CRICKET.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LI, Issue 5610, 17 February 1879, Page 6

CRICKET.

. COLONIES. This mitch, generally one of tile beet of the;peason r nearly feli through, owing to the unpunctuality of several of the Colonials. and stayed at the wickets for what Was left of the afternoon. The cricket shown all round was only moderate, but the wicket was not a good one, and Beard’s bowling kicked a good deal. The want of a . wicket-keeper was also very apparent, especially to the bowlers. Beard bowled well; he was kept on throughout; and got 6 wickets for 6i5 runs. The fielding tfas rather loose, but Allen, at point, was an exception. , >. K , . . Corfe and Ashby appeared first, to the bowling of Beard and Turner. They did not repeat last Saturday’s performance, as Ashby skied one in Beard’s first over to short leg, which was wellheldhyW. Frith. Moore, though not at all in his beat . form, punished the bowline severely. His2fi consisted of a 5, three 4*B, a 3, a 2, apd four singles. Two off-drives all along the ground for 5 and 4 respectively, were really grand. hits. Neilson soon got 7, and was bowled by Beard with a rather simple one, and then W. Frith howled Corfe with a beauty. The latter batted much more tamely than is , his wont. Wilson and Conran were next together. Beard, tried to dislodge Wilson with full tosses, tut a 4 and a 3 resulted. At length a long hop on the off had the desired effect. Stevens and Conran advanced the score considerably, until Conrahj not responding quickly.enough tp his partner’s (sail, was thrown out by OUivier from deep mid-on. His 31 included a fine straight drive for 5 off Frith, which should have been stopped by Fairhurst, and two hardlow drives. Morice ran 5 for a good; leg hit, and soon after smote Turner vet harder in the same direction, but the halt reached the fence and only 4 were scored. He then found Beard too much for him. Longdeudid not stay long, but M'Donnell hit away merrily, being especially attentive to the half: volleys Har tland bowled him j he rattled up 19 before Hartland made a' fine one-handed catch in the slips. Secretan, with a crippled hand, had only time to make 2, when Beard bowled Stevens off his pad. The outgoer made his runs well, but gave 1 twd chances to Watson at shortstop. Subjoined are the spores :-r'

ENGLAND, Ashby, cW. Prith, b Beard ... ... 0 Corfe, bW, Frith : ... M 19 . Moore, cTarner.b W. Frith ... ... 26 Neilson, h Beard ... : ..; ... ■ .... 7 Wilson, o Watpohi b Beard ... ... 9 Conran, nmont : ... : ... 31 Stevens, b Beard ... ... ... 32 Morioe, \) Beard • ... ... ... 11 Lofgden, bW. Frith ... 2 ■ M'Dcamell, o Hartland, b Beard... ... 19 Secretan, not out ... ... 2 Bjes, 7; leg-byes, 1; wides, 1 1 no balls,! .., ... ~,10 Total ... ... ... ... 168 Bowwko Akaltsis. Overs, Mdna. Bans. Witts. Beard ... ... 33 9 66 6. Turner ... ... IS 2 49 0 W. Frith 18 3 86 3 Hartland... ' ... 8 0 13 . 0 Pairhurst... ... 1 ,0 4 .0 Frith bowled one wide and one no ball. ; sunnysidb'vTeiocabtoit. A match was played between the Sunnyside and Riccarton Cricket Olubson Feb.B and 15, on the ground of the former The result’ was a victory lor Sunnyside by one innings and 14 runs. Rage, Whitley, and Kinsman batted well for the victors, and Slake aid Gaskell for Eiocarton. Whitley was also very successful in the bowling department. Subjoined are the scores:— BICCABTON. Ist Innings. 2nd Innings. Bodgers,b Page.... ... 0 b Whitley ~, ... 4 Poweu, c Enle, h Page... 0 b Whitley ... . 5 Blake, o and b Whitley 14 o Franois.b Whit- . ■ ■ ley .... ... ' 2 Hurst, b White ... ... 0 Eitso,o Lancaster, b Whitley ... 8 sni5 ni s h ,t. b Page ... .... 1 Hare, b Whitley... 5 Gaskell, b White... ... 12 b White ... 0 T.Lyford,b White O b Whitley 1 C.Bowen,hWhite, ... 2 oEiohard.bWhlt* ’ ley ... ... l Griffin, not out ... ... 2 Frost, not out ... 6 J. Morriss, o Berkley, Nolgate, o Page, b b Whitley 6 Whitley ... 5 Jas. Morriss, b White... 1 Mills, h Whitleys. 0 Extras ... ... ...10 Extras ... ... 6 Total ... ... ... 47 Total ... ... 38 . 47 Grand total ... 85 BUNNTSIDE. •' Pint Innings. S. Saager, o Powell b Badgers 7 Bix, b Griffin... ... .... 2 Berkley,]) Griffin ... ... 0 Page, o Knight b Griffin ... ... 35 Whitley, b P0we11..., ... ... ... 17 Francis, b Griffin . ... ... ... 3 Kinsman, b Powell ... 10 White, o Griffin b Powell... ... ... 7 ' Smith, o Powell b Griffin ... ... ... 1 Buie, not oat... ... . ... ... ... 4 Biobards, b Griffin... ... ... 0 Extras ' ... ... , . 13, Total ... .;. i ... ... ... 99 Bohemians V Atonbibh,—A match was played on Saturday hast between the Christchurch Bohemian and Avonside Cricket .Clubs, which resulted in. a viotory for the former by one run.Thesooreswere— Bohemians 53, Avonside 52. ’ The onlyi noticeable hatting was Walsh 16 ; for the Bohemians and Ridley 21 ; for ‘' Avonside. Peacock bowled splendidly fori the Bohemians ■. ■- . '..i . SvnBBHAM* YOTJTHSV OIXTB T ASHSBT 0,0,-rThe abovematoh took place on Saturn .day at Ashley, and proved a win for the Youths by II runs am# 6 wickets* Id spare. The A.C.C«. wore -the firstto appearat the wickets, but made no. stand against the' bowß < jng of i Fowke and Wagstafie, the ■ former .getting 7 wickets at the costof Irun, and the < score only reaching 20. , Thec Youths’ sue* ooeded in obtaining 43, of which number Fowke claimed 14.. The A. 0.0. then went in for their second innings, and up to 1 luncheon had scored 4 for. the loss of 8 wickets, After lunoheon Croft and Watson gave some trouble, the former making 18 . and the latter 22 (not out), the total realising 6& This left the Youths 87 . to get to wm, which they easily accomplished with the loss of four wickets, Smith with 26 (not out) severely punishing the bowling, the total for the four wickets being 47. Banks and Bench bowled well for Ashley,