ANALYSIS OF THE BOWLING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 1913, 17 February 1868, Page 5

ANALYSIS OF THE BOWLING.

Turton'B Sitie—Boak, 170 balls, i*4 rims, 12 maiden ov«rs, G wickets. Moore, 72 balls, 18 runs, 7 maiden overa, 1 wickets. Cairns, A. E., 52 b«3ls. 15 runs, 4 maiden overs, 2 wickets. Cairns, 11. W., 24 'ball*, 10 runs, 2 maiden overs. Mainwaruig, 12 balls, i run, 2 nuiidun overs. Chapman, *10 balls, 8 runs, 5 maiden overs, 1 Wickot; • ;

l Ji<\vys's Side—Downds, t wide ball, 99 b.-vl!g, H2 jruiyj, 9 tnaideua, 3 wjekctu. Young, ;")2'balls, 1!) niUB, 3 matdetis, 1 wicket. Hondloy, 1 wido ball, 4-t balls, 10 runs,: 4 maideua, Jl wiukete.

We have been favoured by "A Lookeron" with- ft few remarks 'on "the recent Inter-Provincial match, which doubtless. :.wiii. ■» o read here with as, much interest iw; in our correspondence -columns. (Mr .correspondent writes to the following effect; —As on the hist occasion Canterbury won .the toss, ami tln> Captain injudiciously, in my opinion, pent his bklg in. In doing so, the Captain, no doubt,- followed a practice generally adopted when an Eleven hns the choice, so as to enable them to have the advantage of totting, on the ground before it hi cut* up; but in this i instance, t)i«ro were ; two reasons, why ] he should have acted otherwise. At the .commencement of the match,., it was generally acknowledged that tho ground waa exceedingly dead, owing to the late rains ;' ?md as there : was then ] every prospect of the weather keeping, j fine, it is in. reason that .thor ground wu^st improve for the batting as the game progressed. Again, young batamen are certain to be nervous at the beginning of a match which they have been looking ior-: ward to for months ; and they would have had much greater confidence if they had previously been fielding out for a few hours, and got tip. j Although, in my opinion, Otago had; a : much stronger team than Canterbury, still, the chance of the latter wunnyig, was considerably lessened by their goinginfirat. Stevens alone succeeded, m reaching the double figures in the first innings of Can terbury, and .CotterDl f was., the only ona who met with a like success in the second innings. The others played carefully, but the bowling proved..too, strong for them, being not only superior, but of a. different class to that which, thoy had been practising to for some time past. I am inclined to agree with Mr Powys, who stated, in Ms remarks at the dinner, that until Canterbury can provide batter bowlers than she has at -present, the contest between tho cricketing representatives of tho two Provinces wjll continue to bo an unequal one. In the first innings of Otago, Messrs Tnrton, J. Fulton, and J. C. Fulton contributed 10 runs towaida the total of 80. Theinninga of ] tlio former player was a brilliant; one, and comprised, among the hits, a six and a five—rather rare feats to accomplish in a

ground where the grass grows rank in the long fields. The captain appeared once more in his-old -form—running up. a score of 26. To ase his own words, I hop© to see liitn commanding the Otegoteam again arid again. Jl (I I Fulton contributed; 16 by steady play. Some of thb best bata, however, got "out very soon. If there was any feature during the match which cltaraeteraed'the; play, as compared with former matches, | the improvement in. fielding might; be j fairly pointed to. The fielding on both sides was almost as good as one could have] wished to Jiave seen it;; bnt that of Can- j terbury was, if anytliing, better than that of.,their opponents. The Mesara Oilivfer and Stevens' fielded in a style which would have met with applause even at Lord's. The balls were stopped clean by them, and quickly returned. On the other hand, many of the Otago fielders, from want of practice, would allow the ball to rebound from their fingers, and thus enabloa run to be stolen. For Otago, CJla«gow haa succeeded Hope behind the wicketa, and bids fair to become as good a cricketer, fill round, as that redoubtable champion of the willow. Four players were catighfc by him in the. two innings;-and only three byes were obtained altogether. It is like getting an additional man in the

field, to have one who can act both as

long-stop and wicket-keeper, and must add considerably to the strength of any team when it can possess a fielder able to perform both duties.