CRICKET.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1289, 12 November 1896, Page 28

CRICKET.

FIXTURES. SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. November 21 and 28. —No. 1 wiclret. Midland v. Phoenix ; No. 2 wicket, Vf ellington v. Rivals. AUSTRALIANS v. AUCKLAND. Auckland, November 5. _ The Australian cricket team arrived this morning by the Mariposa, accompanied by_Mr H. Musgrove, manager, and Mr Phillips, umpire. Trott, captain, attributes the team's losses to the bad wickets, and holds that the Australian batting is quite equal to England's best on a good wicket. He beleaves that Stoddart's team, which visits Australia next season, and which will include Prince Ranjitsinhji, will also visit New Zealand. Fine weather is promised for the match to-morrow. Mr Smith, secretary of the New Zealand Association, will confer with Mr Musgrovo, manager of the Australian cricket team, tomorrow as to whether they will adhere to their original intention to play a combined New Zealand match at Wellington or return to Australia and play the Hobart match. Auckland, November 5. Tho Australian team were accorded a cordial reception at the City Council room, Municipal Buildings, by his Worship the Mayor and others. A very largo number of local cricketers were also present, besides several cricketers belonging to other districts. Me3srs A. Bayly and Lusk (Taranaki), Hon Thos. Thompson and Hon W. Jennings, Mr W. Crowther, M.H.R., and Mr C. R. Smith, secretary of the Now Zealand Cricket Council, also made congratulatory speeches, which were responded to by Messrs H. Musgrove, manager of the Australian team; H. S. Trott, captain ; Giffen and Eady. THE MATCH. The match was commenced this afternoon at 2 o'clock before an attendance of 2000. The weather was fine, and the pitch in excellent condition. The Australians, with their proverbial luck, won the toss, and elected to bat. Donnan, Giffen and Johns stood out of the Australian team, Donnan having to go on to Sydney by the Mariposa to his business duties, while Giffen was indisposed, and Johns was laid aside owing to an injured shoulder. The teams were as under : Australians. Trott (captain), Iredale, Darling, Hill, Gregory, Trumblo, Eady, Graham, Kelly, Jones, MeKibbin. Auckland.—L. A. Cuff (captain), T. Ball, W. T. Wynyard, A. Kallender, A. M. Labatt, P. Marshall, F. Uhison, A. G. Holland, Geo. Mills, I. Mills, D. Hay, W. Ford, H. W. Lawson, C. Stone, R. Neill, J. C. Pabst, W. Stemson, N. T. Williams. The umpires were—C. G. M. McCormick (Auckland), J. Phillips (Australia). The Australians opened their innings at 2.15 with F. Irodaleand J. Darling, Kallender taking tho bowling at ono end and R. Neill the other. I'HE PLAY. Kallender's first ball Darling drove past I. Mills for a single ; Iredale's first from the same bowler fell a few feet short, or tho batsman would have probably been caught. 1 ho rest of tho ever Iredale played carefully, only scoring ono re;?. Darling played tho first two balls from Neill carefully, but hit tho third to square.leg lor 2, the boundary being saved by Ball's fielding. Tho next ball the same batsman drove to loug-oif for 2. Off tho last ball of the over Ball effected a neat catch at square-leg near the boundary, and Darling retired. s—l—s. Trott (captain) filled the vacancy, and faced Kallender's bowling, but played a maiden over, Kallender's deliveries apparently not being relished by the batsman. Neill delivered his next over to Iredale, who contented himso.f with merely keeping his wicket up. In Kallender's next over only one more run was added to the score, Trott getting a single by a hit to square-log. Weill's next over added one to Trott's score and Kallender's overbad a similar result. Trott mado a 2 and a single off NeilPs second and third ball pespec.tively, but tho next ball Iredale stepped out to and his bails were smartly knocked off by Ford. 11—2—0. Hill filled tho vacancy, and, after a couple to square-leg by Trott, opened his figures by placing Neill to mid-on for a single. A leg-bye followed and, after another single had been added, Hill was retired with Kallender's fifth ball of the over, Pabst snapping him up from a hard drive to mid-on in fine style. 