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Evening Star, Issue 14308, 5 March 1910, Page 6

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AUSTEALLA. v. OTAGO. THE HOME TEAM BATS FIRS!’. The ground, close shaved, looked very well considering the dryness of the Eecaon as a whole, and the wicket prepared by Watson looked well enough to justify the captain winning the tos sin taking first filriko without spending limo in deliberating. Wilson and Armstrong tossed, and Wilson won. Aij.stuai.ia. Otago. W. Armstrong (cap.) W. .1. Condliffe D. Smith E. Cummings IV. Bardslcy A. Eckhold S. 11. Emery C. G. Macartney A. ,1. Hopkins C. G. Wilson C. Kellewav T. M'Farlano E. R. Maviie J. Ramsden IV. J. Whitty R. M. Rutherford C. E. Simpson H. G. Siedeberg C. Gorrv S. Hiddlcston T. Warnc R. Torrance Tho attendance at throo o'clock was about 5,030. The Australians took the field ;it 2.5 p.m., by which time the attendance was pot text encouraging, being about largo enough to form a single rink round tho railings with some to spare—perhaps a couple of thousand. Wilson and Ramsden opened the batting to the howling of Whilty and Emery. Wilson played a maideii from Whitty (howling loft hand medium pace round the wicket), and four runs were scored from Emery's opening over, Ramsden turning him to leg for a single and Wilson for 3. Otago's first wicket was thrown away. llamsden played a ha!! to cover and skirted to run. There was a chance of a rim, hut Wilson sent him laid:, .after having himself started, and the wicket-keeper had tho bails off practically before Ramsden turned. With one wicket down for 5 Macartney joined Wilson, and-got Whitty away to leg for 3. He got a couple mora by playing Emery to square leg. Tho first boundary of the match was a beautiful stroke past point by Macartney, off Whitty. Wilson immediately got another by sending a, full loss from Kir• -y to long on, and leg byes next hall produced 3. Emery appealed unsiiecessfnlly against Wilson for lb\v from a fiill loss, that struck the batsman's font. They ran a leg-bye, ami Wilson, coming opposite Whitty. was beaten and howled by a decidedly good hail. Two wickets weie down for 25 when Siedeberg joined Macartney, and lie at once opened his score with a 2 to square-leg off Whilty. Emery appeared to he trying to gel work on the hall from either side, and was not. keeping too >-d a length, and Macartney, hailing : ■ cleanly, squarc-eut him for 4 and -e’.it a full toss high to long-on for .1 couple. 'Thirty-nine runs wore hoisted iu thirty-five minutes, and then .Macartney, possild y not icing that there wore ito long finds te Whitty':-. howling, went for tho gap, hit inside a hall going away slightly, and wao smart!v caught by Arn strong iu I lie slips. Eckhold joined Siedeberg, wit hj tile boars! .showing three for 39. and opened an account with a crisp cover stroke off Emery to the boundary. Next hall ho manly ’’ell into a trap that Emery had set at close mirl-on, Simpson just failing to reach one that Eikhold cocked up (Wilson also had natrowly escaped being caught there). .Siedeberg' got four (It'll run) from a leg-stroke on Whitty. Otago.— -First 1 lining?, Rainfidcn. run out 1 Wilson, hj Whitty ... _ 8 Macartney, v Arnidrong, hj Whitty ... 18 Three for 89. Siedeberg and Eckhold hatting. NOTES BY "ONLOOKER." The visitors were given a fine view of Dunedin from the heights this forenoon, being taken over the Duncdiii-Kaikorai tram line in a special ear provided by ilia management. Mr A. U. K. Mackenzie, manager of (he Australians, spent some lime to-day-in the Eariy Settlers’ Hall, under tho cieorom ship of Secretary Woods. Face is .-uttering from'a strained sinew in the li-*g. It is unfortunate that both the Tasmanians should he temporarily laid aside. The team which met Otago to-day Mill JMV’b'l Ely do duty in the first- test, match again.-i New Zealand at Christchurch next week.