CRICKET.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6779, 11 February 1884, Page 3

CRICKET.

Twelve of H.B.C.A. v. Eighteen H.B.C.A. The above match, to aid the match committee of the Hawke's Bay Cricket Association in finally selecting an eleven to represent Hawko's Bay in the forthcoming inter-provincial match at Wellington, was played on the Recreation Ground on Saturday afternoon. The game resulted in a remarkably easy victory for the eighteen, but this was no doubt in great part due to the fact that all the selected players did not put in an appearance, substitutes who were out of practice playing instead. The only players who got into double figures for the twelve were H. Martin, who knocked 10 together by fair cricket, and JNewton, who played an excellent innings for 13. For the eighteen Gibbons put together a score of 17 by good play, and Tuke, who carried his bat out when stumps were drawn, played remarkably well for 34. It is a pity that circumstances will prevent the latter player from going to Wellington with tbe representative team. Appended are the scores :-- THE TWELVE. Tanner, c Pram, b Cato 2 Fulton, c Tuke, b Cato 5 Loughnan, b Cato 0 Logan, b Swan ... ... ... ..1 H. Martin, b Cato 10 Ashton, b Swan .. .. ... 1 Hunter, b Swan .. ... ... 0 Newton, b LeQuesne 13 Yates, c M'Vay, b Gilpin 3 H. Monteith, not out ... ... ... 1 C. Monteith, c Nicholas, b LeQuesne 1 Byes 1 Leg-byes 2 Total 40 THE EIGHTEEN. Gibbons, c Martin, b Hunter . . . . 17 White, c Tanner, b Hunter 4 Pram, b Newton 9 Broughton, b Tanner ... . . ... 7 Tuke, not out 34 St. Hill, c Hunter, b Tanner 5 M'Kenzie, b Hunter . . . . . . 9 "W. Cato, c Hunter, b Ashton ... 1 Hopkinson, not out ... ... ..0 Byes 8 Leg-byes 3 No ball 1 Total for 7 wicketa.. 98 Tasmania v. Canterbury. [BY TELEGBAPH.I Christohtjrch, Saturday. There was a larger attendance yesterday at the match against the Tasmanians than on either of the previons days. There was a sunny sky, equally pleasant to the players and the spectators. An early start was made, but the match is unfinished. The play all through has been exceedingly slow. Yesterday, for instance, it took five hours and a quarter to make 215 runs, a very different rate of scoring to what we hare hitherto been accustomed. Yesterday upset all previous calculations as to the result of the game, for while the Canterbury men improved all round, the Tasmanians distinctly fell off from their first standard ; neither the bowling nor the fielding was so good, and tbe batting at one time threatened to collapse. The wicket played wonderfully well, and being drier and faster than before suited our bowling much better, which accounts for the moderate score in the second innings of the strangers. Watson and Fowke began batting carefully when the Canterbury first innings was resumed. Butler was put on to bowl along with Kendall, but Butler proved very erratic, and was soon replaced by Mansfield. Fowke added 4to his score, but Watson was unlucky. He stepped out to one of Mansfield's and missed it, Davies failed to take the ball, but it fell off his hands on to the wicket before Watson got back, and thus he was as it were accidentally stumped. Chapman, thelastman,displayedunexpecteddefence, and after a while amused himself like Fowke by repeatedly hitting the bowlers to leg. Thanks to his speed he got 4 for one of them ; 200 appeared amid much cheering, and Fowke was then caught behind the wickets, after an extremely serviceable and well played innings of 24. The Tasmaniaas elected to play their second innings on the same pitch as our men had. The beginning was like the collapse of the Aucklanders in their innings here last season. Pocock surprised Hall with a leg shooter first ball, and dismissed Gatehouse the same over. Butler had only time to score 3 before Wilding sent his middle stump in a headlong career, and thus three men were disposed of in five minutes who had made 75 between them on the first day. The next comers stayed tke downward flight of the wickets. Burns made a long square leg hit for 4, and the defence of Harris, who kept the score going steadily, caused several changes in the bowling. Chapman went on, and both he and Pocock bowled a lot of maidens, the latter sending in ten in succession. "Wilding went on again and deluded Burns into hitting at a slow break-back. Davies followed, and began his old game of poking everything to leg. He did not seem very particular whether the ball was on the wicket or not, and fairly exasperated the field, who did not know where to stand for him. Ashby's slows were brought into requisition again, but Harris hit them about so much that they were soon taken off, and he bowled fast instead. Barnes was also tried, and with the exception that Harris cut him once to the fence, bowled dead on the wicket. Wilding changed the bowlers every few overs, and Chapman at length broke down Harris's defence. His 31 was even a better performance than his first innings, for ie was made without the ghost of a chance in the most correct manner, and against much improved bowling. Five for 60, and gams being caught next over, made anything but a rosy prospect for the visitors. After lunch Sidebottom joined his captain, and right well the two left-handers played. They scored very freely, Daviee going in more for cutting than before. Many good hits were well fielded, but 10 after 10 went up, until the 100 appeared. Wilding then took a turn at the north end, and with his first ball, a slow breakback, bowled Daviea, after a patient innings of two hours without any chance. Pocock then bowled Sidebottom with a shooter, and Mansfield added another duck to the score — three wickets for one run, as in the Canterbury innings. However, the last two men were destined to give considerable trouble. Kirby bad some narrow shaves at first ; but Kendall batted in a cheery,' aggressive way that made a durable impression on the score. He pulled everything round to leg in a manner moat provoking to the bowlers, but Kirby displayed very good style, and

