CRICKET MATCH.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 785, 26 November 1873, Page 2 (Supplement)

CRICKET MATCH.

Christchkch, November 18. Tli is morning was fine, a light breeze from south-east The ground was rather deaiL Canterbury won the toss, and sent Auckland in. E. Fewler, for ('anterbury, took the wicket; A. J Cotterill, long stop ; H. < 'otterill,short leg ; Dickenson, thinl man and bowler; Fuller, third man and bowler; Barker, slip; J. Fowler, mid-on; Maples, point; OUivier lorg leg and cover; Loughuan, longk; and cover; Corfe, mid-off. Dixon, umpire for Auckland ; Souter for Canterbury. Dufaux is a good bat with good defence. Mumford is also a good bat Fuller commenced bowling not quite up to his usual mark. Dufaux was soou run out for three. First wicket, 5 runs. Alpe came next He is a stublxnu bat, and made a long stamL After scoring 2, Mumford was splendidly caught at the wicket by Fowler from a ball off Dickenson. 2 for 5. Bellars came next. He plays with great style, but was bowled hy I Dickenson alter scoring only 2; Alpe meanwhile scoring steadily. 3 for 12. Yates was the next He is a good bat, and has a free style. All* an( l Yates made a long stand, getting runs slowly by l's and 2's. Yates theu drove Dickenson to the on for 3. At this juncture the bowling was steady, but tame. Yates was at length given out leg before wicket after scoring nine. 4 for 32. Clayforth, who sucI ceeded Yates, is a fair bat al >d plays forward. I Alpe, after scoring 17, was caught by Dickeni son at third man, off Fuller. "» for 33. Robinson (the captain) was the next in. He is a capital bat, with a good defence, and hits W»IL Robinson scored two singles, ami Clayforth made two forward drives from Dickenson for two each. Clayforth also made a two and a single to leg from Dickenson, and was then clean bowled by Fuller, after scoring seven. 6 for 44. Sweet was the next man. He is a very free hitter, and soon drove Dickenson for two, then again for two, and then for four. After some alteration in the field Sweet was bowled by Fuller for ten. 7 for GG. Cotton came next He is rather a wild bat but a fair player. The two made a few runs, when Dickenson was taken off, and Fowler succeeded him. Robinson was can-lit by Maples at point off Fowler. 8 for GG. Buckland, who was the next man, is only a moderate bat Cotton and Buckland were scoring rather freely when Buckland was run out in attempting a bye. 9 for 83. Lankham was last man. He is only a medium bat and was soon bowled by Fuller, Cotton carrying out his bat for 14. The totil of the innings wa* 90. The players then adiourned to lunch. After lunch, the attendance, which had been meagre, increased shghtly, ami the Governor and party arrived. The Auckland men took the held. Rellars kept wicket very well; Aljw waslongstap, Clayforth point Lankbaui. slip, Mumford third man, Yates long slip and long leg, Sweet cover |*omt, Cotton mid-off, Buckland and Robinson bowlers and short leg. Of these, Robinson, Mumford, Al|ie, Bellars, Yates, Clayforth, Sweet, ami Cotton, were v«ry good in the field; Buckland, Lankham, and Dufaux, were only moderate, OUivier and A. J. Cotterill commenced the batting for Canterbury, Robinson bowling to the former. He Isiwls left-handed, round arm, and is very good, rather over medium jwee and straight < 'otterill scored very fast making splendid play. Sweet is a very swift round arm bowler. He bowled in place of Buckland. Cotterill, after a fine inuingsof 20, was caught from a skier. 1 for 24. H. Cotterill succeeded his brother. After a tine hit for four by OUivier, H. ('otterill was bowled by Sweet 2 for 28. Corfe joined OUivier, who was soon after clean bowled by Sweet 3 for 39. E. Fowler came next Sweet changed ends, and theu bowled Corfe with his first l>alL 4 for 39. Maples followed, ami was caught by Sweet at third man. "» for 43. Parker was the uext to bat He soon lost his partner, E. Fowler, who was bowled beautifully by Robinson. 6 for 44. J. Fowler joined Barker, who scored steadily against Sweet Fowler was at length caught well by Lankham, at short slip. 7 for 48. Dickenson came next The rain, which came on soon after dinner, stopped the match at half-na*t five, when the Canterbury men had matte ">3, with three wickets to falL The match will be resumed to-morrow. The chances are about even, but the I letting is rather in favor of Canterbury, though Sweet's bowling is very destructive. King and Dixon, the twelfth and thirteenth (emergency) Auckland men, are average bats and fair field*. The following is the state of the score at present : Al CKLAND.- FIRST IXXIXCS. Dufaux, 2,1, run out 3 Mumford, 1, 1, cE. Fowler, b Dickenson... 2 j Alpe, 1,1, 3,1,2.1, 2,1, 1,1,1,1,1, c Dickensou, b Fuller 17 Reliant, 1, 1, c OUivier, b Dickenson ... 2 Yates, 2,1,1, 2, 3,1 bw, b Fuller 9 Clayforth, 2, 2, 2, 1, b Fuller, 7 Robinson, 1, L, 2, 2, 2, 1, 3, 2, e Maples, b Fowler 14 Sweet 1, 2, 2, 4, 1, b FuUer 10 Cotton, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 1, 3. not out ... 14 Buckland, 2, 2, 2, 4, run out 10 Lankham, 0, b FuUer 0 Byes, 1,1, 2 Total 90 BOWUNi; AXALYSIS. Ralls. Runs. Wkts. Fuller ... 141 ... 38 ... 5 Dickenson... 112 ... 42 ... 2 Fowler ... 30" ... 8 ... 1 C.YKTEBBI'BT. -HKBT INNIXiiS. OUivier, 4, 1, 2, b Sweet 7 A. J. Cotterill. 1, 2. 3, 1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 3, 2, c ('layfoith, b Robin*m 20 H. Cotterill, 0, b Sweet 0 Corfe, 1,1, 2,1, b Sweet •*> K. Fowler, 1, b Robinson 1 Maples, 2, 1, c Sweet b Robinson 6 Barker, not out Ci J. Fowler, 0, c Lankham, b Robinson ... 0 | Dickenson, not out 2| Fuller ). . . Lougknan( tobat Byes, 4, leg-byes, 3, wides 2 9 Total 33 BOWLINU ANALYSIS. Balls. Runs. Wides. Wkts. Robinson 72 ... 18 ... 1 ... 4 Buckland 24 . . 13 ... 1 ... 0 Sweet ... 48 .. 13 ... 0 ... 3 November 19. i 'anterbiiry's iuniiigs concluded for seventytwo runs. Barker was very badly run out Parker, run out ... 13 Loughuan, c Robinson, b Sweet 2 Dickenson, run out 7 Fuller, not out 0 Extras 5 Total 72