ tto Oheshelter -of the "■ pavilion viciam" 'to : ,that always -unsatisfactory method T 6i~ dismissal—"leg j^eSwe'.'" TOiis same "leg ''be* •fore" .is "responsible 'for -more fOasSatisfaction-. aatongat 'TpJ*yeT#»;*han nibs', "whole ' oi"^^, rules of gaaaie put together. "Tttfth 1 ,t6 { . tell, J Tiave - Itnown "wn:'lfew 'decision^ _to"? nseparate ' fast' -^Fr^e^ds.' "Wieit. if t jco*nes7?to,, -tlSw, ,-it is time.* to ' gi,ve*^pV-die'ijamexn!- ,to-, get.;sonxe -reasoijable and intelligent tneffiod. of "jgivings a" "maa.- outJ A "3*herei^ is •-«, ' cricket ; moral .-lurMng sher'eabou'ts» > -• ;" ,•--«. dhadwick-, *he^ fast feowler, - went ' tinder, i ,to ,whaf :; is -also an Weatisfectory. -way ; of being ,X, K sent r baak to iife pavilion —^run jouli. < -"When' it is a baitsrn&n's own fault thei sting of thejaismissalr-is taken" out of it, \ni when th.& "cf6her~ fellow" . Ie eonoerned ifc x fs "useless -fax .stop trd~ r^beg pardon." ' . - Eolchoff o and ft ~ Qgg 6: sucH is flic istory, of the- innings of^jthe.-*x-Otago rep/ 5 bowler.. "One can- 4 a3mpst. xead_ history in the foregoing. -. 3ft 'ttriy later' the. enthusias- ; tic cricket needs' no further description. ,-• - The not xiut. nian-'is one- Jenkfns, -who has 29 to his "credit, an^i "wiU^go in n&id week, circumstances^ .permitting/ with the inten-' tion. o^ bringing 3us present, figures up/to\a century.-, "and- X Bincerely %vet he reaches' tKeyco^et^i figUßes.'- "Sd^muchjis expected, of "the- ceniniTy-maiker fhat - Jt ' "would I>e unfair "of me -to. wish tne Opohb batsman"" tie- However, -I am going to risfc-,iiL ' " Stonewalling -availed not Eenny one whit last "week," ana fhe.mait who has & repnfaiion $or putting up a- defence, like that unto Gibraltar had fthe .joclc shattered"" by a "brbadsideir bsom ~. Ferguson. -— - -.•> Kilgourr-thene i«- -only one, he of,'Opoho—shares with Jenkins -the vino* 'out iionoure, •but 'in;the eaieMof'the little' fello < w > -ijMr§" i^ only" -a 'iinglf Ho^Tiis "&Sd3sT on the'^splref Jbbfaik. l K«l isssaa» nedr' S&^itrda-f '"ifitp. everyr copfiafince//and -tW^best^'w'ishes-'of^ the; present ".■Writer .for.. a. Tpig increase to^ .hisjotal v ' ' ; Vi „,^ % - ' There weeping -and wailing -..aiwJ r claahing' of "in t)ie camp -of -Albipn.,iOh ' Saturd^yl %vening i .jirhen" "the" Hews jspfeadl I that the Senior-~GTade\elMenw%re, swept before the'-winH by^e'i^rwßirook" 4 Jjo.wlerB, r . of whoifl 4 i;isTier idestiuotor ' mj -Ehjef . | Jfc "was a _'iaistres»ed. <bf-' criobeters^""i who ■' sought the 1 - ehelfer ol iha pavilion 1 ! at. Carisbarook after the- annihilation, «nd , the menfion of -cricket ,to -one -prominent [ TDaember bt the eleven- a# least as igambHng.I with Sdesfecuction: "."".,* ' " - - *>*'-- | *- Had ariyon&Tsaid that the' -wliole.. Albion I eleven would" be' gone^througli- for-'-uriae'r - 60 - runs" 'it Cafiebrook^ ' they would have" I been met with the laugh- of scorn. But " ,there*it is." The story — sad -as it is — is j "quickly told." '- Albion- won '-fhe 1:og8, . and. ' whether iiere -wen any elation this' deponent -knoweth hot, but the side wentin to'bat on a wicket described as excellent. - . - - J' ' . } ■ I" eaid the story was soon' told.. So it i is: Albion lost six Tidcketeonbegood (before their dismissal) for 12 xuns—a, score-, iwhioh ' made titife- stoutest "Albion "heart _ quail n "and' there are. some" stout "hearts in ths Nqrtb>end team. Amongist Hie-good^ men. ,«und " true who -.fell in'-fhe^fiist „on-^ slaught of the XJarisbrooi bowlers -. -were " «uch batsiaeu as. Hiddlestoiie,-'mor-e than;, promising; M'Farlane, " ditto ;- <T "l)uthie," Shepherd, and D.