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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 764, 12 March 1910, Page 6

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DOMINION AND AUSTRALIA. COLLAPSE OF OUR BATTING. BAHDSLEY'S FINE SCORE. (By Teleeraoli.—Prose Association.) Christchurch, March 11. Ominous weather,. which had been in evidence last evening, brightened up considerably this morning, and by the time for starting play, the sun was shining out gaily. The ground was in first-class order, but the wicket looked as though it had absorbed a fair amount of moisture. ■ There were only a couple of hundred spectators at the start. The two Tasmanians, Facey and Dodds, stood out of the. visitors' side, and this left the teams as follow:— Australia: W. W. Armstrong (Victoria), D. Smith (Victoria), T. Warne (Victoria), W. Bardsley (New South Wales), S. H. Emery (New South Wales), C. R. Gorry (New South Wales), A. J. Hopkins (New South Wales), C. Kelleway (New South Wales), E. R. Mayne (South Australia), W. J. Whitty (South Australia), and C. E. Simpson (Queensland). New Zealand: A. Haddon (Auckland), A. M. Howden (Auckland), C. Olilf (Auckland), J. H. Bennett, (Canterbury),. C. Boxshall (Canterbury), H. B. Lusk (Canterbury), D. Reese (Caintdrbury), A. Sims (Canterbury), H. G. Siedeberg (Otago), A. Macfarlane (Otago), aid Midlane (Wellington). Messrs. W. Carlton and R. Spencer were the umpires. D. Reese was elected skipper of the New Zealand sitio, whilst Armstrong captained the' Visitors.

Indifferent Wickot: Our M«n Bat _ Armstrong won the toss, : and decided to send the opposition in on a wicket that looked like giving the' bowlers some assistance. Tho visitors took ,the field shortly after noon, and Lusk and Siedeberg. followed them ,to - open New Zealand's innings. Whitty, from the north end,. and "Armstrong, had charge of tho bowling.' The first score was. sent up by a pair, .from each batsmaii, and a fine off-drivje. to ' the chalk mark by Lusk, but thirteen proved to be an unlucky number for, at that figure, Siedeberg was out l.b.w. to Whitty. 13—1— 2; The sole representative of Wellington, J.lidlaue, filled the gap, : but was uncomfortable to 'Armstrong, and , was clean bowled without scoring.. 14—2—0. Haddon followed, bnt after getting a single, poked one ~Up tamely to Simpson, at, forward cover, who just. .managed to reach the catch. 17—3—1. Reese's appearance was hailed with applause, and he opened with a nice 4 to leg off Whitty, and then got him past third man for another quartet. A fine i to leg. by Lusk sent -30 up, and the same batsman drove Whitty beautifully to the on boundary, and then, sent 40 ,up - with a pretty leg stroke. Reese reached doubles .with a leg hit for 4, and then Lusk mishit Whitty to point, where Emery just reaohed out and secured the cnanco'. '46—4—22. v ..■

.Whitty's Effective Bowling. Sum joined his captain, who sen! 50 lip in fifty minutes. This was his last stroke, however, for, playing late at a fast 'one from. Whitty, he was bowled.— 52—5—20. HTarline was l.b.w. to Whitty first Ball—s2—6—&—and the left-hander's average was now five pickets for 27 runs, i Oliff filled the vacancy, and showed more ooufideßoe thaji most of his predecessors had done; He opened with a 4 to leg, aid Sims followed suit," sending GO up. With four byes added, Emery replaced Armstrong, and Sims, sent his first ball to ,leg for 4. He then cut Whitty. prettily for .i, but, in. Emery's next. oyer, Oliff was beaten with 'a beauty.—7s—7— 5. Bennett.joined Sims, and the latter pulled a ,6hort one ■ from Emery to the on boundary, arid; by banging a full toss to squareleg, made himself top scorer. At 83, Warne 1 bowled in plaee of Whitty; Siin3 put one'"softly into Armstrong's hands, 'which was .dropped, and then a "donkoydrop" . was dispatched fast ' to the onboundary. At 93 the.luncheon adjourn--meat was taken. ■ ! N«w Zealand All Out.

