CRICKET

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 161, 6 January 1912, Page 8

CRICKET

_ j ENGLAND v. GEELONG. i 3y Cable—Press I Received 6, 1.5 a.m. 1 Melbourne, January 5. England has commenced the match igainsi a Geelong fifteen. England has lost five wickets for 213, Kennear 43, 3unn 51, Vine 43. Douglas (not out) 28, being the chief scorers. HORDERN. Received 6, 1 a.m. , Sydney, January 5. Hordern has intimated that he is available for selection for the third test. THIRD TEST TEAM. Melbourne, January 5. Owing to uncertainty whether Hordern will be able to play, Matthews has been asked to go to Adelaide for the third test. In consequence of the late finish of the second test match the New South Wales v. South Australian match has been postponed till Saturday. The trouble between the Board of Control and a number of the leading I players over the board's decision to send its representative with the steam tc England is unsettled. It is stated thai some members threaten not to accom pany the team unless allowed to selecl their own manager and secretary. The board states it is determined t( carry out the proposal at any cost. AUSTRALIAN ANNOYANCE. London, January 4. Writing to the Evening News, Hobb ?Ag o^ v o ,Bm^4,\ c Pi^; n^ c #cfti/ a dfi?fAj the New South Wales match. Hobbs says: "This form of bad tast made the Englishmen feel a great con tempt for a portion of the Australia: crowd, but the genuine sportsmen hai done much to make us comfortable The great sympathy shown for Warne made us warm-hearted toward Aus tralians and forget our annoyance." NORTH TARANAKI ASSOCIATION. A meeting of the North Taranali Cricket Association was held in th Town Hall last evening. There wer present:—Messrs. Bewley (in the chair] Gordon (secretary), Perham, Gwillin Arden, Williams, Nicoll, Wilson, an Whittle. Account amounting to £9 13s wer passed for payment. BLACKHAM BENEFIT. A letter was read from the Victoria Cricket Association, asking of the a! sociation would contribute towards benefit to be tendered to Blackham, th famous wicket-keeper of Australia.Members, although recognising what h had done for cricket, and being in syn pathy with .the movement, said the were not in a position to do anythinj They did not get gates here like they d l in Australia. It was decided to alio , the letter to lie on the table.

PROTEST. A letter was read from the Waitara] Club, protesting against the action of' the Urenui Club, and claiming the match | on the ground of starting half an hourj late and not being allowed another overt in which, to complete the game. The chairman said if the stumps were j to foe drawn at 6.30 that rested with the! umpire, and the association had nothing | ■ to do with that. As regards the match) | starting half an hour rule's! 3 provided for that, and the letter did not B say they were over that time. . ' Mr. Wilson (Urenui) said his team • was a little late in arriving on account of punctures to their motor tyres, but, as s a matter of fact, were ready to start 1 the match five minutes before Waitara, as the latter were waiting for a man. The chairman pointed out' that the letter was unsupported by evidence. Mr. Perham said he was sorry there was a protest. Teams could not always arrive to time, and it was no credit to t a club to win a match on a protest. Mr. Wilson pointed, out that as his :- team was the travelling one, he did not [. see that it affected' Waitara very much. a He did not consider they could claim the e match when both sides had 80 runs, i, Resolved, on the motion of Messrs. J Williams and Gordon, that in the absence e of further evidence from the Waitara r, Club the protest be disallowed. !- It was decided to refund the protest! ... fee. s TROPHIES. Mr. Perham said Mr. Bewley had offered a bat as a trophy, but nothing had been done in the matter, and as he understood the offer was still open, he would like to see it awarded to Mr. Gwillim, who had made the best average, and in addition had made the top h score (144) this season. Mr. Williams and Mr. Whittle supported the proposal, the latter remarking that no one was more entitled to it than Mr. Gwillim, who had also done a lot in keeping the ground in order. It was unanimously decided to award Mr. Gwillim the bat, for which he thanked Mr. Bewley and the members Mr. Bewley promised another bat, but suggested that the committee should state what it Bhould be given for. It was decided that Mr. Matthews' fine performance of making five sixes in one over should be recognised, as there . was no other association that could r claim such a distinction.— The matter , was left in Mr. Whittle's hands to ob- . tain a suitable recognition 5 GENERAL. , On the motion of the chairman, sec- , onded by Mr. Arden, a vote of thanks j was passed to the Taranaki Herald for . the donation of a guinea. The secretary was instructed to again f write to the Manawatu Association, askmg if a match could be arranged this j season. ° , It was decided that the fixtures be , continued in the order as drawn up ; A vote of thanks to the chair and j to the press concluded the meeting