16—3—1. Gregory took up tho running, and opened very carefully, Neill, who was bowling remarkably well and with good length, gaining great respect at the hands of tho batsman. The Australian skipper gained confidence with time, and, opening his shoulders, commenced to lay on the wood, his example being shortly followed by Gregory, and the pair were associated for the best part of an hour, and 54 showed on tho board before Trott was clean bowled by D. Hay, who beat him with a beautiful leg break. His innings was signalised by brilliant batting, his leg hits being particularly pretty, while Gregory also got in several pretty strokes. 54 —4—41. Trumble joined Gregory, and like his predecessors, contented himself for some little time with keeping up his wickets. As soon, however, as he had got thoroughly used to. the bowling, runs began

to come more freely, the late arrival punishing anything that inclined to be loose. The scoring board showed 60, 70 and 80 before a dissolution of the partnership was brought about, at which stage Trumble lifted a high one to short-leg, where Lawson succeeded in holding him for a moment. It was thought the ball would have been missed, as Holland and Lawson, who were about an equal distance away from the ball, made for it. A collision occurred, and the ball touching Holland's hands slightly rebounded, and Lawson adroitly took ic. 80 filled the gap, and opened his innings with a single off Neill. Nine were added to the total before the last comer lost his partner, who was brilliantly caught by I. Mills at mid-off. 89 —6 —20. Gregory's innings was marked by a sterling yet careful display of batting. Graham joined Eady, and vigorous batting on the part of this pair carried the figures to 150. Shortly after, Eady sent one out to Stemson at deep-field, which was accepted. 145 —7 —37. This player's innings was the liveliest display during the afternoon. Kelly came next, and after 12 had been attained by the partnership Graham was taken by Williams off Neill. 157 —8 —26. Jones took up the vacant place, and after adding 4, which was supplemented with a couple by his partner, this player retired, Wynyard making a fine catch at longoff. 161—9—4. MeKibbin was last man in. A single was added to the total, when the last garrival was clean bowled by Stemson. 162—10—0. The Aucklanders then went to the wickets, and compiled 17 for the loss of ono wicket (Ball), who scored 7.

Auckland, November 7. The cricket match Australians v. Auckland Eighteen was resumed to-day at noon in the Domain. There was beautiful weather, and 4000 people were present. Auckland continued their innings, G. Mills and Stemson, the not outs, going to the wickets and facing the bowling of Jones and MeKibbin. The scoro was carried to 29, when Mills was clean bowled by a short-pitched one from MeKibbin. 29 2—16. Mills had played excellently. Cuff filled the vacancy, but after 11 were added he ran out Stemson. 29—3—4. I. Mills next partnered Cuff, only to lose him, for after adding 1 a single Cuff spooned one into Iredale's hands at mid-on. 30 —4—l. Labatt was the next batsman, and the pair remained together until the partnership had produced 9, at which stage Labatt lifted one into Gregory's hands at cover-point. Ho was followed by Ohlson, who saw 11 addod to the score before ho was dismissed, clean bowled, by MeKibbin. 50—o*—5. Pabst came next, and assisted Mills to carry tho figures to 61, when ho was retired —Eady accepting one lifted to him at square leg. 61—7 —7. Gn tho arrival of Kallender the scoring went up rapidly, his vigorous batting being mainly responsible for tho score reaching 81 before he gave Jones an easy catch at mid-off, which was accepted. After luncheon play was resumed, I. Mills being joined by R. Neill. Trott relieved MeKibbin with the bowling, and Neill started off by sending Trott for 3, and followed this up by pulling a full pitcher from Trumble to leg for 4, and then getting Trott away for 3. After a short spell Mills was caught at point by MeKibbin, after making the top score of 20 by some good, careful play. 95 —9—20 went up as D. Hay signalised his advent by a drive for 2, followed by a few singles, which brought up the century. At this stage Darling caught Neill in the slips off Trott. 100 -10—11. W. Ford filled tho vacancy, but with the score at 102 he retired with a single. 