CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 224, 10 February 1913, Page 8

CRICKET.

THE TRU.\IPER BENEFIT. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 0, 5.5 p.m. Sydney, February 0. Notwithstanding drizzling rain throughout the day. thirteen thousand visited the Trumper benefit match. The wicket was slow. Macartney and Bar- , bour played brilliant cricket. Trumper had a great ovation. The Rest of Aus- . tralia scored 358 (Matthews not out 18). ; New South Wales have lost three wick- ■ ets for 214 (Barbour SO, Macartney 91, Trumper not 27). AUCKLAND MATCHES. , -j (Per Press Association). Auckland, Last Night.

The weather was perfect and the wickets in capital order to-day when the eighth round of the Auckland Cricket Association's senior competitions was concluded. Chief interest centred in the match at Eden Park between the Eden and Ponsonby teams, they being level for the championship. Eden made 215 on the first day, Ponsonby putting on 18 for no wickets. To-day the innings was resumed, and the first wicket put on 50. A rot then set in, and the whole side was out for 122, S. Spedden 31, Taylor 24, and Kavanagh 23, being the only ones to make a stand. Taylor, top scorer in the Plunket Shield match, took seven wickets for 44 runs, with slow leg breaks, and Gumming secured three for 35. In their second innings, Ellen lost nine for 113 (Cummings 53 not, Taylor 24, Tattersall 14, being the only double-figure scorers). Kavanagh took four wickets for 43 runs, Shepherd two for 47, and Snedden two for 19. Eden now has a I clear lead of four points. Grafton scored 1321 for eight wickets, and beat Parnell 111 (Sommerville 27, Anthony 24, Grenier, 14) and 199 (Wright 35, Greiner 11. Anthony 12, Bruce 13. and Reae not out 71. Sommerville 28) by an innings and eleven "runs. Pratt took three wickets for 3S runs, and two for 46, Jackson, three for 3oand«ix for 89. North Shore 239 (L. Prime not out 120, Sale 39, Bush 291 defeated University, 160 and 143 (Airey 22, N. -Tacobsen 35. Rowe not out 40). bv 73 runs on the first, innings. For the 'Varsity. Taylor took four for 50, Fenwick four for 85. For North Shore Rankin took three for 17, Archer two for 21, nd Dacre one for 22.