The Ashburton Guardian.

Vol xxi. no. 5290

Ashborton ; Friday, December 21, 1900

Price : One Penny

Cricket Notes.

Uoncermmg the clajmea tof Marsh, the aboriginal bowler, to be included in the intercolonial matches, 'Shortly^ writing id the Sydney Mail, lays: "I have expressed surprise that some of his deliveries should not have been »©• balled. Hoftever, on Saturday the ampire, in who«e opinion he threw, no balled btu but six or seven timM ill 176 balls. Marsh publicly demon strated with his elbow in splint* that be could bowl w*ll nigh as fast a« ever. Of course, the bound elbow simply proved that he coold send them along very fast indeed.with.out jjerkin* tb« elbow, but it did not get away from the fact that on the previous Saturday some of his deliveries were undoubtedly suspicions, and In my opinion tfct umpire did the right thing in calling ■mm. I believe that Marsh him Belt it conscieniousjy of the opinion that hii bowling on every occasion is quite legi timate. He has shown with an umpire who is determined to no-ball everything doubtful, that he "can bowl in Much a way as to remove all doubt, and there fore I would be prepared to play h m RgaiDst South Australia as an experr ment. If he did not past with the umpire in that fixture then he should be omitted from the more important engagement with Victoria. It may be that when endeavouring to dispatch a ball with more force than usual he imparts a peculiar action to bis arm ths.t is on other occasions absent* His movement of the wrist is similar to that of Jones, of South Australia." The South Australian Association bave notified the authorities of, , : Kew South "Wales that they dp not intend to adopt the Marlebone new "n©'ball" role until we tee how the role works in England." This rule giveg the umpire standing at square leg power to 'no-bali' a bowler. Ihe South Australians are not likely to be in a hurry to adoot the new rule, which may imperil, Jones'a position, esprcis! ly if I here ate; any umpires of Jim Fhillips't strength of mind.

INTERCOLONIAL TENNIS

The intercolonial lawn tennis tour ney was concluded at Melbourne on November 25, when the final rounds of the various championships and handi cap events were played cff in the pres ence of ovrr 2,000 spectators. The principal match of the morning wai bi tween Brookes (Victoria) and Irving (N S W) to decide the singles champion* chip A close, exciting game wat looked for, but the onlookers were dii* appointed, for the pUy was exceedingly tame. Brookes was at his worst, and showed to disadvantage at all,point! of the game, and was beaten by Irving by three sets straight. The winner in the first JNew South Wales player t« hold the singles championship for hit colony. During their short rubber Irving scored 86 aces to 10 scored by Brookes. The doubles championship Brookes and Fraser v Barnard and Spence, was the main attraction of the afternoon. After an uninteresting first set, won by Barnard and Spence, «t 6—4, the standard of play improved considerably, and considering the op« pressive heat the balance of the game was well worthy the occasion. The next two sets went to Brookes and Fraser with fair ea.se, although the play of all four was good. All the excitement was over the fourth and, as it proved, final set. With seven gomes all and the scores 40—30, in favour of Barnard and Spence, a wonderful ' seve * by Brookes off a perfectly placed dropping shot by Spence practically decided the whole issue, for it eventually gave Brooke's and Fraser that and the following game, set, and the match. A some" what phenomenal performance was that of Blair, who, partnered by Miss Gyton, won the challenge pairs, and so proved himself in his first year of senior tennis not only an intercolonial player, but also the holder of a cham pionship, The ladies' doubles cbam* pionship was won by Mrs Oater and Miss Waters, and Mrs Oater was the winner of the ladies' singles champion ship.

Big Guns for the Channel Defences

The re armament of the Channel defences at Dover ia now receiving at ten* tion at the hands of the War Office. Closely following on the dispatch of some additional 6 Inch hreechioadlng qulckfireri there arrived at Dover this week by m War Office vessel three 9 inch wire built cannon of the same character. These will be the most powerful guns in the seaward butteries. Their effective range is 19,000 yards, or nearly eleven miles. This ta only about a mite farther than the 6 inch cannons, bat the charge is much more powerful. The projectile Is 453 Ib, con' talning 150 lb of cordite and a bursting charge of thirty pounds of lyddite* Thfse monster guns are nearly forty feet long, and weigh 27 tons. Sp cial traction carriages have been construe led to convey the guns to the forts.



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