AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN v. OTAGO TWENTY-TWO.

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

AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN v. OTAGO TWENTY-TWO.

[BI T____BAPH. PBB FBBBB AG HNCT.J Ddnhdin, January 12. The match, Australian Eleven v Ot-go> Twenty-two, commenced at noon. Between► eight and nine hundred people on th* ground. Tbe weather is fine. The Australians took tbe field, Austin and Spring a~ the wickets. After some fair play Austin wasclean bowled by Kendal], and. wan succeed—i by EL McNeil, who in tbe second over mode _■ good hit off Spofforth for 3, Niven made —. drive for 1, and 20 was put up. Spring Undrew one to leg and got another for an overthrow, and McNeil made 2 off __on__l. Spring added 2 off Spofforth. A change of the bowling took place, Boyle taking Kena__--end, McNeil making _. Spring snicked to leg for 2, and 30 was put up. Spring was shortly afte» caught by Bannerman. 2— 7 —32, including 2 extras. P_samc_r supplied the vacancy. After some singka, McNeil drove one for 3. He was subsequently caught, by Spofforth. 3—2—43. Dixon followed, and snicked the first ball from Spofforth for 2, bat was bowled oat next over by Spofforth. 4—2—45. Nichols succeeded, and after several good drives and singles were scored he was bowled by Garretfc. 5—4—55. Mo_»_—n t:>o_ up the vacanplace, and after a single by McNeil, Morrisocst Boyle prettily for 2. MeNeil was now playing very well, and punished the lootebaUa. After Borne singles 60 waa on the boar.. MeNeil drove Garrett well to off for_,an_ was followed by Morrison for 1, wfi—a McNiel gaTO a chance, which waa not t__*-# but after scoring another single he was clean bowled by Garrett, after a careful _mk_* of 28. 88—6—64. Rose supplied _» vacancy, and, after some singles had bee* scored, Morrison was stamped in atteiap-Og to run. 7—4—66. Millington ■-» signalised it by running Rose out. B—-I—SS-A. Cargill now went in, and the first bsll fron» Garrett scattered the timbers, fl— o—6* Maofarlane then took the wickets, «™ great things were expected of him. £*• snicked the first boll to leg wf 2, but was clean bowled by Garrett's n* 3 * ball. 10—2—70. F. Fulton was next, «« succumbed at the first ball, 11—0—J* Haskell followed. Niobols opened »» shoulder to I off Boylo, but Hor_n being»» the way, be retired, 12—1-70. Clark »■»•

ceeded, and Haskell immediately tent one off Boyle to leg for 3. Singles followed, till Clark cut one of Boyle's nicely for 3. Haskell followed .by drawing Garrett for 1. Kendall now took the ball from Boyle, and the first over was a maiden. After some singles, 80 appeared, Bnd an adjournment was made for lunch. During the afternoon about two thousand fersons were on the ground. At lunch time eavy thunder and hail storms suddenly set in and the rest of the afternoon was showery, windy, and cold. On play being resumed after lunch, Boyle took up the bowling at Garrett's end, bowling with the wind. His fisrt over was a maiden. Another maiden by Garrett, and then one to leg from Horan, was followed by Haskell being clean bowled by Boyle. 13—6—8 L Douglas was next, but given out 1b w off Boyle's first ba_. 14—0—81. Sutcliffe was next, and he snicked the first ball to leg for 3, and cut Garrett for 2. Clarke drove Boyie for 2, a daisy cutter. Several byes brougbt the score up to 90. Sutcliffe then made _, _, and 3, Clarke a 3, bringing up the <*™?7> and Garrett changed ends, and the second bafi was fatal to Sutcliffe. then took up the bowling »*&«""•«??• and Garrett at Boyle's end- »™***°J: lowed, and Spofforth's second Joejf Clarke's wicket out of the ground, lo—lo— 103. Rhodes supplied the .vacancy, when singles became the order of the day, Fawcett _v____y retiring from one off Garrett. 17—4—109. Glen followed, and after several maiden drives by Rhodes, brought the score to 110. Glen spooned one which was not refated. 18—0—110. Everest supplied the vacancy, mating 2 singles and one 2. Rhodes lifted Spofforth to leg for 3. A couple more singles and an overthrow scored when Rhodes wos bowled by Spofforth. 19-7—120. Niven aucceeded, but one ball from Spofforth was fatal. 20-o—l2o. Moore took the bat, and Everett quickly scored two brace, one short, after which he was caught by Bannerman, who bowled. This closed Otago's first innings for 124.

After a short interval the two Bannermons took the wickets for the Australians, Moore and Millington bowling. Moore's first over waa a maiden to A. Bannerman. Play commenced by several singles, when C. Bannerman opened his shoulders to one of Millington's, but Dixon was ready, and the great batsman retired for 2. Score—l—2—4. Horan was next, Otago fielding well, Spring at the wickets acting splendidly. Runs come slowly, singles only being got. Glen took the bowling from Millington. His first over was a maiden, Austin relieving Moore at the other end and givin a maiden to Horan. Buns were etill coming slowly, when A. Bannerman was given out 1b w. 2—13—37. Spofforth followed, but the bowling was too good to take liberties with. Spofforth drove Austin for 1, and brought the score up to 40. After another single by Spofforth, Horan was beautifully caught by Fawcett. 3—24-41. Murdoch was next, and after a single he gave a chance to CargQl, which was not accepted. The scoring was slow, the fielding being too good The batsmen were merely defending the wickets, Austing bowling five maidens in succession. Spofforth skied one off Glen, but it was refused by Moore. A drive by the same player off Austin brought the score to the half century. After another single, when time was called, the score stood—s3 for three wickets. The following are the scores:— OTAGO. First Innings. Spring- (captain), c Bannerman, b Boyle ... 7 Austin, b Kendall 7 McNeil, h Garrett 28 __ro_or, candb Spofforth ... ... ... 2 Dixon, b Spofforth 2 Nicholls, b Garrett 4 Morrison, run out 4 Rose, run out 1 Millington, c Horan, b Boyle 1 A. CorgilLb Garrett 0 Mocfarlane, b Garrett 2 F. Fulton, b Garrett ... ' ... 0 Haskell, b Boyle 6 Clark, b Spofforth 10 Douglas, 1 b w, b Boyle 6 Sutcliffe, b Garrett ... ... 13 Fawcett, b Garrett 4 Rhodes, b Spofforth ... ... ... ... 0 Everest, c and b Spofforth ... ... ... 8 Niven, b Spofforth 0 Moore, not oat... 1 Byes ... ... ... ; ... ... 7 Leg byes ... ... ... ... ... 19 Total ... ... ... *- 124 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Balls. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Spofforth £2 11 17 7 Kendall 28 2 10 1 Garrett 92 16 25 7 Boyle ... ... 120 6 45 4 Garrett's bowling was much admired, and the fielding of the Australians excellent. AU STBA-lAN. First Innings. C. Bannerman, b Millington, c Dixon ... 2 A. Bannerman, 1 b w, b Austin 13 Horan, c Fawcett, b Glen 24 Spofforth, not out 7 Murdoch, not out 7 Extra 1 Total 54 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Balls. Runs. Mdns. Wkts. Moore 10 17 4 0 Millington 10 15 4 1 Glen .a 18 16 8 1 Anstm 17 5 12 1