INTERPROVINCIAL MATCH.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12707, 21 January 1907, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL MATCH.

CANTERBURY v. WELLINGTON. It is not often that Lancaster Parkis the see.no of siich a lifeless and un- : int* resting afternoon's cricket as was witnessed on Saturday en tho occasion lof the 21st representative, match f>o. j tween Canterbury and' Wellington. 'iTii weather, upon which so much depends j for an enjoyable cricket match, was 1 largely responsible for tho dismal condition of things. A southerly buster with drenching -.bowers during the preceding day and night gave littlo hope of the game proceeding at all, but towards mid-day the clouds rolled by, an! a bright sun and drying wind for two or flirt© hours enabled th© players to co mm on cc hostilities. The sou-wa*tor, however, was responsible for an irritating delay at tlw .tart. The Mararoa j with tl.reo of thrj Wellington men— j Blacklock, Uphann, and HaU_ aboard— had not arrived at the advertised time of starting play, and th© rest of the Nortlu-rners did not arrive on th*" ground until somo time after 2 o'clock. As a matter of fact, the Mated ones did not leave Lyttolton until after 4 o'clock, and when they arrived at Lancaster Park the last" of Wellington's available batsmen were at tne wickets. However, tho local men had! generorudy arranged that in tho event of a wiclTt falling before tli© late trio put in an appearance, an adjournment should be made for afternoon tea. and thus allow the Northerners to bat a full team. Fortunately, a timely stand by Co-Uns and McDarmid mad© this unnecessary. Neither province was represented By its full strength. Of tht> Northern players Monaghan, Williams, and tiie Hickson brothers -mere -unable to make the journey, whilst Si<ms, Lusk, Orchard, and " Callaway were not available to do battle for Cant.-rbitry. The last-mentioned had been chosen to play, hut notified the selector of h ; s inability to get away. Fortunately Ollivier was aWt> to cet the necessary leave, and he, proved' himself a very worthy substitute for tho Riccarton trundler.

A.s previously mentioned, the afternoon's play was a most dispiriting performance. Allowing that the wicket was slow, and gave bowlers considerable assistance, it was not nearly bad enough to account for the tameness ot the Wellington batting. The pitch had l>een rolled for nearly two hours before the came started, and though --till on the slow side, the surface »« firm and iv good order. As a whole the Nortn-

erners' batting was disappointing. Hardly any of th© batsmen made an i f.ffnr r f 0 ~,,_,_ w jth th* bowling. Half volleys were timorously patted back to j iv • ojuiw. and -ihort-pitohcd balls were 1 allowed to go unpunished. McDermkt | »'a> about the only one to show an ag-pre&siv-p front, and be made some beautiful drives on thc on side. Of course tbo palm must b* awarded to Collins. Goitijj; in !ir»t. he carried his bat ripht t'nronyh the innings, a feat ot j ".vhieh. uin'cr thf cireumstanors, the yeiting W« batsman may well feel proud. In the ta,r!ier part of his irnings he was somewhat streaky, several halls l>eating him and missing ti,<> wicket by a very narrow margrrr. But when he had settled down, he displayed splendid defence, getting well out for the forward strokes and watching the short on**s warily up to the bat. Hi> runs came «lowly, but nevertheless, many of his scoring strokes were executed in a manner th.it stamps him a* a coming batsman. He made some Ix-Mitiful cuts, and his driving at times was very pjod. He batted for two hours and three quarters, and considering the vtate of the wicket and the slown< >> of the outlield, it was a meritorious yerfornvnec. The Canterbury attack relied largely on Bennc-t and Ollivier. The former wa.s handicappi-d by an injured finger. an<l though he -.en't down a lot of difficult bill's, ho lack-.'d his usual consistency. his direction especially being erratic. Ollivier