CRICKET NOTES, BY "NOT OUT."

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1653, 7 June 1879, Page 3

CRICKET NOTES, BY "NOT OUT."

INIBBPBOVINCIAL CRICKET MATCHES. As few, if any of the cricketers of Canterbury have the scores of the early matches played between Otago and Canterbury, I purpose, as the season is now passed, to supply the scores and a few notes about the various contests, which I have reason to believe, although perhaps not well arranged, will be of interest to your cricketing subscribers,

For our Interprovincial matches we are indebted to the Bister province, as the late Mr Kissling, of Durtedin, was first to open the question of these contests, which was eagerly responded to by eome of our leading cricketers, notably Messrs. E. C. J. Stevens. H. P. Lance, G. 8. bale, and J. H. Bennett. At this time Mr Sbadrack Jones, an enterprising hotel-keeper of Dnnedin, entered into arrangements to bring Parr's All England Eleven to New Zealand, and it was therefore agreed that the first Interprovincial match should take place at Dunedin, and then a combined team of Otngo and Canterbury would play the English Eleven. This was duly arranged, and towards the end of January, 186-4, our reprcsentathes left for the neighbouring province. I must not omit to mention that in those days this was was a great undertaking, as travelling between the two citieß waß not so easy or rapid as it is now. The time occupied was from two to three weeks, besides which the expense was very great, and it required some consideration before a player could join in one of these contests, However, notwithstanding these great obstacles, Canterbury was well represented, although in those days the players were unable to obtain that practice which is necessary to make them proficient with the bat. There is no doubt that the players in those days were quite as good as they are now, but not having the 6ame advantages of grounds and practice, did not acquit themselves so well as at the present time, Otago obtained a great advantage over their opponents, as they had several good cricketers constantly visiting their city, and of course took advantage of them in these contests. Besides these, they had some really fine playerß in Messrs. J. H. Hope, James Fulton, and G. K. Turton. The former was first to introduce us to the position of short-stop, and in this he was very proficient, as well as being one of the best batsman Otago ever possessed. His hitting to leg was very fine. James Fulton was generally the captain of the team, and besides being an excellent general, was a grand field at point, and a fine batsman, especially when Bteady play was wanted. G. E. Turton was a dashing batsman, and generally made runs before he was disposed of. The first match was played on the 27tb, 28tb, and 29th January, 1864. James Fulton acted as captain for Otago, and H. P, Lance occupied the same position for Canterbury. Otago were first to act on the defensive, and put together 78, of which their captain made 25 not out, by steady play, for which he soon became noted. Redfern scored 14 in good style, while Maddock. the only other double figure scorer, made 10. The Otago ground had only that season been turfed, in view of the match with Parr's Eleven. Our representatives were not very fortunate, the total only reaching 34 at the fall of the last wicket. Otago in their second innings again scored well, their total being only four less than their first venture, On this occasion Hope was top scorer with a well-played 17, when he waa well caught by Dickinson, Bedfern again doing good service with his contribution of 13, while J.Macdonald came next with 12. The bowling of Otago was too much for Canterbury in their second innings, as with the exceptioa of Sale no one made a stand. Sale played in fine style for his score of 15 not out, but even with this assistance tho total only reached 42, leaving Otago victorious by 76 runs. During the Canterbury innings Sale, in hitting at a ball, struck the ground and removed a large piece of the turf. This shows that scoring on such a wicket must have been difficult. Perhaps a better idea can be realised by giving the totals at the fall of each wicket, which are as followß : Otago, Ist inningE—One fcr 1, two for 1, three for 7, four for 24, five for 24, six for 24, seven for 26, eight for 32, nine for 57, and ten for 78. 2nd innings—One f< r 4, two for 9, three for 13, four for 14, five for 31, six for 67, seven for 68, eight for 72, nine for 73, ten lor 74. Canterbury, Ist inningß—One for 2, two for 3, three for 6, four for 7, five for 12. six for 13, seven and eight for 25, nine for 27, ten for 34. 2nd innings—One and two for 1, three for 10, four and five for 11, six for :12, seven for 34, eight and nine for 38, ten for 42 The following is the score : OTAQO. First Innings. Second Innings. C. Morris, c Powys, b Steveas 1 run out, thrown Sale 2 J. Jacomb, 1 b w, b Taylor 0 b Dickinson ... 2 C. Mace, b Stevens ... 1 b Stevens ... 0 J. H. Hope, b Stevens 3 c Dickinson, b Tennant ... 17 J.Redfern, b Taylor... 14 c Murison (sub), b Stevens ... 13 J. Macdonald, b Tay'or 0 b Tennant ... 12 J, Fulton (capt), not out 25 b Taylor ... 1 J. Mace, c Bennett, b Taylor 1 b Dickinson ... 8 B. Couldstock, c Murison (sub), b Taylor... 2 b DickinEon ... 0 G. K. Turton, c Bennett, b Dickinson ... 7 not out 0 H. D. Maddock, c Dickinson, b Taylor 10 c Stevens, b Taylor ... 4 Byes 6, leg-byes 3, Byes 7, leg-byes wide* 5 14 3, wides 2 ... 12

CANTERBURY. First Innings. Seoond Innings. W. C. Wilson, run out, thrown Morris ... 2 b Macdonald ... 1 A. L. Powys, b Macdonald ... ... 1 C Hope, b Macdonald ... 0 A. E. Tennant, b Macdonald 1 c Redfern, b Macdonald ... 3 H. P. Lance (captain), c Jacomb, b Mace ... 3 c Redfern, b Mace 0 E. C. J. Stevens, run out, thrown Jacomb 5 bMace 0 Q.S.Sale, c Macdonald, bMace 0 not ont 15 J. H. Bennett, 1 b w, b Macdonald 5 o Fulton, b Mace 5 H. Mytton, bJ. Mace 7 c Fulton, b Maca ... 3 J. W. Stevens, not out 3 b Macdonald ... 6 Q. Dickinson, c Hope, bMace 2 c Hope, b Mac donald ... U R. Taylor, b Macdonald 1 c J. Mace, b Macdonald ... 5 Byes 2 Bye l.leg byel, * 7 w2, no ball 1 5 34 42 ANALYSIS OF BOWLINCI. Otago—lst Innings. Balls. Rns. Mds. Wkfc. Wo*s. R.Taylor ... 90 21 10 6 0 J. W. Stevens 150 25 10 3 5 G.Dickinson 26 12 5 1 0 A. E. Tennant 24 5 2 0 0 2nd Innings. B.Taylor ... 80 25 11 2 0 J. W. Stevens 104 25 13 2 1 A. E. Tengant 52 7 7 2 1 G.Dickinson 25 7 3 3 0 CANTERBURY. First innings. Balls. Rns. Mdns. Wkts. Wds. J. Macdonald 82 14 12 4 0 J. Mace ... 80 16 11 4 0 Second Innings. J. Mace ... 80 20 9 4 1 J. Macdonald 77 17 10 6 1 Macdonald bowled 1 no ball.