CRICKET.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVIII, Issue 11462, 28 December 1897, Page 5

CRICKET.

United Press Association—By Electric TelegraphCopyright. Received Dee. 27, 9.50 a.m.

LONDON, Dec. 26,

Mr C. W. Alcook, secretary of the Surrey Cricket Club, referring 1 to the proposed visit of another Australian cricket team to England, says that the team would be welcomed in 1899.

Mr Sydney H.'j Pardon, editor of TFisdea’s Cricketers’ Almanack , says that nothing but' good can come from the action of Phillips, the umpire, in no-balling Jones, at Adelaide. The fault, he says, lies principally with English bowlers and umpires. The Australians never threw in England till the Englishmen had repeatedly shown them that the law was broken with impunity. NEW SOUTH WALES v. VICTORIA. MELBOURNE, Dec. 27,

After the next match, which begins on Jan. 1, Eanjitsinhji will return to Sydney to undergo another operation on his tonsils. He will then rest for a fortnight.

Received Dec, 28,12.45 a.m

MELBOURNE, Dec. 27.

The cricket match New South Wales versus Victoria began to-day. The latter batted first, and lost seven wickets for 270. Worrall 49, Trumble 40, Giller 45, Graham 52, and M’Michael not out 28 were the-chief scorers.

ADELAIDE, Dec. 27,

Giffen has had an offer from the promoters of the English cricketing team which he considers satisfactory, but he will not play in the test match at Melbourne, owing to being out of practice. He will go into active training for the other test matches, and will play in the match against New South Wales.

TARANAKI v. HAWKE’S BAY. (_Pek Press Association.] NAPIER, Dec. 27.

Saturday was blazing hot, the thermometer registering 90 in the shade. The only event was the commencement of the cricket match Taranaki v. Hawke’s Bay. The home team went to the wickets, compiling 334 runs. Wolstenbolme contributed 103 by splendid cricket. Nelson and Marshall made 49 and 47 respectively. Today there was a strange contrast, the weather being almost wintry, rain beginging early. The match had to be stopped twice through rain. Taranaki completed its first innings, making 124 runs (M’Carthy 2"). This involved a follow-on, when the*

24). Hawke’s Bay thus won by an initfajgi and 37 runs. CHRISTCHURCH CLUBS AT WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON, Dec. 37. The match Midland (Christchurch) V, Midland (Wellington) was resumed to-day, and resulted in a win for the home team by an innings and 33 runs. The Wellington Midlands made 202 in the first innings, the additional principal scorers being' S. Tucker 32 and A. Smith 22. Barry took six wickets for 87. The Christchurch Midlands replied with 84 in the first innings (Barry 18, Prebble 22, White 11, Butler 10), and 85 in the second htnlags (Butler 24). K. Tucker had the kept bowling average in both innings. A match between Wellington Second.and Christchurch United, Second began,to-dlay. The home team made 47 in. • the fust innings, and the visitors 76. ; , ThO?ntatch will be resumed to-morrow, >' ,_vs ? The match Wellington Club, y. United was commenced to-day on ,a ,wet; thicketWellington in the first innings, ,S&>retl 47. Kitto took six wickets - for 12 runs and Williams four for 30. United made Vincent 27 not out, Williams 21). The match will be continued to-morrow-CANTERBURY v. AUCKLAND. £Feou Our Correspondent, | t AUCKLAND, Dec. ZL The Canterbury team arrived at Auckland late yesterday evening.nfter a smooth passage up. They began their match vdfch Auckland to-day. The weather was beaati- j fully fine, but the wicket began after the first hour’s play. Clark won the, toss, and Canterbury opened with Wigieyi and Cobcroft. Fifty went up without the loss of a wicket, but four wiekete fell before the next twenty appeared. Wigley played nice cricket for his runs, while-Cob-croft also played very steadily. Reese-anti Sims put on 30 runs, when Reese geirtly hit one into point’s hands. Ho made ban runs by very pretty cricket. Each of ths remaining batsmen made a few, but <Jh# wickets kept falling fast, and,, mainly through Sims’s efforts, the score wah'Canaßid' to 174, when he played one on. He-girt«> ! »; ■chance of stumping Just before he was out. The innings closed for 182,-a much-smaller score than at one time appeared probable. , Neill took nine of the wickets, but some of the batsmen made him a present-of tljeir wickets.