102—11—1. The advent of W. T. Wynyard made matters lively, he making some brilliant drives, and Hay responding for several couples. One over produced no less than 16 runs. However, tho partnership was brought to an end by Wynyard giving Eady an easy catch at mid-wicket (119 —la —12) and Marshall succeeded Wynyard. Scoring 3 by an overthrow, after a 3 by Hay, and a cut for 2 by Marshall, 130 appeared on the board, but at this point Hay retired, caught behind the wickets by Kelly. 130—18—15. A. G. Holland filled the vacancy, Jones succeeding Trott in bowling. A slow spell ensued, relieved by two snicks by Marshall, each for three. Shortly after Holland, attempting a' doubtful fun, lost his wicket. 139—14—3. Stone succeeded Holland, 'but the second bajl frorri Trumble shattered his wickets v/itkout any increase in the score. Lawson filled the vacancy, but shortly afterwards was clean bowled by Jones, who broke the stump in half. 140—16—0. Williams succeeded Lawson, but was cb?ap bowled by Jones' first ball. The inniugs <?iosed at 4 o'clock for 140, tho last throe bafcsmen making " duck's eggs." In tho Australians' second innings Darling and Iredale went to the wickets at 4.30 to the bowling of Kallender and Neill. 'lredale started off by sending Kallender to the boundary,' and after a few byes Darling repeated the dose, and 10 appeared. ' A number of singles, relieved by two boundary hits, gradually brought the score up to 30, when Stemson took the bowling from Kallenser : . Stemsou's bowling made little difference, and 40 soon appeared. D, Hay replaced NeiJl at tho other end, and Darling s.enj; the last ball of the over to tho boundary. In the next 070? Hay cleverly caught Ireualo at forward cover.pomt. 4i —I—l2.1 —12. J. Kelly succeeded Ire» dale, and shortly after Darling made a boundary hit, bringing the score up to the half century. With the score at 53 Darling lifted one from Stemson over the bowler's hoad, and Ball, running backwards, made the most brilliant catch of the day, falling in the act of catching the bail. 53 2—32. Darling made his score of 32 by excellent play, and it included six <±'s. Hill succeded to tho vacancy and, with Kelly, played out time, two wickets being down for 6S —with extras. Stumps were drawn at 6 p.m. and play is to be resumed at 11 a.m. on Monday.

Auckland, November 9. The cricket matck> Australia y. Auckland Eighteen wa<3 continued at 11 a.mi' tor day on the Domain in beautiful weather. There were from 4000 to 5000 people present. Owing to Holland (Auckland) getting his hand injured on Saturday he was replaced by C. Henry. The game re-commenced with two wickets down for 68 runs, and at the aboye hour Hill and Kelly, tho not out men of tho previous day, resumed their innings. Neill and Stemson commenced bowling for tho Aucklanders. Neill'a firßt over was a maiden, the batsmen with caution; but Stemson's third ball was sent to the boundary by Kelly, and 70 appeared on tho board. Hill followed with a single off Neill, and Kelly sent the same bowler to the boundary twice in succession, amid ioud applause, bringing the score up to 80. Then followed a single by Hill. Kelly continued his vigorous play by lifting one from Stemson clean over the boundary posts. The Auckland fielding was good, and the runs were kept down fairly well, but a few singles soon caused 90 to appear. Hill then drovo Sternaoa to the boundary for 4, aud scored 3

off the next ball, while Kelly drove the Skffie bowler for 3 t btinjarittg up the Century. Kallender relieved StemSdh, and Hay took NeilPs place at bowling. Hill the change by sending the new bowler to the boundary. The play now dragged somewhat, though the Australians called forth much admiration by some nice drives and clever placing, but" the large field confined the batsmen to singles. The score mounted quickly to 118, at which Stone was allowed to try his luck with the ball, and Kelly sent his fourth ball to the boundary. After another slow spell Labatt took the ball from Stone, and, to the delight of the spectators, who were longing for a change of some sort, the new bowler succeeded in dismissing Kelly, who played the third ball of the over on to his wicket. Kelly was greatly applauded on retiring. 