CRICKET

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 179, 27 January 1912, Page 8

CRICKET

'TASMANIA v. ENGLAND. VISITORS BATTING WELL. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 26, 11 p.m. Hobart, January 26. At the second match between Tasmania and England there was a large attendance. The local men showed mediocre form. The visitors bowled and batted well. Woolley was particularly good, and made boundary hits with unceasing regularity. Rhodes and he performed brilliantly, the partnership accounting. for 130. Following are the scores:— TASMANIA. McKenzie, c Barnes, b Hitch 0 Eltham, c Foster, b Barnes 0 Martin, b Hitch 12 Hawson, c Barnes, b Foster 13 Hudson, b Hitch 14 Windsor, b Hitch 24 Paton, c Vine, b Hearne 22 Chancellor, c Strudwick, b Iremonger 9 Carroll, b Hearne 5 Boddam, not out 8 Parkinson, b Hearne 2 Extras 15 Total 124 Bowling analysis.—Barnes, one for 16; Hitch, four for 41; Hearne, three for 12; Foster, one for 14; Iremonger, one for 26. ENGLAND. Kinnear, 1.b.w., b Paton 26 Rhodes, not out 71 Woolley, not out 79 Extras ; 15 Total for one wicket 191 THE MANAGER QUESTION. BOARD NOT TO BE DICTATED TO BY PLAYERS. Adelaide, January 26. Hill has received the Board of Control's reply to the cricketers' protest. It points out that the board's representative is not to be paid by the players and denies that the players are not allowed to appoint their own manager. The letter adds: "The board desires to send the best team to England, but not to permit any number of cricketers to dictate the terms or conditions of the visit or how the manager is to be appointed."

SHEFFIELD SHIELD. Received 2G, 9.25 p.m. Sydney, January 20. In the final match for the Sheffield Shield, Victoria in the first innings totalled 129. Armstrong 51 and Smith 20 were the chief scorers. Kelleway took three wickets for 18. Hazlitt three for 50, Emery two for 42, and Cotter, two for 17. New South Wales for seven wickets scored 240. Gregory 48, Bardsley 23, Minnett 65 (not out), Emery 22, Cotter 58 (not out).

PLUNKET SHIELD MATCH., CANTERBURY v. WELLINGTON. Cliristchurch, Last Night. The Plunket Shield match, Canterbury v. Wellington, was commenced this afternoon in fine weather and on a perfect wicket. Canterbury won the toss and batted first, making an excellent start. They had 100 up for one wicket, hut this good average was not maintained, four being down for 113. Then Rees and Hiekmott made a good stand, taking the score to 170. Then the wickets fell cheaply, until eight were down for 228. But a good stand- was put up by Patrick and Boxshall, which took the total to 274, the innings closing three runs later. Patrick batted very soundly, but Lusk was very lucky, giving no less than three chances. Hickmott played a chanceless innings, and showed capital punishing strokes. Wellington, with a quarter of an hour to bat, lost two wickets for 10 runs. Scores:— CANTERBURY—First Innings. B. Luak, c Beechey, b Fenton 61 W. Hayes, c Berendsen, b Saunders 1 A. Norman, b Gibbes 42 W. Carlton, c Berendsen, b Gibbes 0 D. Rees, c and b Saunders 27 R. Hickmott, c Berendsen, b Patrick 52 W. Patrick, not.out 62 D. Sandman, b Brice 2 T. Carlton, c Blamires, b Patrick.... 0 C. Boxshall, run out 19 J. H. Bennett, 1.b.w., b Saunders 0 Extras 11 Total 277 Bowling analysis.—Saunders, three for 92; Patrick, two for 59; Brice, one for 50; Gibbes, two for 29; Fenton, one for 36. WELLINGTON —First Innings. M. J. Crombie, b Bennett 4 A. H. Fenton, b Rees.,.. 0 F. A. Midlane, not out 1 J. V. Saunders, not out 4 Extras 1 Total for two wickets 10 There has been very little doing in local cricket during the past week, the matches for Saturday last having .been put off. On Thursday the weather permitted a few matches to take place. New Plymouth had a very easy win over Waitar®, scoring 145 to 41. The Waitara wickets fell to Nicoll and Lash, and only two players scored more than five runs. The following team has selected to represent Law against New Plymouth at the Recreation Grounds at 2 o'clock this afternoon:—Lash, Elliot, Greatbach, Bewlev, Paton, Lawrey, Anderson, Reid, Ron. Quilliam, Harding, Johnston.