- Cframdnd,^ who isthfe* makings of 'one oFthe 'best .bats' in Dnnedin >~di "he -wouia;- take w the game " mjore .seriously -ihan a-'pie»io;- '-- "-''•?»' N. 'Cramond, a brother x»f -D. 'of wiat cricketing' -family, Knd-' O. - ;Odrbett;* w«re , the osoly batemen, to at all confidently to Pisber; the" -remainder -opjlapsihg hopelessly ijo - jA^ CafiebrooK- left;'/ hander, Norman- Cframond played particularly good , This .batsman . -got the majority" of hi» runs by square putting • and off driving. " Oramond was at ..the wioket over 30 minutes for his runs, and was bowled -by a good ball from- Ruther-^ ford. - ' ' ~ "- - ' Corbett also shaped well - ah'd batted steadily for hie Tonaw -Williams was -content to olav Fishet'with hisfijads, and", in

' this connection it may be remar><"? that possibly the Albion man might ha-** 'alien a victim to leg- before had "the C&risbrook r bowler not got in the line of eight of the • umpire. j The remainder of -the -batsmen collapsed hopelessly and -died -almost with" s out a struggle. ~ ' , j Save for the bowling of Fisher, whom the majority of the Albion men, found unpLcyable, the attack of Carisbrook did notpossess any sting-. The fielding of-.Oarie-"brook was up to standard, / the ground and lofty work "being good and the picking up and, returning accurate. 1^ — Carisbrook A did 'not make the stand «acgeoted of the eleven, and ihe scoring was somewhat inconsistent. Practically only ,four batsmen made anything like a show of run-getting against the _ bowling of Albion, - which was not of the -nature to "command a great deal of respect, though it -was treated as .such by .some of the 1 A batsmen. -- &." Foster, - who is a Tgood. bait when an form, was responsible for' 24, in the get-, ting ."of ; which _he showed several good. strokes. 1 . '"" t . - . - = ~\ N . . - \ " Tom Adams fell early ~ir victim to playing a ball 'on to "his leg'-artd then : on to" hie wicket. Watson's" .'bad-, hick", pursued "him, and he 'was dismissed in: a', similar, manner ,to that oi-fj'o-'m^ Adamg^played .a balk'Ani* to hie wicket. „ Watson' -has' co many good strokes and -chapes- so 'confidently that -any (day he "may mafe a century.- [' . i Fisher- batted in" ! :quite hiftf best ;stylep finding nD_ difficulty with the r bowlm§, . which,,, he treated, with.' the * utmost '--3«respect.The "Garisbrdok man played - confidently ,aiid well; and- 'secured his" Tuns^by^ sound"strokes"'all "rounct the wicket. ~\ He ,■ was,, ' -however, particularly good .on "the , offdrive. , , ' . ' ' ' , The trail of misfortune 5 was over , Harry Hafrftway, -who " had ' bad luok in being run out off a smart return by \N. Cramond fielding at square leg. - - - .Masrtyn, who is not out with 9, shaped well ""during t® turn at the crease, «nd secured-the inajor-ity of his runs witfa 1&e drive. " " :, - The fielding and bowling of- Albion Trere only -fair. ; It 'must, however,, in, justice" fto Albions -be -said that ( *tne bowlers were handicapped with a -greasy" ball.