CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2686, 16 December 1909, Page 6

CRICKET.

P THURSDAY COMPETITION. pi: .The second round of Thursday com1' petition fixtures will be commenced this afternoon, both matches ta'lcing place h on Victoria Domain for the first time Itfe this season. -United and Y.M.C.A. Iff: meet on the turf wicket, while Alham- §§ hra and Te Rau will oppose each other |t|jp on the concrete pitch. H r . THE' AVERAGES. Pi The following are the complete bat|f. ting and bowling averages in the Thursday competition for the first round or fixtures, which concluded on Thurs- ' . daJ laSt: ~ BATTING.

SATURDAY’S MATCHES. The following players + i,„ Alhambra juniors against th fiSv "West. Watson, Mcßae, on Saturday. pollock P Turei, Sim, Somervell. O. IpnocK, x. . a Arundel, Gorman, Newton, Atkin ; emergencies, Gibhons, Anmdel, Sceats, Ormes. PROBABLE VISIT raOM HAIVKE’S wW/ the |ve| Bay Cricket Association, received the following telegram from Hawke’s Smvrk, hon. secretary of the rlavke s Bav Cricket Association: 1 lease wire at once which days during holidays will suit you best for visit from our team; endeavoring arrange. The following reply was despatched. “Anv dates will' suit my Association, keenly anxious for visit from your team ; can assure you of } first-class wicket andi warm welcome. THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM. rPitn Press Association.! CHRISTCHURCH Dec 10. The New Zealand Cricket Council met to consider financing an Australian team, and to consider the replies of the Associations as to whether they were prepared to give guarantees, it the pooling system were abandoned, in favor of each association paying the expenses of their match and appropriating any profits. Auckland replied strongly against the pooling system, while Otago North and Taranaki approved of it. Canterbury, Bu er, add Nelson declined to give a guarantee unless pooling were adhered to. Marlborough stated that if it guarantee the understanding would be that it retained all'the profits. Rangitilsei preferred pooling, but would give 3 guarantee, in any case. Wanganui agreed to pay a guarantee and take th© profits. The secretary reported that no reply had been received to his cable sent to the Board of Control. It was resolved that' the following cable •be sent to the Board: “Must have immediate reply mv cable or arrangement may fall through.” INDIAN TEAM FOR ENGLAND. United Press Association —CorvuioiiT. LONDON, Dec. 14/ The Indian cricket team visit England in 1910. A guarantee fund has

been opened in Bombay. 30,000 rupees * having already been subscribed.

PROPOSED ALTERATION OF RULE

The Marylebone Committee approve of the alteration of law 54 to allow a side in a three- day’s match to declare an innings closed at any time on the second day. The alteration will be submitted to- a general meeting.

Inns.N.O. R. Av. 1. Manning .. . 5 2 139 46.3 2. Barker . 4 — 144 36. 33. 3. iH. Wack :. . 5 — 165 4. W. Gibson 5 1 107 26.7 5. A. Lang .. 6. J. Wack •• 7. H. Babbs .. .. 4 . 5 . 6 1 2 '74 118 86 24.6 23.6 21.5 20.6 19. 16.4 IX 8. Stitchbury 3 — 62 38 82 15 86 39 13 44 43 63 21 48 9. Hallamore 10. Armstrong 2 5 — 11. Tremblett 12. J. Lang 13. Farrell 2 .. 6 .. 5 1 ~2 10. 14.3 13. 13. 14. Ellison .. 2 1 1 ll! 15. Seymour . .. 5 I 10.7 16. Webster . 17. R. Grant . 18. Fitzgerald .. 4 .. 6 2 — 10.5 10.5 9.6 19. Austen 20. Rewai 21. Hunt .. 5 .. 2 .. 6 1 19 46 18 35 9.5 9.2 9. 22. West .. 2 a 8 75 23. Gorman - .. 4 17 25 36 35 rj 8.5 24. Kissling 25. Olsen 26. Scholium - 2 .. 4 .. 5 1 8.3 7.2 7 27. Monk .. 5 — 1 • 7. 6.6 28. McPhail - .. 2 1 33 6 .12 22 5 9 9 A 29. Morgan .. 6 1 6. 30. Brownlee . .. 2 1 6. 5.5 31. Grenfell - .. 2 — 32. Sharpies . 33. Chirnside . .. 4 .. 1 — 5. 4.5 4.5 4. 34. Mill 35. Davey .. 2 .. 2 — 36. Rigby .. 1 — •± . 37. L. Tremblett 2 1 4 4. 38. Tattersall 5 — 20 4. 39. T. Gibson . ... 5 — 19 3.8 40. Burke .. 4 1 10 3.3 41. Papps .. 4 — 13 3.25 42. Coles .. 2 ■1 3 3. 43. Atkinson .. 6 1 15 3. 44. Turner .. 3 2 3 3. 45. F. Wack .. . 3 1 5 2.5 46. Lawrence .. . 3 — 7 2.3 47. Robb . 6 — 13 2.1 48. Minnis , 2 — 4 2. 49. Sim .. 2 — 4 2. 50. Bradley .. 4 — 4 1. 51. Sissons ,. 1 — 1 1. 52. Auld . 4 — 4 1. 53. McGrath .. 1 — 1 1. 54. Stuckey .. 2 1 1 1. 55. Shillabeer .. . 2 — 2 1. 56. Kurin g . 3 — 1 .6 57. Gibbons . 2 — 1 .5 58. Gardham .. . 2 — 1 .5 59. Maude .. 3 — 0 60. Hogg 3 1 O — 61. Ngira . 2 0 0 62. Carter ... 1 — 0 63. Charlesworth 1 — 0 — ■ 64. Johnston . .. 1 — 0 65. Fox . 3 2 0 bowling. o: R. w. Av. 1. West ... 2. J. Wack 8 14 8 37 5 11 1.6 3.3 3. Davies 3 16 4 4. 5.3 5.5 5.7 6.5 7. 7.6 8.5 8.5 n 4. Sharpies 21 43 8 5. Grenfell 19 33 6 6. Armstrong 18 46 8 7. Babbs’ ••• 42 137 21 8. Austen ... 6 14 2 9. Gibson ... TO. Monk 24 49 61 137 8 16 11. Scholium 17 34 4 8 11 11 12. Hunt ... 13. Barker ... 14. Farrell 26 53 3H .72 110 116 9. 10. 10.5 11. 11.8 12.6 14. 14. 15.5 16. 16.2 18. 21. 21.1 21.5 23.5 30. 34. 15. Kissling 16. Olsen 17. Manning 18. A. Lang 10 30 53' 6 11 95 101 14 1 8 8 1 o 19. Hallamore itJLlll Ai. Rewai ... 22. H. Wack 8 23 10 66 28 83 16 195 A 6 1 12 A6. Webster 8 18 1 24. Ellison ... 25. Grant ... 26. Lawrence 27. J. Lang 28. Auld 29. Maude ... 12 53 12 8 7 1621 127 43 47 30 38 6 11 15 20 1 6 2 2 1 2 0 0 o 30. T. Gibson 31. Seymour 2 1 — 32. Atkinson 3 0 0 33. Shillabeer 6 34. Tattersall 9 24