CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 38, 4 February 1908, Page 4

CRICKET.

The English team hive leached SOU runs in at least one innings of every match, played on their present tour except in the game played against an Australian eleven at J!ri„bane, where they only had ouc- innings. Their highest .-core \va, liim for eiulil wickets against South Australia and'iheir lowest 1« in ili«- second inning- 01 the Adelaide te-u match.

Eleven jiariuer-liipj oi Inn ' rl ins or <"'» v have i 11 recorded to the credit of the Englishmen, the >h\ for ilie lil'th wicket by 1.. ('. liraiind and -I. llardstall' I again-t Soutli Australia being the best. j Five similar partnerships have been made a gamut them, 24; i for the eighth wicket by R. Ilartigau and (.'. Hill hi ihv third test match being the he-l. I To -how what a proliti,- nm getter '•'leiii Mill ha> b.en it ma, |„. mentioned that he ha- completed ilii centime- ii> lir-i-ehi- cricket, while ],e 1,.,- al-o I played 1* inning- in ie-t. matches each 01 which wao over 5(1 runs. M. A. Noble ha- ina.le ljil'.l nnis, au average of 31.M per innings lor Australia v." England. having topped the half-ceiitnrv 15 times. He ha- al-o taken KM wickels. Time Australians have each made lour cenliirics against England—namelv, S. E. liregory Jill, Ri:{, 117, and 112; V. Truinpcr. 1.55, 1:15. H,j, and 104; C. Hill IX*. liiu, l:) 5. and II!). Among the leading batsmen of the eighties, the name of the late P. S. .McDonnell i« in this re--|iert lir-t Willi three centuries. England ha- two batsmen who have each -coied live centuries in the test matches namely. A. ( . .MaeLareii. 1211. llljl, 124. Mil. and 1411; and the lion. F. S. .lacknon. I'l-i. MS. 12S. 114. and 11,'!. The greatest number of centime- by any oneliutsniaii in 11 sct-oli's -eric- of te-I matches iI hive by -I. Darling against Ntoddarl's learn in ISII4-5 namely, Ilii at Svdney. I7K :it Adelaide, and IMI at Svdnev. Mis hi-i probably rank- a- e.pial jo anv oile-i- inning- ever played in the-whole history of cricket. It was the fifth fesl and Au-tralia'- position in the match was by no means secure. It was (he fourth innings: Richard-on bowled in his !„,,( English form: and Darling'? hitling win ju-d |)h"nomenal.