On resuming, Armstrong bowled from the south end, and, -with his third ball, beat Bennett with a big leg break.—93— B—4. Boishall got his first ball to the leg boundary, and Whitty. bowled: from. the pavilion end. Pour, fox byes sent 100 on the board for an hour and a half's play, and then Boxshall drove Whitty mos'ly for 4. Waroe bowled from the south end, and Sims cut him sweetly for i, and 120 .itemt/'up.• .''lmmediately after, Bomhall f ve' aa .easy . chance : of stumping off arne, but: Gorry failed to gather the ball. It'made little difference, however, for Whitty. beat him next over with a good • one.—l2B—9—l9. ; Howden was last man, and got a oouple of singles and then drove Whitty nicely for, 4. s Sinis drove the 6low bowler cleverly for 4, sending 140 up, and bringing his, own score into the forties. He then cut Warn® prettily for 4,. and, with a drive for a 6mgle,- reached- 50, having.'then been in for an hour and ten minutes. Howden sent Warne to. tho on boundary with a powerful stroke, and, at 155, Armstrong replaced Warne, whose eight overs cost 36 runs. The change , was effective, for Howden hit one to deep square-leg,. where Mayne easily held the caich. The | iTmi-ngR had lasted two and a. hsfli hours.

Australia Begins. : The New Zealand men took tho field, at 3.40, and were at once Mowed by Mayne and Bardsley. Haddon, from the' south ond, and Olifi,' bad charge' of the bowling, and, in the latter's ; first over, Mayne sent one back to the bowler, which was smartly snapped • up. 2—l—l. Simpson hit his first ball to leg for 4, and, in Haddon's second -over, Bardsley hit. one very hard to. Oliff, at forward short leg, the Aucklander getting it in the chest. In the same oyer Bardsley. only partially stopped a ball that rolled on to. his wicket without dislodging the bails. Simpson cut Oliff for 4, and then lifted him over the boundary for. tho first 6 of the match. At 31' Oliff clean bowled Simpson. 31—2—17. Smith followed, and I a couple of pairs to Bardsley. sent 40 up, the same batsman reaching 20 with a pull. Smith now opened-out to Olifi. and, hitting him for two fours, 60 .went up. Bennett replaced Haddon, whose ftra overs had cost 17 ■ runs. Bardsley gave a difficult chance of stumping, • and then reached 30 with a lucky four behind the wicket. Smith lifted Oliff-nearly to the on boundary, but Midlane misjudged the catch, and missed it. It made little difference, however, for, in Bennett's next over, the Victorian was beatein by a beauty. S2—3—l6. Our Bowling Cotlared.

Armstrong was the ingoer, imd, after a .succession of singles,'.Bardsley got Bennett to line leg' for four, sending up .the century for exactly an 'hour's play. Reese replaced Olilf,' and Bardsley reached 50. A few. minutes later Armstrong hit Reese to the on boundary, and Bardsley cut Bennett sweetly for four. After several pairs and singles, Bardsley got Beese prettily to the leg for four, putting him into the seventies. This brought Howden on in his skipper's place. With the total at ]U, Armstrong, hit the new bowler lustily to iho on boundary, and this, with several pairs and singles brought 150 on tho board. At 158 Haddon bowled again from the 6outh' end in place of Bennett, and a fonr to each batsman brought 170 up. Bardsley I reached DO with a beantiful off-drive, anil at 180, Olitf took the ball from Howden! Reese again bowling from the south end' and Armstrong, with a couple of powerful drives, reached 50. The bowling was now thoroughly collared, though the rims wore not coming very;.fast. Bardsley's Downfall. The second century went up for two and a quarter hour. l ? play, and, just as everybody, was looking for Bardsley's century; the left-hander went out Reese and missing the ball was smartly stumped! 201—1—07. Warne joined his skipper, and lieese • bowled the first maiden of the innings, Oliff following suit," Sims went on for the last over, five singles result, mg, and stumps were then drawn for th? dflj. 33n ialtariaa.gg»-ttw wona?-;

