Cricket.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8038, 14 March 1905, Page 7

Cricket.

Australia \ New Zealand.

.'Par Press Association)

CHRISTCHUECH, March 13.

The rain from the southwest early this morning looked like stopping the cricket match altogether, but it cleared off sufficiently in the afternoon 'o allow cf a-start being made at 2.30. The Ne<v Zealanders made a very pour show against ihe Australian bowling and the rein.lining five wickets only added 36 runs, the innings closing for 138. On resuming they did very little bftter as; witli the ex-epl.ion of Ollivier, nobody made any stand, and playing against time the batsmen just uvmaged to save the came, having; 7 wickets down for 112 when time was called. Ollivier claiming 32 uot out as his portion. Graham pUved good cieinit, far his 26, bat nobody else bhowed »ny i^rm.

Artnstronp; was r.ne most feucceysfal bowler, h>s five wickets being obtairted for 25 rurjs. The follotviug are the scores : — MEW ZSALAJNp,—Must Innings (continued). Siedberg not out ... ... ... 7 CMlawny, b Cotter ... ... ... 8 Fisher, c Cot-tor, b ArrnsSrong ... 6 liennevt, lbw Armstrong ... ... 0 Box>-hfjll b Cnfter 1 Cfphatu, b Armstrong ... ... 2 Extras ... ... ... ... SO Total i«s Bowling : Avin-truug 5 for 27, UoiStr 3 for 22, BopkinH 1 for 5. second Innings. Siedebsrg, scNt-wland, b Armstrong 9 Blackiock, c and b Armstrong ... 2 Upham, st Newiand, b Armstrong 0 Graham, c Hopkins, b MsLeod ... 2fi Sim?, b Armstrong ... ... ... 9 OUivie-, run out ... ... ... Zi Mas-ou. c Gebrs. b Armstrong ... 2 Ca lawny, o Muff 12 Fieher, not out 3 Exttas 17

To'al for seven wichot« ... 112 Bowling: Aral^lrong fivr fo>- 25, Diff oae foe 9, McLeod one foe 2i.

The New Zealand cricket team for Weliingon is the same as placed in Uhriscehun h, except tuat Hickftoa xeplacea Fisher.