CRICKET.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8717, 17 January 1907, Page 2

CRICKET.

Death of Alfred Shaw,

Press Association. —Copyright. .London, January 16

The death is reported of Alfred Shaw, a well-known cricketer of the '• past generation. ! barton v. Cosmopolitans. ! A match was played on the Mnrton | ground yesterday between the Marton Club and the newly-formed Cosmoi politan Cricket Club. The result was ! a win for the older club by an innings and 83 runs. The wicket seemed to be ' somewhat in favour of the bowlers, i probably the result of the recent heavy ’ rains on the ground. For the same reason, the ground not being so I bumpy, fielding was much easier than ! usual. Contrary to expectation the i fielding of the junior club was the best part of their play. It was very clean, j while the wicket-keeping of G. Gibbons ! was surprisingly good, as is shown by i the fact that there were only eight extras in a score of 148. In an article I on “ Umpires " Mr A. G. Steel wrote : I —“ If any one were to ask us the ques- | tion “what class of useful men receive ! most abuse and least thanks for their service ?” we should, without-hesita-tion, reply “ cricket umpires.” For j this reason, it is with some reluctance, I that suggestions are here made to j gentlemen who so kindly and willingly undertake this onerous position. The j first and principal is to make them- | selves acquainted with the ordinary ! laws of cricket. Others are that it is 1 just as well for the umpire at the I bowler’s end to stand exactly behind the stumps, otherwise he cannot possibly give a correct decision on an appeal for 1.b.w.; while the umpire at the batsman’s end should stand exactly in a line with the popping crease, as it is probable he will not, otherwise, be able to see whether a man is run out or stumped as the casfe may be.' Further an umpire should be an umpire and not a partisan. Therefore ho should not give advice either to a batsman or bowler. - Nor does it look well if he rejoicingly throws his hat in the air or indulge in other hilarious antics when a man is bowled. The position of umpire is, really, quite difficult enough without additional trimmings of that sort. Contrary to the usual belief umpiring in a cricket match is difficult and important, and captains of teams should be more careful to ascertain whether umpires have any acquaintance with the game. The Cosmopolitans batted first and all disposed of for 34 and 31, and Marton scored 148. The principal batsmen for Marton were Broad 43, Broderick 23, Marshall 19, B. Signal 14, Eawson 11, and Bousefield 10. The double figures in the Cosmopolitan team were D. Henderson 12 and A. Hook 10 not out. Broad secured a good average for bowling, getting 8 wickets for 12 runs in the first innings and 4 for 15 in the second. Arkwright secured 5 for 5 in the second innings. The bowling average of the Cosmopolitans is as follows :—D. Henderson 4 for 40, C. Moore 1 for 31, S. J. Gibbons 1 for 34, D. Pattio 4 for 23, Minifie 0 for 18.