- One has only to bowl with a wet ;ball to "know what this" means. * - - ' , ~t Jn -the xea.hu of lofty £eldtng <5: ,Corbett stood out for -bringing- xjff two good catches, or-inging" about the (dismissal of Rutherford -and ■ Butler. -*.-". „ Carlsbrook" B, who take .their witha vast"' amount' ot- pleasure,, gave "Dunedin a day's leather hunting in> the-field when . they (compiled 256 -for £he afternoon, t As" rtfn-gettinjf goes in this city'iMs is a good performance." '" ..- -, .- -" -.-The' old- pair, 'Austin^aritd" Siedebeig,"j opened,; and," tertting 'with 1 gxeaiC confidence puti-ott'-SO 'befqre'-tlie^rst -^ioke'trfell. >Thra' v '»wicJfef"wasB J "Auetin?^ -ahdl the' story" 'of his aisiniseal 'iea'ds r c "Wilson,^ Melyin.' >W4a^/ / more x ? '_" AnHftin "baifctelol -attrJauctively,-; •sbowing good ' strokes'iall round sfche • wicket. "£fte6jeberj!{' did 'fib't' last 1 loiig^ di ter 'hii_, -^partner," but ''if .gfadnally coming' back. \o ' hfe^old foitn." i Vlat'imfebore o!32Jie niade , idvetrsH' ■ powerful -<dffi3rjv<bs, and-;mixed":Kis"' 'defence ; and ( "attiiok: -with* great -judgmem;. C •-„ What t Imoet. admire about 5 SieqebeijsTs is -Ijhe . vigour/, lie "puts into _-.&« strokes.' There is a >jm and'jsro' about it all the - timf, . whicK/aa Eelrfishing. .. - Johnny Drumm; jfipfa -is a- igood- batgman ( an Torm hit -up 36/^in -"Jher^etbing- of,vwiioh'_he 'xKed.--a'.Jpdwerful% pm\ stroke. ! Jotony !>.', w&> is- anotlieitvwteinsai who -believes in. -having"-* go 'at .ihe Ixmlinjr, , had;h.a?d,luckin.pl«iying abalj on /to his , leg ? and-therioe "6n».*o,iiiB -wicket^. But there •if; is, «11 ins'tnejgame^. . ' J. ,R. Bur± w*« severe -on, *he, f bowling., -wliich. -was ' not at its full i ißtrengfii, and treated it' with, some amount ( of' disrespect. Birt ,pbdba&p&& 'the majority i of iis *uns -by 1 BquaTe^cntting" aiud dfiym,g. i - -Mn compiling'" s2 : G. "exhiMied Hashes of Ids old fox£a, and 'made one, or j 'W Very -'crisj> strokes, ,r, r which were as 'music in the 'ears of flic enthusiast.. - i ' "W. Sparrow, -who; "hefl, started Yon the ; roftd,". and Is now lost to Ctoxisbroo t k B, lut Thard and~ often, for his 36, 1 Jeeorod in -doable . cfviick time... \- T " ". • • , - '^ -i "West, "the ex-Qhiistolnircli j)layer, is a\ very, Btaid batsman, -who &cis attaanly on the V defensive. "By/jonrely defensdvei cricket 'he . obtained J9 .run^, whioh 'diovig what oan be (i ( i 'don©, bjr -waitiM- Jpr,^fihem. .T , » - '■■'.'■■ i I was'particufeirly.jjlßased^a sfe^Chariie fitablee-.Jtn,-Tiin.jgettifig. vein, on Saturday-., It would' indeea.liave been.iard luck if j while- Til dub mates - vrete- getting runs.) -he should be fiuk-pi piri-Howevery Stames^ i played a- meriy, innings of _ 21, in the r j ■ gettinjr >t bf-,wh"i)db;'he i ,Bn.Difi&d" > .gceat i>arjaaJits: -fof-feails bnHhV-leg 'Side.^ •'" • ' -- Of «41-, the Bunedin liowlei's— and sever.al •were tr.wSV^Granam'was the -orily r ; J on«f' to - .troptile ItS^-i'B" bat^nen-.* jln'restice; Jiow-* i leter/ "to- ihe- T>iui©dm ~ teainj -JtJ sHoula be - - BhM” t th^t~itlie^'fcr«mdters were" J»i£aicappe3-. by «. fiieasy hail^amS' to^this fiuct tn& "B" team owe some of their "batting sucf 009 S. ■ ' . ' " - - ' I The fielding of- Dunedin was. r nofc up to : standard, several catches .-being- dropped.