THE FIRST TEST.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 64, 16 March 1910, Page 7

THE FIRST TEST.

• HEW ZEAT-AT-J SCORES 258. fj -XTST-tA-lA'S _ASY T__S__. ; : " (By Telegraph.— Association.) -; 'I . CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. ; __c cricket match Australia v. New •j Zealand was resumed at half-past 11 ; in fine weather with a fresh easterly \ breeze. The attendance was fair, and the wicket dead, the outfield being very after the rain. 1 Sims and Midlane were the batsmen 5 ,—id Whitty and Keileway had charge of the bowling. Play opened very cautiously, the batsmen taking no risks and find7fcig difficulty in driving the ball any distance along the dead turf. Five overs produced six runs, and of eleven overs six were maidens. Whitty was bowling with tae man on tbe on-side. >; At 222, with 21 runs" added to SaturX Say's score, Sims was smartly caught at the wickets off Whitty. —s—ll.5—11. ; _uacfari__e fo_dwe_7 and with the 7? score unaltered, Hopkins bowled Mid- ,;.;_ ne." 222—6-47. ' :. ; Olliff joined Macfarlane, who hit Whit- • ty to leg for four, all run ont, the ball -"•failing to reach the boundary. Then Offiff was clem-bowled by Hopkins. 228 Bennett partnered McFariane, and two , .ours to Macfarlane, off Whitty, roused X.ehiMsi&smi bat Hbrridns bowled Bennett. | 236—8—0. .in hour's p __ y had produced 3o runs. 7; _Boxs__H came next, and with five ? -added Ma_arlahe was easily caught by .rjW-me in the slips off Whitty. 242—9 16. The Otago .batsman hit four fours. 7-Howden TWas last nan. Two fours to Bos-hall, toff Hopkins, caused 250 to ap7_)£_r. Boxshall livened play, but was -.•stumped off Gorry's pads. 258—^10-^-17 777 The innings closed at 12.56, leaving the 7 Visitors 10S to make. The Anstr___- ;■:;: in—ngs began at 1.5 p.m. Mayne and .-> Bardsley opened to Olliff and r_es_ Mayne lifted the fourth ball over the oi. "j.-uiidary for six. Siedeberg had a chance : .of "running Bardsley out, but inMetded. X Jifteen minutes prOcKiiSed 22, 3__y_s having hit hard for IS. Mayne pasted Reese, getting three fours in one over. At 35. :' of which Mayne had contributed 32, Ben7nett replaced Olliff, and" Howden Reese. Both got a better length than the open- . ing bo-wlers. At the luncheon adjourn•ment the score was 48: Mayne 39, Bardsley 6; extras 3. .. - ; Mayne continued to Score freely off ■ "Howden, and soon reached 60, but Bardsley fonnd Bennett troublesome, and was clean bowled without adding to his score: 60-_l— Simpson also o_>ehed -freely, and 90 was quickly on the board. —acfaxlane arid Hadden were tried, with the score at 99. Mayne got the winning ■ hit, and Austrab'a WOri by nine wickets! The New Zealand iboWling, with the exception of that of Bennett, was made to look very simple by the fine batting Of Mayne. Bennett, however, bowled splendidly, and while __._ batsarieri were making rnns _t the riate Of 100 j)d_- _»___ re | _c sent down 75 overs for 15 runs: 'arid a I *—tet.rrvlt-fe; _,ri^fOri^le.« W*_ther the New Zealand skqipef was not" at fault i_ i riot starting with Benriett, and seeing' that Haddferi Was the first ibowief tried' - hf the first innings the —St that he Was not put on till 99 trifts had been Scored is regarded as,'inexplicable. THE SCORES. • , . The additional scores were as follows: ... SEW ZEABAXD.-- . Elrst innings^..v _..—..._ 155 1 Second Inndngs. Last, c and b Emery .»....»__.»■_.._ 39 -" fiiedebe'rg-. ran out ._.____. -5.5 .Hadden, c Eellewaj-, b warne '.'.'.".. 47 'Reese, run Out . _ 14 ■Jlidlane, . b Hopkins _______ 47 Sims, c G»rry, fi Whittj- .-...____ 11 . 31cFarlanS c Warne, b TThittv ... " I(s' ; Olliff. b ao-Tiklns ........ ."....__._. •> s.jßemiett. 5 Hojlkins '..'.'" 0 -oishAll/st Gorry, b Sopkins * 17 EoWdeh, ndt out _. __, 0' fi- '- "Exttas ..-.._-..__.__..__.'._»-_.■_ *50 J I •- -otal X>5S «'••' ,1 BOWLING -A3—4.l— p ■' -.'. f O. H. R. W. f_.! W. j. TChitty ._ 10 73 2 r... "W. .W. Armstrong ID 5 40 — 7 ,—. J. fiopkin- 10 3 34 4 "• S. H. Emery .... 7 1 32 1 ■C. lE. Simpsoti ... S 2 lo — ■', C. Keileway ..... 6 _ 10 — c; -. S. "W—me 5 — 24 1 ■~,. .... iielieway bowled one wide. X- { AUSTRALIA. Srst innings . ..ii..................... 80S ba . - Second Innings. ",.itaj-tie, fibt out i.. to ;.:■ Bardsley, b ißerine-fct 6 .'Bimpson. not out .. So .7.-- __—_.-_...:.'_... 8 :.7 Total .."...." 109 7' BO^R-— AKiiTSis. 0. 'At. R. W. 'c. omff ' 3 — 12 — 7• S; Reese ....... 3 '■_- 23 — 5 —H. Bennett .... 7.5 3 15 1 .. -A. 11. HoWden 4 — 24 — -,'.': T. _cPariane 2 — 21 — X_- Hidden ...... 1 —• 6 — _addfen bowled one wade-. -- % ;