CRICKET.

Press, Volume XXIX, Issue 3893, 14 January 1878, Page 2

CRICKET.

_ 2LEVEN v. FIFTEEN. The Auckland eleven having returwed *._ vantage waa taken by gome of ofr cricketers to congratulate Mr Ne_eon°and ha eleven upon their successful tour North and to present him with a souvenir of thetrin. At about half-past two a number of cricketers ' S i\7 he^-? tr Bte ™* health of Mr Neilson and his eleven, at tho _ same time presenting him with a cricket balL which bore a suitable inscription on a Bilrer plate Mi'Neilson responded on behalf _f > himself and the eleven, and in doing so snob, ' I \^ g „ te ? l - ? f P™ lß6 of the nammH , which they bad been entertained by their on ponenta, who had done everything in theC 1 t J e ' .na i ■ orou ghry encceaafuL > He thon.ed the Association most heartily for the souvenir with which they had presented him,and would treasure it in remembronceof the occasion. Mr Godby then took theimportunity of tluuiiing M? Neil wn on thaS. of the eleven for the excellent way in whM_ he had performed the duties ot c_Dfa_faT remarking that the success of on elevehte_ great measure depended upon having a mgod captain, which they had hod in Mr Neihon. > An adjournment was then mode, and the > match as above commenced. Messrs FuHsr ; and Ollivier, acting as captains for the Fifteen : and Elevens respectively, having tossed for innings and fortune favouring the latter he decided to go in, Godby and Neilson firnfc appearing to the bowling of W. Frith and : Fuller. Godby made a 2 in the farmer _ first over, but Neilson gave an easy chance to i Woodatmid-off,whichwasdeclined,anddroTe the next ball hard to Wilson at mid-on, bub it was not held. Soon afterwards he made a fino straight drive off W. Frith, and shouhl , been caught, but J. Fowler, fielding very » deep, misjudged it, and four runs came, Godby in the meantime was playing excellent ■ cricket, although he did not score fast. At 35 Beaumont relieved Frith, but the chum was not successful, although Neilson gen some more chances. The score in the meantime increased rapidly, 50 and 60 going m. Fuller then handed the ball to Peter, and Neilson, playing forward, sent the ball up, and although the bowler tried for the catch he could not reach it j but Neilson, who had gone out of his ground, in trying to get back slipped down, and was run out —one for 6—> of which the retiring batsman claimed 38. made by a 4, three B's, seven 2's, &o. Stevens joined Godby, and another long stand war made, the latter now doing most of tho scoring, nuking two 4's and a 2 in Peter* second over, whioh caused Fuller to go on, but still no good result came until Godby made Ia fine on-dnve off Beaumont, but was caught by W. Frith, who was fielding deep. IDscore of -12 waa well mode, and shows him to be in good form. His principal hits were two 4's, three 3's, and six 2's—two for 97. Ashby filled the vacancy, and soon put together IB by a grand drive for 5, a 3, and singles, before he was well caught by Allen fielding substitute—three for 122. Mooro went to assist Stevens, but when the score was raised to 140,. principally by some fine hits by the formerone being a magnificent hit for 6—Peter again went on, and his first ball disposed of Stevens, who had played a patient innings for 19. J. Fowler received but one ball—four and five for 140. Ollivier was Moore's next; companion, and the run-getting still continued; the former, however, should havebeen caught, but Allen had to run a long way for it. Several changes of bowling were tried, Dickinson relieving Peter, and then changed ends with Frith. The last proved fatal to Ollivier, as he gave Wood On easy chance, and had to make room for Watson. Moore did not remanlong, as a breakback from Frith caused him to retire. His 38 include a 6, two 4's, four 3's, and three 2's—seven for 188. Allen played ail abroad at a good ball from Dickinson, eight for 190; and E. Fowler, after making a drrro for 3, waabowledby Frith—nine for 194. Hartland joined Watson, and played until time waa called, when they were not out for 6 and and 29 respectively. Watson played better, than he has done lately, hut is not in such, good form aa he was last season. Hattl___ also played well. The total at the call of time was 223, for the lot* of nine wickets. The following is the score:— _.a_vt=!y r '« -*■■ First Innings.''' -W. F. Neilson, run out __. M. Godby, eW. Frith, b Beaumont ... 42 E. C. J. Stevens, b Peter 19 D. Ashby, c Allen, b Beaumont 16 H. W. Moore, b W. Frith _S J. Fowler, b Peter 0 A. M. Ollivier, c Wood, bW. Frith ... 17> G. Watson, not ont ... ... ... ... 2_> J. Allen, b Dickinson 0 E. Fowler-, b W. Frith 3 J, Hartland, not out 6 Byes, 17; leg byes, 2; wides, 2 _f 2_* BOWLING ANALYSIS. Eleven—First Innings. „ Balls. Mdna. Bns. Wd_.-Wk_u W. Frith ... 26 9 47 , 3 0 Fuller 12 2 28 0 0 Peter J5 0 26 2 9 Beaumont ... 17 1 49 2 0Dickinson ... 22 3 52 1 O On Satarday evening the match committee ■elected the following eighteen to practice far the ensuing match with the Australian eleven —Messrs Allen, Ashby, Corfe, D'Emden, Et Fowler, J. Fowler, 0. Frith, W. Frith, Godby, Leach, Lee, Moore, Neilson, Olliv-ay Stevens, Sweet, and Watson. As the time, is now very short, practice will take placoevery evening, at which all the above player*, ore requested to attend regularly in order to> get into as good form aa possible before Saturday next. We understand that Messrs Petersen and Co. have promised a cup to the highest scorer on the Canterbury side in both innings, and Messrs Schwartz Bros, a meerschaum pipe for the best bowling average on the Canterbury side.