CRICKET MATCHES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 86, 4 January 1908, Page 7

CRICKET MATCHES.

WELLINGTON V. CANTERBURY. j AN EXCITING FINISH. ] LOCAL MEN WIN ON THE CALL OF , • TIME. Tho inter-proviiicial representative match ; iWellington" v.,.Canterbury, was concluded on' the- Basin Reserve yesterday, and, contrary , ■ to expectation, tho match was played to a , finish and resulted- in a meritorious victory for Wellington, by 91 ruiis, although the issuo was in doubt right up to , the call of timo, which was extended until 6.30. Tho Wellington mori, who made 329 in tjioir first turn at tho wickets, compiled 346 for the lpss;.of seven wickots in tho second innings,; whon they declared the innings closed, leaVihg the visitors: 310: runs to make: to ■ win. Beecliey:'and Gibbos,. thb two not out • men of Thursday,-jinisumed butting at'll a.m. Gibbes did not last long,- but Blacklock, the noxt man;'laid-the. wood on ill great .stylo, and'.overtook "Becchey's score at One. stage. Both men got into the final turn. for their oenturies, when there was a sudden Flump. Beecliey »'iw caught when 'lie reached fl-L lie had ik great donl of treed lucll in potting- jo f.ir, but it wns bad'hiel; to go out when. Clio century was within hailing ■ dislniifcfi. Blacklock played n dashing innings for 9.'!, biit gave a coupla of chances which should not'havo been missed. Hickson played' nice cricket for 38,' and Williams scored 23'withtho assistance "o£ good luck. Bennett, who .injured his arm on the opening day, came out 'with tho- best bowling . average, three \viokets for GO.' Canterbury, with 3(56 to their credit oil -tho first innings, compiled 218 in the second turn, making a grand total of 584, or 91 boliind Wellington. Wood, who scored a ccntury in the first innings, was disposed of for 18, and Patrick was also got rid of cheaply at 17. • Reese played another great innings for 69, and Orchard batted well for 30, whilst Bennett made a timelv stand for 33. With only two wickets to, fall, and timo drawing" close, tho Canterbury men sot up a stonewall. Bonnett and Williams held tlioir wickots up until twelvo minutes off finishing timo, whon Williams 3uccumbed. Crawshaw, tho last man, went in with ton minutes to go. If ho and Ben.nett could have played out timo, the n)atch would have resulted in a draw. If ono of the wickots fell AVellington would win. Crawshaw negotiated several balls successfully, but Bennett, who was fairly well set, was trying to get tho bowling so as to play out timo. To this orid ho neglected to run-whon opportunities camo along, and the result was that Canterbury tided over all tho timo with tho exception of a minute and a half. Withthis small margin between a draw and a loss Bonnett mado a drivo which gave tho chanco of - an easy run, but to make, doubly sure ijf tho draw, lie refused to , run, so that he could take tho succeeding ball. That ball proved to bo tho ond, and decidcd tlio game in favour of Wellington, Bennett making a miss-hit in playing forward to Monaghan, and sending the ball into the hands of Laws, whore it remained, giving tho local men a well-merited victory just on tho call of timo. WELLINGTON'S SECOND INNINCS. GIBBES—BEECHEY. Tho two Wellington not out men, Bocchoy (65) and Gibbes (15), resumed batting at eleven o'clock with tho score standing at 150 for ono wicket. ' Gibbes took striko to Williams, who commenced bowling from tho north end, and sont down a maiden. Orchard went on at tho other ond, and sent a maidon to Beechcy, who did not appear to understand 1 the slow bowler. Tho first ball of Williams's next over accounted for Gibbes, tho hall hitting tho : handle of the bat and