CRICKET.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXI, Issue 7214, 14 April 1884, Page 5

CRICKET.

THl§ INTERPROVINCIAL MATCH,

CANTERBURY v. WELLINGTON,

The last Interprovincial Match of the season, for the benefit of Pocock, the Lancaster Park bowler, wins begun on Saturday morning on . that ground,. at about 11 o’clock. This is the first time a team of players from Wellington have met a Canterbury eleven in Christchurch, although it is not the first match that has taken place between the Provinces, our men having met the visitors when on their Northern trip last Christmas.-' There was but a small attendance at the beginning of the match, notwithstanding the beautiful weather. Several well-known faces were absent from the Canterbury team, which was not a very strong one. Wellington won the toss, and Wood very naturally sent his men in, for the wicket looked perfection. As a matter of fact, it was a very good one, though, like the rest of the ground, it played a trifle dead. Things opened badly for the Northern men. With his third ball Pocock bowled | Blacklock, and Cox had only scored a single when he was caught next over by Dunlop off his own bowling. Two wickets had thus fallen for one run, and on the departure' of the next man matters did not look very much brighter. Eoberts made things lively for a few minutes before Dunlop bowled him, but the score only stood at 13, of which the last batsman claimed 8. Wood and Twist, who had already shown good defence, carried the score to 41, and before they were separated two changes of bowling, had to be resorted to, M'Dowall taking Dunlop’s place, and Ross going on at the opposite end instead of Pocock. t Dunlop had been rather expensive, bjith men hitting him hard on the leg tide. With Wood’s dismissal, a general consent seemed to prevail amongst most of the batsmen that a quick retirement was the chief thing to aim at. Twist stemmed- thd tide of adversity, and showed good defence, as well as hitting powers, and was very hard on some of the long hops which Ejoss sent him from time to time. When he was run out, through a piece of sharp fielding and an unfortunate fall which rendered it impossible 1 for him to get back intj) his ground, he had put on just half the runs that had been made. His big hits were one 4 and five 3’s, and his innings had been good, both as a display of defensive and offensive batting. , Holle was the only other man who showed much form, and Burnes, who made a rattling hard straight drive for 4 off Ross, the bill travelling to tho fence. The innings closed shortly after half-past twelve, for 71, which total would have been considerably smaller but for Twist’s determined stand. The wickets were pretty evenly shared by all the bowlers, but M'Dowall, who bowled very steadily and well, has the best analysis. Helmore took the gloves, and acted as shortstop, and Digby fielded in place of Buchanan till mid-day. Mosers A. M. Ollivier, E. C. J. Stevens, W. P. Reeved, and T. D. Condell acted as umpires at different times during the day. Without waste of time Wood got his men into the field, and as soon as the new wicket had been prepared, Buchanan and Pocock app saved to handle the willow on behalf of Canterbury. The Wellington captiUn himself took up the bowling at one end, and to Eonaldson was confided tho attack from tho pavilion wicket. 1 Runs came very fast at first in singles. Seven runs were scored off tho" same number of balls, and Buchanan, though tho bowling appeared to be straight and good, got it away constantly by pretty play. The hiu/jlcidira was not so quick in his scoring nor so safe in his play as his partner, and with 17 on tho board, was clean bowled by Eonaldson. His score was six, made all in singles. Longdeu came next, and for' a few moments seemed to be m fair form, but suddenly cut short his own career by giving Roberts a catch in tho long fiela when ho had only made one. Two wickets for 20 was tho state of affairs when the Canterbury captain took his stand at the oroaao, to the usual complimentary applause. Wilding rattled up eight in about tvs many minutes, making a good straight drive for 3, and was then well caught by Wood off his own bowling. Buchanan in the meantime had been playing very pretty cricket, and scored singles one after the other, all his hits being clean and all along tho turf. Barnes booune his partner with the score at 81, and began steadily, while Buchanan kept -raising his total too, without stop or stay. Lunch intervened with Barnes and Buchanan still at the wickets., and after the interval the latter became very aggressive, making a couple.

