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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 213, 17 December 1910, Page 8

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I THE SOUTH AFRICAXS' TOUR. THE NORTHERN DISTRICT MATCH. By Cable.—Press Association. —Copyright Received 16, 8.15 p.m. Sydney, December IG. ' There was fine weather and a good ' wicket when the South Africans com- ( menced a two-days' match at Newcastle J against the Northern Districts' fifteen. The locals in the first innings made < 176. Chief scorers were L Waddy 23, 1 Ebswortli 26, May 29, and Mathieson 22. 1 Pegler captured seven wickets for 46, Faulkner four for 29, Schwarz two for 31, and Sinclair one for 53. QUEENSLAND v. VICTORIA. Received 16, 11.40 p.m. Melbourne, December 16. Queensland, in the first innings, made 262. Marshall 51, Fenneily 35, Redgrave 37, Hutcheon 20, and Jones 67, were the chief scorers. Victoria 'has lost three wickets for 103, Seitz (not out) 45, * Kenny (not out) 45. THE HAWKE CUP. j By Telegraph.—Press Association. Masterton, Last Night. The cricket match, Wairarapa v. Manawatu, for the Lord Hawke Cup, com- J menced on the Park Oval at Masterton I to-day. The weather was overcast, aj ! light rain falling, making a soft wicket. ' Manawatu batted first, and made 126. ] (Goldspring 63 not out), and in the ] second innings 101 (Brennan 41). Wairarapa, in their first innings, made 39 ■ (Redmond 20, F. Beechy not oat 10). ] The match will be continued to-morrow. - The following will play for New Ply- } mouth v. United Service -to-day on the ; South road, ground:—W. C. Weston, W. T. Goddard, N. Arden, M. G. Williams, A. Green, B. Stohr, E. Whittle, J. M. Bury, D. A. Lusk, B. Clarke, W. W. McLaren; emergency, W. R. Johns, R. T. Prebbletoe. In the match, Law v. Egnvont Village, on the Tukapa ground to-day, the following will represent Law:—Lash, Greatbatch, Hill, Turnbull, Elliott, Clapham, Johnston, Newell, Lawry, Harding, and l Bewley. It is interesting to remember just now that the present series of tests is not the first between Australia and South Africa. In 1902 the Australians, on their way back from England, visited! South Africa and played, among others, three test matches, drawing the first and winning the other two by 100 runs and ten wickets respectively. J. H. Sinclair, A. D. Nourse, C. B. Llewellyn, and iu, A. Hathorn represented South Africa, and C. Hill, W. W. Armstrong and V. Trumper represented Australia. For nearly' a century the choice of innings has been decided by the toss of a coin. But 'twas not ever thu3. In the Laws of Cricket of 1744, the oldest extant, it was enacted that "the party that wins the toss-up may order which side shall go in first, at his option." Later this was altered, and until 1816 the rule was: "The party which goes from home shall have the choice of innings." The record in a test match in Australia was in the match played on the Sydney Association grounds (December, 1894), against Stoddart's team, when Australia made 586 (Giffen 161, Iredale 81, S. E. Gregory 201, Blackham 74). In this contest England, in a minority of 261 on the first strike, eventually won by 1(0 runs! The four highest innings in the series of eighty-six matches between t England and Australia are:— 1594, Australia, at Sydney, 586; 1903. England, at Sydney, 577; 1899, England, at the Oval, 576; 1898, Australia, at Adelaide, 573.