AUCKLAND v CHRISTCHURCH.

Press, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5364, 4 December 1882, Page 3

AUCKLAND v CHRISTCHURCH.

- Thie match, which has been looked forward to with great interest by the Canterbury cricketing world, commenced on Sa- ■ tarday at Lancaster Park. Our readers ■who have followed the movements of the Auckland team since the commencement of their tour will have seen that hitherto ! they have been uninterruptedly successful. I In their matches against the Dunedin and Suburban Association, against the Timaru J and Oamaru elevens and the Ashburton j Fifteen they have gained two one i inning's victories, one victory by six wickets, while at Ashburton they put their adversaries through with the loss only of a single wicket. None of the above teams, however, were considered strong,sp that in the trial of strength on Saturday and to-day and to-morrow the real form of the strangers is yet to be discovered. The Aucklahders were on the ground with commendable punctuality, but the Canterbury men did not turnup until after the hour decided on for starting. Consequently it was half-past twelve before the Auckland men— : who had lost the toss and had to take the field—went out on to the ground. The positions taken up by the strangers were as follows: —Messrs Lankham. and Gill bowling, Yates short slip, Dufaur wicket keeper, O'Brien long leg and mid off, Barton cover and mid on, Tesfcro long stop, Gardner leg and mid off, Blair mid on and cover, Eobinson (captain) short leg and Arneil point. Ashby captained the home team, and sent in Messrs Ollivier and "Watson. Gill started by sending , down a maiden. From the second ball of Lankham, from the other end, Watson made a pretty cut *° r 3. Another maiden from Gill. . In the next over Watson, was nearly run out from the opposite end misjudging the run, but managed "to get back into the crease. Maidens from Gill and Lankham. Wateon, off Gill, made * pretty two to i leg. Lankham in tbe next over dean bowled Ollivier—s—l—o. Beeves was the next man in, (and made 1 to leg off the last ball of the over. A maiden from Gill. Watson made 1 to leg off Lanftham, and Beeves put Mm away for 2 to the on. Watson next drove GDI finely to the off for 4. A leg-bye followed, and a bye off the wicket-keeper'B pads. Watson then snicked GSI to the boundary for 4. Beeves cut Lankham prettily bringing 20 up, and '

Watson followed that by cutting the same bowler for 4. Beeves then cut Gill for 3. Beeves next made an excellent square-leg hit along the carpet off Lankham for 4, bringing 30 up, and snicked him for 2. Watson put Gill prettily away to leg for 1, and Beeves made 2to square leg , . Steady play followed for four overs, only 2 runs being scored, and 40 appeared on the board. Beeves cut GOI for 1 to the off, and Watson snicked him for the same number Watson then made 2to squareleg, and a snick in the slips. Iwo maidens followed, and then 3 singles to Beeves off as many overs. Both bowling and batting were now very steady. A leg-bye brought j up 50, Canterbury having been just one | hour at the wickets. Several maidens I followed. Beeves made a single, and Watson then made a fine drive for 5 to the on off Gill. He next cut Lankham for 1. Bobinson, who bowls with his left hand, now relieved Gill at the South end, starting with a maiden. Beeves made 1 off Lankham's next over. Beeves hit one of Bobinson's slows for 4 to leg, and, the next ball, put him away for 2 in the same direction, following that by putting a rather flukey 2 to cover point. Arneil took up the bowling, and Watson made 1 off his first ball. Watson made 1 to leg off Eobinson and Reeves 2 to long field. Two singles came off -A-imeil's next over, and 1 off 35obinson*s. Reeves now Itlt ArneH prettily to the on for 4. A3, by Reeves, concluded the over, and the lunch adjournment took place. The score then stood at 82, Watson having made 34, Beeves 41, extras 7.