going into Boxshall's hands, 150—2—15. BLACKLOCK-BEECHEY. Blacklock joined his clubmatc, but tho first'over producod no runs. Bccchey gavo a chanco off tho first ball of Orchard's second over, but Bonnett failed to hold tlio ball. , Tho samo batsman gave another chance to Norman off Williams, but tho fieldsman mado a weak att-ompt to tako tho ball, i Beecliey scored a serial of singles, and. .Blacklock obtained a single, followed by. four i to leg, and tlion drovo Orchard ovor tho southern boundary ropes for 6. Blacklock was hitting with his usual vigour and crisp- [ iicss, and when ho had scored 18 Bennett i was put on in placo of Williams, his first [ over bringing four to Blacklock. Beecliey was scoring slowly, and notched twenty singles in succession, and 180 appeared on tlio board. Crawshaw relieved Orchard, hut runs continued to como slowly, 200 being registered as tho result of two and a half hours'' play, Beechoy having mado 77 and lilncklock 37. Hlaekloek's driving was pdrs fection, and ho showed some skilful placing ' when tlio field was opened up. Ho got a four and a six off Bennett, and brought 210 up. When ho had made 49 ho gave Norman a high catch on tho southern boundary off Reese, who had succeeded Crawshaw, hut the :. fieldsman dropped tho ball. Moorehouso relieved Bennett, and his first ovor yioldcd '• eight to Blacklock. Blacklock skied another ono from Reoso, hut it dropped clear of the i- fielders. A couplo of balls later, Blacklock was within an aco of boing run out. Ho " was apparently out to scoro fast, however, i, and succeedod in his mission, reaching the

boundary repeatedly, and drawing up on I Beechey's score rapidly. Patrick was put on in ; placo of Moorehouso, wlioso two overs had C cost 17. Blackjack had scored 75 after lio' .1 had been at the wickets an hour. Bcechcy had made 83 in three hours, and the hoard 1 ftt this stago showed 240. Blacklock quiet- 1 ened down, and waited for loose balls,which ] ho punished severely; Both players • gained the eighties, and batted carefully on towards ] tho century. Bonnott replaced Patrick, and stuck Beechey up with a conplo of good halls, but tho batsman at length opened his shoulders,' and came to light with a clean drivo for four, his first boundary of tho day. With tho total at 269, Reechoy, who had looked a certainty for a hundred,, was caught by Moorehouso off Reesoj tho fieldsman almost i taking the ball off tho bat. Beechey had made 94, 'and tho partnership had added 119, j 269-3-94. • ] TUCKER—BLACKLOCK. ■ '! Tucker filled the vacant crcase, and on his ] arrival: Blacklock' "gave Wood a chaneo in •'( tho" outfield, 'but' tho .Canterbury man:misjudged tho ball. .;L The noxt ball, from Bonnet, however, clean bowled Blacklock, 270— j 4—93. ' '■ ■WILLIAMS-TUCKER. ■ ■ "Williams and Tucker started out gingerly, ■ but Williams played a couple of nice glides'; to leg. Whon Tucker had mado one, he was caught behind tho wickets by Boxshall oft' - Bonnott, 2So—s—l. j HICKSON—WILLIAMS. . The noxt man was-Hickson, and runs camo. : steadily; without any display of vigour. Wil- : liams gave, a possihlo chance in tTio out-field : when no had mado 15, but Crawshaw. just ■ failed to reach the ball, which went,to-the. . and brought 300 up. At 307 Wil-. liams' wont on, with tho wind behind him, in 1 plico' of Roese. y Scoring was slow for. a considerable time,; and then Hiokson brought 320 iijj .with , a -square cut and a drivo off Williams, : botlr to tho boundary. Crawshaw ■ soon re-'- ■ Ifdved '-Willinnis, :whoso couplo of overs had yielded' 17." Tho Wellington Williams giivo Norman a simple chaneo off Crawshaw's.fifth ■ball;'- btit, to tho surpriso of everyone, tho. , Southerner dropped tho catch.