It was thought that Auckland would more than equal the visitors’ score, but their supporters’ hopes were not realised. I Wilding’s and Reese’s slows came off, iwjd they succeeded in dismissing their opponents for only 90. I. Mills played nice cricket, his driving and cutting class, Labatt was the only other man ivfio looked like scoring, but a neat catch in the slips disposed of him when he seemed wall set. Wilding and Reese bowled with good judgment, but they were well backed up by the field, no possible chance being missed, Cobcroft’s and Ridley’s catches being particularly good ones. With an hour to play, Canterbury went in a-second time, and lost four wickeds for 31. H. C. Ridley was shaping well when he ran himself out. As the wicket is not wearing too well, Canterbury’s chances of success are not to be despised, and Auckland will have to work har dto make up their lee- way of the first innings. The following are the scores'

Total ... 90 Bowling Analysis.— Eeese, 5 wickets for 87 Tons ; Wilding, 4 for 18; Pearce, i for 21. The match will be resumed -tomorrow, SYDENHAM AND ADDINGTON UNITED v. RIVALS (WELLINGTON), The match between the Sydenham and Addington United Club, and the Rivals Club of Wellington was concluded yesterday. The visitors with two wickets down for 59, continued their first innings, and carried the score to 103. Sydenham’s second innings produced 117, and towards this total, Caygill with a fine innings of 42, and Walmsley with a carefully-made 38, were the chief contributors. The fielding of the Wellington team was very good. This left the Rivals 145 to get to win, but their second innings closed for 72, and the local team thus won by the same number of runs. The visitors, who left for their homes last night, were hospitably entertained by the local team during their stay in Christchurch. The following are the scores: —

Total 130 Bowling Analysis.— Christian, 48 halls, 26 inn*, 1 maidenA. Howard, 84 brills, 52 runs, 1 maiden. 3 wickets; Water.-, 90 bads, 39 runs, 3 maidens, 7

Bowlins Analysis. —C. Howard, 36 balls, Vt runs, 1 wicket; Waters, 66 balls, 32 runs, 1 maiden, 2 wickets; A. Howard, 6'J bulls, 43 runs, 2 wicketss Christian, 48 ball , 16 runs, 1 maiden, 3 wiokotfi.

Bowling Analysis. —Halley, 30 balls, 22 rang, 1 maiden, 1 wieket; maidens, 1 wicket; Turner, 78 bolls, 43 runs,' 3 maidens, 4 wickets; Joll, 30 balls, 9 runs, 1 maiden, 1 wicket.

Bloiden, 2 Tickets; Turner, 35 balls, 39 runs, 1 ineiflen, 5 wickets; Wright, 30 balls. 2 runs, 4 maidens, 1 wicket.

■ A match between the Spreydon and the Sydenham Mission Clubs was played at tho’Soutli Park on Christmas morning, and resulted in ■an easy win for the Mission. Tbd scores were: Mission Club 79 (Minifio 237 "Petrie 13. French 10 not out) ; Spreydon Club 43 (Gray 10, Craddock 13). D. Petrie and Crop]? bowled best for the Mission, and Weston for Spreydon. A match was played on the Domain at '-fM’Kenzie between teams representing Parnassus ■ and Cheviot, and resulted in' a win for the latter by ten wickets. • Fisher (13) played well for the losers; and Jackman (16) for the winners. In the bowling Fisher (Parnassus), Hannah and A, Robinson (Cheviot) were very effective.

