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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 7841, 10 January 1887, Page 3

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! SENIOR COP MATCHES. I The cup matohes were rssaaied on the ; ■Domain ground on Saturday after the holi> i days under fine weather and a very fair , attendance of the publio. As might be expected, the ground was very hard on : account of the want of rain, and the wickets suffered in consequence. The turf being loose and crumbly enabled the bowlers to have rather an advantage, this being chiefly noticeable in the Gordon Holland matoh. Auckland and United are in the middle of a very interesting game indeed. The old club winning the toss elected, of course, to go in, and by a good display of batting the telegraph board read for a total of 160 era the last wicket fell. Yates and MoPherson opened the ball for United, the former playing a little streakily for a score of runs, while McPherson showed very good form, and played the best crioket for his team. Lynch left his crease to drive one from Arneil, and was stumped. Testro did not seem at home to the bowling, and wa3 secured leg before after putting together 16. Harvie batted well in his own style for 26, and hit well to leg, while J. Gardiner scored 10; and C. E. MaoCormiok, who went in late, put together IS, and was not out. The A.O.C. fielding was not quite up to their usual form. In bowling Arneil kept well on the wicket for a long time, and was difficult to score off, but Beale got punished a bit; however, he went on again later, securing the five remaining wiokets, , and oomes out with an analysis of sexen wiokets for 60 xunß. The A.C C. started their innings rather badly with Rev. L Richards and A. Atkinson, who failed to make any lengthened stand against the attacks of Stemson, till Arneil and O'Brien became associated. The former played prettily for his runa, and soon put together 27. Barton and O'Brien became partners when the score stood at 45, and aftep about half-an-hour's play time was called, with the score at 53 for the loss of 4 wickets, thus leaving the A.C.C. 108 to get on Saturday next. In the Gordon-Holland match Beard won the toss, and deoided to bat first. Hobson was clean bowled with the first ball of the matoh from W. Meldrum. Thomas, Beard, and Walker made but a short stand against the oraok blue and gold trundlers. E. Mills, however, was in good form, and stopped what looked like a procession by a good display of batting, which was well backed up by G. Mills. When the former retired the score had been raised to 70, of which he had made 35. The tenth wioket fell for a total of 102 runs. It was generally expeoted that Gordon would have had little difficulty in wiping off that score, but the brothers Mills bowled with such certainty that four wickets ware down for 11 runs, and a fur* tber procession took place, for the total was only 35 when seven wickets were secured. G. Mills bowled with a very awkward breakback, aud but little could be scored off him, while his brother was equally unplayable. J. R. Reed made a stand for the G.C.C. He hit out confidently for 25 runs, but he had nobody to back him up, and his wioket was the last to fall, with the total at 64, or 38 behind the Holland on the first innings. Holland fielded splendidly throughout the ipnings, and their success in disposing of the blue and golds, for such a total was a most meritorious one. The decisions of one of the umpires in a oase of stumping and a catch at the wicket were errors of judgment. This match will be resumed on Saturday next, and the second innings should be a most interesting one. Appended are the scores in the above matches :— AUCKLAND V. UNITED. UwiTJtD.— Innings. B. J. Yates, std Hawkins, b Beale .. ... 20 B. MoPherson, run oat .. .. .. 44 D. Lynch, std Hawkins, b Arneil .. ..0 J. Testro, lbw, b Beale .. .. .. ..16 A. D. MacCormlck, c O'Brien, b Arneil... ... 1 C. Bowdon, o Arneil, b Beale .. ... 