- At tho lunchcon adjournment at 1.15 tho score was 326, Williams 27, Hiekson 20. , . On resuming at 2.5, Williams opened , with a squaro cut for two off Bennott, the only' runs tho over yielded. Crawshaw wont on at tho south end, and clean bowled Williams with tho last ball of the over, 329—6 —29. LAWS—HICKSON. ' . Laws partnered Hiekson, and the latter gavo a possible chalice to Orchard off Bon-' , nott. ■ Tho. fioldsman had to run for , tho. catch,, and missed it. Another skier by the samo batsman, followed, but foil clear of tho fielders. Hiekson. was driving nicely;, .bub.-just 'after,346 was announced lie -was , clean bowled by Bennett.' 346—7—38. • Tho ; Wellington skipper called his team in at this stago, declaring the innings closed at 2.85. CANTERBURY SECOND INNINGS. PATRICK—WOOD. Canterbury started their second innings at 2.45, requirinjj to mako 310 to win. and, having three and three-quarters of ail'hour to get the runs in. Tucker started bowling from tho southern end, and Monaghan was put on against the-wind. Tucker sent down a maiden, but Patrick scored a 2 off Monaghan's last ball. With tho score at 6,. after a quarter of an hour's play, Wood should .havo boon run out, when stealing a singlo, but Burton,-who was fielding substitute for Mahoney, fumbled tho ball, and returned it badly. Hiekson was put on in placo of Tucker, and Patrick brought 10 iip with an off drive, following' with another boundary to squaro-leg. After :20 minutes'-'play, oight overs liad bqoii ' ■bowled, . Beven -of 'them maidens. Patrick brought .20 up'vrtthfa cut through tho' slips for for, anud his companion drove Moiiaghan to tho boundary. Wood returned ono_ over i Monaghan's head, when he hud made / , but i the bowler, misjudged his jump. A\ ith tho score at 31 Patrick was run out as tho result of a . smartu return by Tucker. 31 1 —17.' : j i:REBSE-^WOOD v ; ■ \ Reese was the next, maii, and Upham took tho ball from Monaghan, but oyer after over was sent down without anything' lwppomng; : -With the toSal at 47,'W00d was beautifully caught in the slipsi by Hiekson off Upham. 47—2—18. . ... MOOREHOUSE—REESE. ' Moorehouso joined Reese, and. Beechey wont on in place of Tlivhson. His fourth.ball was tipped info the slip bv t.hi" iiowoumer, who was caught by lliukiion. . 4S-~!)~-0. A short adjournment was then made for atturnoun tea. - ORCHARD—It EES K. After' . the ■'adjournment Orchard joined Reoso, and sobn .ran up a dozen with a series of clean off drives, which carried tho total on to 60. Tho next ten comprised a beautiful glide to tho boundary by Keeso off Upham. Both batsmon began to open out, and runs camo freely, 80 and 90 appearing within a! few minutes. Monaghan replaced Upham, but lie was punished pretty severely. Another cliango in tho bowling, saw Laws ouccoed Beechey, but his first ball was cut to tho boundary by Orchard, a' single to each batsman bringing 100 on tho board. Reoso gavo a chaneo in tho outfield, when lie had mado 32, but was let off. At 115 Hiekson relieved Laws, and checked tho scoring for a timo, but 13 runs later ho gavo way to Tucker. Ilalos taking up the attack from the north end. Tho batsmen woro both going well at this timo, but Halos's second ball shattered Orchard's stumps, and ended a partnership which' had put oil 87 runs. 135 —4 —36. . ANTHONY—REESE. Anthony, the noxt, man, gave a possihlo chance to Bcechcy deep in tho slips olf tho fifth ball from Hales, but tho opportunity was missed. Upham relieved Tuckor, and Rocso gave a chanco in tho slips off his fourth ball, which was dropped by Hiekson. Tho Southerners' skipper had mado 53 when ho was given tho lifo.. Anthony was scoring slowly, but Reese was pegging alone steadily, and ran tho total up to 160, at which stago Boechey replaced, Upham, and Anthony had not been at homo at any stago, and his end camo when trying to glido a ball from Hales. A miss-bit sno.t tho ball into tho slips, whero Hiekson snapped it. 167—5 —8. NORMAN—REESE. : Norman partnered Reese, but only two runs had. boon added whon tho noweomor lost his captain, who played one from Boechey on. to his wicket. 