hits rarely, if « ver, bowled better than he did on Saturday. His j and direction were uniformly good, and his variety of pace with the j big leg hrenk lie got on kept the batsmen pretty much on the defensive. The j Canterbury fielding was not first-class, two or three, by their looseness marr-j ing what would have otherwise been a yofwl displ.iv. | Tho little hatting that Canterbury | h;;d at the close of the day's play was no better than Wellington's had been, and the home team lost two wickets during the twenty minutes they had to play. These tuo, however, were not ol Canterbury's best, and it is open to question whether it was a wiso policy to keep the ltest men back. There was a poor attendance of the public, only £2-) 3s being taken at the gates. Messrs Hart and Hooper were the umpires. Reese captained the local team, whilst Tucker led the Northerners. Winning the toss, Tucker elected to hat. He may have been influenced in this decision by the fact that three of hi.s men had not arrived, for it was not by any means a batsman'e wicket. The local men took the field at 2.30, and Coberolt and Collins went out to open the Wellington innings. Ollivier opened tho bowling from thc south end, Bennett trundling from tho other against a strong wind. Both batsmen wero exceedingly cautious, and runs came very slowly. The first seven overs produced a 2 and three singles, nnd Cobcroft then got Bennett through the slips for a trio, sending 10 up. The first half-hour's play only produced 16, but Cobcroft improved this average by getting Bennett to leg for 3. This was his last, however, as he was well taken at the wicket. 20—1—7. Beechey was next, and Collins reached doubles, by cutting Ollivier for a pair. The newcomer got a brace for an uppish stroke past mid on, but then spooned one into Williams's hands at short leg. 24— 2— 2. Mahoney followed, but after getting a single was out lbw to Ollivier. -7—3—l. Hawthorne partnered Collins, and gave a chance of stumping, (he ball doing to the boundary for byes. Ollivier in his next over clean bowled Hawthorne with a big leg break. 31—4—0. Tucker filled the gap, and maidens followed each other in weary succession. Collins at last got Bennett to leg for 3, and Ringles sent 40 up. Three runs later Tucker tried to place a ball to leg, but going off the edge of the bat it found a resting place in Bidley's hands at slip. !3—■_—(]. Laws was the ingoer, and drove Ollivier nearly to the off boundary. one for an overthrow giving 5 for the etroke. Misfielding at mid-off .o-o--f, Taws another 3. and a pair to Wrd. _ Thibrought Williams on m place of Ollivier, and Laws hit him to square leg for 3, thereby reaching doubles. This was his Inst, as Bennett howled him with the first ball of his next over. f ) 4_G__l2. MoDermid -joined Collins end the hitter drove Bennett beautifully to tiie off boundary. McPermid treating Williams to n similar dose on the on. and sending 70 up. W T illiams clean bowled McDermid with a nr»hnll, and the batsman showed his gratitude by hittine the next ball to tho on boundary. The same batsman was nearly bowled by Bennett in the following over, two for byes resulting. At Sfi Ollivier bowled again in place of Williams, whose 4 overs had cost 15 runs. In his second over McDermid should have easily been stumped, but Boxshall failed to take the ball. Rid1. v replaced Bennett at 93. and Collins cut him sweetly to the track. Singles sent the century up for two hours and a quarter's play. Collins reached 40 with a threo to leg, and McDermid with a single got 20. but hit the next ball up to mid-on. where Bennett held an easy catch. 104—7—20. Blacklock was next, but was clean bowled hy Ollivier without scoring. lOo—8 —0. Lpham filled tbe cap. and after playing streakilv at Ollivier, got him to the square leg boundary with a lusty hit. Collins narrowly missed hcing run out, a poor return allowing him to get back to his wicket. Bennett bowled in place of Ollivier. nnd Collins cut him grandly to the boundary. Ollivier bowled from thc north end acanift the wind, p.