CRICKET.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9059, 7 April 1908, Page 6

CRICKET.

A BIG SCORE. BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received April 6, 10.20 a.m. MELBOURNE, April 6. In the second grade match, Melbourne against North Melbourne, the former lost one wicket for 412 — Johnson, not out, 184; Jennings, not out, 178. The record partnership in firstclass matches for the second wicket in England is 398, by Shrewsbury and William Gunn, for Notts v. Sussex, in May, 1890. The second for any wickefc in first-class cricket is 554, by Brown and Tunnicliffe, Yorkshire v. Derbyshire, August, 1898. The longest partnership in any match is] 623 for the second wicket for Cantain Oates and Private Fitzgerald" for Ist Royal Munster Fusiliers v. Army Service Corps at the Curragh, June, 1895. Trumper and Gee made 423 for fifrat wicket, playing for Paddington against Redfern in January, 1093, this being a record for Australia in grade crickSt. MASTERTON A V. CARLTON A. The final match of the season, to decide the championship, was commenced on the Park Oval on Saturday. At the finish of the day's play, the scores were as follows.:— MASTERTON A.—First innings. Parton, b Madsen 56 Prow, c T. Hoar, b B. Welch , 41 McKellar, b Madsen 19 Esson, lbw, b Madsen 8 Redmond, lbw, b Waters 1 Bewley, c Waters, b Hoar ' 20 Crookenden, c and b Madsen 26 J. Morris, run out 16 R.FLyttle, b Hoar 4 Phillips, not out 4 Total 195 Bowling analysis—Madsen, 4 wickets for 38 runs; Waters, 1 for 46; E . Welch, .0 for 19; T. Hoar, 2 for 36; H. Swan, 0 for 19; B. Welch, 1 for 33. CARLTpN A.—First innings. Waters, c McKellar, b Parton 12 Swan, c Prow, b Parton 29 Madsen, run out 10 F. Welch, b Redmond 8 Hoar, not out 0 E. Welch, not out 0 Total for four wickets 59