CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue XXXXV, 8 December 1903, Page 3

CRICKET.

'A friendly game of cricket was played on the racecourse on Saturday between the Central School eleven and a team from H. Drown ami Co's Motley Street mills. The Central Boy's team was beaten in the first innings by 22 runs to 12, but in the second innings, by dint of good sound batting they put on i 73 runs, to which their opponents replied with 13. The lidding was very fine, Webster and McMillan bring oft some good catches, while. Gray and Burnsido bowled with deadly effect. Scores were as follows : CENTRAL SCHOOL.-lst Innings. Burnside, b Morey 3 Guy, b Rudkin ..'. o Dixon, b Potter 6 Gray, b Rudkin 0 McKenzie, l.b.w. Rudkin 1 McMillan, c Morey 1 Paul, b Rudkin 0 Smith, b I'otter 0 Putt, b Rudkin 0 Webster, b Rudkin 1 Heldt, not out 0 Total _._ 12 H. BROWN & CO.—lst Innings. Higgs, c Guy, b Gray 0 Brown, c and b Burnside 0 Morey, c and b Gray 1 Kennedy, l.b.w. Gray 0 Rudkin, b Gray 10 Rough, b Gray 0 Hobson, not out 3 Fermston, b Burnside 3 Hooker, c Putt, to Burnside 0 Potter, b Burnside 4 Beaumont, b Burnside 1 Extras ~.. i 1 Total 22 Bowling analysis.—P. Gray, 8 wickets for 10 runs; Burnside, 5 wickets for 10 runs. CENTRAL. eCHOOL....2nd Innings. Dixon, b Potter 3 Guy, c Potter, b Fermston 13 Burnsidei, c Rough, b Fptter 20 McKenzie, b Rudkin 8 Gray, b Rudkin 10 McMillan, b Morey 1 Paul, c Hobson, b Rudkin 1 Putt, c Potter, b Rudkin 0 Smith, b Morey 3 Webster, not out 5 Heldt, to Morey 3 Extras 6 Total H. BROWN AND CO.—2nd Innings. Beaumont, run out 0 Hobson, c McWilliiam, b Burnside 0 Rudkin, c Webster, b Gray 9 Potter, 1.b.w., b Gray 0 Higgs, b Gray 1 Morey, b Gray 3 Rough, b Gray 0 Brown, b Burnside 0 Fesmston, b Burnside ■. 0 Hooker c McMillan, to Burnside 0 Kennedy, not out 0

Total 13 Bowling analysis.,—Gray, 5 wickets for 7 runs ; Bumside, 4 wickets for .6 runs. The 'following will represent the IWanderers in the match against C'arrington Road :—Hasell, Whittle, Braund, Currie, Steeds, Burton, Stocker, Fleming, Bullock, Frost, and Lightband. THE FIRST TEST MATCH. AUSTRALIAN TEAM. Received 8, 0.40 a.m. SYDNEY, Pec. 7. The following team has been seL] ected to represent Australia in the first test match beginning on Friday :—Noble, Trumper, Duff, Hopkin, Kelly, Syd Gregory, Howell, Hill, Armstrong. Saunders, and leaver; emergency* Jennings.