CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 305, 21 December 1908, Page 3

CRICKET.

PAYMENT OF AUSTRALIAN TEAAJ 1% Cable.—Press Association.—Oobj I light.). w Received u', 10.30 a.m. Sydney, Saturday. 11l connection with the visit of "iln next Australian cricket team to England the Board of Control decided, in to remuneration of players, that °t!ie Hoard would take tile whole of the money and retain a per cent, of the lirst £OOOO of the takings and 12 pel cent, of the balance over that amount.

N.S.W. v. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Received 20, 4.30 p.m. Adelaide, November 20, la the inter-Slate match, NXW. v. South Australia, New .South Wales in their first innings made 713. Hopkins 218, Noble 213, Kcv. Waddy 04, tfyd. Gregory 21, Macartney 29, Barnes 44, totter 24 not out were the chief scorers, 0 Connor, four wicket for 173 runs, Whittey two for 142, Pretty two for 112 and Quist one for 56, shared the bowling honors. Tlie Hopkins-Noble partnership yielded 283 runs. Both played brilliantly. The second ball received yesterday disposed if Hopkins. This was the only mistake of his innings; he had Hot given a possible chance before.

AUSTRALIAN TEAM FOR X.Z. Received 21, 1 a.m. Sydney, December 20.. The Board of Control decided to send an Australian second eleven to New Zealand.

AUCKLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. Glorious weather prevailed yesterday for the concluding day's play of the fifth round of the Auckland Cricket Association's championships. The effect of the heavy rains of, the mid-week on the wickets was not apparent, a dryin» wind and brilliant l sunshine on Friday having taken the moisture out of the ground. The season has been marked by brilliant - batting, but yesterday's performances in the senior grade eclipsed those of any previous day. No less than four centuries were scored —E. Horspool (179), Brook-Smith (163, n ot out), Relf (101, not out), and Cummings (105) attaining the coveted honor. Iti addition live scores of 50 and over were made. The following are the results of tlie senior grade matches;—Grafton defeated (Ponsonby on the first innings by I 128 runs, and secured a two-point win; City defeated Paraiill by 132 runs on the first innings, a nwo-pomt win; Eden "A" defeated Eden pits by 44 runs on the first innings, a tyo-point win; North Shore defeated University by nine wickets, securing the only three-point win of the day. \

UNITED SERVICE "A" v. FIRE BRIGADE. | On Saturday United Service "A" defeated Fire Brigade iby 14 runs. For the "A" team Hartigan showed some of his old form -with the willow, and made things very merry foir his 23 runs. Bray, who captained the fire Brigade team, played a solid stonewalling innings. L. Bullot showed great form with the ball,, clean bowling seven men for 32. Both teams fielded well. Following are the details:— ;

UNITED SERVICE "A." Lawrey, b Bullot 0 Asher, Bin out... L. ... 2 McCord, b Bullot j., ~ ~ 5 Rev. Col vile, b Bullot,. ~ 0 Maekay, b Bullot i. ~ 12 Hartigan, b Bullot ... m' 23 Wood, b Danks j.., 10 Crawshaw, b Bullot .. .., 2 Fletcher, run out ;. .. .. (i Stafford, b Bullot I. .. ... 1 Watson, not out I. ... .. 0 Extras J., .. .. 0

Total ~ .1 „ .. : .. 67 Bowling analysis—Lj Bullot j seven for 32, Hooker none for 17, Danks one for 12. ] | FIRE BRIGADE, j Hooker, b Rev, Colvilt- ..' .. 1 L. Bull6t, b McCord ... ; .. 0 Bray, c lawrpy, b Crawshaw .. ti Danks, b Colville .t .. ..11 Billing, b Colvile .i. .. ! .. 0 Friar, b McCord .; .. .. 8 Sadler, b Hartigan , . 7 Wigley, run out .: .. 1 .. (I Roch, b Wood .. „. j .. .. 1 Coleman, b Wood . I .. fl H. Bullot, not out ..; .. .. 2 Extras .. .4 .. .. IB Total .. .j .. ..33 Bowling Rev. Colv'ile three foy I), McCord two for 1!), Wood two for 3. Crawshaw one for five. Hartigan one fo r 1.