of beautiful drives for 8 and 4, and a grand log hit also for 4. Fifty soon appeared on the board, and Barnes began to follow his partner's tactics till another 10 wont up. Buchanan's score is something of a cricket curiosity. Up to lunch time ho had made 18, all singles with one solitary exception. After lunoh ho made a score of -K) in which thoro wore only eight singles. Indeed, the invigorating influences of the meal seemed to have stood both men in good stead. Barnes scored rapidly, chiefly in 3's, several of which might have boon 4's had ho boon able to run. Hollo had gone on after lunch, and when Barnes had caused the appearance of (50 on the telegraph by a splendid leg hit for four, Luxford was tried. This change did not stop the raugotting. Barnes had a narrow escape behind the wickets, Miles, the short-stop, not being quite able to roach the ball, and tho total mounted to 80 and 90, though not with such .rapidity as it had done immediately after luncheon. Eonaldson came on again in Luxford's place, but coaid not prevent tho 100 being telegraphed shortly after 3 p.m., with the two Inseparables still at the wickets. At 103 Barnes was well taken by Nicholls at mid-on. Ho and Buchanan had put on just one niore than the Wellington total, and some of his own peculiar cuts had been most effective, though his leg hitting was not so certain as usual. His score of 32 was, nevertheless, well-earned, for when ho first went in the bowling was by no.means loose, and tho fielding was certainly above the average. Dudney, who succeeded, caused an instantaneous dispersion of the fieldsmen, who were spread well out in the hope of dismissing him early from some of his big bits. Buchanan, however, was the first to leave, caught at mid-on after a really good innings of 64, made without a chance. His style was good, defence combined with hard, clean, all-round hitting, parbiculaily on the off, and everything along the carpet—one of the prettiest innings played at Lancaster Park for some time. Tho total stood at 118 when Moorhouse made his ddbxLt as a Canterbury representative batsman. Like that of many others, his first attempt was a failure, for after scoring a 2 directly he went to the wickets, he was howled by Luxford. Helmore and Dudney then got to work, and the scoring became remarkably fast for some time. Both men punished the bowling, and Dudney made several hits to the boundary, for which he was loudly applauded. The bowlers were beginning to feel the effects of the long day’s play. The score rose to 130, 140, and 150, and various changes of bowlers were tried without avail; Helmore departed at length with the total at 163, out of which he had made 22. His cutting had been particularly good. The beginning of the end had arrived. Dudney did nearly all the remainder of the scoring, Dunlop, M'Dowall, and Boss (not out) accounting only for six out of the last 22 runs that were made. He was clean bowled by Holle, tenth man out, for 40, compiled in great part by means of hard drives to the off and on. The Canterbury total was 185, or 114 ahead of Wellington. ' The match is to be continued to-day at 11 a.m. sharp. About 750 or 800 people were admitted on Saturday. It is to be hoped that there will he a large attendance to-day, the match being for the benefit of one who has bowled well for the Province all through the season. The following is the full score and analysis of the bowling:— WELLINGTON—Ist Innings. Cox, 1, c andb Dunlop ... X B. Blucklock, b Pocock ... 0 C. H. Twist, 11111311431131121133, run out ... .. 34 H. Roberts, 224, b Dunlop 8 Miles, 11, o Barnes, b M'Dowall 2 S. Nicholls, 2, b M'Dowall 2 Holje, 21111, b M'Dowall 6 G. Butnes, 14, not out 5 Bonaldsou, 1, c Dudney, b Boss 1 G. H. Luxford, 1, c M'Dowall, b 8055... 1 J. Wood. 13111, c Dudney, b Boss ... 7 Byes... ' 3 Ho balls 1

Total 71 Bottling Analysis.—Poooek, 45 balls, 0 maidens, 20 runs, 1 wicket; Dunlop, 35 kails, 4 maidens, 12 runs, 2 wickets; M'Dowall, 65 balls, 6 maidens, 9 runs, 3 "wickets; Boss, 58 balls, 2 maidens, 26 runs, 3 wickets. CANTERBURY—Ist Innings. A. T. Buchanan, 1111211111111111124134 11132232313112231, c Blaoklock b Wood 64 W. J. Pocoek, 111111, b Eonaldsoa ... 6 A.'Longden, 1, o Roberts b Wood ... 1 'F. Wilding, 11312, o and b Wood ... 8 E. Barnes, 131121313431332, e Nicbolls b Eonaldson 32 W. Dudney, 211112244113141132113, b . Hollo ... .;. ... 40 H.' b Linford 2 G. Helmore, 3H12431123, c Wood b Cox 22 D. Dunlop, 1 b Rohnldson 1 E. M‘Dowa.ll, 212, b Holle 5 E. J, Ross, not out ... 0 Byes ... ... ... 4 Total 185 Bowling Analysis.— Eonaldson, 125 balls, 7 maidens, 56 runs, 3 wickets; Wood, 140 balls, 5 maidens, 66 runs, 3 wickets; Holle, 37 balls, 2 maidens, 21 runs, 2 wickets ; Cox, 25 balls, 16 runs, 1 wicket.