After the lunch adjournment the complexion of the game began to alter. Gill and Lankham again took the ball, but at different ends to those at which they had commenced. Wataon made two singles, and then he was run out from a good throw in from Blair. His innings of 36 was a really fine performance, without a chance—B4—2—36. Hartland now went to the wickets, but was bowled by Gill the very first ball—B4—3—o Ashby next appeared, and after making 2, scored 4 from a snick. Reeves' time had now arrived. He got an ugly one from Lankham, which got into his timber. His innings of 48 was an excellent one without what can be called a chance—94—4—4B. Wilding next went to the wickets, and put Gill prettily away to leg for 4. A taimmer from Lankham now found its way into Ashby's wicket—99—5 —6. Powke, the next man, did not last long, 'as he poked Lankham's very next ball into Robinson's hands at mid-on—99—6—o. Barnes, his successor, commenced by putting away Lankham for l> when, the century appeared on the board. Barnes now made a capital 4 to square-leg off Gill, but put one of the j same bowled right into the hands of Barnes at mid-on—lo6—7—-6. T. D. Harmanl next went to the wickets, and emfc Lankham's first ball very prettily for 4. Wilding made a nice wristy square-leg for 3 off Gill, and a single from Lankham. A fine piece of fielding by Arneil stopped a hard cut from Wilding. One resulted from the next two overs, and then Herman lifted Gill fpr 4 into the long field. A risky 1 from Wilding to leg followed. Wilding, in hitting hardata leg ball of Gill's, just scraped it and sent it high between the wickets, but nobody was there. Hannanhad run out into the middle of the ground, and Arneil, who had just got hold of the ball, threw at his wicket, missed, and a 4 overthrow was placed to Wilding's icredit. Harman was now bowled by Lankham after a lively little innings—l24—B—B. Frith next appeared. Wilding hit Gill hard to the off for 4. Frith played an over of Lankham's to square leg for nothing,, and, after a maiden from Gill, in the next over struck his wicket in hitting round at a leg ball—l2B—9—o. Fuller, the last man, made a lucky snick for 1 off Lankham, and one to square leg for 1 off Gill, but in the next over of Lankham's waa given out leg before wicket. Wilding thus carried out his bat for 20—a hard but rather lucky innings, and the Canterbury innings closed for 130. * Cantebbttry. First Innings. A. M. Ollivier, b Lankham 0 G. Watson, 3214441111215111111, ran out 36 W. P. Beeves, 123342211111114232432121, b Lankham . ... ... M 48 J. F. Hartland, b Gill ... ... _ 0 D. Ashby, 114, b Lankham ... „. 6 F, Wilding, 141311144, not out 20 J: Fowke, c Robinson, b Lankham ... 0 E. Barnes, 114, c Barton, b Gi11... ... 6 T. D. Harman, 44, b Lankham ... .„ 8 W. Frith, hit wicket, b Lankham ... 0 E. T. A. Fuller, 11,-lbw, b Lankham ... 2 Byes, 2 Leg byes „ ... 2 Total ..." 130 BOWLING AVEBAGB. Balls. Buns. Wkts. Mdns. Gill 126 64 2 10 Lankham ... 138 39 7 14 Robinson ... 20 13 0 2 Arneil ... 12 10 0 0 At half-past four the Canterbury men went out into the field, Robinson and Barton going in to the bowling of Fuller and Frith. Beeves and Ollivier were in the long field, Watson long leg, Wilding point, Harman cover point, Ashby and Hartland mid-on and off, Barnes slip, and Fowke wicket-keeper. Barton made 4 to leg off the second ball of Fuller's, cut the next for 2, and hit the next to square-leg for 2. Eight were thus made in the first over. Frith then bowled a maiden. Barton now made 4 off the first ball of Fuller, and hit the last ball for 2 to Jthe lon. Bobinson made 2 off Fuller to leg, and Barton put him away to leg for 2. Bobinson made 3 off Frith, the ball being muffed in the field, and Barton made 2. Barton again put away Fuller for 4 to square leg, but the next ball he played into Ms wicket. His innings was a fine hard hitting one of 21, without a chance—2(5 — I—2l.1 —21. Arneil next went to the wickets. Bobinson made 1 off Frith and bit Fuller for 2 and 1, and 30 appeared on the board. Robinson made 1 off Frith and 4 off Fuller to square leg. Bobinson hit one to the on, which went throngh a field's hands, and Arneil then hit Fuller for 3 again to square leg, in ! which direction the want of more than one field was being severely felt. Frith then bowled a maiden. Barnes now took Fuller's place with the ball, and Robinson put his third ball away for a single. The play now became slow, singles only appearing, but it was varied by a fine piece of fielding by Ollivier. At last Bobinson hit Barnes for *4 through the boundary, bnt the ball of the over clean bowled him. His innings of 24 was a fine performace, without a chance—sl—2 > —24. Blair was the next to appear at the wickets- Both bowling and batting were were now very steady, a two for Arneilonly varying the monotony of singles. Barton made 2 off Barnes to leg. Arneil drove Frith for 4 to the on—GO up on the board. The next over of Friths Arneil put a ball back into the bowler's hand—63—3 —14. Arneil's innings comprised one 4, a 3, and singles, and was a painstaking performance. Testro was the next man. Blair put a lofty 3 to square leg off Barnes. Blair now cut Barnes to cover for 3, the ball being muffed in the field, and drove Frith for 3. Testro hit up Barnes to square leg, and the ball was prettily secured by Frith—74—4—o. Yatee. the next man, cut Frith well for 2. Blair drove Barnes for 4 to the off, and for 3 to leg, but next over was bowled by Frith— 83—5—21. His innings comprised a 4, four 3's, and a 2. O'Brien now appeared. Tates hit Barnes for 2, and Hartland saved two or three by a smart piece of fielding. Slow play followed ontil O'Brien hit Frith to leg for 3. Wilding now relieved Barnes with the ball, and hi 3 second ball O'Brien skyed to mid-on, and it was engnlphed by Ashby—9o—6 —4. Gardner- was the next man, and Tates made a single to the off, while Wilding stopped a very hard hit to point in a manner that drew a cheer from the spectators. Time was now called. The Auckland score then stood as under:— AUCKLAND. First Timings. Barton, 42242214, b Fuller... ... „. 21 Robinson, 23121141111114. b Barnes ... 24 Arneil, 3H111124, c and b Frith ... 15 Blair, 123133143, b Frith .„ 21 Testro, c Frith, b Barnes 0 Yates, 2111, not out... ... ... ... 5 O'Brien, 13, c Ashby, b Wilding ... 4 Gardner, not out ... ... „. ... 0 Leg byes ... ... 1 Total, with loss,of six wickets... 91 The game will be resumed to-day. STANDARD C.C. v. KAIAPOI TT.C.C. On Saturday, /&e Standard CjC. played ihe Kaiapoi T7.C.C on the ground of the

latter and beat them by 35 runs.. The game was played on cocoanut matting and the scores were small, being 71 for winning and 36 for the losing team. Hill (20) and Balfour (8) for S.CXJ. and Sheard (10) for X.C.C. batted trell, while Wareing and O. Bradeley for the home team and Halley and G. Bowe for visitors bowled well.