*,l rot*""' v im to J"'**' for a trio 120 vrcro hoisted. In'Hli. c.-.iud over, however, ho scooped one up to \nthonv at mid-on, the hoard showing I_*2—9—o Hales was last vnaH, and Collins reached .')0 with a square nit for 3. Hales got the win* number with a stroke to leg. Shortly after this H-dcs started for a run, thinking the ball had parsed Patrick, but the Svdenham man picking it ur> nniekiy ran him nut, the innings closing at 5.2.1 for 131. Oanterhnrv started their innings nt 20 minutes to 6 with Patrick and \MI--liam- Tucker from the railway end -nd rnham had charge of the bowling The former in his second oyer howled Willi,m, 1-1-0. and Riley followed. With only three singles on, Concroft bowled in place of Tucker, and his fourth ball Bidler returned smartly to him. which was held at the second attempt. •>-----3. Run. filled the vacancy, and Laws howled in place ot rpharri. Patrick hit a full toss from Cobcroft to the leg track, sending 10 up Time was shortly after called, the score being 11 for 2 wickets. Play will be resumed at 11 o clock this morning. Scores: — W_L_IN'CTOX. First Inning*. L T Cobrro't. 133. c Bonhall. b Bennett 7 D. Collins, 11-121T21131_iil.HlllH311U131 1, not out -- -• .I „ V. X B«-chey, 0, c William*, b Bennett 2 J. j. Mahoney 1, lbw, b Ollivier .. 1 A. Hawthorne, b Ollivi-r ■■ . ••- " K. Tucker. 111111. c KiJiey. b Ollivier.. 6 V. A. Laws. iai-Si, h Bennett .- ■• 1W D. Mr.Derm.d. HUll'lUlUl. c Bennett, b Ollivier ■• •■ *l .1. V. Hlacklock. b Ollivier -• .-• JJ K. V T'r.ham. +11-1. c Anthony, b Ollivxr 9 E. Halei. 31. run out . ._*■.„*■ 13yr* _l_-_I, leg-lwea 11, wide* 12. nob*!l ! ••' " *' •* Total -.131 Run, at WI rt wirkrt.wl »: X «: 3--T: 4. 3!: 5, 43: 6, 64. 7. MM; 8. 106; 9. I ' > rWli l iJ'' l _n»ljH»- X- M. Ollivier, »_4 r-v.-r-v. 11 maiden*. 43 runs. 6 wicketa; J. 11. B.'nnftt, 37 overs. 12 uiaiaVn*. 4a runs. 3 I ,rickrt,. 3 wide.; K. S, Wjiliaina. 4 overs, 1 maiden, 14 rana, 1 no-b_!l; K. Itidley,. - overs, 1 maiden, 13 run-j CANTERBURYFirst Inningf. W. R Patrick. 11141. not out .. •• 8 K. «. Wyiiam?. b Tucker .. •• " li. Ridlev. ia c -**-<l h f-obcrolt .. .. 3 K. B. Bain, not out . •• •• ° Total for two w'tkrts . . ■- " To bat-A. -uitbony, fc- M. Ollivirt. J. D.

_*-T_ice. T. W. Recife, H. B. "VTbitta, J. H. Benxe4t and C. Bonhall. SUBURBAN "COMPET-TIOX. Playing »v ' _.- rev den on Saturday the local team delVated Haceconrse B by an annincs and 14 nine. Scores: —Spreydon 78 (Smith 21. Downing 18, and Mar«n 10). Ilaeecoain-e 27 and Smith. Flatman. and Marson (or tJ'o wrnni r>, and RoJieji ter tho lomrs bowled well. In the Senior Grade the Addington Blacksmiths won the match against Prebbleton by default. j In the .Junior (irade the Addington Blacksmiths 2nd eleven jonnieyed to New Brighton on Saturday, and defeated the local team by 1 rim on the first innings. Scores:—Addinqton 42 (Davcy 18 not out). New Brighton 41 (P. Sefton 1-5. A. Cresswell 10 not out). For Addington Hocking and Davebowled well, as did P. Sefton and Cornish for New Brighton. St. Matthews defeated Woolston by an innings and 4fi runs. Scores:—St. Matthew's 112 for ."> wickets (Carter 12, Small 10. Sandman .13 not out, Webster .17 not out). Woolston 2"i and 41. Small, Soames. and Small for St. Mat(hevvs. and Cocker and W. Bentley for Woolston bowled most successfully. A match wai played between Felton and Xortb ' nt tbo St. Albans Rerreiitioii Ground on Saturday, reMiltiiii, in a win for tho l"Vlt>\n team. Tli* „-»r««:~-Felton 58 and 138; North '_'S and -12. F< r the winners C. Moore mado 12, l> Kvans 33. and L. Evans __•. and for street A. Jack 22. C. Moore and L. and B. Evans bowled well, taking all the wickets for the w innexs. Op.i-.va seniors Oxford Terrice Baptists at Opawa by 2o runs on the first innings. Opawa made 7U (the Boy. P. -I. Cocks IS, Condi iff c 12 not out and C. Collins 10) and Oxford Terrace responded with ol (Ford 17).