NEW PLYMOUTH v. jHIGJI SCHOOL. New Plymouth met and defeated High School on the Tukapa ground 011 Saturday by three wickets a;id 44 runs. Sinclair won the toss for the school, and sent New Plymouth ! into the field. Severne (22) and Wnni (it}) were the highest scorers for the school, whose total reached 80 runs.! Williams (four for 10) and Lash (three for 10) secured the best bowling averages. New Plymouth in their innings compiled 124 runs for seven wickets.| Lash (48), Parker (23, not out), Johns (12, not out) were the mainstays of the New Plymouth patting. Details:

HIGH SCHOOL. Severne, c Weston, b Lash .. .. 22 Grey, c Weston, b Whittle .. .. 4 Sinclair (capt.), c and ") Whittle... 0 McArtbur, c Muldoon, b Whittle .. 0 Ward, c Lash, b Williams l(i Monk, c Lasb, b Williams ~ .. 0 Tuohy, c Weston, b Lash ~ .. 4 Wills, c Whittle, b Lash .. .. 0 Quilliam, not out ~. .. 2 Baily, c McLaren, b Whittle.. ~ 3 Bullard, c Whittle, b Williams .. 7 Extras .. .. .. .. lli Total .. .. .. ..30 Bowling analysis—Whittle, three for 28, McLaren none for JO, Williams four for lti, Lash three for 19,

NEW PLYMOUTH. Weston, b Severne .. .. ... (i McLaren, c Monk, b .Severne i*. 3 Lash, c Severne, b Sinclair .. ..48 Whittle, b Ward ..i .. 4 Muldoon, b Grey ... ~ ..15 Parker (capt.), not out .. ... 23 Williams, b Grey. ... ~ .. 2' Cook, c Quilliam, b Grey .. 7 Johns, not out .. .. ... 12 Extras .... ~ j.- 4 Total for seven wickets .. 124 Bowling analysis—Ward one for 42, Severne two for 1.7, Grey three for 37, Sinclair one for 22, UXITKD SERVICE "B" v. EGMOXT VILLAGE.

This match was played on the Recreation Ground, ami resulted in a win for the former by 31 runs. Service batted first, and the first few wickets fell very rapidly; six were down for the small total of 22 runs, but Finlay and Tressider made a splendid stand. Their partnership put on 48 runs, and then Trcssider was bowled by O'liyrne. FinMv still continued an aggressive gam.', lint had the misfortune to l.e bowled at tl'e last fall. Without a doubt this very serviceable stand saved the Service from a bad defeat, ligmont Village made a fairly good shut, but after T. Kin-sella and O'lSyrne were dismissed the game, was practically over. Gibson hit Southall for two fours and a two, but paid the penalty by being clean bowled i.i trying to hit another four. "Extras'' was the highest scorer for the Villagers. Southall was getting a lot of work 011 the ball. 0. Kinsella ami O'liyrne were the most successful bowlers for the Village. Details:— UNITED SERVICE "R"' Dinniss. bO. Kinsella .. .. (!

Napier, b O'liyrne 1 Simmons, c Gibson, bO. Kinsella .. (i Dixon, b O'Byrne .. .. .. 5 Soutball. c Marsh, bO. Kinsella .. 0 I'reshaw. e .Marsh, b O'Byrn'.' .. 2 Finlay. b li. G. Marsh .. ..43 Tressider, b O'Bvnie .. .. ~ l(j Seabright, e Street, b if. G. Marsh. 1 Melsaae. rmi out .. .. .. 3 Wiggs. not out .. .. >. 0 Extras ,« >,< .. 3 Total •• •• '• • -.. 8U Bowling —O. Kinsella three for 20, O'Byrne four for 37, It. (J. Marsh two for 2(1. EGMOXT VILLAGE.

T. Kinsella, 1.b.w., b IPresllaw .. 10 A. Street.-c Dixon, b I'reshaw .. 0 O'Byrne, b Soutball .. .. 10 O. kinsella. c Dixon, b Soutball .. I li. C!. Marsh, li Soutball .. .. 0 Gyde. c Simmons, b Southall .. 2 Gibson, b Soutball ... .. ..10 Wellington, li Southall ... .. 0 G. Marsh, l> Southall .... o G. H. Marsh, b Southall .. .. 0 | O'Sullivan, not out .. ~ .. 3 Extras ™• .. ... 1(1

Total r* ?•- ■ • . 55 Bowling—Southall cijght for 'Ji, Prcshaw for 15. ... i . ....