CRICKET.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 17 December 1913, Page 5

CRICKET.

NEW ZEALANDEIRS ON TOliR. ANOTHER BRIGHT DISPLAY. (Received Last Night, 11.15 o'clock.) SYDNEY, December 16. The New Zealand cricketers opened the second match of the . tour against the Northern at Glen lnnes, giving another' fine display, though the ground was rough. Boxhttll, Robinson and Taylor were omitted from the New Zealand team. .'The home, playens batted first, and were disposed) of for 86 rufis, Carlton proving deadly with the ball, his average being five wickets for 21 runs; Sandman ably seconded lira; securing 3. for 31; Bennett, 1 for 12; and Reese 1 for 1. The sundries totalled 21. When stumps were drawn New Zealand had lost seven wickets for 212 runs. The individual scores are as follow: Hemus 24 - Sneddon 12 / Tuckwell 16. Hickmott 37 Reese 4 Patrick 48 Carlton, 63 Sundries ...# • , 8 " Total 212 ' TEAM TO V.ISIT NEW ZEALAND. PROMINENT AUSTRALIANS, COMING. (Received December 16, 1t).40 a.m.) MELBOURNE, December 16. Mr Arthur Sims, captain of the New Zealand cricket team of 1905, has-returned from a trip to England. He is now engaged organising an Australian tea'-n to visit New Zealand. He hoped to arrange matches for Christmas and New Year, but found that some of the players he wished to include were unwilling to go until the Sheffield Shield matches are completed. The trip is therefore postponed until the beginning of February. Trumper, Collins, Armstrong, Raneford, and McKenzie applied to accompany the team, and' applications from other leading players are expected. •