BIG CRICKET.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 1137, 18 March 1910, Page 4

BIG CRICKET.

Australians on Tour.

AGAINST MANAWATU

A dame of the Cat and the Mouse.

Sucli an Easy Win

The Thirteen make 113.

Of Which Five Feilrtmgites Make 48. ■

Ongley Top Scorer

Cobbe Holds his end l>p for an Hour.

Just as a. cat plays with ft mouse, so Bardsley's Australian XI. dealt •with McLean's Maiiiuvatn XIII. on the Sports Ground at Palmerston yesterday morning .and .afternoon. There was again a fair attendance, hut it was not as good as it should have been, considering that St. Patrick's Day was a holiday. Feilding town and district was exceedingly well represented, and did more than its share of helping to make up the qua- ! rantee. Regarding the play, there is little to be said. It was aiot a.n occasion for criticism, as our man, as is only to be expect-ed, were altogt■tbcr outclassed. But not in all departments of the game. They fielded well, took nearly all the chances offering, and saved many runs. There was again a general attack of nervousness on tlTe batting crease. To .this, however, two distinct and distinguished exceptions were Ongley and Cobbe, of Feilding. The latter, who was -playing in bis first big match, furnished a. bright example to bis experienced playmates. He scored, 32 in bis first innings, and yesterday held his end up for over an hour aganist five of .the best bowlers, and scored 17 runs by much better 1 cricket than lie displayed on the first I day. Cobbe also bad the pleasure of I dean bowling, with a. great ball, Simpson, the most brilliant of .the youngest generation of Australia}! batsmen. Ongley, yesterday, although failing quite unaccountably with the ball, rose to the occasion with the bat and again brought topscoring honours to Feidling. Greer amply justified liis selection as a bowler, and tho other young players of the Man aw a til certainly gained a fine insight into advanced cricket by their inclusion in the match against the Australians. AUSTRALIANS CLOSE DOWN. When the 6core had just turned 300, Bardsley dosed the Australian innings, the details being as follows: AUSTRALIA.-First Innings. Facey, b Greer ... ... 24 Dodds, b Greer ' 15 Whitty, c Wells, b Bartlett ... ] Kelleway, b Holland ... 47 Emery, b Greer 0 Simpson, b Cobbe ' 2 Smith, 1.b.w., b Greer ... ..' 107 ■Bardsley, b Wells 76 Mayne, not out ... ... ... JQ Extras .:. ... ..! 13 Total for S wickets. ... 304 Bowling analysis.—Bartlett, one for 08; Ongley.. nil for 49; Greer, four for 82; Cobbe, one for 28: Holland one for 41; Wells, one for '35. MAXAWATU FAIL. Inquiring 217 runs to save a oneinnings defeat, the Manawatu team tailed to get anywhere within coo-ec of that score, and did some more procossionising, giving the visitors a win by an innings and 104 runs. The Manawatu players put the following figures on the score-sheet:— MANAWATU. First Innings ... ... ... 87 ' Second Innings. I Ongley. b Hopkins 25 i Mitchell, st Dodds* b Hopkins ... 0 Trcvcna, c Whitty, ,b Warno ... 0 Gokkpring, b Facey ...• ... 20 McLean, c Bardsley', b Warne 2 Cobbe. st Dodds, b Whitty .. 17 Holland, b Simpson 1 Mason, b Facey ... ... 5 Bartletfc. jiofc o'nfc ... '" 11 O'Connor, c Kelleway, b Wbitty 8 Greer, b Whitty ... 0 Weils, b Emery \\ 7 Eyre, b Emery " 1 Extras " .11 Total 113 Bowling analysis.—Hopkins, two for 1.7; Warne, two for 36; Simpson, one for 6; Facey, two for 9; Smith, ml for 10; Whitty, 5 for 22: Emery, two for 4.