THE CANTERBURY CRICKETERS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1417, 18 January 1879, Page 12

THE CANTERBURY CRICKETERS.

(Continued from Page 9 )\ CANTERBURY V. EAST MELBOURNE. The special correspondent of the Lyttelton Times, telegraphing from Melbourne on the 14th mat., gives the following account of the conclusion of the match between Canterbury and East Melbourne, the result of which we published yesterday :— " The weather was splendid again to-day, and inspirited by their success yesterday the Canterbury team,proceeded to pile on the runs. W. Frith and Lee, the not-outs, had a merry time, and Fuller slogged away most determinedly. Hart land, who seemed to have recovered from his nervousness, carried his bat for a careful 10. The total leached 270, and with 82 to the good, the Canterbury men proceeded with confidence to the task of getting their opponents out. They began well, as three men were disposed of for "55, but Allee and Campbell brought the score beyond the Canterbury lead, and Boyle and Musgrave did much towards retrieving the situation. Their play all round 1 was first-class. The bowling, considering the wicket, was good, the fielding smart, the batting careful, and often lively. The tail end of the E.M.C-C. did not Bcore as in the first innings, and the total stopped short at 180, but at one time it looked as though the second century would be reached. W. Frith and Ashby got all the wickets, the former securing cix for 69, and the latter three for 46. C. Frith and Lee also were put on, but the former only kept down therunf, aud the latter was quite off his firstinnings form. With 99 to get, Canterbury had no difficult task, but no one suspected that such a decisive victory was in store for them. Time was short, and Ashby and Ollivier, as the most likely bats, were sent in. They were more than equal to the occasion, for the required runs were polished off in 5S minutes, and the powerful Metropolitan Club was vanquished by 10 wickets, a result totally unlooked for after the wretched form shown by the New Zealanders in the two previous matches. The two batsmen were in undeniable form. The visitors' prospects in the remaining matches are now looked on with much more favour than they were two davß ago. CANTERBURY— SECOND INNINGS. Ollivier, not out.. .. •• - <|6 Aanby, not out .. .. •• •• 4 * Extras ... .. •• •• a Total .. .. •• •■ 99 CANTERBURY v. BOHEMIANS ' (Renter's Special.) Melbourne, January 15th. The match Canterbury Eleven v. Bohemians commenced to-day. The first innings of the Canterbury team c OBed for 197. The Bohemians in their first innings had scored 152, with the loss of two wickets.