CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 761, 9 March 1910, Page 8

CRICKET.

— ; -'' ■; 9 : -' AUSTRALIA DEFEATS OTAGO. .-- BY TENiWieKETSv, ';" 1 . 'By Telegraph.—Presß-Association.). .. Dunedin,. March 8. The cricket match Otago v. • Australi*-.. was resumed, op. the Garisbropk- Ground this afternoon, .'the visitors requiring .98 runs to-win.' .Gummings and Macartney beganthe bowling, and, the 'first- couple _• of 'overs'showed''that .'the «icket-bad recovered, ..and..would .not" help, .\tbe . at-, tack as. it. had. done •on the .previous day. Bardsley -began- to-, score•at..-pnce,'. : and,:. after a couple "of-singles, be. ! off-drov9 . Cumrnings along the 'carpet for tbree. He, fpllo.wed. this., by placing! .'Macartney between- and, square-leg- for '-two," . and. ."driving-him past. Wilson ; at mid-on ■■' also for "two;"Mayno at" this''stage'had scored'three'.singles, '_bjit. he!-got ; . the first boundary. hit..of,the\ innings by cutting CummingSrbehihd point' and Bardi ■ • ley then' got; his first' four by driving Macartney hard'along thVgrW to- the boundary at"long r pn. \ .With .the.'score a.' 26, .made.,in' twenty.'minutes* -M-Tarlaht "> Went on-at Ciimraings's-end, and-opened with a short one -..'to leg, which yielded M'ayne .a. couple.- same* batsman theV.gbt M'Farlane's! next! ball behirid ;■'-. point to the near boundary.'. Bardsley. s ' got two. more, by ..turning -MTarline neatly to .leg.,- Macartney,' .at"'the" other end, -was sending . down: some-' .very rfine . balls,, but-'was..getting, -'no- assistance ' from, the wicket', ■'. which ■ was playing ■ /beautifully .and' the batsmen- appeared: thoroughly comfortable. I ..At•• 38 Torrance. ; ..' took Macartney's ehd* and' 1 -Bardsley "at':'." once bit "him .hard!'-.and-clean -to . the square-leg boundary.' Runs--continued;.to come freely, .both batsmen'.scoring consistently.' Wilson,'-.the' Otago. captain, • * tried.. stem the torrent frequent ■ . changes in the ■ bowling, but :• all "to -io purpose, and; after 70 minutes'".' play, Bardsley. made the '.winning' hit ,; by driving Macartney; for" four."' Bardsley,' how- . ever, did : not bat ■ without "blemish; but;? " "life".at 46 was not a serious' blot* or. ■' his• innings.- The sum-of t£l9''was'taken at.the gate, making- a' total"of'£322'for •'■-. the tbree days. Scores:— ■'.' "'.■.

•■■■■v- AUSTRALIA. "■'•-.■ !' ; - .. Second Innings.'. Bardsley, not out ;......!...... : ... v _......i.. St Mayne, not. out i,.-.-,,.™....™ 41-,-,. Extras .............«.....; .......;.'.:..'-.'' i Total, no;, wickets,for ..; - 99. Australia thus won "by ten. wickets.'... ~ . OUR CRICKET AND GROUNDS.: .V MANAGEE's';OPINIONS/'.,v.;^,'.' (By TeleeraDh—Prase-Associations ' / ; Dunedin, March; 8.' ; ; In ah. interview, Mr. Mackenzie,-. niaa». ager. of the. Australian cricket team,, expressed the .opinion that;cricket;had;not.. improved since, he'visited. New. Zealand • sixteen years ago... It must improve,, how- ■ ever, in ; the nest few. years if the" : wisa; plan,-of, coaching .;,was. continued.. Ha ■ plumped ■ heartily' ; for Carisbrook as -being the best .'cricket, ground, in .the-.Dominion, taking, into. consideration-, the,wicket, and, the general contour and appearance.' Thq ■ outfield .was-iSlbwer than: Lancaster-.'Parks and' Otago's 1 . 166 runs would .have been , 240 . there.:.. The, outfield .-.on-. Lancaster,: Park! .was -sol'jast':'that, the -. boundaries, should be.judiciously extended.-,'!; .'■ :/.■■: ilr. Mackenzie considers it„an advan-,, tago for. Auckland to have the Plunket, Shield,match .played; there. The, wickei'. is,-a peculiar- one to.know. At.the.be.' ginning of.. the/Australian -innings .thai ball, came up .a decent height,- but. aa more runs were made, on it the-6lowerv: it ..played..'-,. Thei; cause of ..this was .'the v. want,.of."-proper foundation ,and ballast,. and the same thing applied to: Welling-' jtoh^Alpneyj.spent on this.w.ould heimoney..:--Well.,:lpent.'v' He .thinks-.the Test -imatch .' is.Very open, and,the. visitors will hava to ;.play. :-to...win.-- Everywherejithe:';team ".- has .met* with, the.greatest. hospitality; ■ ■'-" ■:■ lie ' 'declined, to : '.■ .express; any t. opinion ••" regarding, the prospects, of ,-.-, the.. South <•> Africans, in Australia, beyond saying that--the' 'visit '.will create the; most intensa'interest 'throughout'.the Commonwealth'.- •