~*Jn this connection it might be^ remarked.' . -fliat h is no^use -trying, to .stop~a ball with one hand, when one has "two to make iiha catch. B.t Cramond, Drought off a good toatoh in "the. deep field, bringing alfout the dismissal of XTssher. ' . ' • 1 The fiv.z is > off iie "onampagne ol cricket" with a -vengeance in "the third test (Bays an Australian exohaiTge). ' In the" first innmgs rTrunjper '^ade four, jntlie; second npiife., | The^ explanation vs. 4h"aV he. "'-^"-.'_? '?*** wliat as lie 'cToujig inline Australian anyhow? la the v Australian JEteveri a-iftna-torium,'or a rest cur,e 4nßtitution,.or'-w.hatJ "If a -man is "too iU to play ne ■soqptto l»e turns 3 dcwn, and 1 Some" one wno is well" put -in bis place. But -fete to ieep "aew blood out 6f the Australian -"Eleven,- is the ruling j>EBsjon with some people— -especially 1 some.jjebplb : in Ihe Australian Hewn. - In. regard to future _ lest games, it is satisfactory -to loiqw that 1 Cotter, <ihe^ .Australian fast'bowlee, i» making a Sapid Te-' eovery.- He' iaB be,en- taking -thing" , very quietly- ii Adelaide," and las" Tjeen resting 1 nearjy," all the tixne. "Hp is so TEar on 4ie xneßcl- .-that liis" anedical- adviser,'-while--fojq-biddmg him io - play .in ihe~_--witer-S-£a{:e .'maw -ia .Sydney., hones ie.^ wiff. be; JB^-^6-^ take, pavt in;Tthe Jburth- test "match -in*M-eIM bburue on February 7.,, It" is. .to lie Jioped. he '•will be fit, for his value. io--€he. side cannot bo «oyer-estimated. *"• * <r- /• "■* Apropos 6£ the foregoing Observer has" »J;his to say: "X shall Tie -agreeably- «ur--.prised, too," if .Cotter -is/feally-:flt to play; though lie has probably- pluck "enough to attempt it, just «c young Haditt wsts eager to • play ".in " the second' test when in , any

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engagement lees important he would havff - saved his reputation by admitting his ' disability. . Fast bowling .requires, above, all else, absolute physical fitness, for t&e strain of maintaining it is terrific. One. has only to watch. Cotter bowling to fully realise that, ana when a fast bowler ia affected by a. strain- or a Tick— such as Cotter" seems to have experienced the weak--ness, if any. remains, is sure_ to find him out in a, Jong 1 and 'hard game like any one of the three tests that- have already Leer* played. ' It is at beet a risky experiment to play -Cotter in the" fo.arth -match, which; cannot, give the rubber to- England, though] it may. give "it to, Australia. - I would rather face the situation boldly, and,; whils admitting -that .the '.pace and powers o£ the two 'men are not exactly .comparable," put Vernon In «s a last bow-ler, and-make Cotter twelfth man; A fast bowler - is- • greatly, to be desired -in- the fourth -match at Melbourne, because it -is reasonable t6 - assume that the. game will not be played! i on the^same wicket; that the turf. on that' occasion will be Merri, and not Bullij and that if hot" weather be again experienced/ the fasti bowler "may fitfd"" -hie It would be' a ~ dangerous experiment to phiyrOotter-if: there was "the "least doubt as to J his fitness,- or. to play without a fact -bowler, while a.pretity.good ono'in.Vernoa riras^available.." i >■„ A , - ."