CRICKET.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 8053, 29 December 1886, Page 5

CRICKET.

INTERCOLONIAL MATCH.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COPYRIGHT.'] [Reuter’s Telegrams.] LEeceived Dec. 26, at 10.15 p.m.J MELBOURNE, Dec. 28. The Intercolonial cricket match. New South Wales v. Victoria, was continued today. The home team occupied the wickets all day, and when the stumps were drawn, they had scored 213 runs for the loss of three wickets, Bruce contributing 41 and Palmer 77. [Received Dec. 29, at 1 a.m.] THE ENGLISH TEAM AT BALLARAT. MELBOURNE, Dec. 28. The cricket match, Shaw and Lillywhite’s team v. Twenty of Ballarat, commenced at Ballarat yesterday. The Englishmen, who went in first, scored 292. The home team in their first innings made 188, and being in a minority of 104 they had to follow on, and when the stumps were drawn for the day, they had lost one wicket for seven runs. The Lancaster Park Club play the North Dunedin Club at Lancaster Park to-day, commencing at 10.30 a.m. MIDLAND v. GRANGE. The Grange were again defeated yesterday, this time at the hands of the Midlanders. The local team batted first, but only three men made a stand against the bowlers. Garrard was top scorer with 57 (the highest score yet made by a Christchurch player against the Grange), which included two fives, and was playing well when he was run out. Mountfort soon rattled up 46, in which were also two fives. Washer, with 13, was the only other double figure scorer. The Grange team were all out for 102. W. Carson made 23 not out, and A. Turnbull scored 19, getting two hits for 5 each. Grieve and P. Turnbull made 15 and 13 respectively. The latter got two drives for a quintette each. Garty bowled well, and at times got on a lot of break. His analysis was—7s balls, 42 runs, 4 maidens, 7 wickets. The Midlanders had made 70 for the loss of six wickets when time was called. Garrard was again to the fore with 20 not out; Mountfort was run out after making 16; Ashby was caught after he made 13; and Richards played patiently for 12. The gs me was thus won by the local Club on tbe first innings by 44 runs.

