CRICKET.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7655, 13 June 1896, Page 4

CRICKET.

P^traTRALIANS FM.0.0. AND GROUND r : A>I)ISA^XROU3 INNINGS. Wgg^i' DUCK'S EGGS " GALORE. , Iltei-.'A:"' •; ■ London, June 11. l|j|%Stqddart> and Jaokson, when associated, |stjßlCowed:.exoellenb cricket, and this pair of f< .^brilliant batsmen rattled up 76 runß in five over the hour. Each, however, had Qjslife.; The attendance throughout the day •f;i rytJUf. .very large. A splendid wicket had ; been prepared, but recent rains had made it ■^talher heavy. The home team batted first, f-^irtheir scores being :— ;■ V,-' Grace, b Trumble 15 ■■- : ':i _ Stoddart, stpd Kelly b Trotfc ... 54 .- \::-.ftangitisinghi, b Trumble 7 Is : -" • Jaokson, o and b Trnmble 51 i.vGunn.b McKibbin ... .. .„ 39 =' -t '.. Macgregor, b Trumble 0 • V. -:~ Davidson, b Trnmble 0 r \-JK Marohant, b McKibbia 20 ;V : Atta well, b Trumble 7 : V->t,;vJ..Hearne, b McKibbia 1 ij'CKPonghe*, not out „ 9 hf^V Sundries ... 16 '■■'•':: ' Total 229 ''.. : Trnmble took six wickets for 84, McKibbin : >:-' three for 52, Trott one for 35, Giffen none for 32. The Australians, in their first innings, -V. made the moat feeble display possible, and ;.." ."". Pongher, the Leicestershire professional, : made havoo among them. The whole team ; . was disposed of for 18 runs. The scores •--•'. jrere:— "-'-'"• Graham, b Hearn ' ... „, „. 4 j' ; (Trott, b Hearn 6 Irodale, b Hearn ... 0 Gregory, b Hearn ... 0 •••-.- Hill, b Pongher 0 ;!.. Kelly, o'and b Poußher 8 o?rtfmble, b Pongher 0 -,-v Eady, b Pongher ... 0 Mo&ibbio, o Davidson, b Pougher 0 Darling, innings unfinished 0 ' ' Giffen, absent) owing to inflamed eye ~. 0 ._, Total 18 r * .Pongher took five wiokets for no runs, Hearn four for four runs, Attewell no !\ •wiokflts for 14. i The Australians followed on, and have lost two wiokets for 25 runs. The scores :' .'\were : — /' Kelly, b Hearn 0 ■'•'■■., Graham, b Hearn ... ... ... 5 •-,"'' Trott, not out 14 • - Gregory, not out .„ , 6 - ' Twenty-four hours' rain had soddened the ■j wicket, and the Bun drying it made the ■ ' , latter more difficult every minute. Jackson , played a dashing innings, and got his runs ' 'IB a Btyliah manner. Their association added ,44 to the score. Marchant, too, played a " lively innings. After the luncheon adjourn- , ment Tramble and McKibbin were very 1 diffionlb to play, and the home team were ,soon disposed of. When the Australians : took the wickets Hearn and Attewell took . - op the bowling, and there was trouble from ... the- atarb. When the board showed 8 ■■■"/• Graham played a ball on, and Trott and ? ...^Gregory carried the score to 14. Pougher "west on at Attewell's end when the soore ■ was at' 18, and the bowlers, especially Pougher, getting on tremendous work on .the ball, finished the innings in three or four * - evens. When Pougher went on Kelly fell a victim to his first ball, and with the next . Hill retired. Iredale- lost his wicket next ' I ' over, and then each bowler was sent down a : - maiden in Pougher's next over. Trumble . -played the second ball on to the wicket. ■'-. Eady was '.' yorked " with a third ball, and ~r -'McKibbin was caught at mid-wicket off the :. V fifth. Giffen, in addition to inflammation of ■ ihe eyes, is suffering from sciatica. V ,, -June 12.— The M.C.C. won by an innings v and 18 runs.