1 W. Harvie, c Dewes, b Beale ... .. .. 26 J. Stem son, b Beale .. "... .. ..6 J. Gardiner, c and b Beale .. .. ~ 10 C. E. MacCormlck, not out : .. .. IB W. F. Buokland, c Arneil, b Beale .. ..2 Extras ; Byes, 7 ; leg-byes, 8 .. ..10 Total *. ... .. - .. 160 ' ' Bowling Analysis. Name. Overs. Maidens. Buns. Wickets. J. Arneil 26 6 63 2 A. M. Beale 24.3 4 60 7 O. F. Beid 3 0 16 0 W. E. Barton 2 0 12 0 Auckland.First Innings. Bev. I. Richards, b Stemson ... - .. .. 8 A. Atkinson, b fctemion .. .« •• 6 C. F. Beid, b Stemson ..* .. .. .. 0 J. Arneil, c Bnckiand, b Gardiner .. ». 27 A. O'Brien, not out .. .. .. • ..2 W. E. Morton, not out.. .. _ ..8 Extras : Leg-byes .. .. .. .. 2 Total for 4 wiokets .. .. ..68 The United won the toss, and elected to > bat, sending in Yates and MoPherson to the bowling of Arneil and Beale. Off the very [ first ball in the matoh, bowled by Arneil, * Yates gave an easy chance in the long-field, 1 and again when he had made eight, but, 1 notwithstanding these lives, his scare only ' amounted to 20, when he was smartly stamped by Hawkins. ' Lynch, the next man, after making 6, was also got out in the same manner, and Teßtro made 16. McPherson was run out after making 44 in really good form, displaying by far the best batting shown on his side, Harvie also batted well for 26. C. E. MaoCormiok 18, not out, and Gardiner, 10, were the other double figure scorers, the total reaching 160. The Auckland then sent in Rev. I. Richards and Atkinson, against whom were opposed A; MaoCormiok and Stemson. Atkinson, after making; six, was clean bowled : by Stemßon. C. F. Reid filled the breach, ' but was bowled by the same trundler for 0. Arneil then joined Rioharda, but lost his partner 6 runs later, and O'Brien then i ' came in. Arneil started with the score at 2 , for 14, and left when the board showed 4 for 45, thus making 27 of the 31 runs made • while he was batting. Barton and_ O'Brien . continued batting till the oall of time, the ' former making 8, and the latter 2, the fall . core being 4 for 53, '

HOLLAND V. GORDON. : - Holland.—First Innings. ■ ■ f. Hebron, bW. Meldrum - - - 0 B. Thomas, b Gould .. ~ .. J W. Beard, b Meldrum .. „ ~ "J R. Mills, o Held, b Meldrum .. .. •* 8 » 5. Walker, b Gould .. - ™ - 0 P. Brighton, b Williams - - - ,£ 3. Mills, b Gould .. .» .. •• «■ D. Thompson, b Gould .» .. " D. Berry, b Meldrum ... — ' — "2 F. Willstead, c Ansenne, b Meldrum .. - 5 W. Vernoy, not out ... ... — • • _I Extras .. .. .. .. - ™ Total .. .. Z - -.102 Bowlibo Analysis.—W. Meldrum, 16 overs, 2 maidens, 38 runs, 4 wickets: H. Gould, 19 overs, 4 maidens, 25 run?, 6 wicket N. Williams, 6 overs, 1 maiden, 17 runs, 1 wicket; Kissling, 5 overs, 1 naiden, 6 runs, 0 wickets. W, Meldrum bowled one 10 ball, Gordon.—First Innings. _ _ W. Meldrum, bE. Mills .. - - \ ffi. McCausland. bE. Mills .. •» "1 T. Ansenne, o Thomas, b sl - Muls .. •• 8 H. P. Kissling, lbw, bG. Mills .. .. - f r. M. Moresby, o Berry, bG. Mills .. .. 1 J. R. Reed, run out .. ... .. - — 25 1. W. By burn, c Thomas, bG. Mills .. .. O U. B. Lusk,b G.Mills.. .. - -.0 r. Brown, c Thomas, bE. Mills.. ~ •> 3 0. H. Gould, bE. Mills .. .. « 13 N. Williams, not out .. •• •• •• ? ■ Extras .. '«. j. .. — — 4 Total .. .. .. .. » « Bowling Analysis.—E. Mills, 15*1 overs, '3mdn», 23 runs, Bwkts; G. Mills, IB overs, 2mdus, 87 runs, twkts. The above match was commenced on Saturday; Hollands were the first to bat, but were all disposed of for 102, E. Mills and 6. Mills being the only double figures, both playing well for their runs. Gould was the most successful bowler with swkts for 25. Gordon fared worße than their opponents, being got rid of for the small total of 64, leaving Hollands 38 to the good on the first innings. Reed (25) and Gould (13) played well for their runs, especially the former, who made some good, clean hits. The fielding on both sides was very good. JUNIOR CUP MATCHES. In the junior cup matches there was only two contests, as Onehunga and Onehnnga United did not come in to play Parnell and National respectively. Gordon Second stood out. The A.C.C. Second Eleven played Holland Second, who batted first for a total of 98 runs. The innings opened auspiciously, as Wallace (52). and Waddingham (13), raised the score to 56 before the latter was caught and bowled. Wallace's leg-hitting and late outs were good strokes. When time was called the double blues had scored 87, with 4 wickets down; R. Neill (42) being not out, after playing a capital innings, and Osmond also put 17 together in good form. The scores were as follow AUCKLAND SECOND V. HOLLANDS SECOND. Hollands.