evidently but for his extreme nervousness would be a good batsman. At length Kendall hit one low to square leg, where Milton redeemed several mistakes in the field by a fine catch, which rolled him over in the effort to hang on to the ball. The innings closed for 125, leaving Canterbury 149 to get to win, a number quite large enough to make the game interesting. The opening of the Canterbury second innings was keenly watched. Milton and Longden went out first. Mansfield started his old game of full pitches and halfvolleys, but Longden this time was more than a match for him. But after the first 10 had gone up Longden very nearly skied one into short-leg's hand, but he could not reach it. Sams relieved Mansfield, who this time was not at all a success, and the quickest scoring in the whole match followed. Both raeu laid into the bowling with hearty goodwill. Sams was taken off and Hall went on. 50 went up, and then the scoring, which for ten minutes was very lively indeed, tired down. Kendall as usual bowled steadily and he stuck Longden up repeatedly, but he could do nothing with Miltou, who simply blocked everything on the wicket and hit on tbe leg side with effect. At last a change was tried, Burns relieving Hall, but at 6 o'clock the two United Club men were still in, and the scores so far advanced that, barring rain, a win for Canterbury ought to be certainly scored. Such are the vagaries of cricket ! Before the match 2 to 1 was freely offered on Canterbury, and at the close of the first day the same odds were offered on the Tasmanians. The following are to-day's scores : — CANTERBURY — Ist innings, Watson, st Davies, b Mansfield ... 3 Fowke, c Davies, b Kendall... .. 15 Ciiapinan, not out ... 10 Extras 6 Yesterday's score ... ... 169 Total 203 Tasmania — 2nd innings. Harris, b Chapman ... ... ... 31 Gatehouse, b Pocock ... 0 Hall, b Pocock 0 Butler, b Wilding 3 Burns, b Wilding 10 Davies, b Wilding 19 Sams, c Fowke, b Chapman... ... 0 Sidebottom, b Pocock 26 Mansfield, b Pocock 0 Kirby, not out. . ... 11 Kendall, c Milton, b Chapman ... 11 Extras 14 Total 125 Canterbury — 2nd innings. Milton, not out 26 Longden, not out 36 Extras 2 Total 64