CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 191, 16 September 1909, Page 3

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIA v. SOUTH OF ENGLAND. By C»ble.—Press Association.—Copyright > London, September 14. ! At Hastings to-day, South of En;;- ■ land commenced its match against Australia. The weather at the opening was showery, but afterwards brighter. The wicket was soft. Truinper, Uivev, C':i •• keek, llarligan. and Colter were omitted from the Australian team. Young I »on tlii' 10.-v «:i,l eleeied to hat. Details of the play arc as follow: SOUTH ENGLAND.—First Innings. Retf, b O'Connor 7 Vine, l.bw., b Whitty .. 34 Douglas, 1.b.w., be Armstrong .. 1 Llewellyn, b Whitty 44 Turner, b O'Connor j7 Braund, b Whitty 1 Voung, 1.b.w., b Whitty .. ..10 J. Crawford, b Whitt'v 1 Arnold. 1.b.w., b O'Connor .. (i \inconf, c Armstrong, b O'Connor 1 Dennett, not out fi Sundries 131

Total i 7O Bowling analysis—Armstrong, one for 10; Macartney, one for 2; O'Connor, foil,- for 03; Hopkins, none for 11); Whitty. live for a",.

The hnnie nam made n poor opening. The lir-it wicket went for 7. and the second for 10.

Vine and Llewellyn plavcd rood free cricket, and 50 appeared i„ 5.i minutes. Llewellyn batted for 30 minutes. He hit six tourers and played a ehnncelcss innings.—Three for 00.

The century appeared in 05 minutes. Vine played a sound innings for two hours and did some good driving—Four for 119. °"

Turner ou-playcd O'Connor off his lefr after batting 50 minutes. . Assisted by the soft wicket, Whitty and O Connor quickly disposed of the balance. The fifth wicket fell for 125 the sixth for 131, the seventh for 14o' the eighth fo r 149. and the- ninth to,

The innings lasted 175 minutes. [The individual scores and the total dp not tally. The bowling analysis in dicate, that a mistake has been made m cabling an individual score.] Australia has lost one wicket for

Bardsloy, Uuv., b Douglas .. 49 Macalister, not out .. .. .-,,) Whitty, not out .. .. " V

The batting was lively and 50 was hoisted in 37 minutes. "

Bardsley gave an exhibition of flee leg-side play. 110 batted for 70 mimnes and completed his 2000 runs for the season.—One for 93.

Macalistcr played faultless cricket. His r uns came mostly from cuts. Two thousand were present. Stumps were drawn at this stage.

NEW PLYMOUTH CLUB. ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the New PI •■ mouth Cricket Club was held last evening, Mr. W. C. Weston presiding. Abo it ■'. dozen members attended. BALANCE-SHEET.

The annual report was read as under:-

', "In presenting their annual report t the last general meeting of the club in September, 1908. your committee were able to congratulate you upon a most successful season. We much regret that we are unable to offer you felicitations upon the present occasion. The Wnderers (late East End), the holders of the Robertson Cup i n 1908, were '.i«; season bracketed with liovers (late West End), and your junin,- eleven, ihv holders o[ the junior shield, fell to third place. _The Club entered a team in the Saturday competition, which .was revived last season, and after a eios.-i finish won the trophy. At the fir-it meeting of the committee it was dceidod to revert (o the old club n ames of Wandorers and Rovers. At the same time the old boundaries were altered—Broil"ham street, with the onward side 'f Devon street to Liardet street, now forming the dividing line between the East and West districts. The praeiice wiekets laid down hv the Club w\''\ Longburn soil i n the Sports Ground, were available for play after t'hri-ir-mart, ami proved very satisfactory. It was hoped that Western Park would have been available for play this seasi.n, but the,ground is i„ so rough n conuition that it has been doemwf inadvisable to attempt any work there for the prosent. The Tukapa ground has ajfjin been scoured by the club, and the pitch put In order for play.- The Club has a credit balance of £S 19s, and in addition, to this has material valued at C 25 10s, so the finances may he said to be in a healthy stale. There are no on!, standing subscriptions. The Club 'via lost the services of their late spcretiirv. Mr. C. O. Berg, who on his removal tn Wanganui was presented by mcmbeis with a travelling bag. as a mark <n their appreciation of his valuable woil; on their behalf, and it is mainly due to him thai; the finances of the Club are in so satisfactory n condition. Mo=t .1 last year's players are available for the I coming Reason, and with the addition of several new members it is hop d that the club will be able to render a good ncc'iiiir. of itsdf in the cup matches of 1909-10."

In moving the adoption of Iho rcp.i,-. tlii' cliairninn mentioned the good sciviees that had been rendered to the Hub by the secretary. .Mr. If. (,'. Williams, «•!, i had willingly taken up the duties i l; the retirement of Mr. C. 0. Berg. th» late secretary. He alio pointed .mt tlu>t last season had been tlie moat successful the Club 'aal known, and that the indications we-,; equally poou for the coming season. The report was adopted. NEW MEMBKRS.

The following new members wci-c elected:—A, Bewlcv. F. Asher. C. Fairbrother, E. Allen, E. McDonnell, E. nailantyne, and A. Dlxou. ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

Officers were appointed for the ensuing season an under:—President, Hon. O. Samuel (re-elected); vice-presidents. Dr. Walker, Messrs D. Tend, W. Bewleyj Club captain, Mr. E. Whittle; lion, secretary and treasurer, Mr. M. G. Williams; general committee. Messrs Elliott, Price, L. Hill, to till the thr.n: vacancies; delegates to the Association, Messrs Elliott, Williams, Lash, and captain of the junior team; delegates to Sports Ground Committee, Mr. IT. Slacker; lion, auditor, Mr. Goss,

GENERAL.

It was decided that the High Scho)l and Central School be each allowed to nominate two hoys to be members of the Club.

Resolved that two senior teams and one junior team be put in the field a-j.l also a Saturday team if sufficient members are available.

It was decided that the opening match be played on the Tukapa ground Thursday next, teams to be selected on the ground. The question of boundaries was loft in the hands of the general committso to deal with.

'Die secretary reported that Carrington Road wished ta play friendly matches next Thursday week, junior una senior, the former to he played on the Carringtiin road and (he senior match on tl)» Tukapn ground.—The committee was empowered to deal with the matter.

The question of ground was discussed and it was decided that the Chili donate £2, 2s for improving the pitch and that a list be circulated amongst players to ace what could ho secured, A member present opened the list with

The members' subscriptions were fix ed at £1 for senior and 10s for juniors, seniors under 19 year* to pay junior fiub.

The delegates were instructed to confer with the Cricket Association on the matter of the rule regarding light. It was decided that the Association be requested to consider the question of the appointment of umpires for the season.

To encourage junior players it ivas decided to award caps 'waring club "olors to junior members playing in ty.othirds of the matches.

A member of the Club donated a bat, pair of batting gloves, and set of pads,' to be competed for by the juniors, the committee to award the donation as they think proper. The offer was accepted with thanks.

Votes of thanks to the secretary, ground committee, the chairman arid the Press concluded the meelli,,»,