CRICKET.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LVII, Issue 6535, 6 February 1882, Page 5

CRICKET.

THE INTHBPBOVINOIAL MATCH. [By Tblbqbaph.J [7XOII OTTB BfEOIA.Ii OOBSBBYONSBNT.J

■ . DUNEDIN, Ebb. 5. In spite of tho many fervent prayers which were doubtless put up by cricketers for fine weather on Saturday, showers continued to foil ftt intemls during the night and earlier morning. Towards noon it cleared, but the captain,, nevertheless, determined not to begin play until two o'clock. Needless to state, the wioket had not improved, and the surface all over the ground showed about as much black ae green. In places, indeed, it reminded one more of a cattle yard at branding time than of a cricket field. After luncheon, then, Ashby and J. Fowler resumed tho defensive to W. Frith, Cooke bowling at the- other end, | vice Haskell. Six maidens were sent down, but the first ball of the seventh over was sent very much up by Fowler, and the record—48—7—7—was posted accordingly. How the fdllow-on was to he saved seemed now a puzzle, but E. Fowler was equal to the occasion, and after an uneasy over or two from Cooke he supported Ashby right well. The latter showed grand cricket, and though W. Frith bowled at him and bumped chest high, he could make no impression on his nerves. Buns came steadily, and 72 had been reached before E. Fowler, after driving Cooke twice in succession, played round a plain straight ball and retired. Two, runs were still wanted to save the follow on. Chapman, however, was not deficient in pluck, and not only stayed while Ashby scored, but made a good leg-hit for three on his own account. Eventually Ashby was caught at the wickets in cutting at a ball which bumped, and the innings closed for 91. Ashby has not played so well for years; indeed itrmay be doubted whether he ever before showed snob good form under circumstances so trying. With 62 in hand Otago again went In. They had the advantage of a fresh wicket, but this, though, not particularly treacherous, was of course thoroughly drenched, and the light, always bad, grew worse and worse as the afternoon proceeded. It was not therefore extraordinary that their score should be small. Harris played remarkably well, and while he and Mitchell (who played a finished game) were together, things looked ngly for the visitors. The fielding on the whole was decent. J. Fowler made a fine catch at long leg, and Wilding a magnificent one at point, which reminded those who saw it of the manner in which H. W. Moore disposed of Bailey in the Australian match at Christchurch. Wilding’s catch, however, was lower. Unfortunately for Canterbury, they had to go in again at twenty minutes to six. The light was simply awful, but it hardly accounted for Philpott running himself out. Fowke was finely caught at the wickets, and at two minutes to the hour Mitchell obtained a similar decision against J. Fowler. Thus three wickets have fallen, and the Canterbury team is still 150 behind. To-day the weather is fine, and bright. Score:— OTAGO. First Innings. H. Bose, o Cotterill b Fuller ... ... II

B. N. Davenport, o Philpott b Fuller ... II E. T. Oollinson, b Chapman ... ... 0 J. P. Spring, b Chapman 5 W. J. Orawshaw, b Wilding 39 L. Harris, o Cotterill b Chapman ... 16 O. H. Haskell, cJ. Fowler b Fuller ... 34 F. H. Cooke, o and b Fuller ... ... 6

W. Frith, o Chapman b Fuller ... ... 1 D. Mitchell, not out 10 0. Frith, o Wilding b Fuller 9 Byes 6, leg-byes 5, wide 1 ... .12

Total ... 153 Second Innings. B. N. Davenport, o J. Fowler, b Chapman 6 H. Bose, c Wilding, b Chapman 10 D. Mitchell, o Fowke, b Fuller 17 W. J. Grawshaw, c Wilding, b Chapman 0 L. Harris, o Fowler, b Fuller ... ... 30 J. P. Spring, b Ashby 4 B. T. Coliinson, o Chapman, b Fuller ... 5 O. H. Haskell, Ibw, b Fuller ... ... 10 F. H. Cooke, b Fuller i ... 1 W. Frith, not out... ... ... ... 0 C. Frith, run out... 0 Extras 11

