CRICKET.

Feilding Star, Volume I, Issue 213, 12 March 1907, Page 4

CRICKET.

M.C.C. v. N.Z. A WIN FOR NEW ZEALAND. [PSB, PBESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, March 11. New Zealand won the second test match by 56 runs. Concluding scores: — , _ . - NEW ZEALAND.— Second Innings, Williams, not out ... ••• 72 Upham, c Johnson, b Douglas... 4 Extras ... ••• ••• 2o Total ... 249 Bowling Analysis: Douglas five for 75, Torrens none for 47, . Branston three for 37, May two for 57, Curwen none for 8. M.C.C— Second Innings. Johnson, b Fisher ... ... 4 Fox, run out ... ••• 0 Burns, c Sale, b Upham ... 14 Harrison, c Mahony, b Fisher ... 5 Douglas, lbw, b Bennett ... 3/ Page,'c HemUß, b Fisher ... 23 Branston, b- Downes ... _ ••• 20 De Trafford, c Tucker, b Fisher 10 Curwen, not out ... ••• 30 Torrens, b Downes ... ••• 9 May, c and b Fisher ... -•• 19 Extras ... 23 Total 198 Bowling Analysis: Upham ono for 51, Fisher five for 60, Bennett one for 36, Downes two for 27. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. • The cricket match ended as most people, after Saturday's play, thought it would, in a win for New Zealand. The New Zealand innings this morning only lasted another five minutes. Arnold Williams, the captain, who made top score not out, played very sound and attractive cricket. Tho Englishmen required 255 runs to win the match, and before lunch tho chances were so much against them that a prominent member of the committee of management made a wager of £5 to £1 that New Zealand would win. A good stand was expected from Johnson and Fox, but the latter was rather easily run out for nothing, and Johnston had only scored four when Fisher found his wicket. It was a simple, straight ball, but the batsman made the mistake of trying to pull it round, instead of playing forward to it. Burns, who was third in, had got well set and was playing a sound game when lie had the misfortune to be brilliantly caught at long-off by Sale. Tho ball was hard hit, not at all spooned, and fairly well played, but Sale got it with ono hand after a considerable run. It was one of the most brilliant catches I have ever seen. The fielding of the New Zealanders was good, Sale especially saving a lot of runs. After Burns' departure, Douglas, Page, and Branston made a bit of a stand, but runs were not coming quickly enough to secure a victory, and it was equally impossible to make a draw of the match. Therefore, towards the end of the innings, the M.C.C. men went "all they knew" to reduce the lead of the local men. Their nmning between wickets was worth seeing, and they repeatedly snatched a run from what seemed quite an impossible hit. All their efforts, however, were of no avail. WJlliaws, the captain, not only batted and kept wickets excellently, but handled his men with excellent judgment. The wicket to-day played better than w-as anticipated, but in this connection it must bo remembered that the New Zealanders had no really fast bowlers in their team. It would not have played so true had May or Douglas been trundling. At a meeting of tho Cricket Association last night, the following matches were fixed for completion of the second round: — March 16th— Terrace End v. Feilding, Old Boys v. Oroua Bridge. March 23rd — Terrace End v. Oroua Bridge, Old Boys v. High School. Tho match Terrace End v. Feilding will, unless otherwise arranged, bo played at Feilding. The team to represent the Grocers in the Test Match against the Drapers, on Wednesday afternoon, 13th inst., will be chosen on the ground from the following players : — Laurensen, Woolvern, Travers, Hagan, Struthers, Ryan, Bramwell, May. sortoll, Probert, W T ells, Street, Ni'ccolls, McLaren, Meehan, Nesbit, Jones, Possill, Fisher.