CRICKET MATCHES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 742, 15 February 1910, Page 7

CRICKET MATCHES.

; OUR MEN AND AUSTRALIA. , .VISITORS WIN SIX WICKETS. ; SOME IMPROVED BATTING. Despite the fact that thero was no halflioliday yesterday, a crowd numbering about 1000 . assembled at the Basin ■ Reserve to witness tho. concluding stages, of tljo match.between. Australia and Wellington. Among UIO3O present was the Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward), and party. Tho -gato receipts.totalled Ml,. which', together with .£2OB fpr Saturday, and .£llß on Friday, miifco'aij aggregate.of =£580 for. tho match, which,will giro a surplus of abOHt.UiljO, . ' | A Brief Summary. .'lt was an open question as . to.,what would be tho' ultimate result of the contest. From their, display 111 their first innings it was evident'that the wicket was considerably 011 tho slow pido for'the 'Australians; Would they get the IC6 additional runs which would 'givo them a victory? "By.sonie' it was :argued that there was .a sporting chance that they might fail to do so," and they fortified this; view by emphasising the' fact that the . visitors. only 'compiled 330 runs in their first attempt. .'A- great majority of the spectators, however, must, have .had no .doubt as to who would win—especially after the initial .pair of batsmen be-gan-to malto 1 themselves at 'home with the bowling. As it happened, Australia got .the .required'number of rims within, two hours .lor the loss of only four wickets'.'Among the batsmen wps Armstrong; who again liad the misfortune to bo run .out toefore he . bad reached double figures.'Bardsley gave'a .fair showing of his undoubted ability,'securing 37 (not out), his: total including several fine hits. With aviow to practice—and the'-further entertainment of tho spectators— tho visitors continued their innings, which concluded at .5.10 p.m. for 367, of'which Smith contributed So,by vigorous hitting. For Wel- . lington, no fewer than seven bowlers' were' tried, Hickey and. Blacklock dividing tho honours, and it is worthy of note that' only one. maiden was. sent down during the,whole afternoon.' - ~ - ~. ' Det£jils*:of .the Play. Shortly after. 2 o'clock Mayne. 9 (not out).-:aud' 'Dodds 11 (not- out')' resumed batting -for' Australia, no wickets* being- . down. Off Ivinvig's'initial ball I'odda scoured a boundary' which should have been : averted ..by-Midltine. ' Briee- opened ' at the other end, but his second ball was' nicely cut :to ,-the boundary- by Mayne. Chiefly by .means of small hits, -judiciously pla'ceS, tho score gradually, but surely, began to mount'up. It was not long, before thero was a change of bowling. First of all -Patrick went on in place of Price and a few overs later Law& replaced Kinvig. The batsmen continued to .'avail themselves, of every opportunity, to make runs. Oij oao occasion' Roberts caused some divorsion by running out for a ball and : returning it with' his back ■turned at tho wickets. If he had been successful Mayno would have lost ..his. wicket. -At 02 Dodds' gave a somewhat easy,,, chanco in .the slips to B'rico 'who. had' the . ball in his hands but- - let it 'go; .- Then .another change- ,was: made in the.-bowling,. Itinvig;being put on. to bowl at tho-southern' ejid. in.lieu of Patrick. With .a fine .for'lyard: strpko ,to :tho. boundary ■-Dodds,;' -amid applause,'.-brought up .his scorov to: SO.'; At-,9.0 Brico again, went on .to. bowl in place of lCinvig. Off his second ball .Mayne secured a nico boundary to leg. A few -minutes later, the pair attempted'a! run, off a tap/.by Dodds. Blacklock,. however, picked, up tho ball .smartly and ;sent ~jt to R'obefts with'the .result -that ■I?odds;'was -run" out.- 98—1—53;. : -Bardsley. went.'in to .partner ; Mayne who .-now ap--'pearcd to be ■ quite, set.The new-comer 'o'pefiejl, with ' c a,.few- minor,/hits and then-., put Brico to ■ the boundary. With 121. on, the Jjoard Hickey). .-who-..