THE AUCKLAND CRICKETERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6564, 30 November 1882, Page 5

THE AUCKLAND CRICKETERS.

MATCH AT TIMARU. [BY TKI.KOIIA.PH.—PRKSa ASSOCIATION.] Ti.MARf, Wednesday. The Auckland arrived here from Oamaru at eleven o'clock. Play commenced at one o'clock, tho weather being fine but very hot. Few spectators were present. Auckland won the toss, and elected to take the held. Sheph-rd and H. W. Smith were sent in for Tnnaru, the 1.-itte-r facing the bowling -if Buck-ami. A maiden was sent down by the latt-r. Arnnil tock up the bowling at the other end, a bye resulting from his first ball. Shepherd was tak-n by the third ball oil" Bnekland's s- -cond over : j 1 — 1 — 1. Raymond then faced the bowling. ! Cutting one "m-atly to point, the two bats- ! men were now playing well together, the for- | ward play of Raymond being much admired. j The latte'r got a'nother sin-.-Ie off' Iluckland ! to leg. The first ball of Bucklaud's next over, i Smith put in the slips, but the smart fieldi ingo; Arueil prevented .-.uy score being made. | A leg iiit was then made by Kaymond, and it : going out of bounds, a four was resulted. The 'first 10 then went up. Smirh. in playins; back '.<• ••'i,- next 1011, hit his wicket, and had t-, i-.--.it ■•: -J - -I -10. \V. King filled the vacancy. Raymond put another to point, one run n s.thing, tiie ball being returned smartly, but " rather too low for tiie wicket keeper King opened his score by a drive along i.h<- carpet for - single. Raymond hi tone to mid-on, and in attempting to.score King ivasrun out. Tuis was rather a mishap for tiie local m--n : 3—l--12 was put tip as Hughes, tlie captain of the Timarn men, went in. Raymond n-fiin put one to loug-rdi, two h-iiig scor-1 by it. Ofr the next ball Raymond again scored, sending it out of bounds for four Hugh--- then put onto niid-on for a soigb,-, Raymond scoring another when tie; -eh-graph showed '20. A change in bowlers here took place, Barton lakin'o u]i the bowling liom tlie west en !. " Off him Hughes skied in to Ifardin-r, who w.-.s licldin ■; at !ong-of); ami had to vacate the place at the wickets : -1 -I—t-M. Lough tilled Hughes' place, and sent a ball from I'.ucklami to "loiigtiidd for - 2. The same batsman opened his shoulders to Barton's third ball, and drove it hard to long-li'-ld, 2 more being credited to him. The last ball of Barton's over Lough drove out of bounds, and then .">0 went up. In attempting a run for a snick in the slips by Raymond, Lough had to retire : 5 —S—M2. Scott took his place at the wicket. Lankham now took the trundling from the east end. Raymond played carelessly at the first ball in Lankham's next over, his stumps being disperse,l in consequence. He was I loudlv cheered in coming off the field, his ! score"of IS beiiii: d-ci bv v.-rv fair cricket. The seme now .-t ~.-i at':;." for the loss of I) . wickets. The !ir-t wide of the day wa< ! bowled by its-t-x . mi 1 his next ball Rich-iri-.imsent o it o! la-unils for t Lankham's fourth ball of the over severed partnership, Kieiibanm giving place to MeKen/ie : 7-, l _.Jl_l. Scot i put "one of liartou's away -.-, the on for a sii-gle. Melven/.ie sent one of l'.ai tan's to long-leg. and it went out of bounds, and he was credited with -1. Lankham ill ins next ov.-r clean-bowled Scott. Tiie howling or L.uikham proved very dcstractiv-i- in- having tak.-n three wickets f .- no runs: S 2 4... 1". Jones took his ol ice at the wickets. He scored by putting in one. which was followed by one from McK--nzic and anot'ner fro,u the former. Latikbam with the first nail of bis next over bowled .ln.--.es clean : !!- 2- -10 Ness, the last man, received tlie remainder of Lankham's over without mishap. A drive to oil' by McKenzie sent tin- half-century up. The second ball of Lankham's over shattered Xess' timber, and the innings elo.-ed for a total of 51 runs. After lunch Lankham and Barton took, their places at the -nickels, Hughes bowling to the latter from the east end. Lankham drove one off Lough's for a single. Barton followed with another single at the finish of .Lough's over. Bnto.-i next sent Hughes out of bounds fori In the second ball of Lough's next over Lankham retired : I—:>--10. Arueil tilled the vacancy, and a bye was immediately secured. OH'Lough a cut to oil' by Barton lor two was made. Arueil next obtained a -single in the slips, followed by other two, a bye and one to point by Barton. The score went gradually rising until 20 show..-,! on the telegraph, the two batsmen treating the field to plenty of leather hunting. Arueil varied the getting of singles by putting a ball ot Hughes' into slips, "2 resulting from it. Arueil lUtcnmbi-d to a well-pitched one from Lough : 2—7- 2-1. Yates now handled tinwillow, tiaving tor his partucr Barton, tho latter playing very well indeed. A single each was scored, when Barton's timbers were displace,! by a shooter from Lough : —:! —14—27. Tcstro went in, and started scoring by sending the third ball from Lough along the grass lor a single, following it up by a cut to point, which, through the Held bungling in throwing up, cause one more to be added to the scire. Tcstro and Yates kept things lively for the local men, but the scoring was by no means rapid. Yates on playing Hughes' first ball in the next over skied it, H. \V. Smith, long-oil', securing it by a well judged catch. On Robinson appearing opposite Testro the score stood at 1—2—31. Testro put one into longl'i-dd for 2. Robinson gave a chanceto Lou-.h in ttie next over which was not accepted. A two to leg and a single followed by Testro, and 40 w.-.s registered. In the next over Testro sent one out of bounds for 4. A double each to the batsmen followed, the Ti.iiaru men's fielding at times being anything but good. Two fours in succession were made by Robinson, both being brilliant hits. Hughes now changed his field. Norrie who had previously been wicket-keeping, was shitted to long leg, Jones taking his place behind the wickets. In the next over IN'orrie secured Robinson by a splendid catch at long leg. Robinson's batting was very creditable, his lil consisting of some splendid drircs, two of which went further than the boundary Hags 5 —1!)—Oo. hi attempting to run two off Kings bowling Blair was i given out : 0 — 1— C<). O'Brien, who had joined Testro, hit to off for 2, and then lifted one clean into the paddock on the south side of the ground, the ball being lost for a considerable time, another four being added to the visitors' score. Testro drove the next ball back past the bowler, and two resulted. Testro, in \ pinyiug the next from King, skied into ! Noirie's hand, and had to retire : 7—22—Sl. Gardner took the vacant place, and 2 singles j were got. In the next over O'Brien put one | neatly to leg for 2. Gardner and O'Brien , were now batting, and the captain of the i local team, in the hopes of dissolving their partnership, put on McKcnzie, a medium paced bowler. After 2 had been run, O'Brien sent one out of bounds for four off Hughes. The century now went up amidst aDplause. Tlie change of bowlers re- ; stilted in Gardner's retirement, he being ! caught by the wicket-keeper, Jones, in McKenzie's third over: S—S—lOS. It was O'Brien's turn next, as in playing back to a bumpy one from Hughes be had to give place to Ihiekland : 0-2..— 100. Buckland started scoring by skying one to leg, which was followed by one from Gill to the same part of the field. Hughes then sent down a straight one to Iluckland, which sent his timbers !l>iug iu all directions, the innings closing for 114 runs at n.oO p.m. ■ Smith and .Shepherd wilt in for Timaru's , 2nd innings. Tlie latter Mas caught for 0, , and Raymond, who took ids place, suffered a 1 similar fate. When the stumps were drawn, | Tiniaru, in the 2nd innings, had lost 2 I wickets for 2 runs. The following are the scores : — TIMAUU — I-'ir.sT I.nmnus. M. .1. Sliciihcril. Ii Uueklaiid C 11. Wh Smith, liitwkt 1 S. <: K.-iwnoii.i, l> l.iii-klium It N. W. Kiiiy, run out 1 N. .1. Iluelies, c Caidner, b liarton 1 K. l.ou-di, run rait .. . i Si-Olt, li I.illkliaill W. i:. Kidiliaiim. Ii I.ankliain i .Mclvrnzie, not out .. . .. .. ( K. .Jones, h Luikliaa- : W. N.irno, Ii h.inkliani Kstras I Metal '■• Ab'CKLAND-Klusr Issisus. biuikliaui. Ii l.oiin'h If.irtt.ll, Ii l ; Arueil, li b ueli . Yates, c Smith, li Hughes Testro, c Norrie. ti .'Juries - 1 ifolmisfiii, v rVurriu, 1> Luugh 1 I lilair, run nut . O'lfricn.b Hushes '-! ■ i.-irilni-r. u Jones, b McKcnzic ' ifill, not out I UtitikUml, li Hughes Extras Total 11 t TIMAKU.—SEce.\-i> In'.ninus. Shepherd, c Gill, b Lankham Smith, not out ■ T. Kaymond, c Robinson, b Lankham Hughes, not out .. t Our own correspondent telegraphs :—Th r journey to Timaru by train was through lovely country. Caba were in waiting an