128—3 —43. Atthis stage Hill had made 32 runs. Gregory filled the vacancy, and Hill welcomed his new mate by a fine drive for 3 off Neill, which brought 130 up. A couple of very nicelyplaced 2's and a single brought Hill's score up to 40. Gregory started with a single, and after a short spell got Neill nicely away to leg for 3. A few more singles and a 2 made Hill top scorer up to date with 45, but at this point his oompanion, Gregory, was well caught by Stone in the slips off Labatt. Tho oatoh was an excellent one, and deservedly applauded. 1464 —5. H. Trott now partnered Hill, who greeted him with a single, and Trott replied with two 2's off Neill. One hundred and fifty now appeared on the scoring board, and singles continued to come pretty freely. Hay was once more put on to bowl in place cf Neill. Hill sent one of Labatt's with great pace right into Marshall, but it was too warm to hold, and went to the boundary, and soon after Trott made a neat cut for a couple off Hay. But now a change was destined to take place in the shape of the dismissal of Hill, who had played a great innings for 51. He was snapped up at the wiokets by Ford off Labatt. 165—5 vacancy, and tho runs came slowly for a spell, the batsmen taking few libertioa with the bowling. Trumble at length broke his duck-egg by a single, and Trott caused 170 to appear by a cut to the boundary off Hay, and repeated the performance in Hay's next over. However, the Aucklanders had their revenge almost immediately afterwards, for Kallender's height came in useful, and enabled him to catch Trott at cover-point off Hay. The retiring batsman had knocked up his 24 in very little time. 1796 —24. Eady was sent out to partner Trumble, and the good fielding of Pabst spoilt a fine drive by the newcomer. Runs, came slowly in singles until Trumble lifted a ball from Hay clean over the line fa? 3., and followed up with a drive off Labatt for 3. Then came some singles, and Williams badly missing a drive by Trumble, the board showed the second century, amid applause. Labatt, who had now been bowling for a considerable time, was replaced by Stemson, and Neill took Hay's place at the other end. A neat cut tor 2 by Trumble and a drive by Eady gave a little life to an otherwise quiet and uninteresting spell, and a single or two came at , intervals. At last a separation was effected, Eady having the bad luck in running out to slog a ball from Neill to knook it off his leg on to his wicket. 2077 —5. The luncheon ad- i journmenfc then took pl&ee, and on continuing after lunch, Graham joined Trumble. Eunmaking wa,s conspicuously absent for a time, and ajts? a single had been added to the sjjpjei Graham was clean bowled by Stemson, she retiring man being the first of the visitors to contribute a duck. 208—8 —0. Jones, who followed Graham, began at once to make matters lively. In four successive Etrokes he made no less than 16 runs, the Btrokes being 4,5, 4, _ 4, while Trumble supported his companion by a drive for 3. However, Jones' merry life came to an abrupt termination. s or after making another single. hi*s wickets were scattered by Stemaon,. 228—9—.17. Auckland had done remarkably well since the luncheon adjournment. At 2.35 MoKibbin, sh,a last of the Australians, went out to "Trumble, who had now seen three of Mg mates come and go, and whose score filtopqat 30- McKibbin set to work with a cjpupie of singles, bringing the score to 230. Here Trumble gave a very difficult chance to Marshall, but the sun being fairly in his eyes he was unable to hold the ball, though tho attempt was a splendid ono. r lrumble, however, in giving Lawson a chance at the other end of the fi Id was less fortunate, for the Aucklander held the ball, securely-, and brought the innings to, a. ohwe, 1 rumble making 32, whilst the total score of the Australians for their second innings was 233. At. vVS, the Auoklanders, who required to mnings'.' Cuff and George Mills being first to go to the wickets. Jones was entrusted with the bowling, Cuff getting his second away for a a, but the bowler's next ball made things even by removing Cuff's stumps from the ground. 2l —2. Labatt took Cuff's place, but the next ball of the fast bowler surprised tho batsman and amused the spectators by knock* ing the middle stump clean out of the ground, a performance which was loudly applauded. 