CRICKET.

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 March 1910, Page 4

CRICKET.

THE AUSTRALIANS TOUR. ■ AUSTIN ALT ANS MAKE 260. I [in I Ei.KGUAPII—PKU PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELUNCTON, March ‘JO. Fine weather prevailed for the second 1.'.-i iinteh. The wicket provided wa.s fa i. The atleudaiiee prior to luneh was small, lint improved in the afternoon. Armstrone winninjj; the tiws, decided to hat and sent in Mayne and Warne, the former opening in Hriee. and heni.ett bowline with the wind. Jiriee clean hotline Mayne, the score readme IS—l Li. Kelleway tilled the breach and almost immediately lost Warne, who was well ean«ht at the wickets 2—2—7. Smith followed and oot noinn at once. At oil Reese relieved Hriee. In his second over Bennett threw Kelleway—7l—3 M. Armstrong wa-d the next man !.i. and a change in the bowline was made. Sandman taking Bennett's place. At the hmeheoa adjournment the score was SI) for three wickets. Hr, n’Mimine the aftendanee had improved thoop,!) a hieh norlherly wind wablow iop;. makinp, matters unpleasant tor pla’yers and spectators aliite. Brier m the first over clean bowled Armstrong with a ball that heat him all 11 e way p;! J < j. Bardsley followed and star! eil seorimi at once. .Smith was sub

piling on inns ami hit Brice out ot 11:« j ground, I>ri l1 Ltinit; th<* tola! to lot), anc i, score to so. A double ehsuigo it: ; (in bowling "as efiecfeil by Sane, man replacing; liomiclt ami Reese taking tin Horn Brice, Iluus cou!iiuual t- i ciiiiio, mid the- iir-t hall' hour’s pin;, j alter 1 mull produced . i runs, mail:!, scored liy .-.mil! , who brought ids scon ) •1 Hp >,viih a idee out to tht‘ IMsillitiltV\ i ~il a short Stall from Sandman. Alter adding two to ids score Smith allowed oi lie -e's to lied his slump-- -b"M T» |(RJ. Emery followed ami began to hit out. iiotli howler seaused Sandi , Jii§ out at both howlers, "hieh eaust d Saielmau l>» ■■ '• to Benue'i Eii-erv hit Rec-e right out ot the le serve and found the boundary v. itli tin next ball. With 22U up Hriei- o in place ol liee-e ami got Bard-d".' 1.b.-o, .Silt i -.'IB. Hopkins. ali I making 8, also got his leg in fiont to Brice, and retired —249— ~ —B. haeiy only had two balls when ho was caught i i the slips. With the score unchanged, Whitty followed and Emery was dismissed immediately by a curly one from Sandman — 25.'! —9—32. (lorry canto in in timo to see Whitty hn Sandman to long on, Sims bringing, i;, i a good catch, the innings closing ; i 260. New Zealand commenced at I. Mo "it! Lnsk and Houms, the former opeintig Whitiv, Facet going on with the wind. Homus was caught behind the wickets off Facey's fourth ball before a run had been scored. Sale joined Lusk ai.d will; tin* aid ol a cut c" Wi.it.to the fence brought the fir !0 up, all scored by himself. re.; who war timing well, made some roe strokes through the slip., and shur.l. after 10 was hoisted. Whitty at mid mi droppul an easy «'h.oiee I rum l.e -oSale, wlm "a-'- hatting niei ly ml a hal lo i! in! man ami eomi'i'Mii d m mm bnl l.ii-k, "h.-;e call it wag did I o re-mii.,d. <lorry .gelling: bo b.n'U el he!Die Sale got back -11- 2 ■ 21. End don )olio"eiI, and "as bo" !• d first oa.il jfee and Eu.-h played o;:i hair ..hieh "as e:i i!ed at WM -mi.lg lo lh‘ iiniilieri■. I light. The folio" ing are toe score'. .- A E STEAL I A --Eir-l Inning" Marne, b Brice \\y,i... . , lb, hall h hen n't ... Kellea,(run onto 1 , . i i !».... I*l .Min;h, o iuvm Arm -i r-me;, - h Brn e Banlsley, 1.h.w., h Brice - :i Emery, h Sandman • ! lopkins, Ih.w ~ b Brice j. e Sims, h Brice \\ hilt;. ■ e Sims, h Sandmen *' Muri", (not out) Ext ras :!1 Total Bowling analysis- Brice ■> mr .0 Heiilli-t 1 I tor 71, Eee-e I |,!l ’ - 1 iu!iiian - t*»r <»-• NEW ZEALAND First 1 aimm.

Ilciuus. 1> l-'aivv Lnsk (lint mil I “ l ( Sain (n*n nut) 11addon. li Faeey Reese (lint null Kxlras *' Total tor thivn wickets March 28. Xcw Zealan 1 > out imuol their senoial innings in line weather. , Lusk ami Reese, the not-oul men lacing Whit tv and Faeey. play was fearfully slow oid uninteresting for t!ie _ iirsl twenty minutes, the play producing only five runs. None of the New Zealand batsmen wit), the except ion of Reese, appeared to have mueh 'onlklet.ee in themselve?. Reese’s innings was a very lucky one, he P.-ine dropped mi two occasions behind the wicket. Sim’s innings was pachy. he had a life in the slips half through. Ihe last four batsmen added seventeen to the

Tlie Australians’ howling was good o ; ,ch bowler having a good length and placin'’' the field so well that no runs were wasicif. Farcy did extremely well with (fie bail and was unlucky in having two diances dropped oft Ids howling. Australia’s second innings showed that runs could be got under practically any circumstances, providing the _ batsmen understood each other’s play. Their run-1 ning between the .wickets was a revela- > tion to Hie local Imtsmoii. Bardslcy and* Mnvne’s partnership produced 160 runs, j 'ijie first wicket was a good exhibition,* crisp clean driving and neat cutting. Both batsmen’s innings were practically chanceless. All tho available howling talent was brought against them, but all efforts proved futile until Bennett took his third change with the wind. His first hall proved fatal to the crack Sydney man. Boxslrill taking a nice catch behind tho wickets. The batsmen had been scoring at the rate of two runs per minute. Whitty and Mayno played out time. - Tho following are the scores: NEW ZEALAND—First Innings. Lusk, h Whitty 22 Hemus, c Gorry h Facey .. .. 0 Sale, run out .. .. .. .. 24 Haddon, h Facey .. .. .. 59 Siedeberg, b Facey 1 Sims, b Facey .. 37 Brice, c Gorry b Whitty .. .. 8 Sandman, b Facey .. .. .. 1 Bennett, b Facey ... .. .. 6 Boxshall, b Facey .. .. .. 0 Extras ‘ 7 Total 177 Bowling analysis.—Whitty 162 balls, 1 two maidens, 71 runs, two wickeds. Facey—l6B balls, five maidens, 71 runs, j seven wickets. Armstrong—36 balls, two maidens, ten runs. Warnc—Six balls and I ; five runs.

AUSTRALIA—Second Innings. Mayue, not out .. . ■ .. 89 Bardsley, c Boxshall b Bennett .. 71 Whitty, not out 8 Extras .. .. 11 'l'otal for one wicket .. .. 179 WE3TPOHT, March 'M. The annual cricket match, Hullor v. West Coast, was concluded to-day, Hullor winning: by 12 runs. Knapp (West Coast) played a line innings for (id rims.