I the team drove to the Grosvenor Hotel where they had luncheon. From there they prDceeded to the ground, a mile and a half away — the Timaru Recreation Ground. The wicket looked in fair condition and played better than at Oamaru, but the fielding was yery bad. Auckland won the toss again but elected to take the field, wishing to see how the ground played. Arneil and Buckland started bowling, but the former was not on, so Barton relieved him, a stand being made by Raymond, who played well for 18, and Lough, who was well thrown out by I Arneil. Bnnkham supplanted Buckland. < His analysis was splendid : 33 balls, no runs, f> wickets. As Lmkham was not out at Oamaru, he opened with Barton. The former was soon bowled with a yorker. Arneil followed, and put together 7, principally by cuts, when he played a cross one, ami retired. Yates joined Barton only to see him hit over a balf volley, which shot our hitherto champion scorer, who retired with fourteen to his credit. Testro filled filled the vacancy only to see Yates caught off a good hit to longou. Robinson joined the stonewaller, and was soon busy, raising the score from 31 to 65, when he was splendidly caught at deep square leg on the boundary, I for a quickly got 19. Blair joined Teatro, but much to the disappointment of the I lidies, he was given run out by the local I umpire, when past the bowling crease. In fact, all the Timaru team admitted the mistake. O'Brien having found an antidote for nervousness, again played a fine innings of •23, leg hits ami cuts being the chief features of his play. Tosto was some time after well caught at cover point for 22. Gardner, after miking six, was cleverly caught by the wicket-keeper. Buckland was bowled by a yorker, (Jill being not out. The innings closed for ! It. The Timaru team in their •Jiul innings lost two wickets for two runs, both being caught ott' Ijimkham, one a clever catch by (iill at short slip, Robinson bowling at the other end. Asiibcktos", Wednesday. The Mayor has proclaimed a half-holiday for for the match between the Auckland Eleven nnd an Ashburton Fifteen. Great interest is felt here at the result. The Ashburton men hope to show agood account.