*\ . ' ; X , -Some-*>f the. English, professionals, as.,. an Melbourne" (says an Australian- writer ..com-* i?nensn.g -on questioned- lhe" "- 3impifes?y v decision. — Bkrnes -show^dr dis- . apT3iofetxnefrt\ovei: Oroolcett's' decision in notV ; allowing -,Jus\ appealffor- Ibw- against -Sara-.* ders. ' He made - some- gesticulations, ap< - - psrently-to p"r6v#fchV,,deoiskin wrong; sndV> the matter was commented upon.- ■ - All the way from London comes a/plea< - sant line or two from, Arthur Sims, M.A.., - the New Zealand oricketer (save "Felix")-. "I am not over-enamoured of this sunless land, and. long for another peep at the sunny south. The JRhodes scholars, are ] being watched -.withi* interest by . people ' whom -you would jitrak- never worry their, heads about that, kind thing." I have'" jseen and • played a good bit of orioket. " ffutchinge is N «■ great bat — gets such power .. so- tquietly, <bq - beautifully. ,You will Uke. him. Crawford -did- the biggest hitting' I ,?aw here. -.- fle. "is - I *' fine -* all-roundl, erioketer,~ full-' of life> never' itill. I think . you^will like BardstafFy too.' .The season, 'generally was cold, ana you nearly always '° wanted * sweoterr <■- 1 «aif • ffeesop -play a ... great innings,,*^ Lord's.;*,^ T fancy "Mar* shall, the :^sueen«land«r, >is getting his'feet, ' *nd will -make Tuns^rftext'seaßon' for Surorevv I hope . Clem Hill ' will keep on' going s «trong. v ,1' alway? .haS .a 'great weakness" ■for Trim when things looked* bad lor A'us-» ". 'tealia. .The trouble -is. -thftt 'such, .great bal3men,Jlaß,jh* "a-tvd^gSruxßpei 1 -bayC got 1:©keep oa 1 beating reepjeds, or the public "will-, say Jfcheyrare^goiig" oft. The "more "£hey\ do.. the more \ihey.«;re^rea;llv laying up * - rod, for their own .T>aok/at.,6qme "fqeuraN' •'date; >Oid~ W-. -.G.'iß'stilfhale'jftnd -hearer,--: , bats Treell, but can'^.xpn much. , T^hen.,;. he gets hot he tries 'to -hit boundaries, , and ; gets "but. -^iHe "nitist-.iiEStt^Kacf— a-.-wonder-*" 1 " 'ful energy whan • jouftg,'^ "Even^ now -Jie as/>nev;eT_ -stilLo "" X went-. witafT him -^for - a .two-days l '' game at -'Obeehean* • After the .first day's play he /rushed off tan fislj. * After - dinner he fished- 'again, " when .we took care Joe ©aught '«, t-curioue * 'f»h.He sat' up till imidnight, and yet I h^erd. ■ him up At. S" a.m. lo\have come 'shooting, - before v ~ bfeajefast. " - Wonderful , vitality for, a' man of ■?>?•. '2 3io|ie ybu jwill be \jCU "usual; 'under the"" elms;' "* i > - -A .good ,ac ipVi concerning- », -disi pirte ; «t * village -cricket naatoh .in- one.^ot ,tha xemefce-., cbrneie *.of w>rkfihire" wnich shows ■ feow greatly; Lood flawte is. -ie« epeeted in \ifae, -north naf England. „ Tha umpire h*d' given a. deoisi on. , which inadaone of the batsmen furious. He decla-rod that the .umpire- li»d^,Bof--Jb«Bn proper attention to <Ac . jr*me, . and th» spectators settled down in keen expeotanoy off a fiiplit. "-What -do- you knoTv^of^ -cricket.?" «fsked -the .umpire -at last. Tha. batsman draw himself upjTproudly, , while af disdainful r c«rl settled' - iupon his low*r , lip.' "I know more than, you' do, sny~. how," .ha said. - "'Tve shook '«nds. with' Lord .'Awk'e, "ffnd that's more- than you ,ever !di#.-so tiiere!" ' - - - ■ |BotKR.. ,«t«rtisaai *n^l ~.J. A:. P' r Connolr,? "who maae their &rsb appearances . ia' i> test match aik Adelaide,* ix& ex-Sydney, players, but, owing to the number of good *nen v ia Kew ,Soulh "W*les . they- -were-, unable to-;f£n«t regular .places ia. -fche^ p^prjß^^ aentative team, jso 4bey, migrated .