INTERCOLONIAL CRICKET MATCH.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 4021, 7 January 1875, Page 2

INTERCOLONIAL CRICKET MATCH.

VICTORIA V. NEW SOUTH WALES.

By the arrival of the Easby.at Wellington, from Sydney, we have received some further news with reference to this match. The following are the scores:— VICTORIA.—FIRST INKISOS. I Sleight, bSpofforth 0 Cooper, c Woods, b Spofforth .. *" 45 Kelly, c Spofforth .. ._ .. 7.14 Horan, b Coates .. .. '.\ "3 Boyle, run out.. .. .'. '.'. "27 Goldsmith, c Thompson .. " "3 Cosstick, c Gilbert .. .. " « M-Gann, b Tindall .. .. " " 0 Campbell, bSpofforth.. .. ". "$5 Blackham, b Thompson .. .' "32 Murphy, not out .. .. "" "0 Sundries \] '.'. 4. Total.. .. .. NEW SOUTH WALES.- FIRST DWI.NGS. Gilbert, st Blackham U Thompson, c Murphy.. „ " "35 Sheridan, lb w " "25 Powell, c Horan .. „ '.'. g Gregory, c Blackham .. „ " "0 Bannerman, c Cosstick .. A. "81 Coates, c Cosstick .. .. " "' 0 Spofforth, bCosstick „ ". '.'. " q Tindall, notout \\ "%6 Wood, c Horan, b Boyle .. " "9 Sundries ]'. go Total Tni VICTORIA.— SECOND D.NUJGS. Cooper, b Coates „ 4 Goldsmith, b Spofforth " " "14 Boyle, c Sheridan, b Spofforth 3 Kelly, b Coates .. .. "gg Horan, b Coates .. " " \\ ___ Blackham, c Gregory b Thompson"" 7.-5 Cosstick, b Spofforth 33 Campbell, c Tindall, b Coates .. .'.6 M'Gann, b Coates 2 Murphy (absent) .. .. '.'. '.'. 0 Sleight (not out) 7. 0 Sundries ~ .'. _q Total ,18^ NEW SOCTH WALKS.—SECOHD KNI.VGS. Gilbert, c Hastings, b Boyle 3 Thompson, c Blackham, b Sleight " "35 Sheridan, c Blackham, b Costick . "is Tindall, st Biackham g Bauncrnian, not out .. .. ** 22 Gregory, not out .. '.'. ** " j Sundries.. .. .. " " . This gives a total of 86 with four wickets down. Only 35 were required to win by New South Wales. At the conclusion of the second day's play their victory was regarded as a certainty. The match had not finished when the Easby left. Sydney, somewhat unexpectedly, has come to the fore this season. Certainly she plays a much stronger team than of late years she has been accustomed, acd the Melbourne team h-is been sadly weakened by the refusal of Allan to play for some unexplained reason, and the absence from the team of one of

their strongest, Mr G. P. Robertson; adde* to this, they appear to have been playing iit the second innings with ten men, Jfr Murphy being marked absent. It is a mat ter of congratulation amongst cricketers tha* at last New South Wales has a fair show o£ winning a match againsfc Victoria-, as in the few last past years the matches have been** one-sided tbat fears were entertained they would fall through. *