CRICKET.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8344, 29 January 1907, Page 6

CRICKET.

M.C.C. v. AUCKLAND. Byi Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, January 28. The play to-day in the representative match between the English cricketers, and Auckland was decidedly more interesting than that of the first day. The visitors, after losing six wickets for 87, made a great recoVery, and, reached 214 before the last , man, lost his wicket. Auckland, with a deficiency of 87 xuns on the first innings, started on their second innings very promisingly, and at the end of the day had 102 on the board for the loss of only three wickets. The position is consequently very interesting. The attendance will no doubt be larger tomorrow than it was to-day, when there was only a little over a thou■sand people present. The weather, although at times doubtful, held fine, and the wicket, contrary to expectations, played well. Simpson-Hay-ward and Douglas played a very fine partnership, putting on 93 for the seventh wicket, while the Sale-Mac-Cormick partnership for Auckland realised 87. The fielding on both sides was good. Scores: —: ENGLAND—First Innings. Fox, b Oliff ... 30 Tufnell, b Howden ... 0 'Torrens, c Robinson, b Hussey..." 15 Burns,' b Oliff ... 13 Page, b Howden ... 22 "Douglas, not out ... 46 Branston, lbw, b Howden ... 0 Simpson-Hayward, b Hussey ... 47 Curwen, c Robinson, b Brooke- , Smith ... 11 De Trafford, c MacCormick, b Brooke-Smith ... 2 May, b Brooke-Smith ... 13 Extras , ... 15 Total ... 214 Bowling analysis: Hay, 12 overs, '2 maidens, 39 runs, 0 wickets; Howden, 21 overs, 4 maidens, 37 runs, 3 •wickets ;Hussey, 18 overs, 6 maidens, •31 runs, 2 wickets; Oliff, 14 overs, 2 maidens, 56 runs, 2 wickets; Mason, -3 overs, 0 maidens, 6 runs, 0 wickets; Haddon, 3 overs, 0 maidens, 9 runs, 0 wickets; Brooke-Smith, 25 overs, 0 maidens, 18 runs, 3 wickes. AUCKLAND. First Innings , ... 127 Second Innings. Hemus,'C Fox, b Douglas ... 2 JfacCormick, not out ... 35 •Sale, hit wicket, b Simpson-Hay-Ward ... 40 Hay, lbw, b Douglas ... 12 Extras ... 13 Total for 3 wickets ... 102

Bowling analysis: May, 6 overs, 1 ( maiden, 19 runs, 0 wickets; Douglas, 10 overs, 1 maiden, 27 runs, 2 wickets; Simpson-Hay ward, 10 overs, 1 maiden, 20 runs, 1 wicket; Branston, 9 overs, 3 maidens, 23 runs, 0 wickets; Curwen, 3 overs, 3 maidens, 0 runs, 0 wickets. The following is the position at the end of the first round of the Clubs competing in the Henderson Cup competition:— Won. Lost. Champ. Points Carlton A 3 19 Carterton A 3 1 9 Star A 22 6 W.F.C.A. 22 6 Carlton B 0 4 0 1 A win counts three points when a match is played out and two points if won on the first innings. The Star team to play Carlton B, on the Park Oval, on Thursday, will be picked from the following: Stewart, Kingdon, Esson, Fysh, Perry, McKellar, Edwards, F. Richards, L. Richards, Madsen, Dwyer, Egan, Chapman. The following team will represent the Star B against the Y.M.C.A., on the Park' Oval, on Thursday:— Thynne, P. Smith, Baker, McLaren, Bowen, Truscott, Bradbury, McLean, Hooper, Lawrence, Darroch. Play will start at 2.30 o'clock.

Featherston defeated the Y.M.C.A. team, at Carterton, on Saturday, by an innings and 62 runs. Featherston made ,102 (Howlett 50, Ollington 16, "V. Williams 12 not out.) Y.M.C.A. made 30 in their first innings, and only 10 in their second innings. In the first innings Keys took 6 wickets for 14 and Cundy 4 for 11 for Featherston, and in the second innings Keys took 7 wickets for 4 runs and Cundy 3 for 6.