^lgewheue. J O'Coßinor^/WBni Jo/ Adelaide,, whe?e ie liaa_.* met with ,&. fair, share of snecess,. especialiy . -as ift ,towler. . HartigaA,, 'who.is now looked* u§oh"',ae the .batsman, mr Queens?.' laha, flayed, for "New -South' I ' Wales affain^fr ; Qheensland; in i 903-* ;v .>but for --feh,e- last-" th-pee^feasons-'he iH^.^played forth& State, and' in • 1905-6 yhe->mad« lOrand'Qa^ .against Ne*r- South' -Wales; "and -56-aad itZ'affaan^fe Victoria. " -wiijle - neacfc" season - be- - oon*ribnted CO, 61, 68, jrad 13 in the two matches- against -New South Wales;" "*O. T.'B.*Turnerj"'aVtme -time A famous bowler/ijlftyiny'' against- » Syilaey^ seratdh , team, "took-- nine wiofcets for 22' runs. - Turner "Wasr born' in NewrSoufii Wake <OC Novemtier 16,^J862, *ad'when Spofroiiti" todtj up) iiis , residence -iiir England th« . ' former wae">iegarded hf i6ost. peopler-jw the' best bowler in' Australia,.. and in his 'day l»©--3id somd mSiivellous -bowling. Ai feat, im~ wee -especially pjroud of waii •h© * oleaia-"bQWledi 'the .late" A. - SruSewaburyi ' twice, in a match, in Sydney in 1887 for- a "pwr .of ,«pecs." During" that season \-<s took twrer" '50 Bnglfeli wickets" at a cost fit less titan *7 runs each.; " Turner first playe^ for New Soutli Wales.' in '1886;' and hi visited jEngland "wilii J the"1888,. 189.0, .anl . 1893 teams, iis bowlinjr .Averages for ih< „ three tours being— :lßßß, Slf ,wick«ts, for.ftjr 'averagie of, 11.38 runs./',<3ach.; , 1890, 213 J wicket^ at *a. avex^ge pf J2J.4$ ; -and }893, a6D wic&tSjjat a cost of 13,122, these bein« the, top .-averages in each." .season. After 1893. he- seldom, took parr, rin, first-class cricket. i <■"'.-, ,- *- ' W. -.Howell, the --popular cricketer. Urns been seriouslyi for som» < { time past ; in'faot", he has been ""off colour' * I since the. dast: time* he'- : played with th< - I Australian Eleven in England. He wa| i. previHe^T.upon -^<o. play- in a-Tnateh.on thaf ' ( occasion ..- while fee-.-- was .veryi ill >wifch. ip< i fluenea; his' temperature?- then-being as-bigK j ''as'-lOWeg. -' His han'da,' ieet^ and joint* -la^e swollen considerabfy, and he has beat - unable in consequence tor doT any workfb* a, long --timer' ''\ ' '■•_'■ ' _ - - * The partnership - for the eighth wicked by Spger Hartigan and, 0. Hill is already <i Tecord- -lOr - a ' test -match, - and witn> pn% .exception,- the higheßt'aver made in .first? " olass cricket in " Australia. The .- previooi , "beit-for -a ie^t anafoh was 15<-,. Hz- GeoYgt -

Corbetfc also shaped well - and batted though, le has probably, .pluck "enough to steadily for 'hie Tonaw -Williams was -©on- attempt it, jtusi «c young Haditt -wtw eager tent to olftx Fishet'with hisf^ads, and; in to -play .in • the second' test when in,anj

