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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 169, 16 January 1914, Page 8

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VK'«V ZKAU.\I)KRS !.V AUSTRALIA. 1 Ry —i'i'.'.ss Association Copyright 1 Received 15, 11.10 p.m. Adelaide,' January l.'i. Speaking at the Cricket As»'.ei»lion rtvvjiiiwi, Mr. Un-imiil said ilmt tin' New Zca!<uuL team lir.d already "learned a, good deal gradually. Thee wen- e,rttiug used to Australia's fast wickets, ami hoped to show improved form at Adelaide. AUSTRALIAN' TIC AM TO ViSJT AMERICA. Melbourne, January 15. Austin Diamond, oi Sydney, captahi of the. American cricket team, and Dow, of Adelaide, tho treasurer, are organiiibig another loam to leave, in April to play matches in Ike Cnited Slates and Canada.. The programme also includes Bermuda and and the ICasf, Indies. The Herald says that no notification has been given to the Hoard of Control. Jt is stated in .some uuarteis ticvt Urn object of the tour w to secure imminent players, thus thwarting the Itoard's efforts to select a, first-class team for South Africa. Players have received invitations in a confidential wav. This schemo of .secretly organ is iilg teams will probably result in much the samo chaos as existed in the cricket I world a few years ago when a. number J of prominent Australian players refused | to recognise tlio authority.

TI-: lIAERKKRE v. TIlyORANtil. J hi' 'lc llaereere. cricket team jourliewcil to Tiknrantii yesterday and defeated the local team by 21!> runs to 124. le llaereere, .villi ton men, batted first, Robertson and Nienll opening to lo tlii' bowling of Jnpp and N:irien. Nk'oll only made one rim, but Iloljcii - • son knocked up a fast 20, before lie was caught by SolVe. TVas c ll Followed Xicoll in and had a "day out," eventually retiring unbeaten, v.itli lIS runs to !i:s credit made by forceful batting. Avery had a good strike for 25 runs, and liar rison retired with ,22. < Scrinigeour amltl. Foreman opened foi Tikorangi to the bowlini' of Xicoll and Robertson. Hcrimgeour hit up a forceful Hi runs, and 1,. Lye made a similar score. C. Woods obtained 23 rims in good style, and U. Sarten got top SL-ore for bis sido v.ith 29 runs. The. visiting team were most hospitably entertained by the Tikorangi ladies, a courtesy that was greatly appreciate!. Following are the scores:— IE 11AREERE. . Robertson, c .Sofl'e b Jupp 20 Xicoll, st b .Tupp 1 Ifasell, retired lis Robson, b SolTe 5 Simpson, b Lye 1 Avery, c Cole 1) Jupp 2"> Legg, b Sarten 2 llorey, h Sarton 2 Harrison, retired ■ 22 Knuekey, retired 12 Extras 11 Total 210 .Rowling analysis.- Jupp took three wickets i'or 53 runs, Sarten two for : 15, Sofl'e one for 3S. and Lye one for I!'. Whitehead, Foreman and ilicks also bowled, but took no wickets. TIKORANGI. Scrimgeour, b Xicoll K> Foreman, c Robson b Xicoll 0 Hicks, h Robertson 4 Lye, e Morev b Xicoll 10 A. Sofl'e, b Xicoll .il 11. Foreman, e Nit-01l b Robertson .. 7 Woods, e Legg b Nicoll 25 Jupp, c .Simpson b Robertson 1 Sarten, e Hascll b Robertson 20 Cole, <• Simpson 1> Robertson 0 Whitehead, not. out 1 Extras 11

Total 124 Bowling analysis: Nicoi! took five wickets for (i.'i rims. Robertson live for 38, and Avery none for 7. Tile following v.'ill represent the New Plymouth Cricket ('lull n<>;ihist United Service, oil tlie High School groiujd tomorrow: —Miisosi, Harding (2_)L < nell, Nicoll, Slicppard, 1!. Baily, A. U. Baily, Marsh, Simpson, and Lawrence. The following is tlie team to represent Law against Tikorangi on tlie Sports (Iroiiiul to-morrow. —Lush, Bevrley, Snell, Hughes, .lolmsoii, Anderson, lion. I,'uil'ian>. He;,'. Qiiilliani, Billing, Klliotl. am' Little. The following will represent I'nited Service against New Plymouth on the High School ground to-morrow, play commencing at 1.4") sharp:- Diuniss, Bain, Mackav. Sumner, lfutchens. Cargo, Medio, Ingram, Newell, Brabant and Osborne. Kmergency: Goss.