CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 325, 18 January 1909, Page 3

CRICKET.

'PAYMENT OF REPRESEXTATIVES. Sydney, January Hi. It is believed that the Board of ;1 Cricket Control adheres to the original terms i,i connection with the English visit. Ivvery nieinber of the Board"has received a cable from the English authorities slating that the Marvlcbone Club strongly supports tli-.. Hoard, and characterises the players as mutineer.-. I ' AU'iaAXJ) MATCHES. | l ' J y 'i'degricpli.-Press Association, i ' . Auckland, Last Xight. > ' Tile sixth round of the Auckland Cricket Association championship was concluded yesterday iu showvry weather and on soft wickets. In •lint senior grade mutches, North Shore scored a twio-poiut win from l'arnell, 'winning by 48 runs on tile first innings < —il'nrnull, first innings 184, and North- . 'Shore, first innings 232 (ijaddon 101 [ not out); l'arnell, second innings !)l) for . 'three wickets. City beat l'onsonbv bv •an runnings and 103 runs, securing a three-point win—City, first innings 2.3!), •and I'ousonby, first innings ilti (A. Fran'eis 25, Henius 24). Stemson took six ■wickets for 37 runs, and in the second innings Stemson took four wickets for 121 and llarvie four for 17. Eden A 'beat Varsity by 253 runs on the first innings, a two-point win—Eden A, first 'innings 347; 'Varsibv, first innings 94 HUrauam 24, Wallis24); 'Varsity, second innings, 40 for four wickets' (Gra•liani (Ki not out, Kobinson Uifj. Eden IColts bent Urafton by 22 runs on the Hirst innings, and secured a two-point •win—firaftou, first innings 201; Eden Colts, first innings 223 (Keif t27, Alextnider 11). Mason took eight wickets for DO.

I NEW PLYMOUTH v. UNITED SEHVICE B. An interesting match eventuated on Saturday when United Servisce B met (.New Plymouth on the liecreation Grounds. Steeds, the Xew Plymouth (■skipper," won the toss and sent the (Service team .in to bat on a drying wicket, Jack and Southall opening to Whittle and Williams. A bad start was made, Southall being caught at midion" with the score at 5, and five wickets mere down for 25. The ''tail" wagged a little, with the result that the score ■was carried to f>7. Mclsaao (14), Tresfeider (12) and Finlay (10) were the only players to reach double figures. Whittle trundled magnificently, displaying his best form of the season, lit secured six wickets at a. cost of two apiece. Xew 'Plymouth, who had their strongest team in, started badly, four wickets being down for 22. of' which ■McLaren had made Hi by nice play. The 'two •'Teds'' then became, associates, and by splen'did play carried the total to :118, when AVJiibtle was given out ■J.U.W., after playing a grand innings of ■54. lie and Lash had added !)li for the fifth wicket. Lash was out at 124 after compiling 42 in nice style. Of the relimiming batsmen Arden (13) played "very solidly. Xew Plymouth's innings dosed with the score at IU3. Southall '(seven for 43) had all the Iratsmeu in 'trouble and had to be watched very closely. i Tile Service team, in their second in■nufcs, made 117. Preshaw (45) did some big hitting, and Diuniss scored 30 Knot out) by steadv plav., WliSttiici ■(three for 20) and Lash (three for 10) ■secured the best bowling averages. New [ 'Plymouth won by 101! on the"first innings. Scores are:— lUNITED SEItVICE A.-First Innings. Jack, b Whittle .. '.. „° 9 Southall, o McLaren, b Williams '' 5 ■Tressider, b Williams .. 12 Dixon, b Whittle .. .. " jj Simmon*, c Weston, b Whittle . 0 iPreshaw, b Whittle ... 4 lFinlay, b Whittle .. .. '.'lo •Mclsuac, b McLaren 14 •Diimiss, b Whittle .. .. .'. 0 'Wiggs, not out ~ ~ " 0 ■Seabright, run out .. .. .'. 1 Extras '_' 0 ' . Total Jj < -Bowling—Whittle, six for 12; ..Wil-liams,-two for 34; McLaren, one for 9. Second Innings. ■Finlay, c Arden, b Steeds .. .. 0 'Preshaw, c Whittle, b Johns .. 45 ■Southall, b Steeds ... t) ■lack, b Whittle .. .. " jo Simmons, b Whittle 0 'Dixon, c Uoraer, b Lash .. .. 11 Diimiss, not out .30 ■Tressider, st. Steeds, b Whittle .' 1 'Seabrigbt, b Lash g 'Wiggs, c sub., b Lash .. .. 5 .. ... .. ..5 Total in ' Bowling—Steeds, two for 32; Osborne, none for 10'; Whittle, three, for 20; 'Lash, three for II); Johns, one for II). XEW PLY'MOUTH. 'Mason, b Southall 1 •.McLireii, b Southall ly 'Weston, l.fi.w., b Southall .. .. 3 ■J..ish, <- Diuniss, b Southall 12 'Whittle. 1.b.w., b Preshaw .. .. 54 ■William:., b Southall .. •.. .. 0 Steeds, b Southall 7 Arden, c anil h JJinniss .. .. 13 Osborne, b Southall 8 Johns, b Diuniss tj Horner, not out ... 1 Extras is

