CRICKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8474, 27 January 1891, Page 3

CRICKET.

AUCKLAND V. GORDON.

This match was commenced on Saturday, and it is to be regretted that the rain which fell during the early part of the game destroyed the hopes of most of our leading cricketers that this match would be played under favourable conditions to both sides. The Auckland captain again lost the toss, having now lost on every occasion this season, and the Gordon captain was not slow to accept the inniugs. The ground was wet, and there was every appearance of more ram, so that it was all in tavour of the batting side with the exception of the light, which at first was rather bad. Messrs. Lusk and Williams were the first pair of batsmen, and they were opposed by Messrs. R. Neill and A. M. Beale, the former starting the attack. Off the first ball Williams was almost caught by the bowler, the ball touching his fingers, but one run resulted instead. Lusk made one, but Williams was smartly caught at point by Arneil next ball: 1 for 2. A steady drizzle had now set in. Moresby joined Lusk. These two # played very carefully, and steadily increased the score, included in which were several very close runs. In obtaining these, however, the batsmen appeared to get very distressed, and took some time before they could face the next ball. No doubt the extreme closeness of the weather was the chief cause. As the ball got more slippery, several loose balls were sent down, especially from the slow bowling, and these were promptly punished, principally by Moresby. In the meantime Lusk had put up two catches dangerously near the fieldsmen, and Moresby had given a chance of stumping, and also a very hot return to R. Neill, which was very nearlv held, the fieldsman having his hand considerably hurt in the attempt. As the score had now advanced to nearly 50, a change in the bowling was thought necessary, Howlett replacing Beale, who appeared unable to bowl as fast as usual, no doubt owing to the slippery ball. The new bowler snot long in effecting a separation, as at 57 ue clean bowled Moresby with a real nice bailer : 57— M. The outgoing batsman had played a very good inniugs, and was heartily applauded on his retirement. The weather was now nice and bright, and continued so till almost the close of the innings. With the addition of 9 more runs, Lusk returned a ball to the bowler, and was out for a careful 29 : 66—3—29. Ryburn was then joined by Fowke, the latter being shortly after clean bowled: 72-4-2. Meldrum and Rvburn made a slight stand, but the latter went at 86 : 5—13. The outgoing batsman had played very steadily for his runs, and it will perhaps be better not to mention how often he might have been out. None of the other batsmen but Meldrum did much, he making 15 in good style, but not withc-i several dangerous strokes. Goulstone ' is unfortunate in being run out. The sixtn, seventh, eighth, and ninth wicket fell at 99, but the last wicket put on eight more runs, the innings closing for 107. Howlett came out with a splendid analysis, but Neill bowled with verv hard luck. After the wicket had been rolled the A.C.C. commenced their innings at 5.15, the light being very bad, and continued so until tune was called. Messrs. T. Neill and Richards were the first pair of batsmen, the bowlers being Messrs. Lusk and Meldrum. Weill at once commenced hitting, and made seven in Lusks first over, but was nearly caught from one stroke. After making three more he was splendidly caught by Goulstone at long leg : 10—1—10. Howlett was next in, but soon lost Richards, who had been playing very carefully: 17—2—0. Webster and Howlett appeared likely to make a stand, when a misunderstanding, unfortunately, resulted in the latter being run out: 25—3—11. O Brien then joined Webster, and began to play m very good form, but he also was very nearly run out, and this appeared to upset the batsman, who played carelessly at a ball, and was caught: 40-4—5. R. Neill and Seccombeboth went in, and came out without troubling the scorer : 5 for 41 and 6 for 42. Arneil then went in, and played out time with Webster, the score standing at 43 for six wickets. Webster, not out, 13, obtained in very careful style. Unless the last four wickets play very much better than their predecessors the Auckland Club will, no doubt, be beaten; but, as the light will probably be good next Saturday, all hope is not yet lost. Gordon.— First Innings. N. T. Williams, c Arneil, b R. Neill ... 1 H. B. Lusk, c and b Howlett ... ... 29 T. A. Moresby, b Howlett 34 J. W. Ryburn, c Richards, b Howlett... 13 J. Fowke, b R. Neill 2 I). Meldrum, c A. M. Beale, b Howlett... 35 H. Goulstone, run out ... ... ... 3 C. Z. Clayton, cSeccombe.b R. Neill « 0 T. Ball, c R. Neill, b Howlett 0 Kennedy, not out ... ... 6 E. Rees, st Richards, b R. Neill... ... 2 Extras - ... 2 Total 107 Auckland.— innings. T. Neill, c Goulstone, b Lusk 10 Rev. L Richards, c and b Meldrum ... 0 J. T. Howlett, run out 11 J. C. Webster-, not out - 13 A. O'Brien, c Goulstone, b Williams ... 5 R. Neill, c Fowke, b Lusk... 0 A. Seccombe, c Moresby, b Williams ... 0 J. Arneil, not out 0 Extras M .« 4 Total for six wickets ... ... ... 43 BOWXINO ANALYSIS. Name. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. R. Neill ... 24.2 6 56 4 A.M. Beale... 7 0 20 0 J. T. Howlett 17 5 2$ 5 Howlett bowled 2 no-balls. united V. ST. MARY'S. In this fixture none of the United men reached double figures with the exception of Yates, who played steadily for 58 not out, his batting being quite in his old clean style. Stone and Smales both bowled well for St. Mary's, and Stemson and Hawkins, the chief trundlers for United, have both good averages. From its present outlook this match should prove very interesting next week when it is resumed. The scores were:— United—First innings. C. Harvie, b Lundon ... 3 W. Harvie, c Lundon, b Stone ... ... 6 W. Stemson, c Stitchbury, b Stone .. 7 Yates, not out ... 58 Miller, c Moran, b Stone ... 5 Mumford, c Moran, b Stone ... ._ 5 Hawkins, c Stone, b Smalc3 2 Johnson, c Hackett, b Smales 1 McKinney, b Smales 2 W. E. Harvie, c Wright, b Stone ... 2 Grierson, b43males ... .;. 1 IGrierson, b43malea ... .; 1 Total m . ... ,„ m ... 95

