CRICKET.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9048, 6 February 1908, Page 6

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIAN FIXTURES. February 7—England v. Australia, Fourth Test, at Melbourne. February 14—England v. New South Wales, at Sydney. February 21—England v. Australia, Fifth Test, at Sydney. February 29—England v. South Australia, at Adelaide. March 12—England v. Western Australia at Perth. April 18—New South Wales v. Queensland, at Brisbane.

The W.F.C.A. will be represented against Star at the Park this afternoon, by the following players:-A. Caselberg, Parton, Pragnell, Schutoer, Hall, Ralph, Smith, Scrimgeour, Fairbrother, Phillips, Uren, Emergencies—Crookendun and Richards. The following team will represent the Stars: Lomas, Dvvyer, McLean, Thynne, Madsen, Richards (2), Bradbury, Truscott, Edwards, Beard. The following team will represent Carlton against Carterton, at Carterton, this afternoon: Waters, Swan, Moss, Boyd, F. Welch, Voyce, A. Hoar, Wickens, Lett, Owen, Roberts. Emergency— E. Welch. The following have been selected to represent Carterton : Feast, Elliott, Lindop, V. Fairbrother, Maunsell, Tunnicliffe, Williams, Hutchinson, Judd, Hart and H. Ticehurst. Emergency—F. Fairbrother. Both R. Hartigan and J. A. O'Connor, who made their first appearances in a test match at Adelaide, are ex-Sydney players, but, owing to the number of good men in New South Wales they were unable to find regular places in the representative team, so they migrated elsewhere. O'Connor went to Adelaide, where he has mot with a fair share of success, especially as a bowler. Hartigan, who'is now looked upon as the best batsman in Queensland, played for New South Wales against Queensland in 1903-4, but for the last three seasons he has played for the former State, and in 1905-6 he made 10 and 98 against New South Wales, and 65 and 12 against Victoria, while next season he contributed 50, 61, 68, and 13 in tht two matches against New South Wales. W. Howell, the popular Australian cricketer, has been seriously ill for some time past; in fact, he has been "off colour" since the last time he played with the Australian Eleven in England. He was prevailed upon to play in a match on that occasion while he was very ill with influenza, his temperature then being as high as 104deg. His hands, feet, and joints have swollen considerably, and he has been unable in consequence to do any work for a long time.

By Telegraph—Press Association. NAPIER, Februarys. A cricket team, styling themselves the Rangitikei Nomads, played a match against a Napier combined team, on the Reclamation Ground, yesterday and to-day. Napier 'won by 167 runs. The visitors made 103 in their first innings (G. Marshall 40, E. W. Broad 34) and 84 in their second innings (K. S. Fullerton-Smith not out 34, H. B. Cave 16, L. P. Cave 11, N. L. Banks 12). Napier scored 166 in their first innings (Hindmarsh 38, Bailey not .out 27, Fenton 23) and 188 for three wickets at their second attempt, wbdn they declared their innings closed. Fenton 37, Hindmarsh 54, and Lusk not out 32, were the top scorers.