CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 275, 12 April 1913, Page 7

CRICKET.

The Rev. E. 0. Blamires, wHd las f&tn transferred to Hawera, was on Tuesday farcwelled by the Wednesday Wellington Cricket Association, and presented with a silver afternoon tea service as a mark of the deep gratitude of the Association for the interest he had taken in the game. The members hoped that some ' day a Wednesday team from Wellington might go to Hawera and meet him there as an opponent. Mr. Blamires, speaking in reply, stated that he had always been treated with the utmost kindness by the Wednesday. Association, and he thanked them for their handsome gift and good wishes. Referring to his experiences, he said that he had had the luck to make the highest score he had ever made in his life in Wednesday cricket, 181 against Oriental, his previous best having been 13S for {'avisbrook. He proposed to play cricket in Hawera, and he hoped that the Wellington Wednesday team would one day come and play a match in South Taranaki. On behalf of Mrs. Blamires and himself, be thanked tha Association for their' kindness, and for their expression of it. The New South Wales Union have written the New Zealand Union inviting a Maori team over this year. The programme is as follows:—Leave Auckland May 20, arriving Sydney 30th; Monday, Tune 2. play in Sydney; June 4, phv in one of the northern centres N.S.W.; June ; 7. play in Brisbane; Tune 11, play in , Queensland country centre; June 14, play in Brisbane; June 21, play in Syd- j iiey; June 23, play in Sydney. i

SOME ODDITIES. THREE TOO MUCH. When the Australian team of 1889 played Kent, Patterson #ent on to bowl, and his first two deliveries appeared as though he was trying, to lob the ball on to the crown of Tmmper's white 'htut. The young Sydneyite thought it was a huge joke, but when Patterson attempted the trick a third time, Trnmper stepped .back, looked up at the sky, and promptly despatched the leather to the leg boundary. KEEP TOGETHER. Warner, in 'his book, "How We Recovered the Ashes," says: -"Before proceeding to cricket, I may perhaps, he allowed to record that throughout the tour the and professionals stayed at the same liotel. This was quite a new departure from precedent, and I am glad to sav that it was a tremendous success. It keeps the team together, and promotes a much keener, mutual understanding, and a feeling that you are all on one side working together to a common end." VAGARIES OE A BALL. Playing with the Australian team of 1905 against Sussex, Cotter, in the first innings, with the last ball of the over, dismissed Butt. One of the bails was i sent yards away, and the other jumped up and fell on' the top of'the middle stump, remaining in that position. 744 FOR TWO WICKETS.

iTn »T9*|3, East Melbourne, playing) against Fitzroy, made tbe immense' score of 744 for two wickets, and had the match been continued, a world's record would probably have been made. The scores were:—Laver 341, M'Alister 173, Stuckey 150 not out, J. Horgan 45 not out. sundries 35. The club won by eight wickets and 500 runs. MACLAREN'S fi-IFT WINS AUSTRALIA A TEST. MacLaren, when out in Australia with Stoddart's team in 1895, gave Jim Kelly a beautiful bat, and Jim lent this to Joe Darling, when he went in to bat in the fifth test match. Darling plavcd a magnificent innings with it. scoring 160 (including. 30 fonrers) in 175 minutes enabling Australia to win the match. RECORD TAKINGS. Although ihe second test match between England and Australia lasted only four days, at Melbourne, the attendance and the takings are easily world's records. , Th" dictators during the game numbered 02.2(13. and the money taken at th" "atcs amounted to £4345 lis Od. When Warner's first team visited Australia the fiv,t test at Svdnev. in Decern- . her. 1903. attracted about 87.000 person dnrinsr *h» siv days, and the receipts were £4274 10s. At Melbourne in March, 1595. England and Australia attracted 515.000 person*, tlm receipts bein? £4003 14s. .At Mell'iurtip. i n January 100R, Ibe p!ip- b" England and Australia w>» —MW hv 01.35S persons, who paid £4072 14s fid,