. ————*.< St. Mary's.— innings, Macky, c Yates, b Hawkins „. i.» >»© Morao, b Hawkins ... -, w ... fa Darby, b Hawkins _ », m ,»., VjQ Stone, cHarvie,b ►.. ~«-43 Egao,st _ .»... .-..fa Stitchbury, not out _..._.*.. ,/vC Smalea, b Stemson «, „ _ <. ... f sfl Wilkinson, not out -. ... ... s*o Extras ...««•« ... Al Total for six wickets «,' m'3l3 BOWLING ANALYSIS. ST. MARY'S. Balls. Mdns. Wkts. Runs. Stone , M 105 4 5 41 Lundon «. 35 1 1 20 Smales« «. 70 0 4 36 UNITED. Balls. Mdns. Wkts, Bona. Stemson *. 60 8 3 8 Hawkins ... 55 7 3 5 Grammar School v. Gordon 11. — The Grammar School playing under the disadvantage of having some of the best bowlers away, took the field, and the Gordon took the score to 202 before the last wicket fell, C. Hesketh 45, Mowbray 28, Kenderdine 27, being the principal scorers. Five others also reached double figures. The match wills.be continued next Saturday. The scores were.: —Gordon 11. : E. Gilfillan, c Latta, b Connolly, 17 ; W. T. Kenderdine, c and b Tisdall, 27 ; C. Kissling, c Davis, d Clayton,»2l; C. Bell, c and b Connolly, 15; H. Mowbray, run out, 28; C. Hesketh, b Choyce, 45; Gorrie, run out, 2; P. Gould, b Choyce, 12; Bedlington, b Clayton, 8 ; T. Cantley, nob out, 15; Orbell. b Clayton, 6; extras, 6: Total, 202. Auckland College and Grammar School: Tisdall, b Kissling, 1 ; Latta, not out, 2; Robertson, b Kissling, 0: Two wickets for three runs.