CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3125, 23 January 1911, Page 6

CRICKET.

SENIOR COMPETITION. UNITED v. TARUHERU. This match was continued on Saturday afternoon on the Taruheru ground in warm weather, on a good wicket and fast outfield. With one wicket down for 31, Taruheru resumed their second innings. Good batting displays were <nven bv Minnis, W. Sharp, Stitchbury, and, Brisbane, all of whom scored freely off the United bowling. When the score had [reached 191 for seven wickets, the innings was declared closed at *5.10. This left United with 252 to win in an hour anti a quarter. The town team set about their hopeless task in resolute style, and Jeffreys and Manning put on 100 in half an hour. The bowlers then assumed tire upper hand, and, with three men short, the United innings terminated at 6.15 for 135. Taruheru thus secured a three-point win by 116 runs. The following are the scores:— TARUHERU.—Second Innings. (First Innings, 137.) Monzari, lbw, b Green ... 3 Minnis, c Andrew, b Green 31 Wliiteley, b Green ... 4 W. Sharp, c and b Green • 36 Hannigan, b Jeffreys 10 Stitchbury, b Gibson 24 Brisbane, lbw, b Gibson tf33 Nelson, not out 15 Sharpies, not out ... 7 Extras 28 Total (for seven wickets) ... 191 (Innings declared closed.)

UNITED.—Second Innings. (First Innings, 77.) Scroggie, lbw, b Hooker— 8 Jeffreys, b Brisbane 38 Manning, thrown out 44 W. Gibson, b Brisbane 10 Andrew, c and b Hannigan 8 Green, b Hannigan 0 McColl, b Brisbane 9 Doyle, not out 0 Extras 18 Total (three men short! 135

JUNIOR COMPETITION.

ALHAMBRA v. BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL. The match between Alhambra and Boys’ High School resulted in _ a two-, point win for Alhambra on the first innings. Boys’ High School made 50 _in their first innings, and played-out- time in their second innings, scoring 90 runs. Alhambra made 102 in their first innings. NEW ZEALAND CRICKET COUNCIL LPER PRESS ASSOCIATION.J CHR LSI CHURCH, Jan. 21. The question of excluding professionals from taking part in challenge matches was discussed- at considerable length, at the New Zealand Cricket Council, on a motion to alter rule 7 of the rules for challenge matches, by substituting twelve months for four months as the period which professionals must reside in a district before being allowed t’o represent it. The main lines of-the opposition to the proposal were that cricket would not be improved if professionals were barred, and that by watching professionals engaging in actual play greater educational results were obtainable. Those supporting the proposal contended that in the case of the Plunket Shield, the intention of Lord Plunket was to encourage cricket in New Zealand amongst New Zealanders, and not by the importation of professionals. The proposed alteration of the rule was negatived by 7 to 5. It was agreed that- the Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury, and Otago associations shall pay an annual subscription of £5 os and be entitled to appoint two delegates, other affiliated associations to pay £3 3s and appoint one delegate ; no delegate ,to represent more than one association, and delegates to have power to appoint proxies. A motion that the management committee should appoint umpires for all challenge matches was negatived on the chairman’s casting vote. CHRISTCHURCH MATCHES. The seventh round of grade cricket began to-day in fine weather and on first-class wickets. St. Albans got a commanding lead over West Christchurch, the last-mentioned showing poor batting form for 131., Salmon taking five wickets for 53. St- Albans replied with 120 for five wickets, Crawshaw 32, T. W. Reese 3S, both batting solidly. East Christchurch fared badly against the leading team, Sydenham, and was disposed of for 52. three terbury representatives making 27 between them. Sydenham responded with 278, a fine partnership between Patrick (92) and Bennett (113), two other Canterbury representatives adding 151 for the second wicket. In the second innings East Christchurch again failed, three wickets falling for 20. Linwood batted first against Riccarton, and totalled ISO, Thomas playing excellent cricket for 49, and Perrin batting- Well for 41. Riccarton’s innings was opened by Caygill and A. Norman, Canterbury representatives, who will be absent next Saturday in Auckland, and they played out time by putting up 94 without the loss of a wicket—Cajgill 58, Norman 34. THE NEW ZEALAND TEACHERS' TEAM. [.UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.! (Received Jan. 22, 5.5 p.m; SYDNEY, Jan. 21. The New Zealand teachers’ cricket team left for Wellington by the Mokoia to-day.

THE GOuGLY. LONDON SPORTING WRITER’S CRITICISM. The sporting writer of the London “Standard” says that cricketers in England are talking about the conquest of Hill and Bardslcy over the African bowling. Most of them have been sucprised, and many, of them hardly expected that Schwarz, Vogler, and Faulkner and Co. would be smashed as they appear to have been. “They have demonstrated,” the writer adds, “that in normal circumstances the googly, even when served up in such an accomplished manner as it is by Schwarz, Vogler, Faulkner, and the rest, is not a fearsome and entirely de-

structive thing. Bardsley and Hill’s batting also suggest that too much was made of the googly. They have, in fact, rather killed it. It may be that' <we have been rather googly mad; It is possible that it will be said that only left-hand-ers of such a high degree as Bardsley and Hill, could reduce the South African .bowling to ineffectiveness, but there are many rather good judges who will lie disposed to think otherwise. Have not many batsmen made the googly an obsession? For a batsman.to see this and that terror in an -off-break, with leg-break action, is necessarily courting trouble. Fie becomes a hopeless fin,nicker and afraid of himself. He funks without knowing he does so. /•'That the African bowling is very good no one will deny,” the writer further states. “We have a regard for Vogler, Schwarz, and Faulkner; -but are the South Africans the ‘mystery men’ we have been led to believe them to be after what has happened at Sydney ; the googly has suffered "an, explosion, and it is not unwise to believe that its revolutionary propensities have been rather exaggerated.”

Bowling Analysis. 0. M. B. W Green ... 16 2 44 4 Manning ... 6 1 16 0 Gibson ... 7 0 32 2 Jeffreys ... 12 2 51 1 Andrew .. ... 6 0 20 0

Bowling Analysis. 0‘ M. R. W Hannigan . 10 1 46 2 Hooker . 5 1 21 1 Sharpies ..30 15 0 Gough . 1 0 8 0 Brisbane ... . 7 1 27 3