CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 34, 30 January 1908, Page 3

CRICKET.

COLONIAL TEAMS' VISITS. London, -January 28. The Advisory Committee of the County Cricket Association le.-nlved that tile Association a->iit the Marylebone Club if it invited Australian and South African teuiis to visit England in llWll. The committee, however, reserve- the right to consider the detail? ot sucli a scheme.

VICTORIA v. N.S.W. Received 2!>tb. 10.10 p.m. Sydney, .January 21). Victoria in their >econd innings made 511. Tarrant contributed 200, ro.ching bis >econd century in 7 hours 7 minutes, lie hit 22 loureis. llis inning* was a liionuineni ot' patience. Uetorc he made a hundred be was out but fur a bad decision of the umpire. The batsmen admitted he was caught. New South Wales, in their second innings, have 10-t three wickets tor lb«3 (Noble 101 not out. Gregory 40 not out). Noble w.i» out. without storing had Tarrant held a ball.

TARRANT WARNED. Received 2'Jtli, 10.10 p.m. Sydney, .lauuary 2!l. Tarrant received a cable informing him if be plays any more lirst-class cricket in Australia lie will be disqualified by tho iI.C'.C.

RESERVING FOR THE FOURTH TEST.

llccci\ed 2'Jth, 10.10 pan. Sydney, .lauuary 2!).

Armstrong, Saunders and Kausford notified the selectors that they would not play tor Victoria against the Englishmen, as they desire to leserve themselves lor the fourth test.

Wellington proposes to vi«it Auckland in (juv-rl ol liitj l'lunkcl r-iii'dd. iUid -n;.'-

■ •-I- Kcl-nury -ni. 27. 2S, and 2' l a-uital-1.- date-. l"i' tl)t maicli.

North Sydney are l<vdiu;r lor tho prciimr-h.p at » s \dniy in all Hircf grad*-. So far tin* trip!.- oliaiiipion-li.jj-have not bifii secured by any clui. in one waaon.

A performance deserving "f -penal mention was that at Lancaster I'aik. Christchurch.. <lll Friday, o] li. Klli-. Playing for the Australians' Club. he scored £'< l out of the :17a for three wickels I innings declared closed), imd_ then secured seven of the Chemists' wickets for lft run-, howling four men with four consecutive hall-. K. Hannerman. a son of Charles Ikinnernian. ceach .111 Itrist'- t hvi-t----church, made IS| for liis eluh in a -ecnml grade competition at Sydney the other day. It is the second highest inning? ever plaved in any grade for the Sydney Club. ' . , , The five highest aggregates 111 firstclass cricket in the world liave heen compiled 011 the Sydney C'rieket Ground, viz., 1730. England v. New South Wale-, in ISStS; 17US. N'ew South Wale, v. South Australia, in lflOi: 1.114 ami 1511. Australia v. Kngliind. in 1S!)4 and 1903 respectively; and 1a53. Australia v. Itc-a. i of Australia, 1809.

Coming eng.ißements for the. English cricketers:—Victoria, at Melbourne, Janukrv 31; Australia, at Melbourne, February 7.

Wellington cricket has received an accession of strength in the person of Con roily, who was the stock bowler for the Central Cumberland Club. Sydney, the principal batting members of wnieh aie the brothers Waddy. Payne, and Pye. Connelly, who was a member of the ne\t Thirteen that recently pKyed again the New South Wales representative eleven, will be associated with the Petone (Cobcroft'sl Club. \.res of three ]iroiniiient Australian 1»1.1 yor-: Sol.il- i- thrity-live. Tnim|ier wa- tlorty on November 2. TTill will lie tbirtv-oite on March IS. AIJ three ap--1 peared in tir-t <la-s ..ri. ket in 1594 M.