Total Kj3 ' Bowling—Southall, seven for 43; 'l'roshiiw, one for 4*i; Dixon, none for ■33; Tressider, none for 14; Dinaiss, two ■for 1).

NOTES. (•By "Third Slip")

The Saturday competition was advanced another stage on the Dili inst., when. United Service A suH'ered a. very ■crushing defeat at the hand* of their vlnb mates. New Plymouth accounted •for Fire Brigade, ami the High School proved a little too .strong for EgnWiit 'Village. ! 11l .the High School-Egmiont Village 'iliatch, each team seemed to be dependable on one man to do their scoring, and there were Muntonth and O'llyriio. 'But for thoiie two batsmen's respective ■scores, the totals would have been ridiculously small. The bawling was like'wisc. confined to practically two men, Croy bowling ycry well for the School, and that good old veteran O'Byrne i again demonstrating his superiority over many batsmen. Kgniont Village has (much lo be .tliamklfiil for hi having O'Byrne's services, as in'every match he has proved himself a veritable tower of strength.

' New Plymouth were very fortunate ill having the cx-\Vcllingtoiiian, Mason, to help them out, as matters wen.' looking very gloomy for tliein until he and Steeds became associated. To all appearances, without Mason's services, fttoeds would not have found another ■kitsme-ii to keep his end up, and consequently the team's total might have 'been considerably smaller, Mason and Williams shared the bowling honors for ■the winners.

' lUillol and Hilling were the only Fire (Brigade batsmen to nnako anv stand against the bowling, although' it was pleasing to note that all the side made runs. 1 was pleased to see that Billing had. come, back to some of his old form, ■as he had had bad luck so far this sea- i tsoa. Hooker was the only bowler to Igive any serious trouble to the New iPlymouth batsmen. The United Service! 11 surprised themselves quite as much, if not more, than the cricketing public generally, by gaining a hollow victorv over the A team. 'Considering the fact that the team 's ■usually looked upon more as a bowling ithau "a batting side, their total wa< highly creditable. Young Napier's batting display \v«s a very line performance, and Tressider's comes it very close ■second. The B team has two partieuQarlv serviceable "colts'' in these two ■batsmen, and T hope .they will be carefully shepherded. Simmons and l>rcshaw also hatted well, the latter doing 'some of his biggest -hilling, and scoring his rims ia about two overs. Southall and PreshaV 'bowled unchanged for the winners, and both did well. The fielding of .the fuo teams was very much below the average, and the totals should have been considerably lower. JlcL'ord 'was the only batsmen to be or any to the. A .team, lie. with "Mr. Extras'" lissistance. contributing most of the nuns. This player also proved to be :the most, successful bowler on his side, land should have been bowled much more ■thai) he was. It was the general opinion that the A skipper was playing right into the hands of his opponent by taking iMuCord off at a critical stage of the game. I Thei following table sh.ows the posi lion of the respective teams in the Sat unlay competitions to the 16th January

inclusive:--■ Team Played won lost dm. pts NVw Plymouth 10 8 2 n Ifi r. Service A 0 5 4 0 10 , U Service T! 10 5 5 0 10 ' High School » » 4 0 10 •Epnont Yilliure 0 4 5 0 8 1 .Fire Brigade "01802 I The. members of the New Plj-mout.li • ijimior team are requested to meet at ■ .the Recreation Grounds this evening at r 6 o'clock tor practice. A prominent so- | r nior plaj-er will be present to coach. I ! : A nmtcli, Toko v. Stratford, played ou - .Thursday at Stratford resulted in. favor . of the former •by 116 runs. Out of IS4 • mins made by Toko, Cole knocked up ',W\--..-/-A .**.-;«■,' :'