Total 93 BOWUKG ANALYSIS. First Innings. Balls. Buns. Mdse. Wkts. H.T. A. Fuller 162 62 14 6 A. Chapman 108 49 5 3 D. Ashby ... 28 18 1 0 F. Wilding ... 40 12 2 1 Second Innings. Balls. Bans. Maidens. Wkts. Fuller ... 116 39 12 5 Chapman... 48 25 4 3 Wilding ... 16 10 1 0 Ashby ... 66 9 7 1 Ashby bowled one wide. CANTERBURY. First Innings. W. P. Beeves, b Cooke ... 9 G. Watson, o Davenport, b W. Frith ... 10 P. Fbilpott, o Mitchell, b Cooke ... 5 F. Wilding, b W. Frith 0 J. Fowke, Ibw, b W. Frith 0 D. Ashby, c Mitchell, bO. Frith ... 84 W. J. CotterUl, bW. Frith ... ... 0 J. Fowler, c Collinson, b Cooke 7 E. Fowler, b Cooke 14 Chapman, not out 8 Fuller, c aud bC. Frith ... 1 Extras 3

Total 91 Second Innings. J, Fowke, c Mitchell, b Cooke 0 P. Philpott, ran oat 2 J. Fowler, c Mitchell, bW. Frith ... 0 G. Watson, not oat ... ... ... 0 W. P. Beeves, not oat 0

Total (for 3 wickets),.. 2 Bowling Analysis. First Innings. Balls. Buns. Maidens. Wkts. Cooke ... 140 64 14 4 W. Frith... 164 27 26 4 Haskell ... 16 7 1 0 0. Frith... 9 0 22 rriTM! ENGLISHMEN AT AUCKLAND. [Fbb Pbebs Association.] AUCKLAND, Fbb. 4. Shrewsbury and Bootton returned to the wickets to-day, Bobinson bowling with the wind, and Lankbam against. Singles came slowly, and Shrewsbury got one nice out for three, which Bootton followed with a similar number to leg- Not satisfied with tried to make it four, and the ball being smartly returned, Shrewsbury was run out. 180—5—77. In Lankham’s next over Section was prettily caught by Dnfanrat the wickets. 180—6—40. Emmett took the remainder of the over, Selby taking the other end. Nothing eventful happened for several overs, the score growing by singles till Bobinson at last managed to scatter Sfllby*s stumps* 188 7 —23. After an easy catch had been missed, Shaw skied one from- Bobinson, and Lynch accepted it. 192—8—2. Pilling commenced with a hit for two, and catching one of Bobinson’s on the rise, knocked it clear on to the boundary trees. Emmett served another in precisely the same way, and out Lankbam for two soon afterwards. However, in slogging at one from Bobinson he was clean bowled. 214—9—8, ... After lunch Auckland went to the wickets, Midwinter opening the game by bowling from the Hospital end, ana Bates from the Newmarket end. Arneil and Isaacs went in first. The second ball from Midwinter Isimc* put into Shaw’s hand. Dewes played a fine umings of 81 without a chance, made up of three 4’s, two B’s, four 2’s and singles. Midwinter ultimately bowled him at 49. Eohmson came next, and Peate wont on at the Hospital end. His second ball Arneil put up to the off, and Selby accepted the invitation. Dnfanr filled the gap. After playing one ball he opened his shoulders and let drive to the on, but Barlow wae about and the batsman retired. Yates joined Bobinson and some leather hunting wae expected, but the latter soon had to retire after contributing 4, Midwinter dean bowling him* Yates’ innings was

a finished one, and he added 18 to the score before he was caught by Selby off Midwinter. Lynch contributed 4, and Shrewsbury at point then caught him beautifully. Testro made a duck's egg. Cameron when he went to the wickets was suffering from a sprained leg, and Cox had to run lor him. Ho is a free hitter, but did not remain in long. Midwinter bowled him for 4. Sing was caught by Midwinter off his second ball. Cox took liberties with Peate, and was caught by Shrewsbury immediately. Bindon, after scoring 1, was caught by Shaw. Lankham shaped well, and Thompson played a lengthy innings, but none of the rest gave much trouble. Mumford (captain) went in last, played three balls, and had the honour of being not out lor 0. The innings closed for 84, only leaving the Englishmen five runs to got to win, which they made without the loss of a wicket. It was arranged that the Englishmen should play to time (an hour and ten minutes}, and 90 runs were made, tho play being simply hitting at everything. [The telegram is so vague that it is impossible to make out the individual scores, but Selby seems to have made 87; Bates, 21; and Shrewsbury, 17, not out.] Tho score is as follows:

