Cricket Notes.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 25, 30 January 1904, Page 4

Cricket Notes.

(Ity C(mor Point.) f j'om Ansti'olian lilt's I in tin; ihied test mutch I!. K. Fo.stcr, t lnni s_Ji he had quiti. rccovoi'i'fi limn his ii id i.sj ni.si I i on, which l'eii(lcrrd Knjrliind short of u h r o(K i , nan 111 t.ie si'i-oifd tvst, ha,] thu misforllllKl to split his thumb two dav.s h.i'olo the start of 11, i' game. J'ostor lias th, l inisfortune to tie- • to an "iiiiios'hioimblo" county —Worci'st, csiiirt', aird t he lias scoreti brilliantly and successfullv at Homo, his inclusion in Warner's team evoked much criticism. lli s iriends, howevei', prophesied that ' 1!. K." would astonish the Australians. and he amply iusfilied the prediction. Mr Toster is 2ii years 01 ng.\ stands tilt lin in height, and is a splendidly built younp: man. llis father is i.eadmakter oi Malvern College, and the whole I'amilv are cii:kelers. He has three brothers playing for Worcestershire, but "H.k!" tops them all as an all-round athlete. Me captained Oxford t'niversity., and ran up a merry Hmndivd against Cambridge. Jle lust near Secured the championship at racquets, and is reckoned the finest forward in England at Rugby football, since the days of Colihuld. He is as good a specimen oi the mens sa.na in sano corpore Englishman as could have been selecied to endeavour to recover th,- "ashes.'' The next test starts on Feb. 26 at Sydney. The Rovers and Wanderers met on lhursflay on I h>- Tnkapa ground. The Hovers won tli,. toss and batted lirst. Hewl.-v ami Fre,l Itol-.ei tson opened the innings. Th ; . stait was sensational. liraimd i'ing Kobertson with his hi st delivery. l!ef o re he had finished Ivis over two more wickets fell. Price being 1 b w and liowle\ clean bowled. A slight stand was then made. I .ash making 10, Frank' Kobertson ]'i, ai:d Spencer 1 li. The innings closed lor 57. Jtraund had the splendid analysis of seven wickets for 12 runs. The Wanderers scored Ihreo runs more in their lirst. innings, of which tile colt Hill colli],iVd l'l, and Whittle Ki. Hobeitson got llille wickets. The Rovers then started their second innings, and with the exception of Spencer, collapsed liefore the invincible liraund, who had the splendid average in the two innings ol I.'! wickets for 121 runs. The whole team totalled :*f>. 'lbis left the Wanderers with I! I to make to will. Fxcilement ran high as wicket after wicket fell. The Colt Hill ngiu'n came lo the rescue, scoring 11 not out, Hassell .H, and Fleming not out ii : the Wandeters winning by i\wr wtckfts. Pais puts the Rovers out of the championship, and the thought suggests itself that room should be mado for some of the young players, in view of the repeated failures of some of the has beens. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS F.W.—' The Filz|i>atrick now playing in New Plymouth is not the gentleman who played against Lilivwhite's twin in 1877, He is a brother to that gentleman, J believe. Reynard.—Ride 18 says : "At the beginning of a match the umpire shall call Tiny.' and from that time no trial ball shall be allowed, etc." L.nrft. If a ball strike a batsman, although he may fie in front oi his wicket, the umpire must consider whether the ball was rising or not ; il it were, it is very probable the hall would have gone over the wicket, and he should give it, not out. Il is almost an impossibility for a man to be out 1 b w from ' a ball striking him anvwhere but on the legs. •l it. tertainly a wide ball does not. count in the, over. The person did not know the rules. /2) There are nine whvk of gottintf out. CJ) If the bull touch any part () i hi s hand he is out. but not out ir' off tlie wrist or arm.