CRICKET.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 3, Issue 131, 24 March 1860, Page 2

CRICKET.

The Inter-provincial Match between Eleven of Auckland and Eleven of Wellington. (From the N. Z. Advertiser, March 17.) This has been quite a holiday -week. On Wednesday -we had the Hutt races ; on Thursday not only the Hutt races, but also the departure of the troops ; and on Friday the inhabitants were treated with a forced holiday, by being called to the barracks, where it turned out that they were not wanted, upon which they took advantage of the circumstance to turn out on the cricket ground to witness the match being played between the Eleven of Auckland and Eleven of Wellington, which fortunately was in the immediate vicinity of Mount Cook. The arrival of the men of Auckland per ' White Swan ' took the Wellingtonians by surprise. Not the slightest preparation had been made for their reception, nor was either our men or the ground in a state of preparedness for such an unlooked for event. Their completely unanticipated arrival must be accepted byHhe men of Auckland as an apology for their rather indifferent reception ; but if their landing was not so cordial as for the honor of Wellington it ought to have been, we trust that before their departure they will have no reason to regret the trip they have made, and that they will feel satisfied .that the Wellingtonians accept their defeat with equal grace to that which Auckland manifested when justly claiming the victory. The day was beautifully fine, and about 11 o'clock play commenced by the Wellingtonians taking the bat, and the men of Auckland the field. Betting, at the commencement, was given 3 to 1 in favour of Auckland, which at the conclusion of the Ist innings changed 2 to 1 in favour of Wellington. The ground near the wickets was perfectly level, but sinking gradually towards the east, and terminating in a swamp ; to the west the ground rose rather abruptly, which tended to impede the progress of the ball and consequently to abridge the number of runs which would have been otherwise scored by both parties. In the Ist innings, Russell did most of the bowling, and Levi Buck and Alex. Ramsay scored most of the runs ; the first making fifteen and the last eleven. Wellington obtained no less than 17 byes, 2 leg byes, and 1 wide ball — Total 71. It was now Auckland's turn to exchange places, and a reference to the score will show, with but very poor results, Stedman and Kissling doing most of the running, the one scoring 14 and the other 10, but making the insignificant total of 43, including 8 byes, and 4 wides, giving a majority of 28 to the honor of Wellington. Second Innings. — Wellington again took the bat and Auckland the field, the latter entrusting the bowling to Messrs. Russell and Turton, and the former, too sure of winning, grew more confident than cautious, and scored in the end but 39, of which four were wides and 6 byes. Auckland then took the bat, which in the able hands of Stedman, Turton, and Russell, made dreadful havoc of the Wellingtonians, as they scored no less than 57 between them, and secured the victory for Auckland, which was eventually declared the winner with four bats to go down. Admirable' I temper was displayed on both sides, and the Weliingtonians acknowledged themselves well and fairly but deservedly beaten. Were we to express an opinion on the last Innings, we should give Wellington the credit of being the best fielders, and Auckland the best batter 3. Nat. Valentine, as wicket keeper, held no equal, while the fielding of the Wellingtonians, on the whole, was certainly superior to that of the men of Auckland ; but the bowling and the batting of the latter threw that of the Wellingtonians into the shade. We are happy to add that a supper will be given to the victors at the Commercial Hotel this eveni ing, which will be honored by the presence of the leading men of Wellington, and which we are persuaded will pass off with eclat. Annexed is the score : — AUCKLAND. Or. Ireland, b. W. Brewer... 0 b. W. Brewer 2 Weir, by E. Buck 0 b, Ramsay ... 1 Russell, b. W. Brewer 0 not out 10 Harris, b. Brewer 3 not out 1 Dobie, run out 0 b. W. Brewer 0 Turton, by E. Buck 4 b. W. Brewer 16 Stedman, run out 14 b. Ramsey ... 31 Kiasling, b. Buck 10 b.Brewer 1 Simpson, b. Buck 0 Byes 7 White, b. W. Brewer 0 f Harris, jun., not out Byes, 8; Wides, 4 12 43 69

WELLINGTON. .£ Gr. Brewer, o. Harris, b. Russell 1 not out O W. Brewer, b. Russell 6 runout 6 A. Ramsay, run out ...-. 11 b. Turton 3 T. Bould, b. Dobie 3 c. Russell, b. Turton 6 Bradfield, b. Russell O b. Turton 2 E. Buck, b. Russell 0 b. Turton 5 L. Buck, Russell 15 c. White, b. Russell 1 Harvey, run out 4 c. Russell, b. Russell 2 N. Valentine, b. Dobie 4 b. Turton 3 Inkpen, c. Harris, b. Rus3ell 6 b. Russell 0 G. Pbillip&, not out 1 c. Weir,b. Russell 1 Byes, 17; Leg byes, 2 19 Byes 6 Wide ball 1 Wide balls ... 4 71 39 Total for Wellington .Jib Total for Auckland 111, with 4 wickets to go go down.