NEW ZEALAND. i'irst Innings. Lusk, c. Emery, b. Whitty 22 Siedeberg, 1.b.w., b. Whitty ' 2 Midlane, b. Armstrong o Haddon, c. Simpson, b. Whitty i Reese, b. Whitty 20 Sims, not out 51 M'i'arlane, 1.b.w., b. Whitty n Oliff, b. Emery „ ' j Bennett, b. Armstrong . i Boxshall, b. Wliitty Z 19 Howdeu, c. Mayne, b. Armstrong ...... 11 lixtras Jo Bowling Analysis. ,- ■ ■ W. J. Whitty, 22 overs, 5 maidens, 53 inns, six wickets; W. W. Armstrong, 13 overs, 5 maidens, 28 runs, three wickets; b. H. Emery, 3 overs, 18 runs, one wicket; I. c>. Warne, 8 overs, 3G runs. AUSTRALIA. - First Innings, Mayne, c. and b. Oliff . 2 Bardsley, st. Boxshall, b. Reese "17" 97 Simpson, b. Oliff ...... *17 Smith, b. Bennett ' " ji Armstrong, not out Warne, not out _ : " o Extras „ ' 4 iotal for four wicketß 210

WELLINGTON CRICKET ASSOCIATION.

TEAM TO VISIT NAPIER. ■■U ,'!» Management Com-' mattee ot theI'Wellington Cncket 'A&socianon was held last evening, Mr. C E otevens presiding. * ' _.An inquiry was received from' the Hawke s Bay Association whether a team .could visit Napier at Easter, and play a match. In view of the . promise that a { ™ al f trip, if possible, .and of tie fact that, on a previous occasion, the Haykes Bay Association, expecting : the team, had been put to expense in advertising, etc., the oommittee :deoided to send an eleven,, and pay their railway faxes, if tho m«n could be got together. 6 The Petone Club wrote that on Saturday, February 26, their junior team came in to the College ground to continue their match with College. • It was raining, but no notice of postponement had been given, qhu, <16 the College team did • not put in aa appearance, the team claimed a win. Yvhon it was explained that no-matches •had been allowed on' the College ground that day, the Championship Committee, having no jurisdiction over the grouaid, the committee agreed that they were powerless to take action. ' .... St: Mark's; Club wrote inquiring whether it .would be possible for a final match to be played between East .third team and' St. Mali's thirds.. Both teams had lostone match, and. were thus placed upon almost even terms. The committee,l agreeing that the match could not be played, decided to refer the club to the rules. It was agreed that' another round of senior championship matches should bo played after Easter, if the weather was fine. A Mr. F. L. Bowley, of Worcestershire, wrote, that ho was looking for a "berth" as coach to a club or university in the , : Dominion next season. He intimated thai if ho could obtain a good perrnan- ' ency he would probably settle in New Zea- ,' land.- The oommittee decided to .hold a 1 special meeting at the close of the sea- ' son, when the whole question of engaging . a: professional ooach for Wellington would ] be discussed. . j V ——— ■. 1 PETONE CLUB. At a meeting of the .committee, of tho ( Petone Cricket Club, last evening, a letter t was received from the Wellington .Cricket Association, objecting sto tho ground fee j charged,.in. a. certain, fourth-class, match j that had, beep Bjt-.ilpwii.lo be played tfiere during::the;CouTso,..of !tl(is season,. It'wasresolved to inform.tho association that ,the .? opposing team had defaulted, and, as the ® wickot had been prepared, tho committee * considered that the fee was reasonable. . The treasurer announced that financially tho club was not in a very., sound. 1 position, this being owing to the fact that I there were many outstanding subscriptions. C