-had been so liinsuccess'ful .during., c th'(£, v visitprs' . first innings, .on. of Laws. • 'Off.his.first over only. four\singles were "obtained,, and with-the. first ball' of his second over Roberts -caught Mayno be.hind;.the wickets'. 128— , ... : ' ;'V';.'''Armrfrpng.>pain'iFails.', ;; Armstrong .then , -became ■ associated ->ith Bardsley,, and,-. lifter the captain had made a couple'of singles, they • went infor a boundary, apiece. '. When Bardsley. followed- theso hits with ono for 6 off .Hickey, 'it looked as if the pair meant business. Off. Sickey's next-ball Bardsi •ley made a,stroko to, point, ,and-the bats--: men .. decided to rum but. beforo. Armstrong got homb Midlane - threw in ac-: eurately, •; hitting down the wicket at. the end hp. was'apprbaohing. 151—3—8. . • 1 Simpson jfas the new.-' companion, for! Bardsley,.,,and. Patrick, assisted ;, Hickey vyith' the bowling. ■ Bardsley. continued to make .a'. variety;; of good..hits, whilst Simpson's display,.: was, as, usual,, marked by: considerable .vigour.. In attempting a big .hit .to . long-on off .Hickey an over 'or two -later Simpson was'well caught by, closo to the "boundary. 175—4 ■ Smith filled tho vacancy, and immediately after, Bardsley -had 'a - "life,-" beingmissed by .Midlane: at point off . a high and; somewhat .difficult'.catch, Hickey being tho bowler. : At: ten minutes to four Smith made.! the winning, ..hit, with, a stroke, to square, ...leg,; Australia''tlnis gaining a six-wicket'victory. Following were' tho..soorfisj-r... .; - .Wellington. : First innings' 1 , j'o'7,: 'Secop'd innings, 208 : Aggregate 315' '"' ' " AUSTRALIA. First innings .130 Second Innings.,' Dodds, •24iU1i1322*U1114111141111,, run ' <>«'• ~... 53 Mayne, 112141111112-114111111412111212122 ' 111, c. Roberts, b> Hickey 58 Bardsley, 1212411121141621111111 (not' ' j out) 37 Armstrong, U42, .run 0ut:.....,....;.:..,., a Simpson,. .21124-1211, , c. Mahoney, b. . Hickey 18 Sjmith, 1124 -.(not . out) • 8 , ...Extras—byes 3, leg-byes 3 0 Total for 4 wickets 188 ' . 'Aggregate ...... ..., ~..318 .Bowling. Analysis,j ' . . Overs. Mdns. ;Runs. Wktß. • Patrick, 7 . - — ... 41 — . lunvig ......... G — 30 — Brico 7 .—■ ■. 41 ' G : 29 — i Hickey 6 . — - 41 2 j Visitors Complete Their Ipninfls. ' The'visitors went.on batting,.and after. Bardsley hod added 2 runs to his total, he' gave a smart-return to Patrick, • which was accepted. 190—5—39. 1 Kelleway' joined Smith,' both batting forcefully.. In one of Patrick's overs ho, secured two sixes in succession.. Among tho bowlers tried at this stage' wero Foster: ai)d . Blacklock. . When the partnership -had yielded 100 runs, Kelleway was run-out. by a well-judged shot by Midlane. 290—ft—31'. • Facey filled the breach, but runs continued to-come'freely. Smith, who had shown, fine form, was nicely caught;'ontho boundary by Patrick. 312—7—85. Emery went out to assist Facey, but the latter was tempted to hit out at a slow ono by Blacklock, with tho result that ho was caught in tho long-field .by'.KinTig. 332-8-16. The uew-comor, Whitty, remained at the crease only long enough to seo two deliveries. Off' tho first, Emery mado ft single, and then Whitty lifted a ball to /Tucker at mid-on. 333—9—0. Gorry was tho last man, but" after ho had mado a few runs, and Emery had placed a number of big hits to his credit, tho incomer was caught by- Tuckot oil Hicltoy. 307—10—9. : . . . ; The following. aro tho details. of. tho' additional scores Smith' (previous score 8), 3160111414114113142141412114414,. c. Patrick, b. ' Blacklock, !■ 85;. " Kelleway, 12121121141111111411122, run out,-34; Facey, 1141414, c. Kinvig, b. Blacklock, lli; Emery, ; l4l4lll-iC-l-114, not out, 37; Whitty, c.. 'luckcr, b. Blacklock, 0; Gorry, 1111131, c. Tucker, b. Hickey, 9; extras, byes 3, leg-byes-7, 10; total; 307.. The complete. Wellington bowling analysis is ns follows:—Patrick took one wicket for 74 runs; Kinvig, none for 30; Brice, - none for I's; Laws, none for 51; Hickey, threo. for 52; Foster, none for .27; Blacklock, three' for 55.