THE TEST MATCH.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 312, 9 January 1908, Page 3

THE TEST MATCH.

LOXIXIX I'RfcSS COMMENTS. "THE GKK.mxr VICTORY A.MONij TEST MATCHES. - ' Rewived 81 hj, 10j p.m. London, January 8. Tkr Sportsmen expft-k.M-s gratification at the p-Errou, ami truly sport in« recognition by the Australiaii of the splendid stradv, and Deny play of the winning Ijattmen.

j The Ifeily Mail praise Humphries', Harm*' and Fielder's magnificent dlsj P**. T °f nerve and plurk. The match, the piper aava, wan won by sheer rewlntion ami dogged determination. It waa the pfttest victory among the I te»t matches. ! The Daily Chronicle says that the good and »port»inanlike spirit cliar.c Uming the ronte*t is one of the plea •aitwt features or' the tost match. TV Morning Post says that it wan a more thrUUagly dramatic conclusion 1 than that historic match at the Marylebone oral.

I The iteily Telegraph say# that <t waa . one of the BKnt remarkable games in I the whole series of international ntni^ I gfcr*. According to the law of avenge* ; the Australians *h»nhl win the rubWr ' by the narrowest margin. ! INTERSTATE TEACHERS' MATCH. J I'er Press Association. I Auckland, Last Night. The Xrw Zealand teachers beat the Near South Wale* team today by the handsome margin of 182 run-. Contin i- | >*S hj" innings, Roberta m bowled after adding one, and the other not-oat man. Deer, put ten on. The inning for 183. In their second knock Zealand nude 213. Ujsk, who lia.l I I charmed life, (tare easy chances, mak'■X W. Darroclc and Murdoch put on Jl lor the ninth wicket. With 310 :o set, the !»ydney men—who batted two men short, at come of the team had to eatch a boat—hepan injppuiously, and fully were all out witn a quarter of an boor to tpare for 135, leaving Xe«r Zealand winner* by 182 runs. The following are the scores:—

NEW ZEALAND. Fir*t Inninp- 25i XEW SOUTH WALES.—first Innings, Bo»e, b Holland 10 MrMnllen, b Holland 1 Smith, b Lusk 14 Magrath, b Loak 14 O'Neill, c HoUand, b Lusk .. I ( Shepherd. run oat 3 RoWt#, b Holland is Dw, b Lusk 41 Hammond, b HoUand IS Tapp, not out 15 Manuel, b Holland 1 Sundries io Total 185 Bowling—Luek, four for 96; Hollaqi, Ire for SI.

NEW ZEALAND.—Second Innings. Liuk, b McGrath 6# OhUen, b Tapp ~ ~ 3 Shepherd, b O'Neill Q Jaeobsen, b O'Neill 22 Thomaa, c Hammond, b Smith .. 27 Brodie, b O'Neill 20 Fuming, b O'Neill 12 Brathwaite, b O'Neill 7 Murdoch, c Smith, b Deer .. .. 22 Darroek, e O'Neill, b Deer ■. .. 29 Holland, not oat 0 Sudrie* 12 Total 243 Bowling—(Tapp, one for 51; O'Neill, fire for 97; Smith, one for 40; McGrath, one for 12; Deer, two for 0. SEW SOUTH WALES —Second Innings. amith, b Lu»k 1 Ku»c, b losk 11l O -Neill, b Jatvlaen .. .. .. 2# Koberu, b fanning iij llerr, b Jacobaen 0 Tapp, b fanning 17 Ahepherd, b Liuk 12 Hammoail IS Hansel, not out 4 bundrie* 2D

Total 133 Bowling—Lank, four for 39; Jacobeen, two for 14; fanning, two tor 19.

The New Plymouth East and Weat tram* meet is their second round cup fixture this afternoon on the Recreation Sports Ground. Flay commences at 2.15 sharp. The teams are as follow: East Team—C. Howard, E. Whittle, W. Xicoll, G. Braund, E. Lightband, J. B, Jack, A. U. Steeds, H. Price, H. Baker, L. iiill, ). Smith; emergency, A. Dixon. Weil Team—A. S. Hasell, \V. i'ewster, 1L G. Williams, ». Brereton, A. 11. Gov, £. Laah, J. Muldoon, T. Cooke, K. Ingram, W. C. Weston, C. H. Archer; emergency, Hardigan. Tfie Gregory family have put up a unique record (says the Sydney Daily Telegraph). Fire of them David, Charlie, Edward, Arthur, and Walter (brother*) played cricket for New South Wales. Two sons of Edward— Sydney and Charlie are playing for Sew £oqth' Wales to-day, the one against Victoria and the otl|er against Queensland. Byd ha* * record all to himaeli. He Ins played in more test matches than any other player. His father and his uncle "Ned" and "Dare"—played in the first test match. Then "Walt," a son of Walter, sen., played Rugby football for his colony, and, cooing down to the Gregorys who arc stfll in their teens, there are two —dire and Leslie, sons of Arthur Gregory—who hare already represented their State. Give, in the race recently for the 14ft sailing championship of Australia, at Brisbane, was one of the crew of the New South Wales boit, Euchre; while Leslie recently played in Australian football with fort-street m the champion New Roiith Wales school against the champion Victorian school, for Australian supremacy. Harold Gregory, son of Albert Gregory, was a good runner, and ws» the emergency man for New South Wale* in the halfmile championship of Australia. The men of the family are not the only ones to make the name remembered in the athletic line. Mr«. Donntn (nee Nellie Gregory), Mrs. Meagher (nee Gertie Gregory!, Alice Gregory, and Louisa Gregory, all daughters of "Ned" Gregory, were first-rate cricketers, and more than one of them have played for their State. Thin record is probably unparalleled.