MELBOURNE V. NEW ZEALAND.

Auckland Star, Issue 66, 19 March 1900, Page 3

MELBOURNE V. NEW ZEALAND.

THE VISITORS WIN BY AN INNINGS

AND 32 RUNS

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday.

The match between the Melbourne Cricket Clubs team and the New Ze_iJ..nd eleven was concluded at Lancaster Park this afternoon, and though the result, as anticipated, was a decisive win for the visitors, the. New Zealanders' batting was certainly better than in their first innings. The showers of rain which had fallen during the night made the wicket easy, and the batting honours were carried off by Richardson, who played a splendid innings of 114, not out, and scored freely throughout the afternoon. His leg strokes were particularly good. Next to him came Tucker, who batted very vigorously,while Reese atoned somewhat for his poor display in the first innings by making 26 In good style. The weather was fine and the attendance fairly large. The following are the complete scores:— ' MELBOURNE.-First Innings. D. Mailer, lbw, b' Robertson 26 H. Trumble, b Robertson 32 H. Graham, c Prankish, b Upham 32 A. Russell, b Tucker 98 E. R. Jacobs, c Robertson, b Upham.. 64 A. Aitken, c Fowke, b Upham 9 C. H. Ross, lbw, b Stemson 36 H. Fry, c Stemson, b. Tucker 5 D. Mcllwrai.il, b Robertson 12 P. G. Jennings, not out ' 22! J. W. Cave, c Robertson, b Prankish.. 17 Extras 14 Total 367 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Balls. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Robertson 210 4 123 3 Prankish 172 5 87 1 Upham 132 5 67 3 Stemson 42 2 26 1 Reese 12 0 8 0 Cobcroft 24 0 3 0 Tucker 24 0 12 2 Upham bowled one wide. NEW ZEALAND.—First Innings. J. Baker, b Trumble 13 D. Reese, c Graham, b Cave 0 H. B. Lusk, b Trumble 0 L. T. Cobcroft, run out 15 C. A. Richardson, b Fry 5 F. S. Prankish, b Fry 2S W. Stemson, b Fry 10 K. Tucker, c Cave, b Trumble 4 J. N. Fowke, b Fry 6 E. Upham, not out 2 W. Robertson, run out 0 Extras 6 Total 89 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Balls. Mdns. Run?. Wkts. Cave 66 5 18 1 Trumble 144 6 47 3 Fry 98 3 18 4 . NEW ZEALAND.-Second Innings. J. Baker, b Fry 17 'F. S. Prankish, c Trumble, b Fry 7 W. Stemson, c and b Trumble 7 J. N. Fowke, c Fry, b Trumble ....' 1 C. A. Richardson, not out 114 L. T. Cobcroft, c- Cave, b Trumble 2 D. Reese, c Trumble, b Cave 26 !H. B. Lusk. b Graham 2 K. Tucker, c Trumble, b Cave 46 E. Upham, b Cave 0 W. Robertson, b Trumble , 0 Extras 18 Total 246! BOWLING ANALYSIS. Bails. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Trumble 23U 12 74 i - Fry IS9 7 76 2 Cave 150 10 55 3 Graham 30 0 23 1