CRICKET.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XII, Issue 1978, 13 February 1905, Page 5

CRICKET.

AUCKLAND XV. v. AUSTRALIA. Peb Press Association. Auckland, February 11. The weather was fine for the second day of the Auckland Australia match. The attendance numbered nearly 10,000. The wicket was fair, and showed very little sigh of wear. Australia opened with Duff and AlcLeod. The feature of the afternoon play was the fine innings played by Trnmper. He hit freely all-round tho wicket, and made some good carpet drives. AlcLeod was batting two hours and forty minutes. Duff's 49 inelnded some magnificent late cuts. Kelly opened liis shoulders and hit hard for his contribution. He bit two fives. Auckland’s bowling was verygood, and the fielding fair. Scores : Australia. —First Innings. Duff, b Hay 49 AlcLeod, c Haddon, b Hay ... 54 Kelly, b Stemson ... ... 50 Trnmper. cN. B. Lusk, b Hay 92 Hill, b Oliff 10 Noble, cH, A. Lusk, b. Hay ... 13 Gelirs, bN. B. Lusk ... ... 14 Gregory,c McNeill, bN. B. Lusk 12 Armstrong, not out ... ... 27 Hopkins, b Oliff ... ... 3 Cotter, not out... ... ... 23 Extras ... ... ... 16 Total for 9 wickets ... 399 Bowling —Stemson 1 for 97, N. B Lusk 2 for 66, D. Hay 4 for 56, Oliff 2 for 67. AlcNeill, Stephens, Haddon and Sloman also bowled.

KONINI v. PAIIIATUA.

The above match was played on the ground of the former on Saturday last, when the visitors were defeated by 34 runs on the first innings. A feature of the game was the sound batting of Bottomley for the victors, although lie had about five lives in the first four overs. He compiled 38 runs before he was bowled by H. Pearcey. The fielding of the visitors was not as good as it should have been, several easy catches being missed. The onlybit of smart fielding throughout the game was a catch by W. Reeve. It was a most difficult one, the ball being hit very low. Chatwin bowled with great success for the Konini team, securing eight wickets for 25 runs. IV. Reeve compiled 14 runs for the visitors, that being the highest score registered on his side. Following are the scores : KONINI. F. Britland, bH. Pearcey ... 1 N.Russell, vnnout ... ... 0 H. Russell, b and c Pearcey ... 3 W. Britland, c Reeve, b Pearcey 18 Bottomley, b H. Pearcey ... 38 Chatwin, e Pearcey, bP. Hare... 8 Schofield, bP. Hare ... ... 0 Farrell, c and b Nit/. ... ... 1 Main, c Renner, bP. Hare ... 0 Singer, c Skillen, bH. Hare ... 1 Daysli, not ont ... ... ... 2 Extras ... ... ... ... 6 78 H. Pearcey took 3 wickets for 16 runs. Nit/ 1 for 8, C. Pearcey 1 for 24, Renner <> for 9, P. Hare 3 for 14, and H. Hare 1 for 3. PAIIIATUA. Nitz, b Chatwin ... ... 5 Reeve, c Chatwin, b Schofield... 14 Renner, b Chatwin ... ... 6 P. Hare, c Russell, b Chatwin... I .1. AVebhjC Bottomley, b Chatwin 2 Skillen, b Chatwin ... ... •) S. Reeve, b Chatwin ... ... 0 H. Pearcey, e Alain, b Chatwin... -5 H. Hare, b Chatwin ... ... 5 C. Pearcey, c and b Schofield... U A. Shugar, not out ... ... 0 Extras ... ... ... ... 5 46 Chatwin took Swickets for 25 runs, Britland 0 for 5, Schofield 2 for 6, and Russell 0 for 5. It is understood that Konini will play a return match on Saturdaynext on the Pahiatna ground. It, behoves the local players to practise assiduously during the week, if they desire to turn the tables on their opponents.