CRICKET.
AUSTRALIA v. YORKSHIRE. SOME PAST RECORDS. \ ■ Dave Hunter, the Yorkshire stumper, is ore of the best known figures on the English arenas, and he is a veteran now. He succeeded his brother James with the Yorkshire gloves in 1888, and has retained the position without opposition ever since, and during that periH he has taken over 1,000 wickets, either by Catching or stumping them He once played in a test match, but although indispensable to Yorkshire, he had several superior rivals. k*'_, ' The Australians' match witii y«?rk~ shift fa 18had a very similar t'Ssuit to Sne just concluded. The rain stopped play three times on the first day, and as it continued without interruption on the third, the game was abandoned. Yorkshire made 0n1y378 (Palmer 5 for 31 and Spofforth 5 for 45), while Australia ran up 229 tor six wickets (i 1 . U. Groube 61, Spofforth 44, .Blackmail 42 not out, and A. Bannerman 38). Spofforth hit a sixer and five fours. In 1902 Australia was Severely trounced i n the first game with the Yorksiiiremen, and they were all dismissed for 23 in their second innings Gregory 10 not out, and Trumper 7, • being the top scorers. Noble got 2, Hill and Darling 1 each while Duff, Armstrong, Hopkins, Kelly, Howell, and Jones failed to "hatch."
In 1888 G. J. Bonnor hit up 115 against Yorkshire, wnile G v . Giffen scored 171 in 1893, F. A. Iredale 114 in 1896, and J. Worrall 10 in 1899. Some excellent bowling performances have teen put up.by the colonials against Yorkshire, the most, notable being:—G. Gift'en, 5 for 16 in 1882; G. E. Palmer, 6 for 2S in 1884; W. Bruce, 6 for 29 in 1893; E. Jones, 7 for 36 and T. R. McKibbin, 7 for 23 in 1896; and W. P. Howell, 4 for 8 in 1902.
The following figures ,show at a glance the results of previous matches, which have resulted much in favour of the colonials, who have won 11 to the Tykes' 6, 12 having been drawn: —
Won. Lost. Drawn. 1878 1 1 — 1880 1 — 1 1882 3 — 2 1884 1 — — 1886 1 — 1 1888 1 — 2 1890 — 2 — 1893 — 1 1 18VJ6 1 1 1 1899 — 2 1902 1 l' — 1905 ] — 1 1909 — — 1 11 6 12
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9530, 30 June 1909, Page 7
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383CRICKET. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9530, 30 June 1909, Page 7
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