2—2-0. I. Mills joined ius brother and played cautiously. G- Mills got MoKibbin away for a singly, and L Mills took the rest of the over- safely. After an interval I. Mill a got % couple off McKibbin and another jd»g\e. G. Mills soon snicked Jones, and as no one was there, 3 were scored, and 3 were run for a leg-bye off the same bowler. When I. Mills continued scoring by snicking McKibbin for- 3, tho enthusiasm of the spectators, began to rise, but the excellent gelding, in spite of the batsmen, kept runs clown. However, gradually, by a single here and there, 29 at length appeared on the boards as the result of 40 minutes' play. After another interval of some minutes, G. Mills received a round of applause by hitting Jones to leg to the boundary for 4, and I. Mills replied with a carefully-placed hit. As the batters appeared to be fairly well set, Trott relieved MoKibbin, and the change proved a wise one, for the last ball of the new bowler's over removed G. Mills bails 30—3—10. Kallender joined I. Mills, and the Gordon crack started off with a Binele Mills followed with a two and a single, but Kallender, in letting out to one from Trott, missed, and his wickets fell. 34-4—l. Ohlson was the next Aucklander to try his fate, and Mills welcomed him by driving Jones for 3. The crowd began to cheer when Mills cut Trott to the boundary. Here Mills was missed by Eady, and marked his gratitude by sending Jones to the boundary. Immediately afterwards Jones failed to take a fairly easy one from Ohlson. With the score at 53 Mills was smartly stumped by Kelly. In view of the fiSJcSas bowling and fielding, I. Mills' score of 28 was a meritorious performance. 53—5 -28. Stemson having taken the vacancy created by the dismissal of I. Mills, a 4 and a 3by OkUon, addsd to » Bingfc by Stem-

son, brought the total up to 60. It was now close to 5 o'clock, with 12 wickets to fall, and a drawn game began to appear inevitable. Singles continued to come steadily, but with the score at 66 Stemson was neatly caught by Trott. 66—6—2. Dr Pabst now entered into partnership with Ohlson, and successfully disposed of Jones' over. Ohlson drove Trott nicely for a single, but Jones shortly afterwards shifted his wickets. 69 7—lß. Hay was the next batsman and placed one from Trott well to leg for 4. A couple of singles followed, and then Hay got Jones away nicely and Eady missing, a boundary resulted. Shortly afterwards one of Jones's fast deliveiies dismissed Pabst. 88—8—2. Ball, who filled the vacancy, got Jones away in the slips for 3, and followed it up by a cut for the same figure, and Hay drove Trott for 4. Soon after the century appeared. McKibbin now took the ball from Trott, and Hay cut his fourth for 3, but McKibbin next upset this batsman's stumps. 108—9—19. It was now 5.30. and still seven wickets to fall. Marshall, the not out man of the previous innings, was the next man to represent Auckland, and Eady took the ball from Jones. Marshall did not remain long, McKibbin removing his bails before he scored. 104—10 —0. K. Neill succeeded Marshall, and got a single off McKibbin, and playea a ; maiden from Eady. A few minutes before time Neill was caught by Iredale off Eady. 111—11 —7. Wynyard filled the vacancy, but stumps were drawn almost immediately afterwards, and the game ended in a draw, 11 Auckland tickets being down for 111 runs. The following are the scores :

I Trott gets the trophy for j the highest aggregate score on the visitors' side, and I. Mills a trophy for the same for the Aucklanders. The local Association clears .£l2O net from the match. Both teams attended the performance at tho Opera House of " The Gondoliers " by tho Amateur Opera Club. Auckland, November 10.

The Australian cricketers were driven out to the ostrich farm on Sunday afternoon, and attended " The Gondoliers " on Monday evening. This morning they left for the South by the Takapuna. During their stay hero they frequently expressed themselves delighted with the way in which they were treated ; they were also very pleased with Auckland and its climate. A large crowd witnessed their departure, and three hearty cheers were given as the train left the Auckland station for Onehunga. As a result of the takings at the cricket match, a profit of about net will be shown.

