CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 13, 16 January 1904, Page 2

CRICKET.

tiik timuh tkst ■hatch. ACSTKAUANS WIN Tllr, TOSS. Sl?v WICKKTS Full \m HUNS. (Per J'ress Ash-ociation). Uereiwd J">, p.m. ADKI.AIIiK, Jan, 1"). Till.' match started in delightful weatlier, with an altuii'danicc of ten tlbousiu.ii'il,. lielf, K.ai'giht ami StrlJduick were omitted from the Kivgliwh team. (iiihr.s- was the Australian! tw'elith man. j\i/de wioil the to!:w, nii'd lIIIIY a' 1.1,1 Truiiij.vr started on a perfect wicket Fei,'der ai.'d Ari,'oM. I lull f.lh'Ov.ij \ligoious form at t.hv runin.iMiremv.H, lad Trumper »ay slca'd--Ir. F'i .(./. K'lit ehnugvs were tried, 1 (ut I lull pmuslu'd all the howlers, inilllii}; and cutting NpkKdrdly. W'h.n hi- hi.tul maide JS2 I HiIV was missed a t 4iua. e lew hy Fiekler oIT Arnolil. llutf eeachuJ r>tt in fifty minutes, ami tlw century was posted after .sixty-eitfljl inhnites' play. With flu- last lm.ll before the Lunch.un adjournment lliist howlod flu If'y olf st u 111 ji witih a Uill that k'l'pl low. Dull was hat'>ir.S iiunntis ai,'J hit iliirtiLii 4,'s, lijie Invttinfi all louixl the wicket. Truiii'per, by attrui'the wafe had nra.de' 47. l'ri,or to lii.n.'.lveoiii »«>i a single niui<len hu'd heen bowleil. Oil leM.uiiii.g Hi'awjJ and Hirst Ijowh'd, a'li'd the W'as .slower - Hut 'P'run i|,ier u:i.id I f ill luni.le ru.'iiti .-iteadil.v, tlie former scoring slightly Juster. 'Jlien Wa> lif't-iltaajder llil'l punished llnnuth'd, wiio at IU2 was .ivIK-vwl 'by Arnold. 'J'hn s«'con,d century wa.s |«y.'jtud as a rosult of 183 m.imtc.V play. At 219 HosunUiet and Kli(jd',-s were trivd. The lu P («- li.S'hinen s -Mt-ihbunii- all-ilay score of 221 was i({imllotl ill 132 minutes, Trumper wa.s given an ovation 011 coinjdetmy' his century after IGG iniiVvite-s' Iwttiiilt!'. Tlx; play of hi>Lh men was mutoiteriy in flte I'xtreini'. Xei'ilier vwre risky, yet they punishod any thing loose wit'liomt any lofty 'diviifeurous hits, ,I'us-t befoiv the ufti'i'iiO'.i'u tin ait,iOurniiH'ivt Ifirst was £'i\i'n an over, awl curiously enough with the fourth ball attain ijroke 1.1 i-e (/art Trumper a hull a foot wide into Ll,,' \vieki"t. i'ruin|.<er save a mnigninceut dfspluy. Though more tMrcnsive a:nd U«s ua.jhinig" lil.uii u.s'ual liie inewr ma;de a jalse stroke, aiiad placud beautifully all ro'.i.nsi the wicket at wlaich he stajnd 18!) nHni.ti's, hittimg twelve ■l's. Tlie secotnl wicket fell witli the score ut 272.

Noble joined Hill after ton. Hirst ii'ul Jii a.im.cl Thu latter did li'Ot tttiike the len^vli, umtl guve way to ArtiOAl. r l'U» score crept iorwtti-d, ohielly by Sinjg'tes to Hill, yet maidon "iws were stall cu'iisjiieuous liy their iVlwnte. Directly aJtenvauLs Hill was cuug/ht at tin.' wicket off a luill Olvat, kept low. Thy left-hander h'dt-U.-d 120 miniutes, auj.l gu/ve a nia-slvr-i.v uud limitless display, hitting seven 4's.

At a9O, with twelve runs aiikil, (Iru.nwy inis-'hit Arnold ur..U was avu.ght at midrO'n.

Two runs later on one of Bo.s'ainl- - wt's slows Ixnvltd llkijic;ms, wliio was completely 'bullied. Armstrong pluyid t.l-.i* slows better, but did noit :'orce matters. Nuble was more aigri'naiive, ai.ul soon ruaoixd the 20's. At 337 Iv!i.:iJl'S leplactd Arnold, auj in l.vs second <ner got Armslron® —six for I! 13, Truii|>io was cautious, ami with Noble played out time, TrumJjle yave a diilipult chance to Bososaqtiet at shoit_ log oil Brawl's last ball. The fielOi'ijg on the whole was gocd, ar.i.i the two chaiuees missed were idiffioulL ones. The cr.'neluidi'r.ig play was slow, the last hour's batting yielding only 47 runs. Detailed scores were AU.STIiiAIjIA, .First Innings, Dull', b Hirwt '.i 79 Trumper, b Hirst 113 Hiill, c Lilley, b Arnold 88 Nuible, not out 38 (iregiory, c Tylidesley, b Arnold... 8 Hopkins, b liosatypjet 0 Armstroiig, lliw, b Ithados 10 Trunlble, not out 4 Sundries ~,, 15 Total tor six wickets 865 INTEJt-PHOVIN CI AL PLAY. „. NAPIER, J«n. is. I'he Cantei|.;tjry-Hawke's Kay cricket match wu,s concludud to-dlay, tito »Jutli-'i-s"r« w/niniiiig by a.n innings an.d IS!> nins'. Canterbury's easy win wis laigely due to the spleiiidiid bowhnjf Callaway. The visitors in Hieli- lirst i'n»iiji|gs scored 357 lAuis. Wrig:ey ui«l IVamkish', who both failed to scoi'e, were the only totsmen who did not reach doulbJo liKures. Tha oltief scows were Oll'ivier 79, Callaway 01, Iteece 53, Stiiange 20, WUnitta 20, Whitley 4o] Boxall 15, Howell (|n:ot out) la' Sims 14. llawke's Bay in their second innings only maide 95 runs, tihe prinicipnl scoiei-s lieiug Lusk ' 28, flirnvkv .13, Fenton 12, Hiallamwe t2. CtilJaiWiay took seven wickets tor 23 runs.

