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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 330, 4 March 1910, Page 8

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ENGLAND v. SOUTH AFRICA. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Pretoria, March 2. South Africa in its second innings made 237, of which Snooke contributed 52 and Faulkner 44. 1 NEW ZEALAND v. AUSTRALIA. By Telegraph.—Press' Association. .« " .•»•••• , Auckland, Thursday. Mr. flay, soio selector, has chosen 'tie following eleven to represent New Zealand against Australia:—Bennett, Boxshall, Lusk, Reese and Sims (Canterbury), Hadden, Howden and Olliff (Auckland), Midlane (Wellington), Macfarlan ana Siedebefg (Otago). DAN REESE'S SCORE. SOME TANGIBLE RECOGNITION. Chris tchurch, Last Night. . The Canterbury Cricket Association has set up a committee to purchase a suitable present for D. Reese in recognition of his splendid play in the match, Australia versus Canterbury. CANTERBURY AFTER SCALPS. WILL PLAY OTAGO AT EASTER. Cliristehurch, Last Night. The Canterbury Cricket Association decided to accept the Otago Association's proposal for a match at Dunedin during Easter, provided the expenses of , ,the Canterbury team are defrayed by Otago, the last mentioned to retain all profits. ! NORTH TARANAKI ASSOCIATION. CARRINGTON ROAD v. WANDERERS Considerable interest was taken in this match, which commenced' on the Recreation Sports Ground yesterday afternoon, the match being either a final or a semi-final—which of'the two would ,be settled only by t : he final scores, Wanderers went to the wickets first, but they could only make 55 against the bowling of Southall and Benbovv, the former of whom came out with the 1 .fine average of six wickets for 23 runs. .Greatbach, whose total included a six and a four, was the Highest scorer with 14 runs. Carrington Road in their first i .venture made 88, a strongly hit 34 by .Gwilliam and 17 by Lash, contributing '• largely to the total. Each of these j scores included a hit for six. Hill, with six for 31, was the" most successful bowler. Wanderers in their second innings have made a much better stand, .having lost seven wickets for 93 at the call oi £Tme. To this total Greatbach (3B) and Lash (31) were the largest contributors, Greatbach giving a veryattractive display. Detailed scores:— | WANDERERS.—First Innings. E. Lash, c Benbow, b Southall ~ 9 Nicoll, c Benbow, b Southall .. 0 Greatbach, st. King, b Southall .. 14 Cook, b Benbow 10 Jack, b Southall 0 Whittle, b Southall 7 ,McLaren, not out 5 Steeds,, run out 0 Hill, b Benbow 5 Goss, b Southall 2 Smith, c Southall, b Benbow .. 1 Extras 2 Total 55 Bowling analysis. Southall, six wickets for 23 runs; Benbow, three for ,30. Second Innings. | E. Lash, b Southali 31 McLaren, c F. Lash, b Southall .. i Greatbach, c F. Lash, b Robertson.. 30 Nicoll, run out 1 ; Hill, b Southall 6 Cook, b Robertson 1 i .Goss, b Robertson .. .. .. 8 j Extras 9 r Total for seven wickets .. 93 . CARRINGTON ROAD.—First Innings. F. Lash, b Whittle 1 F. Robertson, 'b Hill .. .. .. 17 Gwilliam, run out 34 i Benbow, b Hill 1 Perlmm, b Hill 7! <3recne, b Nicoll 1 Cooper, c Nicoll, b Hill .. .. 0 Southall, ft Hill 10 King, li Hill 0 Jordan, not out 5 Avery, b Nicoll 0 , Extras 6 Total 88 ! Bowling analysis.—Hill, six wickets for 31; Nicoll, two for 18; Whittle, one for 31. ROVERS v. WAITARA. This match was played at Western Park yesterday. Rovers, who played nine men, went to the wickets first, and ■-opened with Weston and Williams, who put on 40 before the first wicket fell, i The second wicket fell soon after, but, j ■ tKanks to a fine stand by Hasell, 75 was i reached before the next wicket went down. Clarke and Arden made a fine • stand for the last wicket, the partner- j ship producing over 60 runs. Clarke ob- j tained 47 by hard hitting. His score included one sixer. A feature of the match was Eggleston's fine fielding. Waitara. at the call of time had scored 34 for the loss of three wickets. By arangement stumps were drawn at C.20 p.m. instead of 6 o'clock. Scores:— ROVERS.—First innings. Williams, run out 18 Weston, c Fuller, b Bona .. .. 22 Hasell, c Hawkins, b Sarten .. 83 Price, e Judge, 'b Skelton .. .. 33 Price, c Judge, b Skelton .. .. 8 Ingram, b Skelton 0 A. Bcwley, b Sarten 3 Fairbrother, 1.b.w., b Sarten .. 0 .Elliott, c Eggleston, b Prosser .. 13 .Clarke, c Fuller, b Hawkins .. 37 Arden, not out II « Extras .. .". .. ..12 Total .. .. * .. .. 167 Bowling analysis. Sarten, three wickets for 28 runs; Hawkins, one for 15; Bond, one for 32; Judge, none for 29; Skelton, two for 29; Thomas, none ior 17; Prosser, one for fi. WATTAR —First Innings. G. Wilson, c Arden, b Elliott .. 7 W. Fuller. I) Elliott 0 J. Eggleston, b Ingram .. .. 14 J. Bond, not ouf 0 E, Sarten, not out 3 ExtTas' 4 Total for Three wickets .. 34 . The Evening Post, writing concerning j tlje Canterbury-Australia match, says: j • T'fes success should "hearten up the | other provinces, and put more confidence i into the New Zealand players when the

First Test comes up for discussion in | .Christehurch ou Friday 'week. If our team take heed of tlie advice tendered them at the beginning of the tour by Ai'm>troug to play their own game and not feel tiiey are out before they go in, .the Test games should provide close struggles. Canterbury lias demonstrated that the Australians are not such terrors as their reputation suggested: it remains for the representatives of the New Zealand team to fight with that in I mind. And, perhaps, the Australian may find their task a little more dilK- I cult than they had hitherto imagined it. j would '"be. • ~ ;; " "" B i | In their match against Fire Brigade on Saturday at the Recreation Grounds, the Service B team will l>e represented by Bollinger, Ca-rr, Osborne, Watman, Preshaw, McCord,- Napier, Sullivan, Wiggs, Ilea, and Brabant. Emergencies: Pfankueh, Trfasider and Stevenson. •Any member unable to play is requested to notify the secretary as early as .possible. FIFTEEN Oil ELEVEN? To the Editor. Sir, —The various articles on this subject which have appeared in the columns of your valuable paper from time to time have been read with the greatest interest by most cricketers in this' district, and I feel that all true lovers of the game should be indebted to you for your excellent criticism and outspokenness on the subject. Many followers of the game are still puzzled over the action of their delegates in deciding to play fifteen men, and, as far as I can see, not one sfound reason has been advanced for taking such a ridiculous and retrograde step, while, on the other hand, many strong arguments are forthcoming to show that it would fee more advantageous to play only eleven men. In face of the fact that the general public want to see only eleven reps, picked and the majority of the cricketers want only eleven to their number to represent them, it is to be hoped that our Association will see the error of its' ways, and finally decide to send only eleven on the field. Thanking you for the stand you have taken, and apologising for trespassing on your valuable space,—l am, etc., ANOTHER CRICKETER.