169—6—69. ■ BOXSHALL—NORMAN. 1 lioxshall filled tho broach, and after he had made three runs lie playod ono from Tucker, who had relieved Beechey, on to his wicket off his log. 173—7 —3. BENNETT-NORMAN. Bonnett entered tho lists, but Inst his i partner, given out leg before to Tucker, after i one run had boon scored. 174 —B—4. WILLIAMS-BENNETT. ' Williams filled the vacancy; and runs camo slowly, although Bonnett laid tho wood on to soveral balls and sent thorn to tho bound- > ary. Upham took Hales's placo and had l seven scored off the over. Runs came with I some regularity, although both men were . playing steadily, and Bonnott hoisted 200 with ) a lofty hit to the leg boundary. Tho iden of tho batsmen was dearly to play out time, . and Hiekson was tried again with tho wind. 1. Monaghan taking up tho bowling from tho r northorn end. ■ Bennett was making a few 3 -runs, but his partner was giving an oxliibic tion of stonewalling. Another change saw - Laws on with tho wind, but no change eamc t until ten minutes before time, whon Wilt liams was given out log before to Monaf glian. 211 —9—6. V URAWSfiAW—BENNETT, t With ten minutes to go Crawshaw went y in, and excitement ran high, tho question f being whether a wicket would fall and give | tho game to Wellington at the last niinuto, Evory stroke was watched intently, and n it minute before timo Bennett, who had delia beratcly sought tho bowling, was caught bj 0 Laws off Monaghan. 218—10 —33. T THE SCORES. , WELLINGTON. ■r First Innings " ••• 321 .° Second Innings. « iiocchey, 114114142141314112443112442111 •, ' 1111111111111111111121114, o. Moorehouse, b. Reoso m 9<

Mbhoney, .11111.4114442411124111413441 ) 1, st. Boxshall, b. Reoso.. ... , ... 69; l Gibbos, 1341141, c. Boxshall, b. Williams 15 £ Blacklook, 1462-41414111123114622144224- f 41112141134,-b. Bonnott ".v: ... -93 ] Tucker, Ic. Boxshall, b. Bennett ... 1 ' Williams, 222113224141112, b; Crawshaw 29 Hickson, 11114114411121214124, b: Bon- 1 - nott - ,; 38 ;< Laws, 111 l (not out) . ... - * > Byes 11, le£ bye 1, no ball 1 ; ... 1,13 Total for 7 wickets ... ... 346 1 Grand tot,nl ... ... , ... 675 j Bow'i.ing Analysis. -- , Overs.'. MdnS. Runs. Wkts. j Williams ... 16 4 44 1 , Crawshaw ... 18 3 45; ;; 1 : Reeso ... ... 20 0 83 2 | Patrick ... 7 2 23 0 . Bennott ... 22 3 60 3 Moorehouso 2 , 0 1' .■ ... .0 . 'Orchard ... 13 . 1 . 61 0 ... ! CANTERBURY. . \ . First Innings- ... — 366 Second Innings. Wood, 141121413, cl Hiekson, b. Upham; - 18 Patrick, 2144114. run out ■ ... ... .17 i'ooso, 1112111i1114113424114111313141 ~. 121114141, b. : Beechey : ..! ... 69 Moorehouso, c.. Hiekson, b. Bccchoy ... 0 Orchard, 1142412114114111111111, b. Hales ... ••;' ••• ••• — 36 Anthony, 2141,. c. Hiekson, b. II n1 cs .... S Norman, 1111, 1.b.w., Tucker .... ~.. 4 Boxshall, 3, b. Tucker ... ... -. f Bonnett,. 2414111441214111, c. Laws, b. . Monaghan ••• ■ Williams,.llll2, 1.b.w., Monaghan,, 6 Crawshaw.'(not out) ... ... ... '_0 Byes !!3, leg bye 1 ... , 24 — Total ... . ..... ... . ' I.Grand total 1 >*• • BOWUNO ANAIiTSM.' : : Overs.' Mdns. Runs, Wkts. Tucker ■ ... .10 5 19 V 2 Monaghan 16 3 43 2 Hiekson , ~.i 13"., 5 24- 0 Upham ..,'-13 - 1 1 Boeohey ... 6 0 2o 2 Laws ... 5; 1 ' lo ' 0 Hales ... 9 2 19 2