CANTERBURY. First Innings.' Second Inningiis. Cobcroft, b Neill ... 26 bLabatt M MCI » Wigley, o I«abattbKeiIl 37 11 H. C. Eidley, b Neill ... 0 run oat M •mi A. E. Eidley, c Kallender b Neill ... ... 6 not oat M •**' * Eeeso. c G. Mills bNeill 23 not oat ... I Sims, b E. Neill 51 st Wright h'NeiUl 7 Pearce, c and b Stemson 3 Wilding, c Kelly b Neill 14 Clark, sfWrigbtb Neill 7 Garrard, c Neill b I. Mills 12 Ibw b Neill *mi • Fowke, hot out 0 • Extras ... ... 3 Extras ... •m, S Total ... ... 182 . TI. for4 wkts., 31 Bowling Ax^ysis. — First innings : E. Neill, 9 wickets far 86 runs; Stemson, 1 for 46; Kallender, none for 15 ; Hay, none for 23; Kelly, none for 9. ATJCKLA3STO. First Innings. ... « G. Mills, Ibw b Eeese ... M Kallender, c Eidley b Pearce ... ... 8 I. Mills, c Wigley b Wilding ... , ,..251 D. Hay, Ibw b Eeeso ... 5 ... Itf Labatt, c Eidley b Wilding Pabst, st Fowke b Eeese X3L E.' Neill, c Cobcroft b ‘Wilding’ . 9 Stemson, c Cobcroft b Eeese ... . ... 51 Wright, b Eeese ... ... .» . ... 0 Lawson, c Cobcroft b Wilding ... i ... I Kelly, notout 0 Extras • > ■ Si

SYDENHAM AND ADDINGTON. ■ First Innings. B. Halley, o Williamson b Howard ... 32) C. Gasson, b Waters ; 121 J. Savage, c Gibson b Waters 12) W. J. Walmsley, o Ellison b Waters ... 2! J. A. Caygill, b Waters 0 C. Laflerty, c Johnston b Howard £1 J. Sykes, not out 2!) H. Hepbnrhl b Waters ... 10 E, Turner, b Waters 2! A. Joll, b Waters 0 J. L. Wright, b Howard ... !' Extras ... IS)

wickets. ,, . Second Innings. * E. Ha'ley, run out ... 8 C. Ga son, b C. iJoward (I J, Sykes, b Waters Ei J. Savaze, Ibw, b Howard (i 3ti W. J. Waliuslev, cEllisonb A. Howard J, A. Caygill, o and b Christian... ii\ C. Lafferty, run out 21 H. Hepburn, b Christian ... E. Turner, c and b Christian ... 6 0 J. L. Wright, c Gibson b Waters i A. Joll, not out ... S' Extras ... Total ...Tl7

Eivalb (Wellington). First Innings. C. Howard, c Gasson b Halley ... ... SJI Williamson, run out ... Hi T. Ellison, b Joll ... 1 A. Howard, run out ... 1(1 Waters, b Turner ... H' Gibson, Ibw b Turner ... ... 10 Christian, e Gasson b Wright ... ... SI Johnston, not out ... ... ... 0 JDelamare, Ibw b Turner ... ... Cl Banks, b Turner ... " 1.. ... o Hargreaves, run out ... ■ ... o Extras ... 8 Total ... ... ... 10S!

Second Innings. Williamson, Ibw b Turner ... ... 11. C. Howard, c Halley b Turner ... i“ 0 Waters, b Joll Ellisou, b Joll .„ 3 ... 13 A. Howard, b Turner ... 13' Christian, c Sykes b Wright ... ... 20' Gibson, st Walmaley b Turner ... ... O' Johnston, not out ... ... 3 Delamare, run out ... s Banks, st Walmsley b Turner ... ... 0 Hargreaves, b Turner .„ ... O' Extras ... a Total ... 72 Bownuro Analysis.—Joll, 54 balls. 31 runs, 1