-;.. Borinor (12^.- and ;S r P. Jones (40)» at Syd- ■ I; (bey, ., almost* 23 -years. ago. • r ; ■ >, "-'■ \"s^oll6wingVjp" 1 «t-lisl l of -^batsmen- who have < -s-^jiSe7a-';oestury^in"''th^i3f - first 1 'tesf match :'-V " - iGrßumerman, 165*;' Jfttultralia//iit "Melbourne,' -' -':- C 1887r" ,•'-;,.' , ■'•> -*W. Gr, Graced- 152,- Englsnd^-Ikt Keniungton „- ' -XJtiu, 18B0: ■ ',- v\,--''.-'v \,--''.-' ,-' "■ ' '^'TEL. Ox'ali»m.'lo7 t -"Au»tr»li* l -at lioid's, 1893, 3K, S. B*njitsinii]'i, 'IS4*, England, ~xt-' Man-/ * '-■ .. - cheater,. 1898:" '-« \ ' s.- . . v JJs-JL.Duff,--lO4 ? Australia, at Melbourne, -1902. -JR. By lister, 287, "Bngl»nd,-»t7Sydn«y.' MQ3. . i ''».' Gunn,' 119rEnfflana^.at Sidney, -1907. ■ ; . at Hartigan, 116;. Australia, at Adelaide, 1908. The- news that' the" Adelaide test ,jnatoh 5s ended; will be' received -with thankfulness ' &ya '' "Observer," in the. Argus). It has bien a test both of cricketing capacity and endurance, but chiefly a test of the players' Ability to stand a succession' of Adelaide* tot days. physiologists - have a - theory that^Englißhmen'c'an stand their first Australian" summer- /better ihan 'the native ' fcfoause' their 'blood has. not been thinned IjK acolitt-'atisation, - it f-ar«ly works out' so' in practice. I have a distinct reoolleotionH ~-«l tiro other test matches on the Adelaide. Oval,"- -wher* an English team was beaten ta the heafc^-one of ihem the gam& in whicli Albert Trott went through a strong bartting.side, and made' his namg as a bowler. iWhen men- havft^to lie in s a bath for a quarter of anhour'wben going to bed, in th« hope that befpretbey getdry and hot again -they' may fall- *sleep, it is at best a Iheroi© preparation for a long day.s \ crickeir' at 110,- "or near it, in the shad« r , *Yet that was) ths recipe which "Jim' Phillips, the umpire— now .a -rugged-looking, "miner in the northern wilds of West Australia—used to 'give-h is 1 friends 'on hot «ights in Adelaide: When to the heat is added the* continuous strain ' of a close came, I have no hesitation in saying ,that. - v whatever fee the'orioketerftete.Jor; a>"test : ** 'P»tch" played Sunder' 'such< conditions, n»-" . 'Srns every. ;.shill^rg;;<>f..'.it^let tiios'e who:, *n*«?t about. JJexpenses!';.w.rite' what -they ' N i 1 v" -- • '^"-S ■* '-.--= -.-/■, -'"- f'-'^CfC :~ ■'}-, . t&'^hi, justificationV'pjE-J34Y«;": crickets, a^ -Weft-'. t N jbwro-.^^t^aftV^ities^a'fiere ,-is^nß, " .^hmg- inv^e^lafce/^piatohrthat 7 ahouJd' excite. ' #>ur tponder-an3^ admiration,- a rid; Qia^isSfh.e ' ; . l^weUcisV^n^di^nce/&^n?*b3r7 th^.^"»Hil- >' £&r<k7m^iin ml£. hotV wph>lt. J v 'Tfiey/Souwt . v be- aal»m»nders .as well^as^aportsmen 1 But, fbeir endurance 'must have 'its limit; an*ther six days of .such; cricket will' bring it to the' breaking "point, if it has not .already «pne io.The reason ■ why^ suoh "faulte have /OrepfrJnto cricket* is - well' worth considering.* ' pa© . gets much troubled to find put the -sttU6e. Surely, it is not gate money th»t Jrthe mainspring of^it all!. If so; then let |ih« three '■ days' H limit be reverted to at -once. Perhaps, after all, this is the beat pure,' despite the probability, .of drawn ' iimes.. It would certainly make dashing Sricket* during the first half of the game, "♦ifd", perhaps, right -through. -The; excep.abn vwo\Qa be when the draw, is- being . Slif'ed fdr. Anyway, it would do away -jwUh, the 220 runs ' per - day So -far I-haW bo»u <»ily ' criticising. Now I - am noiffj t« VrixiS- facts , in favour of my iobntentjon tba» priMtnt day cricket is ih- " - tipjitit ,vlowec- than it" was .in the 'old days. XtX n» isk» «li* late match and compare ai to' •ooaeof Kit fkmes against England. f S»ill Itke^troit haphazard; only taking til* pgMMtibs to note that the weather mam -ißakm conditions -were .good through- . 