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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10405, 17 March 1910, Page 1

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIA v. MANAWATU. (Per Press Association.) Palmerston North, March 16. The cricket match Australia v. Manavratu commenced this afternoon. There was a fair attendance. The weather was overcast, but the rain kept off. The ground was in' good order, but the wicket was, if anything, slightly heavy, though not particularly difficult. Armstrong and "Gorry were not playing. Bardsiey won.Hie toss, and sent Manawatu to the wickets. Ongley and Mitchell opened for the local team to the bowling of Whitty and Emery. Mitchell stopped two balls, and at- the third was clean bowled by a tricky one from Whitty. o—l—o.0 —I—o. Trcvena followed. Ongley hit Emery for three, which just fajled to reach the boundary. Trevena scored a single with a neat one to leg, but the over' found him facing Whitty, whose third ball got his middle stump. 42 —1. Goldspring followed. In the next over Ongley hit Emery for three, but soon after he knocked one of Whitty's deliveries into the slips, and Emery brought oil' a neat one-handed catch'. M'Lean (the local captain) replaced Ongley, and scored off Whitty. Vv'hitty's average up to this time had been three overs, three maidens, three wickets. Goldspring was clean bowled by Emery. 13 —4 —2. The next man (Mason) scored a luck;,' three off Emery, but he fell a victim to Whitty, and was caught smartly in the slips by Emery. 16 —5 —3. O'Connor followed, and in Whitty's next over he placed one into Bardsley's hands at- third man. 20—6 — 2. Cobbe was next- man. Emery clean bowled M'Lean, but- the umpire called no-ball, and the captain-got a life. The ball was the seventh of the over. M'Lean was now playing with more confidence, and soon after placed a neat one to leg, but the next over of Whitty's proved too much for him, and after his several escapes the ball found his off stump. 33 —7—B. Holland followed, and a brief stand . took place. Fifty went up for an hour's play. Things showed signs of livening up, and Holland lifted Emery for another four. Cobbe followed this up by two fowl's. The. brief partnership was broken by Holland's wicket falling to a swift one from Emery. 61—8—13. -Bartlett followed and made a single. Cobbe fell lbw to Emery. He had made the highest score for his side (32) by clever hitting, and his hits included five fours. 79 —7 —32. Wells walked to the wickets, placed one into Whitty's hands, -and walked back again. 79 —10 —0. Eyre scored a brace, but was clean bowled next ball. 87 —11 —2. Greer was the last man, and placed a short pitched ball off Emery into Bardsley's hands, the innings closing for 87 after an hour and a half's play. The Australians opened to the bowling of Ongley and Bartlett, Facey and Dodds going to the wickets. Facey caused a sensation by hitting Ongley" out- of the ground twice in rapid succession in the same spot. Twenty and thirty went up on the board in quick time, and Greer relieved Ongley, and with his fourth ball clean bowled Facey. 36 —1—24. Whitty.followed, and spooned Greer's first delivery, but there was no one handy. Shortly afterwards he repeated the performance with Bartlett, and spooned one nicely into Well's hands. 3-7 —2 —l. Kelleway was next man. Runs were now coming slowly, mainly by singles. Dodds fell to a swift one from Greer. 48 —3 —15. Emery replaced him, but shortly afterwards the umpires stopped the game owing to the bad light. Kelleway (18) and Emery (nil) are the not-out men. Play will be commenced at 11.30 to-morrow morn-

[By strange coincidence the two batsmen who opened for Manawatu are both natives of Oamaru and es-rnem-bers of the Oamaru Club.]

nig. Scores: MANAWATU—1st Innings. Mitchell, b Whitty ... ....... 0 Ongley, c Emery, b Wliitty 6 Trevena, b Whitty 1 Goldspring, b Emerv 2 M'Lean, b Whitty " ... . ... 8 Mason, c Emery, b -Whitty ■;-.',. ,'...,' 3 O'Connor, c Bardslev, b Whitty . 2 Cobbe, lb\v 5 b Emery ... - : - ...- ,32 Holland, b Emery. ... :,.: : .y*;:C. : u ? 13 Wells, c Bardsley, b Emery : : ... 0 Bartlett, not out ... ...:;:...■ ,12 Eyre, b Emery ...,...,:... ■'- 2 Greer, c Bardsley, b Emery ; ... d Extras ..." ... ..:;■:, J.;.^'..:6 Total ... . : ■:.l\:^y,: ! ': ~&\ Bowling analysis.—Whitty G for 36, Emery 6 for 47. -: /. ■■■ : ;:' ■;■.:■:■_' AUSTRALIA—1st. Jrinings/ -.' '■■ Dodds, b Greer .. ; . . ': .-.i.te^-~..: 15 Facey, b Greer ;;. r vO;r : :J; : -;;•/: ;-'24 Whitty, c Wells, b Bartletip 5 :/*...,' il Kelleway, not out ....>.;'..; . : ... ■8 Emery, not out ...-';.;- "''....- : 0 Extras ... ... :■-' .:.. ",... - 0 Total for 3 wickets 48 Bowling analysis.—Greer 2 for 8, Bartlett 1 for 19, Oiiglev. 0 for 21.