CRICKET.

Evening Star, Issue 4952, 16 January 1879, Page 2

CRICKET.

(Specially Telegraphed to the Star.) CANTERBURY Y. THE BOHEMIANS. Melbourne, January 15. This match was commenced to-day on the Melbourne ground. Neilson having won the toss, elected to go in, not caring to field under such a blazing sun as wo have had all day. The heat has been most intense, and the visitors suffered greatly frdm it. The wicket played splendidly. OUivier, Neilson, and W. Frith got their scores by good all-round play. Campbell and Robinson, who were the first to go to the wickets for the Bohemians, treated, the field to some lively work. They appeared to, be quite at home with the bowling, of which there were plenty of changes; Canterbury’s fielding was, however, good all round. The following were the scores up to the drawing of the stumps for the day : CANTBRBURV.—FIRST INNINGS. Ollivicr, c Campbell, b M'Evoy .. • .. 27 Ashby c Campbell, M'Evoy .. ~ •.. 14 Baker c Campbell, b Wilkie ~ .. ..0 Neilson, c Wilkie, b M'Evoy .. .. S3 Frith, W., run out .. .. ~44 Watson, c Ford, b M'Eyoy 6 Lee, 1.b.w., b Moule .. .. ] ’ 21 Fowler, b M'Evoy ~ ” ‘‘ 17 Hartland, run out .. “ !! 0 Frith, 0., not out .* .*.* 8 Fuller, c Campbell, b Moule 6 Extras 17 Total .. .. .. ..107 BOHEMIANS.—FIRST INNINGS. Campbell, not out 74 A. F. Robinson, c Olllvier .. .. .. 34 Moule, run out 1.2 Darke, not out .. .. 32 Extras .. ‘. 10 Two for 162

Fuller particulars of the Melbourne Club match are furnished by the 'Lyttelton Timea’s ’ special correspondent, who is one of the Canterbury team. Play was commenced on the afternoon of January 4, in the presence of 3,000 spectators. Melbourne won the toss, and went in, the wicket being described as fast and true—in fact, as hard as cement. Runs came quickly, assisted greatly by the very bad fielding of Hartland and Baker, the former of whom allowed several fours to go by him. The batting, with the exception of that of Alexander, Gibson, Macdonnell, and M'Evoy, was not particularly good, whilst their running between wickets was moat foolish. No less than four men were run out in a manner that would shame schoolboys. The innings closed for 143, having occupied scarcely more than two hours. Canterbury lost six wickets for 76, and the innings closed for 87. With the exception of Watson, Neilson, and Ashby the batting was a farce. Kendall and Alexander bowled well, but not so well as to justify such a poor score. The Canterbury captain is blamed for having lost his head in Melbourne’s second innings.. He handled the bowling very badly and kept Lee on too long, considering that he was bowling mostly full-pitched balls on the leg side, and was knocked about very much. The Canterbury men have been granted free passes over all the railways and to all places of amusement. The bowling averages up to the end of the second day’s play showed the following results: — Canterbury.—First Innings. Runs. Wkts. Mdns. Overs. Kendall 32 5 8 48 M'Crimmon .. ..14 o 0 16 M'Shane .. ..20 1 2 28 Alexander .... 15 4 7 63 Melbourne.—First Innings. „ „ Runs. Witts. Mdns. Balls. C Frith .. ... .. 28 0 2 66 Ashby 9 0-8 28 Fuller 18 0 0 16 Lee 19 8 6 66 W Frith .. .. 68 3 g 98