'the late' matoh.^ "'^^^liU^is how it works' out : — ,-.- " -\-l"\- ''''•->-.'> - / " .; _ . " •'- No. of' Daily ' . • "" ' -•, , -. _- , ' - Balla.lAv; Kirns. Ay. **Ch«c;late test match, jB ' •, . -'> T ■--'- : a»Ja. -less ;ij hours .. 2907 . 481 " 1327 221 - £6ha-w?s"te»n>y: Australia,. - S y -atAMelbourne, Christ- ' ' - - » mas," 1881', ■ 4', days before end ' ~ "- > " v -" ! - 4ih" day) '. '. 28S0 700 1049 262 :Jsngland v. Australia," - ' Kennington Oval, August, 1884, 3 days .. 2140 713 982 #>7 j[or Shaw's team the bowler* j^erp Peate, , .fimmett, Ulyett^ Shaw, EaJ*«. J^Acbw, and '

fdr Australia, Giffen, r ';Palnter, % J'Evana, Boyle)! and T^. 'H: Cooper.* In oth'e ilOjral-'gam,e,, ; Peate, -Steel, »U]iyetji ; >Barlow, : • and'W.- G- Grace -f of, Englapdr'andiSpot-: 6h, Rainier; ""<^ffenV,'^Boyle; arid" Midwin-J r ler;,for Aratfalia. 1 In/ this latter' match;' the, - average j4 ;- 3Zf'iimßjjm.a -<iewelo^ea' iit.&'ce ■} pt ,;%erfa^^at^Scot|q4'Vstane^walled -,for'l fiyef' v and three^tuaxter^npurs ' Jqr B(fcnirisf. -The r difference 'in 'tlxe'Z number', of belle, } bowled ~ia accentuated byT ; the, bowling vof "■.'only' foui, baUs^to.'the^oyer; as "against J,4;he -. "r .^'the'-presejnt^day^Vthereb^neoessitating . ' a pQjpertc°en'£?fjjreater,'-los v bKtiine" in* moving - -'-tfte^fieldf-^urely.tsuoh figures .as- the^above" -prove bejon&iiall. cavil i. the- utter .felowhesfl, of, the present day .cricket, .and thoroughly.' justify., '^tll -/the;;- adverse criticism that can ' Jae" *howereds,«pon it.". •/"'-,> ' 1 , " !;. .Th.c playat" the-'Garisbrook groun,d,> ,wae interrupted , for, a few -minutes- on "Saturday to -of . certain preeentationsr being , made', in ' respect ;of~ the: most- meritorious v '- performances .' that were- accomplished \by .Qta^o/cripketers^ on th"c : recent 'northern l.,tour.^^Mr"CJß.^ml*h; president -6f the Cft-ipkei .Association;- , made" Jftie >« raesenta- . ■' - tiona -jbs follows r: —To /A." Eck'hold, a bat presented by zMv;>Wy O. Walter •'•for the -P«s* "batting" ayeragje/vto'R. 0.-Tofrance, a - bat .presented, by the Otago Sj>OTts,. Depot . for the "best Vpowlihg- performance ;■ and. to - H. G.*. Siedebetg, a, bat presented, by Mr i Victor /Trump^r. Sydney, to Mr C. R.. i^Smitn; andby Jiim presented to the Cricket. .Association,' for the,-best ajl-round- play. . / The last-mentioned.bat wae one with, which! • ,J.rampejr r himself ...accomplished a remark-- _ able' feat -in: fast, in an inter.-club match at- Sydney/t his iseaspjf. ■'"In order' to arrive at a decision -asr. -to* the- player most entitled^to receive 4hi« trophy, Mr Smith. commissioned "two men." %ho saw all' the matches .playled- on the tour, to report -'in- „ dependency,*' an<L boih to -the con-. *-' °lusion .that Siedeberg was, entitled to the being v; the7 *<iHwfc'- all Wund-, C'pjayerr JVIr ' s SmitK mentioned^ "'in'- ajaLtinß ' -t^P^entatio.ni,j^^herej::waa" a jprosiiect' 5 ofv^t NeTC^Soatn^Walee team^isitrag^New" | .SJeklapd; n^exV season^-;.^V;_ - * "* '- . ~\ t ' \- :^'V^" * " :^" sl Eß»TON,v.Ja'nua.tyV26U : : Garlton v A<against-Masterion -, -Zealand "Tecp.i<d,.'for;- senior-, oricfcet, "taking ' •10 v wicke> f^r 10. runs. iilfe^eouTed^ "Bis ,jeat nine wicketa without a run beingJ scored off him.