CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLV, Issue 262, 21 December 1903, Page 2

CRICKET.

ENGLISHMEN v. JUNIORS, MELBOURNE, Dec. 20. The Englishmen lx- o ui a match against 18 juniors, u ud in the flrst innings, lost 7 wickets for £ Wamer 76, Hirst 85 and Knight 60 were the top scorers, INTESt-STATE MATCH. In the iwt^St^^llftt^' Souifo Wales v. South Australia, the visitors lost 3 wickets for 37a. c, Gregory 97, Farquhar 81. Mackay 56, Trumper not out 47, NoWe not out 39. CUP FOR TEST MATCHES, Received 20, 9.34 n.m. SYDNEY, Dec. 20, At a meeting of the cricket {Association on &£ tion will <jv> submitted asking the New South. Wales, Victoria* and South Australian Associations and the Marylebon© Club to co-opera t# in providing a go id cup for tt» test matches. GOOD NEWS FOR AUSTRALIANS. TRUMBLE PLAYS IN NEXT TEST Received 21, 1.6 a.m. SYDNEY, Dec. 20,; 1 rumble has decided to .play in <ihe next test match and {iroviwy ttf ttyrfl two. V Wfcety ti» *«ad QU^. WELLINGTON v. HAWKE'S BAY. NAPIER. Dec. 20. The interprovincial erfeket match Wellington v. Hawke's Bay was commenced on the Recreation Ground yesterday. Tho weather wan line and the wicket in excellent order, and gteac'y in favour of tfc* batsmen. Hawke's Bay won th# toss and batted flrst, knocking up 288 runs before the last wicket fell. Macassey *5, Lusk, 48, Hallaunore not out 32, and Cato 18s were the chief scorers. At call of t|ma Wui« lington lost -one wick»t>' v£3r 31 runs, Staples and Day being the not outs with 12 and 7 respectively to their credit. The match will' b# continued on Monday and Tuesday^