Australians—First Innings. F. Ireclale, st Ford, b Neill 0 J. Darling, 122, c Ball, b Neill .. .. 5 G. H. S. Trott, 11121213521214142142, b D. Hay .. . 41 C. Hill, 1, c Pabst, b Kallender S. Gregory, 122144114, c I. Mills, b R. Neill H. Trumble, 1131324, c Lawson, b R. Neill 1 20 . 15 C Eady, 11221414142111412111, b W. Stemson . . 37 H. Graham, 214111131111211112, c Williams, by _ R. Neill . 'm J. Kelly, 1441, not out .. .. , TT TnnoQ d. n WvnvflVll fo It. Neill. . 10 4 L. McKibbin, b Stemson 0 Extras 3 Total . 162 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Balls. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Kallender .. ..98 2 23 1 Neill 138 3 71 6 Liabatt 72 5 15 0 Hay 36 0 23 1 Williams .. ..24 0 9 0 Stemson .. ..34 1 13 " Auckland—First Innings. Geo. Mills, 1141111312, b McKibbin . 10 T. Ball, 142, c Kelly, b McKibbin 7 W. Stemson, 1111, run out 4 Li. M. Cuff, 1, c Ircdale, b McKibbin 1 I. Mills, 212422211111, c McKibbin, b Trott . 20 A. M. Labatt, 4, c Gregory, b Trumble .. 4 F. J. Ohlsen, 311, b McKibbin 5 Dr Pabst, 313, u Eady, b Trumble .. 7 J. A. Kallender, 2114243, c Jones, b Trumble . . 17 R. Neill, 3431, c Darling, b Trott . 11 D. Hay, 211112331, c Kelly, b Trumble . - . 15 W. Ford, 1, b Trott 1 W. T. Wynyard, 22431, c Eady, b Trumble . 12 . 14 P. Marshall, 3112331, not out A. S. Holland, 21, run out 3 G. b Trumble 0 \Y. Lawson, b Jones . . 0 N. T. Williams, b Jones 0 Extras 3 Total . 140 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Balls. Mdns. Runs- Wkts. E. Jones .... 72 4 20 •A T. McKibbin .. 96 5 43 4 H. Trumble .. .. 162 14 37 6 H. Trott .. ..66 1 37 3 Australian —Second Innings. Iredale, 4111113, o D. Hay, b Stemson ... 12 Darling, 2414414114141, c Ball, b Stemson 32 Hill, 1111121111111434111111131221112114, 51 o Ford, b Labatt Kelly, 11111444511112231411111, b Labatt 43 Gregory, 131, c Stone, b Labatt ... 5 H. Trott, 222122111424, c Kallender, b D. Hay •:• 24 Trumble, 111215321222111132, c Larson, 32 b Stemson... C. Eady, 11111, b B. Neill 5 H. Graham, b Stemson 0 /ones, 35441, b Stemson 17 McKibbin, 111, not out, 3 Extras 9 Total , 233 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Overs. Mdns. Buns. Wkts. KalJender ... 10 2 27 0 Neill 16 7 67 1 Stemson 13 5 49 5 Hay 13 4 47 1 Labatt 10 0 27 3 I. Mills 11 0 0 Stone 3 0 7 0 Auckland.—Second Innings. Cuff, 2, b Jones 2 Labatt, b Jones 0 G. Mills, 13114, b Trott 10 I. Mills, 12131312141414, st Kelly, b Trott 28 J. Kallender, 1, b Trott l Ohlson, 1221432111, b Jones 18 ; Stemson, 11, c Trott, b Jones 2 D. Hay, 1141411141, b McKibbin 19 ; Pabst, 11, b Jones 2 ; T. Ball, 33311, not out 11 , B.. Marshall, b McKibbin 0 B. Neill, 1123, c Iredalo, b Eady 7 \ W. T. Wynyard, not out 0 . 11 Extras Total for 11 wickets 111 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Overs. Mdns. Buns. Wkts. E.Jones 22 10 36 5 T. McKibbin ... 14 5 19 2 Trott 13 3 44 3 Eady 5 4 1 1 .i i.