AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.

Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 49, 28 February 1905, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.

» MATCH AGAINST CANTERBURY. A SENSATIONAL FINISH. BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE BY TRUMPER. [DT TELISQRAFH — I'RKBS AB6oetATlotf.] CnRISTCHURCH, 27th February. Heavy rain fell all this morning, and there wns little prospect of the matcli being resumed, but at 3 o'clock there was a break, and the teams proceeded to the ground. At 4 o'clock the umpires inspected tho ground, and decided that it would bo fit for play in half-an-hour. Tho outfield, which dries quickly, was in fairly good order, but tho wicket, owing to constant rolling and general preparation, was a little lower than the ground generally, and was holding the wet. When, play was resumed at 4.30 the weather was still very threatening, and the attendance was naturally very small. Ollivior and Boxsholl took up the batting for Canterbury (eight wickets being down for 176) to the bowling of Layer and Noble, Boxshall, taking strike- to Layer. Boxshall played Layer's third delivery on, and retired. 176—9—2. lload, tho Jast man, joined Ollivier, and drove Layer for 3. Noble then bowled a maiden to Read, and Layer on© to Ollivier. Read drove Noble's first delivery of the nest over to tho on for 3, ami got a single off t^ie last ball. This left Ollivier facing Layer, who clean bowled him with the first ball of the over. 13—10—39. At 5 o'clock Trumper and Duff appeared, amid hearty cheering, to open tho Australians' second innings. The task before the visitors was to play out time for a draw — or the remote possibility of a win by scoring 137 runs in the one hour left for play. Duff immediately sot to woik, and in a quarter of an hour by means of vigorous pulling, chiefly at the expense of Collaway, had scored 30 runs, while Truinper had only made a single. Trumper then took a hand. After making two or three beautiful cuts ho proceeded to hit repeatedly over the heads of the in-field. Tim*© men were placed on the boundary, but this only had tho effect of causing the champion to change the diro?fcion but not the vigour of his strokes. At 90 Duff, who had modified his early energy, was bowled by CiUlaway. Hill took his placo, but met a similar fate in a few minutes. Two wickets for 101. Trumper m these few minutes had continued his brilliant hitting. Noble came in and saw the necessary runs quickly hit off, victory being gained afc ( two minutes before 6 o'clock — one of tho most sensational finishes in the annals of cricket in New Zealand. Tho 137 runs were mode in fifty-eight minutes, and the Australians won by eig-hfc wickets and one run. Trumper was loudly cheered. It is duo to tho Canterbury team to say that the ball was very greasy, and the situation was in favour of tho batsmen. Following are tho scores : — CANTERBURY. Second Innings. A. Sims, c Armstrong, b Noble ... 4 S. A, Orchard, c Gehrs, b Noblo ... 36 K. M. Ollivior, b Layer 39 J. D. Lawrence, o Armstrong, b Lavor 49 S. T. Callaway, c Armstrong, b Layer 8 U. C. Ridley, b Layer 30 A. Barron, b Layer ... t 0 H. Kills, c Trumpet*, b Layer ... 0 J. 11. Bennett, c Layer, b Noble ... 0 C. Roxshull, b Layer 2 Read, not out 6 Extras ... ... ... ■„. 9 Total M ... 183 First innings ... * 119 Grand total 302 Bowling Analysis : Noble, tlfreo wickets for 42 runs ; Luver, seven for 66 ; Armstrong, nil for 11 ; Hopkins, nil for 19 ; Gehrs, nil for 24 ; Howell, nil for 12. AUSTRALIA Second Innings. Duff, b Callaway 42 Trumper, not out 87 Hill, b Callaway 2 Noble, not out ... 5 Extras 1 Total for two \\ ickets 137 First innings 166 Grand total 303 Callawny's analysis reads' two wickets for 64 runs. • AVERAGES OF THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM. Tho batting and bowling averages of the Australian players now touring t,ho colony in tho games played in New Zealand are as follows : — BATTING.

J. J. Kelly (ono for 0), C. Hill (one for 1), S. E. Gregory (one for 25), and W. P. llowell (nil for 28) have also bowled. THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM. CHRISTCHURCH, 27th February. The following is tho team selected to represent New Zealand against the Australians at Chrislchurch : — A. Sims, S. T. Callaway, C. Boxshall, K. M. Ollivior (Canterbury), A. Downes, A. H. Fisher, C. G. Austin, H. Seideberg (Otago), A. )51acklock, E. T. Uplmm (Wellington), Mason (Auckland).

I 1 2 •** A £ C. E. M'Lood ... 2 1 V. Trntnper ... 4 I W.W. Armstrong... 3 1 C Hill ... ... 4 1 K. A. Duff 4 0 J. J. Kolly 3 0 S. JR. Gregory ... 3 0 A. Cotter 2 0 M.A. Noblo ... 4 1 A..T. C. Hopkins ... 3 0 F. Lavor 1 0 A. 11. Gohrs ... 3 0 W. P. Howoll ... 1 0 BOWLING. I M. A. Noblo ... , ... 24 It. A. Duff ... ... 4 P. Lavor 7 A.Coltor 7 A. J. C. Hopkins ... C 0. K. M'Lood 4 W. \V. Armstrong ... 9 A.R. Gohrs 8 M 101 105 103 151 ]C(i 122 107 CO 5J 28 0 22 0 s a « 19S •19 88 01 03 70 180 79 "5 104 65 51-5 50-33 415 4066 3560 30 i7-ai 9-33 9 7.33 0 825 1225 1255 18-42 16-33 17-5 20 26-33