CRICKET NOTES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 4992, 3 April 1895, Page 2

CRICKET NOTES.

[BY DAJIOCLES.J

Master-ton. will meet the Matarawa team at Carterton on Saturday next, after which the Wairarapa representative team, to meet the Bush eleven on Easter Saturday, will be chosen, McKibbin, says the Bulletin, has uncommon flexibility of wrist. Placing liis arm upon a table, with the hand palm down, he can keep tho forearm rigid, twist his hand round from the wrist until the palm ' faces upward, This suppleness gets many a batsmen out; he cannot tell whether McKibbin is going to bowl an off or aleg-break,andMoKibbin'B breaks would be bad enough 'if labelled, for he often comes back'a whole foot on a batsman's wicket.

At a farewell banquet given to the English, cricketers by the Melbourne .Cricket Club, Stoddart said the trip had been most pleasant. If the Australian team did not go Home because England won the last test match, he would feel sorry they had won it. Everyone of his men were delighted with the tour, and wanted to come again. Hi paid a high tribute to the Australian umpiring, and had not heard a single Englishman grumble at one decision Great as was Turner's disappointment at his exclusion from the final test team, it must have been more than compensated for by Stoddart's holding up the ball at the conclusion of the matob, and thanking the gods,that "The Terror" had not had the handling of it, McKibben was fated to chase the' "fourer" that wontho test-match; for the Englishmen. Haying aiiwedl at the ball, lie was preparing to throw it in as per usual, hut a hundred voices yelled, "Keepit!" Even, then the Bathurst pet.seemed ■doubtful"as to whether he had any right to hold the' baft so' they shouted again, " Seep., it," "A generous-mindod ;. baiTabker' for Australia, moved as air amendment —"Keep it, and give it tojjipfln.'," He gave it to Stoddart. ■' ; - : ' •