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Lyttelton Times, Volume LVII, Issue 6536, 7 February 1882, Page 5

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THE INTIBPBOVINOIAL MATCH. [Br ThmobamcJ [mOH Otfß BMOUI OOBBinOKDKRT.J DUNBtKN, Fbb. 6. The Interprovincial matoh was resumed yesterday, and resulted, as will be seen from the icore below given, Id a moit deoisive victory for the long unsuccessful Outgo men. Though Canterbury had been left so far behind on Saturday night, yet tomething was expected from the batsmen on Monday, as the weather remained fine and Jry during the interval. Nevertheless, in a food light and on a greatly improvod wioket,the team did worse than in their first attempt. For this there was no ezoujo, more especially as W. Frith's bowling was anything oft terrible, and neither hjs brother nor Cooke ought to hare been too.heavy metal for good batsmen. The ease and rapidity with which Ashby and E. Fowler hit the bowling about'showed its real weakness, but their stand oame too late to even lessen the completeness of the defeat. A few words may tell the progress of the innings. With the score at 2 Beeves and Watson recommenced batting. Bight maidens i were bowled,'and in the eleventh over Beeves ! attempted to cut a shooter and hit his wioket. 9—4—6. No sooner did Ashby and Watson appear set than the latter allowed a very, long hop to ' bowl him. Wilding pulled a crooked ball on to his stumps, and W. Obtterill was quickly bowled by another short-pitched one from Frith. Then ID. Fowler joined Ashby, and for a while the batting reigned supreme. Both men punished W. Frith, one of whose balls Ashby lifted splendidly over the fence for 4 With the score at 68, Cooke was replaced by the elder Frith, and the change soon worked. Ashby, who had hitherto performed in his best style, was bowled in playing rather carelessly, and then Fowler after driving the left-hander once more for 4, lifted the elder brother into the air, and was prettily caught by Davenport. Seldom has the veteran batsman played in better form, and hiß efforts deserved better support from his companions. The end came at 78, and so, for the first time in eight years, Otago were first past the post. The best side probably won, but the finish ought unquestionably to have been closer. The Otago men showed up well in the field, and Mitohell, their new wicket-keeper is a great acquisition for them. The weakness of the Canterbury batting was shown by the fact, amongst others, that 0. Frith, whose bowling was not even straight, took five wickets in the matoh for four runs. His brother bowled exceedingly well at the start of each innings, but Boon fell off, particularly in the seoond. Cooke bowled well throughout, and Haskell very badly during the few overs allotted to him. Tho following are the complete score' and analysis : OTAGO, First Innings.' - H. Bose, o Cotterill b Fuller :..' ... 11 B.N. Davenport/oPbilpottb Fuller ... 11 E. T, Gollinson, 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, c 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 ... ... ... 163 Second Innings. R. N. Davenport, oJ. Fowler, b Chapman 5 H. Boee, c Wilding, b Chapman... ... 10 D. Mitohell, o Fowke, b Fuller 17 W. J. Crawshaw, o Wilding, b Chapman 0 L. Harris, o Fowler, b Fuller 30 J. P. Spring, b Ashby ... 4 B. T. Collinson, o Chapman, b Fuller ... 5 O. H. Haskell, Ibw, b Fuller ... ... 10 F. H. Cooke, b Fuller 1 W. Frith, not out 0 0. Frith, run out ... ... 1 Byes 4, leg-byes 5, widel ... 10 Total ... ... ... 93 BOWXINO AHAEXSIB. First Innings. ; , Balls.' Buns. Mdns. Wkts. E.T. A. Fuller 162 62 14 6 A. Chapman 108 49 5 3 D. Ashby ... 28 18 10 F. Wilding ... 40 12 2 1 Second Innings. Balls. Buns. Maidens. Wkts. Fuller ... 116 29 12 5 Chapman ... 48 25 4 3 Wilding ... 16 10 10 Ashby ... 56 19 7 1 Ashby bowled one wide. OANTEBBUBY. First Innings. W. P. Beeveß, b Cooke ... ..( ... 9 G. Watson, o Davenport, b W. Frith ... 10 P. Philpott, 6 Mitohell, b Cooke ... 6 F. WUding, bW. Frith ... 0 J. Fowke, lbw, b W. Frith 0 D. Ashby, e Mitohell, bO. Frith ... 84 W. J. Cotterill, bW. Frith ... ... 0 J. Fowler, o Collinson, bCooke ... ... 7 E. Fowler, b Cooke 14 Chapman, not out 8 Fuller, o and b 0. Frith 1 Bye 1, leg-byes 2 , 3 Total 91 Second Innings. P. Philpott, run out 2 J. Fowke, c Mitohell b Cooke ... ... 0 J. Fowler, o Mitohell bW. Frith ... 0 <J. Watson, b W. Frith 8 W. P. Beeves, h w, b W. Frith 6 D. Ashby, b 0. Frith 80 F. Wilding, b Cooke 0 W. Cotterill, bW. Frith , 2 B. Fowler, o Davenport bO. Frith ... 26 A, Chapman, not out -, ' ... 1 B. T. A. Fuller, o and bO. Frith ... 0 Byes 2, leg-bye 1 8 . Total .''. 78 Bowling Anaiisis. 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 Second Innings. Balls. Buns. Mdns Wkts. Cooke ... 100 28 14 2 W. Frith ... 124 43 15 4 0. Frith :... 26 4 2 3

The following list shows the result of the Interprovinoial matches since their establish* ment m 1864: 1804—Otsgo won by 74 runs. 1865—Canterbury won by 4 wlokets. 1888—Otago won by 2 wlokets, 1867 Otago won in one innings ana 87 runs, 1868— Otago won by 9 wlokets. ... 1869, February—Drawn, Canterbury having 17 runs to get and 3 wickets to fan. 1889, December—Otago won by 4 wickets, 1871,. Jannary-Cantorbury won in one innings and 29 runs. , . 1871, December—Canterbury won by 10 wlokets. 1878—Canterbury won inone innings and 34 runs. 1874 Otago won in one innings and 28 runs. 1875 Canterbury won in one innlnga and 151 runs. 1876 Canterbury won by 145 runs. 1877 Canterbury won by 151 runs. 1878— Canterbury won by 9 wlokets. 1879 Canterbury won to oneinnings and 12 runs. 1880— Canterbury won by 9 wickets. 1881— Canterbury won to one, innings and 282 rails. 1888—Otago won by 77 rang.