CRICKET.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3083, 4 January 1909, Page 7

CRICKET.

CANTERBURY v. AUCKLAND. By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, January 2. The Auckland-Canterbury representative match for the Plunket Shield wss resumed here to-day in iine weather. Heavy ram fell during the evening, and the wicket was very dead this morning. It improved .as the day wore on. The following ;are the scores CANTERBURY—Ist Innings. Jjusk, lbw, b Relf 6 Wood, b Relt 16 'Ollivier,. b Relf 0 Humphreys, c Robinson, b BrookSm it'll 43 Sims, run out, -12 . Reese, -lbw, b Relf 9 JfirAnthcny, b Brook-Smith 5 "'Orchard, c Sale, b Relf 2 Bennett, b Relf 0 Boxshall, b Relf 18 .Malone, not out 0 Extras * 1 Total 112 Bowling analysis—Relf, took 7 -wickets for 42 runs; Brook-Smith, 2 for 30; Hacklen, none for 21 Stemson, none for IS. AUCKLAND. "-ffrst Innings 239 2nd Innings. Hemus, b Humphreys 0 MacCormick, lbw b Malone 5 ;Sale, b Humphreys 5 Hadden, b Malone . 18 Gummings, b Humphreys 14 Relf, c and b Orchard 11 c Boxahall, b Hum- £ phreys IS Maciiiahon, c Boxshall, b Humphreys 1 JMason, st Boxshall, b Humphreys 3 Stemson, run out 10 Robinson, not out 4 Extras S Total 92 Bowling analysis—Humphreys took 6 wickets for 2?, runs; Malone, 2 for 37; Orchard, 1 /or 6. CANTERBURY—2nd Innings. Wood, lbw., b Relf 0 Lusk, b Relf 4 JSim, b MacMahon 13 Anthony, not out 0 Bennett, not out 0 Extras 1 Total for 3 wickets 18 OTAGO DEFEATS WANGANUI.

By Telegraph—Press Association. WANGANUI, January 2. The cricket match Wanganui v. Otago was concluded to-day in fine weather. Otago made 330 and 242 for six wick as (innirgs declared Wanganui made 2i6 and 96. Otago thus won by 260 runs. VICTORIA v. SOUTH AUSTRALIA { fC -Received January 3, 9.20 a.m. i j -MELBOURNE, January 3. Victoria in (hrn'r first innings made 346 (Rans;'or.l not out 171, McAlister 50, Verno . 25, Laver 23). Ransford gave abr lliant display. He gave a chance when he had made 89. Whitty took-thr e wickets for 71; Claxton, .2 tor 4j; O'Connor, 2 for 121. , South Australia in their o.i i ' innings has/o bst no wickets in' runs. MELBOURNE, January 2. The Selection Committee has chosen the ft llowing certainties for the cricket team to visit England:— .Noble. Tramper, Armstrong, Ransford, H I), and Hartigan. The Masterton Thursday Gnrnfionphip contests will commi oe gain on Thursday next, when ihe iollowing matches will be played: Carlton v. Carterton, No. 2 wicket; Rival v. W.F.C.A., No. 1 wicket. Ihe Carlton players will attend next practice to-night, and a full attendance is desired.