—First Innings. Wallace, b Atkinson .. .. .. — 62 Waddingham. c and b lieale .. .. ..13 E. Waring, b Beale .. ... ■, « ..2 J. Mills, c Neill, b Atkinson ... ..5 E. Mell, b Atkinson .. ... .. .. 1 Murphy, c Upflll, b'Beaie ... -. .. 1 A. Burfoot, c Martin, b Beale « .. —3 W. Cave, b Atkinson ... .. — -. 0 H. Henn, c Neill, b Beale _ _ .. 0 J. B. Mell, not out .. „ - >.2 T. Mills, o Beale, b Atkinson . . - - 7 Extras—byes 4, leg-byes 2. wldes 6 _ —12 Total .. ... 88 Bowling Analysis H. A. Morey, 25 balls, 2 maidens, 10 runs, 0 wickets; T. F. Upflll, 40 balls, 3 maidens, 12 runs, 0 wickets; A. C. Stewart, 26 balls, 1 maiden, 12 runs, 0 wickets; K. C. Beale, 65 rans, 3 maidens, 25 rnns, 5 wickets ; R. Atkinson, 65 bails, 2 maidens, 20 rnns, 5 wickets. Auckland.—EHrst Innings. O. H. Osmond, b Waddingham „ — _ 17 R. Neill, not out .. . . .. — 42 E. 7. Harrison, c Henn, b Wallace .. ..7 A. O. Stewart, b Wallace .. -. «• 0 P. F. McPherson, cT. Mills, b Waddlngham ~ 8 H. A. Morey, not out „ » .. —8 Extras .. .. .. —5 Total for 4 wickets .. .. .. .. 87 R. Atkinson, M. H. Laird, E. C. Beale, D. M. Martin, and T. P. Upfill to bat. •WAITEMATA V. UNITED United were all dismissed in their first innings by Fritchard and Mackie for the small total of 15, of whioh Wright, 9, not out, was the principal scorer. Waitemata ran np a total of 191 in their venture. Maroroft (41), Pritohard (39, not oat) Sheddon (18), Ross (15), and Stilwell (11) were tho double figure men. United, in their second innings, had five wickets down for 21. For Waitemata Pritchard secured 4 wickets for 6 runs, and Mackie 4 wickets for 9 runs in the first innings. The match will be continued on Saturday next. GORDON THIRD V. RICHMOND. The match between Gordon Third eleven and Richmond, whioh was commenced on December 18, was continued on Saturday, and ended in a win for Richmond by 9 runs. For the winners Hawkins scored 28 in each innings. For Gordon Gould (22), Gorrie (16), Ball (19), and Parchas (9, not out) were the principal scorers, DOMAIN GRAMMAR SCHOOL V. WAITEMATA SECOND. The School defeated Waitemata by 4 wickets. Waitemata scored 71 in theii first innings, and 33 in their' second. The Sohool put together 70 in their first venture, and made the required rans for the loss of six wickets. warehousemen's challenge cut. The opening matoh for this trophy was played on Saturday, between A. Clark and Sons and Standard C.C. (Sargood, Ewen and Co.), and resulted in a win for the Standard by 38 runs on the first innings. Appended are the scores of the respective teams — Stakdabd.—First Innings: Collier, b Coican, 16 : Tomlin, b Brown, 46; Smith, b Colgan, 3; Veaie, I Webster, 16; Maclean, b Brown, 4; Whittaker, t Brown, 2; Jeffrey, b Brown, 0; McMaster, b Webster 0 Hunter, not out, 9; F. Ross, b Webster, 0: Ronayne, st Colgan, b Brown, 1; extras, 9: total, 106 A. Glare and Sons.—First Innings: Colsan, t Collier, 82 ; Brown, b Collier, 7; Webster, c Hunter, b Collier, 11; Bruce, b Collier, 6; Saunders, st Maclean, b Veale, 0; Ream, b Collier, 0; Gilchrist, t Veale, 0; Armstrong, b Collier, 3 ; Flyger, b Collier, 2 ; Parkinson, b Smith, 2; Lush, not out, 0; extras, 5: total, 68. For the victors, Tomlin, Collier, Veale, and Hunter did the most useful work with .the willow, while Messrs. Colgan and Webster , batted well for the losers. In the Trundling, Collier, Veale, Brown, and Webster were the most successful for their reipeotive sides.