A match was played on Saturday between the Upper Kiccarton and the Kail way, which resulted in a win for the latter by 10 runs. A team from the Lancaster Park Club defeated the Amberley Club on Boxing Day by 88 runs. The scores were: Lancaster Park ; First innings, 03 (Dunlop 15, Marshall 15, Rowe 13); second innings, 107 (Ridley 22, Hassal 19, Marshall 17, Dunlop 13 ; grand total, 170. Amberley : First innings, 50 (Mason 18); second innings, 32 (Judd 15) ; grand total, 82. The following will pl»iy for Addington v* Grange, to-day, at 10 a.m Ogier, Slater, Pasre (2), Salmon, i’oreyth (2), Turner, Patterson, Prebble, Ashby. WELLINGTON v. CANTERBURY. [Pee Peess Association.] WELLINGTON, Dec. 28. The Interprovincial Match had a much hollower ending than was expected. Even the Canterbury men believed their opponents would reach a hundred at least, and as the wicket was in capital order, the bowlers had only their own abilities to depend on. Dunlop’s great leg-break was, however, something new to them, and the efforts of some of the batsmen to keep him out of their wickets were quite ludicrous. In addition to this he sometimes broke from the opposite side of the wicket, and with his facility of twist, added to a good pitch, it was perhaps excusable that batsmen not of first-class order should fail to play him. Until Lawson drove him for three his bowling analysis presented a most remarkable appearance, and in the end he had a record unequalled in first-class matches since the clays when Ashby and W. Frith sent the Auckland Eleven to right-about face for II runs. Halley did not bowl so well as in the previous innings, and that more runs were not scored off him must be attributable to the funk with which they were nearly saturated after the downfall of the first three wickets. The last two men played with more energy than any of the others, and nearly doubled the score, helped by two or three flukey snicks, two of which counted for four each. Ever since Dunlop’s performance against the Australians there has been much curiosity among cricketers here to have a specimen of bis powers, and when the steamer arrived on Sunday, the first enquiry amongst all was, “ Which is Dunlop ? ” Probably the batsmen have now had their inquisitiveness quite satisfied. The morning paper has a sub-leader on the match, containing a comparison, which has been a source of continual amusement to both teams since it appeared. Though not strictly en regie in a description of a match, three sentences may be quoted : “ The Canterbury bowling wasexceptionally excellent, and was supported by very fine fielding. Dunlop is one of the best bowlers ever seen on the ground, and Halley, the left-hander, is also exceedingly good. They reminded us of the famous Yorkshire pair—Peate and Emmett —of whose respective styles theirs were strongly reminiscent, Dunlop’s delivery being particularly like that of Peate.” The idea of comparing a right-handed bowler like Dunlop to a left-hander like Peate, or the somewhat simple delivery of Halley to the corkscrew action of Emmett, is one which certainly has never yet occurred to anyone outside Wellington. To fill up the time in the afternoon, the Canterbury men went to the wickets again in reverse order, and showed more of their true form by scoring 181. Nine men reached double figures—Wheatley, 31; Harman and Rayner, 23 each ; and Fo.vke, 20, being the highest. Afterwards the Wellington men had an hour’s batting, and lost five wickets for some GO runs, M'Murray taking all the wickets. Moorhouse made 23 in very good form. To-morrow a Nelson eleven play Wellington. The visitors include W. J. Ford, the well-known English cricketer, and now head master of Nelson College, and Cooke, formerly of Otago. An effort was made to arrange a match between the Canterbury and Nelson elevens, but the ground was engaged for the Caledonian sports on Saturday. The game was resumed at 12.25, in excellent weather, but the attendance was thin. The wicket was in capital order. Motley and Heenan were the first batsmen, and Dunlop and Halley, as before, had charge of the bowling. The former disposed of Motley in the second over. Heenan cut Halley nicely for 3, and hit him to the on, but then lost Gore. Two for G. R. Blaoklock joined Heenan, but was clean bowled by Dunlop in the first over. Heenan was the next victim, Halley bowling him with a trimmer. Four for ten. Moorhouse and Roberts then became partners, and the former scored the first run which had been obtained off Dunlop, by hitting him to leg. Moorhouse hit his second hall from Halley into Secretin’s

hands, and Roberts gave Million a similar chance, both of which were accepted. Six for 12. A. Blacklock poked Dunlop up to short leg without scoring, and Burnes was bowled by a snorter from Halley. Eight for 16. Lawson cut Halley for 2, and drove Dunlop for 3. The Lancaster Park bowler had his revenge by clean bowling M'Gtirr. Dryden, the last man, chopped his first ball to leg amid some ironical applause, and also got a single off Halley, bringing 20 up. Pour byes were run in Dunlop’s next over, Barnes slipping in attempting to field the ball. Dryden also got 4 by hitting one from Halley back through the bowler’s fingers. The last two men gave nearly as much trouble as the rest of the team put together. Dryden kept poking about here and there, and a single or two were slowly added to the score, until Halley induced him to put one up to point, the total being 34, and Dryden’s score. 8. The innings lasted justover an hour. Dunlop was simply unplayable, developing a great break from leg, but Halley did nob bowl with such good length as on the previous day. Dunlop at one time had bowled fifty balls for 1 run and five wickets. Score :

wEii.tsGTON. Second Innings. Motley, b Dunlnp 1 Heenan, lo Halley 7 Gore, b Dunlop 1 K. Blacklock, b Dunlop 0 Roberts, c Jlibton.b Dunlop 1 Moo rbouse. c -recretan b Halley ... 1 A. Blacklock, c Hatley b Dunlop ... 0 Dawson, not out 7 Barnes, b Halley 0 M'Girr, b Dunlop 0 Dryden, e Secretin b Halley 8 Extras 8 Total 31 05 Grind total 99

Bowuxa Analysis. —Dunlop, 70 balls, 7 runs, 6 wickets ; Hailey, 67 bails, 19 runs, 4 wickets. A match was played on Christmas morning between the Milton C.C. and the Standard C.C., which resulted in a win for the former by one innings and 19 runs. Scores : Standard, 13 and 33 respectively; and Milton, G 5.