ALL-ENGLAND ELEVEN. First Innings. Ulyett, c Bobinson b Lynch 14 Barlow, b Lankham 8 Selby, b Bobinson 28 Bates, b Lankham - 14 Shrewsbury, run out 77 Midwinter,oßuoklandbßohinion 3 Section, opufaur b Lankham... 40 Emmett, b Bobinson ... ... 20 Shaw, o Lynch b Bobinson ... 2 Filling, not out ... 8 Peate, absent 0 Extras ... ... ... 10 Total 214 Bowling Analysis.—Lynch: .176 balls, 16 xndns, 57 runs, 1 wkt; Lankham: 848 bolls, 52 mdns, 69 runs, 8 wkts; Bobinson: 171 balls, 28 mdns, 45 runs, 4 wkts ; Arneil: 86 balls, 4 mdns, 8 runs; Bnokland: 16 balls, 2 mdns, 8 runs ; Farrier : 16 balls, 3 mdns, 2 runs; Cox : 16 balls, 19 runs; Isaacs: 16 balls, 14 runs. TWENTY-TWO OF AUCKLAND. Second Innings. Isaacs, o Shaw b Midwinter ... 0 Arneil, c Selby b Peate II Dewes, b Midwinter 81 Yates, o Selby b Midwinter ... 18 Bobinson, b Midwinter ... ... 4 Dufaur, o Barlow b Peate ... 1 Lynch, o Shrewsbury b Peate ... 4 Testro, o Emmett b Peate ... 0 Cameron, b Midwinter 4 King, h Midwinter ... ... 0 Cox, o Shrewsbury b Peate ... 0 Bindon, o Shaw b Midwinter ... 1 Whiteside, b Peate ... ... 0 Jervis, b Midwinter ... ... 0 Lankham, o Emmett b Peate ... 3 Thompson, o and b Peate ... 8 Bowden, b Midwinter 1 Gardiner, b Peate 1 Bnokland, b Midwinter ... ... 1 Farrier, o Pilling b Midwinter ... 1 Donovan, o Barlow b Midwinter 2 Mumford, not ont ... ... 0 Extras 4 Total 94 Bowling Analysis. Midwinter : 108 balls, 7 mdns, 45 runs, 12 wkts; Bates: 32 balls, 3 mdns, 21 runs; Peate: 72 balls, 6 mdns, 24 runs, 9 wkts. Midwinter howled two no-balls. ASSOCIATION MATCH. In consequence of the absence of the Into rprovinoial team at Dunedin, a match was arranged between two scratch teams for Saturday. The bowling strength was not very equally divided, Mr Cotterill having more than bis fair share, so that when he won the toss and went in, it was pretty certain the other side would "have some leather-hunting before the shades of night drew nigh. The day was hot, with a stiffish breeze blowing at times, and as most of Mr Stevens' team had had the pleasure of fielding out all the previous Saturday, they must have wished themselves anywhere but on Hagley Park as man after man came in and knocked the bowling about in a most unfeeling manner. Million scored much faster than nsual, and ran up 33 in, for him, quick time, but Buchanan made runs very slowly, and remained at the wickets a long time for his 48. He gave one palpable chance in the long-field during his innings, and at length lost his wicket, throughfailing to impress his partner with the necessity of running. Fenwick and Horwood hit out at everything, but Cotterill in some time before he gave any sign of his intention to make a long score. Two or three fours off Washer and Boss brightened up his record, and he and Ataok scored very rapidly till the latter, after hitting a five and a six, lost his wioket rather foolishly by driving furiously at a straight long hop. Cotterill continued the run-getting till the last man came in, but eventually got ont in a somewhat similar way, except that his fate came in the shape of a half-volley instead of a long hop. The bowling was very plain. Harman sent down some good overs, and Boss’ slows were more successful than usual, but the other howlers tried were found to be far from straight. The match will not be continued. Score and analysis

