CRICKET.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVI, Issue 11108, 6 November 1896, Page 2

CRICKET.

THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM. [Pen Press Association.! AUCKLAND, Nov. 5. .The Australian cricket team arrived this morning by the Mariposa, accompanied by Mr H. Musgrove, manager, and Mr Phillips, umpire. Trott, the captain, attributes the team’s losses to the bad wickets, and holds that the Australian batting is quite equal to England’s best on good wickets. He believes that Stoddart’s team, which visits Australia next season, and which will include Prince Eanjitsinhji, will also visit New Zealand. Fine weather is promised for the match to-morrow. Air Smith will confer with Mr Musgrove, manager of the Australian cricket team to-morrow, as to whether they will adhere to the original intention to play a combined New Zealand team at Wellington or return to Australia and play the Hobart match. The match Australia v. Auckland commences to-morrow 'afternoon in the Domain.

SENIOR. CUP MATCHES. UNITED ELEVEN v. MIDLAND ELEVEN. The Senior Cup match between the United and Midland Elevens, which has remained in an unfinished condition for more than a fortnight, was concluded at Hagiey Park yesterday evening. The Midlanders, with 54 runs to get to win and with four wickets to‘fall, continued their innings, and thanks to the plucky \ batting of Macdonald, managed to get within 10 runs of the required number before the last wicket fell, and the United won a most exciting game by 9 runs. The following are the scores:— UNITED ELEVEN. First innings 51 Second Innings 197 Grand total... ... 218 MIDLAND ELEVEN. , First Innings 167 Second Innings. J. Wheatley, 1 b w b Clark 1 T, W. Keese.b Clark 9 H. He Mans, c and b Frankish 0 J. D. Lawrence, b Frankish ... .... 6 I). Ecesa, b Frankish 4 W. Ashby, h Frankish 0 S. Forsyth, h Prankish 0 F. A. IVacdonald, c Wood h Eltto ... 17 F. Eoberison, c Collins b Frankish ... 8 F. O. Stephenson, b Frankish 4 • F. O’Brien, notout 1 Extras 22 Total 72 Grand total 239 Bowling Analysis.—Frankish, 84 balls, 21 runs, 3 maidens, 7 wickets j Clark, SI balls, 21 runs, 6 maidens, 2 wickets ; Kitto, 6 balls, 7 runs, 1 wicket. The Lancaster Park President A team will play a Prebbleton team at the park on Saturday next, at 2.30 p.m. A match was played yesterday on the Midland ground between teams representing the Hardware and Hairdressers’Cricket Club, the former winning on the first innings by 133 runs. The scores were—Hardware 167 (Prankish 56, Vangioni 23, Hebden 17, Spencer 13 and Turner 13) ; Hairdressers 34 (Ogier 13). For the winners, Hebden eight for 16, and for the losers, Mason five for 28, were most successful with the ball. A match was played on the Midland ground between teams representing the Bakers and Messrs Strange and Co., and resulted in a win for the former by 65 runs. Scores—Bakers 118 and Strange’s 53. Robertson 56 not out, Chisnail 20 and Rattray 15 batted best for the former, and Kearney 18 for the latter. Petrie and Rattray bowled best for the Bakers, and Berry and Voice for Strange’s.