NOTES. (By (.'orer Paint.) Jn the sivoml test match England wore unfortunate to lose the services of Foster utter the iir.s-t day's plily, lis lie took a chill after a cold bath,' to'iisiMtes and other complications miim'j'wn'itig', Nor did J the visitors' misfortunes end here. Arnold, who \va« sulTering from a strain of the L'hief muscles behind the knee, was uru'ble to l play, ami Llos-anAiiuet, \vho Imd injured a hand in stopping a hot return from llayward when (Miu:ctis'ii>'" t wa.s also an absentee. Australia also lmd a misfortune, us Nojble strained his right ai'ni after lour runs haul been scored oIT l«im, ,«i<d lui'd to retire from the trundling department. kxlraets Irom cuiblvd accounts of /second Ust match : Warner way rcpmtedly stuck ur> l.iy Armstrong, the crow-d ie.u'mir every stroke." "The iipoctators marched on to l.he ground and examined the wickets. They were escorted oil the R,l'oiiinfd, ami'dst groans, )jy ten |H)licemeii, who were joined l.y <ive others." "Whun Knyliviin! wen? baiting play tojiti'miiicl for lift eon minutes a>mds\ jeers." " TrumWe was received with cheers."

'lite CKwd was martial, chu-vs bonus (fm-.ii for tlio local men when t'l'.ev put down wickets, wliiisl, at, almost every ball jeers were hurled ftt the visitors." Comment is needless. Auckland defeated Canterbury by tliv narrow margin of 2 run'- ' 1 am toW by a Ohristclmreh visitor tu«t OowteHwry has more ,m nu unfttir tlwn any oU.ur province.

The mcvt-injf coital for Mo,win v last at Mr Havis' oflice, re forini.,* a West J'.ral Cricket Club, was wrv 1.-wo.rly aUetulod, awl the idea is for the present in aJ*.,vmice. li.K°h 11 "T'" Tl "' ai ™ ki cricketer L i . wleL,tmi I" the North Island team this year. This 1 fannot understand, ami it will comc as a surpnsu to at least two 10-nl men, who were rather shocked at not ovin«. elrosen to represent Now /ealM,j v. Lord Hawta's team Th , hIaiIV is not ealculut«l to improve aitumuii cricket, and ropi es.u'taf m,k \ * wmk ' 10 «•<> itiu> to gvt at least two New Plymouth men in the Northern team.' BrauiiiJ took six wickets for 22 rtims against Infflpwocid 011 Tlvursuitj., (hying the "hat trick," aixl tnlcfetUls) 0 " 1 wk ' kpts in onfl ovw (six

Tlu; smi-intf in the - liirilowooO match. won by the hitter team, was as follows JNtSU'.WOOI). I'ouier, li lliawell ... ; J. (J. Nicholls, I) lSraumd <) Cleg'!?, c Hiilloßk, 'l> FleiiTOK ... .'l.'l (Jtnl|{con, e Jlniuud, 1) Fleming Hi Carter, li l!rui»u<l 0 T. Meliolls, li liiuinwl u llajuai'd, l> llium.nd II .1. Uii.liehl, I) ]lra,uj>d (t Curtcr, not. out (J l'emrini;ton, h Fleming (I li. Xichi/lls, 1) itraiawl J Sundries 5 Total (55 W ANDRRIOR.S. IVullock, c ami l> Fowler iy SlinlH, Hnw barter ... jy Hill, e Fowler, I) Carter •) 11-asoll. h (iiwlKcoii liiaumd, run out ] Fleming, h I ha:ii|d, h T. Nicholls Fit,/h«MU-rt, e Cleg'g, lj T Nich>olls r> t!unit-, not out ... Frost, I) (I iKtyi.'on ... ' ' ' 3 Ktoeker, not out 4 Sundries (j TOt "' ' 2 ~ l ANSWHHS 'IX) OoUHE.SI'ONDENT.S Inquirer.—lf any portion of d wic-wt-kfflijifr'H foot, Ita'jwl, or oven if lah lui'.r.' projects' over 'the wicket' or is m front of the widcet, th.i umpire Mhoukl K ive his decision Hot OUt." Nemo.—Aji umpire should p( am | ; *"1 <"» f««t IVluiwl the ii.owler's wicket, nmil should »all •• no | M n .• ••Mwntly on delivery of th. b«l| he'n'-i s 'r: kl ! um> ono font .•Li • thl ' >*»vlin,< ti-easi. ,n on Wm! cronst> j( , fl ckKsllv a "no 'b.till." F.-rVvlaxt wwk's News. I have aiif,weiv.l t| u . ~,.w y wk . p ink's of cricket enn lie had for n ix'iuiy. a C'hi'istoKureh.-Ven ; he is in w riyinoutb. - Vvv