ME COTTBEILL'S SID 3. W. V. Million, o Longden b Harman ... S 3 H. Edser, o Fairhurst b Boss ... ... 5 T. Buchanan, ran oat ... 48 F. Fenwick, o Washer b Boss 23 E. CotterUl, b Boss .<■ 45 F. Horweod, b Washer ...18 W. H. Ataok, h Bobs ... 21 B. D. Homan, o Fairharat b Boss ... 0 A. T. Bullock, b Harman 0 H. D’Eltnaine, ran out ... ... ... 4 J, Grossman, not out ... ... ... 11 Extras 8

Total ... ... . ...219 Bowling Analysis.—PairhoMt, 80 balls, 31 runs, 6 nidus; Boss, 95 balls. 48runs,4wkta,4 mdus; Corfe, Sfiballs, S2 runs, 1 mdn, 1 wkt, 1 wide; Washer, 66 hfdin. 34runs, 3 mdns, 1 wkt; Harman, 75 halls, 89 runs, 1 mdn, 2 wkts; Lonjden, 65 balls, 37 runs, 1 mdn, 1 wide. LANCASTER PARK V. SYDENHAM YOUTHS. Some of the chosen representatives of the L.P.C. second eleven absented themselves, and others came to the ground late, so that they were under the necessity of batting with one man short. It is to be hoped that those who are prevented from playing, will, in future, give notice to the captain, in time to have their places filled up. Note paper and ink are within the reach of everyone, and by these means much irritation and inconvenience may easily be avoided. The Sydenham team were very victorious some seasons ago, but want of practice has told its tale on their play. The bowling was exceedingly good at first, but fell off towards the end of the innings. For the L.P.0., Smith played steadily and well for his 20, and Aynsley hit hard for 29. For the Youths, Lawrence was in a long time for a carefully made 15. Dunlop bowled exceedingly well for Lancaster Park, taking 8 wickets for 23 runs. The match will be continued on Saturday, Feb. 18. LANCASTER PAEK.—First innings. O. Beeves, b Wagstoff ... 1 C. Longhnan, b WagstaS 1 D. Dunlop, b Smith 12 E. V. HamUton, b Flowers 14 W. Izard, b Smith IB T. L. Smith, run oat 20 J. F. Bale, b Flowers ' 8 B. Wood.b Wagstaff 2 P. Aynslev, o Jones bW. Forsyth ... 27 E, S, Harley, not out ... ... ... 1 Extras ... ... 20 Total 119 SYDENHAM YOUTHS.-Flrflt innings. Allardyoe, Ibw, b Dunlop „ 0 W. Forsyth, b Hatley 3 H. Jones, b Dunlop 1 C, Lawrence, b Dunlop ... 12 W. Smith, b Dunlop 1 T. Flowers, b Dunlop 2 G. Bennett, b Dunlop ,„ ... ,„ 2 C. Wagstaff, b Dunlop ,„ ... ... 2 A. Lawrence, Ibw, b HamUton IS S. Forsyth, not out 10 T. Bowe, o Harley b Dunlop 6 Extras 16 Total 70 The match between the U.C.C.C. second eleven and Christ’s College molted in a draw much in favour of the former, who made 194 and 109 for 7 wickets, against 96. Oastelli 86 not out, and Cox 59 scored well for the U. 0.0.0., while the principal performers among the College boys wore 0./Ootterill 24, Willie 19 not out, H. Mathias 16 and Bridge 14,

The second eleven of the M. 0.0.0. were again beaten by the Addington Club on Saturday. The icores wore M. 0.0.0., 88 and 52; A. 0.0., 60 and 82 for three wickets. For the latter. Turner and Ogier did most of the run-getting, while H. Turner and Ogier were very destructive with the ball. The bad fielding of the losers had ai much to do with their defeat as anything.

The first match of tho season at Eaiapoi was played on Saturday by members of (he now United Club, in Mr H. Parnham’s paddock, near the Snoyd’s Anns Hotel. The match was a scratch one. The Club play a match against Woodend on Saturday next, in which there is considerable interest taken.