THE CANTERBURY ELEVEN IN VICTORIA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LI, Issue 5578, 8 January 1879, Page 5

THE CANTERBURY ELEVEN IN VICTORIA.

[By Cable.] [from oub special correspondent,] CANTERBURY Y. MELBOURNE 0.0. CANTERBURY DEFEATED BY 169 BUNS. MELBOURNE, Jan. 7. The Canterbury Eleven took tho field after the dispatch of my telegram yesterday, and they were kept pretty busy, Gibson, M'Donncll, Tennant, M'Kinnon, and Kendall finding them plenty to do. The fielding was very indifferent, our men not being up to their usual Canterbury form, or showing the eagerness of the first innings of the Ballarat match. The bowling was fairly collared, and knocked all over the field. Lee took two wickets, Ashby two, C. Frith three, and W. Frith two. On resuming to-day Molboarao did not increase their score, as Tennant was caught off Frith’s third ball. Canterbury then had 292 to get to save a defeat, and this was evidently beyond their powers. The heat, so much beyond what they are accustomed to, and the fast wicket have proved their ruin in this match, aud though they made a gallant fight in the second innings, their opponents were too much for them. Baker, who has not yet displayed the form expected of him, was clean bowled second ball, but OUivier and Watson gave some trouble. Both they and Neilson played good cricket, but fatigue and Alexander’s bowling eventually broke down their resistance. W. Frith slogged determinedly in his usual style, and ran up 19, shortly after which the innings came to a close for 123. Canterbury were consequently defeated by 169 runs. If the bowling bad been handled with more skill yesterday, and the field kept more in hand, the Melbourne score would never have assumed such proportions; and in addition, the forced exertion in the dreadful heat induced carelessness. A great deal of interest was evinced in the game yesterday, but to-day there were scarcely 20 spectators on the ground. In the second innings Alexander took nine wickets for 50 runs, M’Shane one (Ollivier’s) for 29, and off Kendal 38 runs were made for no wickets. The East Melbourne match comes next, and Friday and Saturday are allotted for tbe South Melbourne game. The foUowing are the full scores : MELBOURNE.

ALL ENGLAND V. AUSTRALIA. [By TsPBOBArn.] [TfMSS' SPECIAL WIRE.] The match between the Australian and English elevens was commenced on the Melbourne ground on Jan, 2. The Englishmen went first to tho wickets, and wore disposed of for 113. Spofforth’s bowling was very destructive, and no succeeded in securing throe wickets to three successive balls. The first dav's scoring was 7 8 ALL ENGLAND. First Innings. -Lucas, b Allan ... ... ... 6 Ulyett, b Spofforth O Wobbo, b Allan 4 Hornby, b Spofforth 2 Lord Harris, b Garrett 38

First Innings. Alexander, run out 77 Gibson, o Ashby b W. Frith 12 M'DonneU, run out 13 Tennant, b W. Frith 3 M'Kroy, c Fowler b W. Frith 13 Kelly, b Lee 6 M'Orimmon, run out 5 M'Kinnon, run out 4 M'Shane, not out ... ... Coulthard, b Lee ... 0 1 Kendall, b Lee 0 Extras 9 Total 143 Second Innings. Alexander . 6 Gibson . 19 M'DonneU . 81 M'Shane . 10 Tennant ... . 75 KeUy M'Evoy . 0 . 0 M'Orimmon ... 2 M'Kinnon . 26 Coulthard 3 Kendall, not out . 64 Extras . 10 Total . 286 CANTERBURY. First Innings. .. 7 OUirier, b Kendall ... Watson .. 24 Hortland ... ... ... .. 6 Ashby .. 17 Neilson .. 17 Baker .. 1 W. Frith ., 6 Lee .. o Fowler, notout ... ... .. 6 0. Frith .. 0 , Fuller .. o Extras .. 6 Total .. 87 Second Innings. Baker 0 Watson 29 OUirier 27 Ashby 3 Neilson 23 Hartland 0 Fowler 8 Lee 2 19 W. Frith, not out O.Frith... 4 Fuller ... , 2 Extras 6 Total ., 123

Boylo, b Spofforth 8 Maokinnon, b Spofforth ,,, 0 Emmett. o Horun b Spofforth... 0 Absalom. c A. Bannorman. b Boylo 52 Hone, o BJaokham b Spofforth Schultz, not out 7 0 Extras 6 Total iTs AUSTRALIAN. First Innings, 0. Bannerman, b Emmett 15 Murdoch, o Web bo, b Ulyelt ... 4, Horan, c Hono b Emmett 10 A. Bannerman, not out 23 Spofforth, not out 8 Extras ... 8 Total, with 8 wkts down 08