To-day’s Play.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 809, 4 December 1882, Page 3

To-day’s Play.

[by telegraph.] ' ' ■ Christchurch, To-day. ' 'The match was resumed shortly before oiie o’clock to-day. The weather was bad, with light drizzling rain falling. Auckland, with six wickets down for 91 runs, iand 40- to get ..to have the advantage in ‘the first innings, sent in Yates and Gardner, thenot-outs of Saturday. Buckland had made an offer of a bat to any of the < sftftjSining-five men who made fifty runs, while.& E. Whitaker improved on this by promising a bat to each of the five who succeeded in putting together 25. Frith? took the ball at the lower end, and sent first to'Yates, who, with the prosJwfetSpf a bat in his mind, got it far away :fp r long-6ff, clean out of bounds, 4 .being called. The remainder of the was carefully played, and Gardner Fuller from the other end. He got ''jfo shcond well over long-field's head for ahd Yates placed Fuller in the slips for ■'4, ' fringing up the century amidst ap- ’ pjatise. Garnder drove Frith for a single, tfid, getting Fuller beautifully to longleg oyer the boundary, added 4 more. “Robinson then went out to run for Y;ites, ;who was still maimed, and another fine r driye ‘ hy Yates off Frith added 2 more, and amidst applause he cut Frith clean 'dnt 'of bounds for 4, and then drove him for a single, bringing 110 up, and taking hii’ Score into the twenties. Drawing Fuller to leg, he added another single, and Gardner. put the same bowler to the boundary for 3. The prospects were now very bright for Auckland. Frith gave Gardner one to leg, and it was put to square leg for 3 (telegraph 120) Yates cutting the last of the over for 3 more. Ashby relieved Fuller at the tipper end, and Yates added 4 .more by a flukey one in the slips of the s condball. He therefore won his bat. Ollivier retired from an injured leg, substitute took bis place. Yates Ashby prettily to leg, and Gardner ( and Robinson were attempting a sesond when they found it impossible, and I the latter turning to go back slipped and fell, 7—14—128. Dufaur went in, and Yates put Frith’s next up at mid-off, where it was held by Harman, 8—29—128. 'fjankham was the next man, and Dufaur "go,l ( a' single from a cut of Ashby, and a Jgg-bye brought 130 up, and, the teams Were thus tied. Dufaur made the Auckland ocore 131 by a nice leg hit, and Washer, the substitute, fielding smartly and saving the “boundary four.” Dufaur, who waa batting very steadily, cut Frith -for'apother single, and put Ashby to leg Ipr. one more. Lankham placed Ashby po the off for one, and drove Frith to the ,6h r ,for another. Dafaur drove Frith jjgtdiit, and Washer, fielding well, prevented j ’scoring. Frith’s next ball cannoned fgffDufaur’a pad into the wicket, 9—3— ' J Ko. Gill, who had been showing good format practice this morning, went in, aOjl'£|ankhant> placed Ashby well to leg for 'Z, ’ and ’ placed him beautifully at square-leg for 3 more. Telegiaph, 140.. the same batsman added 2 more, and placing Frith well forward, he got 1 more. Gill took the last ball of , iitfrr ""Tr ~ nA getting well forward the urnpire,Wa«, appealed for “stumping,” but it wqs‘, g(yen “ not out.” Lankham got Afjhfcy.prettily' out of bounds at long leg for 4 nimre. Enpatsant it may be stated that this is Lankham’s twenty-first birthday, and he is signalising the event. Gill

• played a maiden carefully fr>,nx Frith, and i Barnes took Ashby’s place as b' wler at i the upper end, and Lankham took a maiden prettily from him. Gi l took three balls from Frith very carefully, and drove the last grandly to the off", but it was fielded so carefully that only one came. lie added another by cutting Barnes, and Lankham drove the same bowler through his own hands for 1, bringing up 150. He then placed Frith nicely to leg, but good fielding prevented scoring. One came, however, from an on drive off the next, and again 4 were added to Lankham’s score by a fine leg hit out of bounds off one of Barnes’, and his total was brought up to 24, by placing Barnes in the slips for 2. He also made certain of one of Whitaker’s bats by putting Barnes again out of bounds at square-leg, 4 being called, telegraph 160. Wilding relieved Barnes at the upper end, and Lcukham was caught in the slips off his first ball by Pulton. The innings thus closed for 162. Gill carried his bat cut for 2. Lankham made 27 by really pretty batting. Whitaker will present bats to Yates and Lankham. Yates, o Harman, b Frith ... ... 29 Gardner, run out ... ... ... 14 Dufaur, b Frith 3 Lankham, c Fuller, b Wilding ... 27 Gill, not out ... ... ... ... 2 Leg-byes 2 Total 162