CRICKET.

Southland Times, Issue 3298, 15 January 1879, Page 3

CRICKET.

A- :The- 'match ibetwe'en ■Lbrd'Ha^ig'sgteam bf cricketers ahdihe Australian Eleven at Melbourne excited'immense interest, and : -'the'v- result ; fully .: j^tified C;the cp^de^e; placed' in the native rypnth^'-'py'^efe.-hume^bi'is' supporters and admirers. ; y vThe' vmatch \ ex"-; tended" pver ; "tw6 v daysi>'an^ reported by "the Argus, ' with; courtesy, every allowance being- made for the disadvantage i that Englishmen labored under in having to :play AxrAk exceptionally': liotr weather ; The latter is -described as melting. The Argus quotes Hamlet— - ■ ■y-AyAyk J k Ak-ykik 0, that this too. solid , flesh would melt, . f iyThaw, and resolve itself into iaidew. • A ;Ahd their- adds " anvhour's exposure ; to! the. irresistable siin.- and therevwould -have been ■ . nothing of him but aisuit of. sables^va heargelilce plume, jihd blon"de.wig"'';l;We . quote tlie latter part of pur contemporary's; re- ' port:— ;_:-•■' 7y- L A. A: 77k 77: A kA k i, ; ■.;_■ -'The "result 'of : the mate& was" the defeat -of the -Englishmen with ten 'wickets to ;spare.. The Australians had only 1 8 to: make in their second; innings- to win \ and; this .they did in three; overs, . spvthat the: visitprs;had a. very narrow: escape of being bbajten in one innings. ; It; was ..■apparent . during; : the : match that the Englishmen this '.time.;;'cotoldi;''nQt'.'';teacli the Australians anything.: in batting,; and still legs *in; bowling Y;;bVit-;^ey ;j*cert^ihly.: run between the wickets, better '.than ..biir meh do, andithe colonials \ may take, ai lesson; on that point with profit; ~k About iOOO -people came dp\vn tb see the wind-up ;of th' 6 niatch* ' arid the number rincreased in the afternoon,' when :it became lcnbwh' that the Club had made^arrangements to begin their match "the" Canterbury team from'Newi Zea- : land. ; ■,-'■- 'y ky'-'k -'-Ay-Ay ■-"■•" : - '• •" .., The game •: was resumed _ 'sppniaf ter 12 o'clock,: 'the- Englishmen's. ; second scbre ; standing ' 'ait 103 for six wickets,, which 5 " left "them: 4.1- i runs to getjtp; .avoid i. being beaten? in one innings. ;F. A.. Mackninon, the' liot-p'tit man: of . .thie^ previous ,.. dday;■-., ■;■-. who had scored ..&', vyais i joined.; by; C. . A. ; Absplom. "Mackinnpn -wias bowled bySpoffprth ih 'his first bver,\vithbut having'' added to his score,; and Emmett: filled. the vaca'ncyi": Off Allan's next ; over^Emmbtt-i'got'afVhit .for 4, and Absplom a* hitfor 2. ; Thetf J Absploni got a ball away to leg from" Spbffbrtb for 4. Allah bowled a ; . maiden ;to Enimett,; and. ' Absolom - finished his innings ; for fi, by hitting the "ball ' into;' Spofforth's (the bowler's). hands. Eight wickets-down for 118 j runs. -L.' Hone came next,- and Einmett contributed.a leg hit;off Allan; for 4 ;,€rom.Spbfforth's next over Hone counted ; 4;fora square leg hity-andS for a cut. -The; next ball clean ; bpwied : ',him. ' "S. Si. Schultz,;. the last, man, was now .in, ''. and - there"^ were .16 ; runs: to be made to escape ,def eat ,in one innings. ••-. Emmett sent a bail ,f rbm Allan to leg for 4, and* added 1 a; couple; ; of singles. Schultz then' got " a free hit to leg for 3 off Spofforth, and added 3 iiibre to ' leg-bff ' f rom •Allah.-; Only three : more runs were nowneeded to tie the -'Australian first-, innings scores and the - batsmen became 5 extraordinarily caref ul. Gari-ett' - relieved Allan, and bowled: :a maiden to ; Emmett. .'Spofforth bowled two maidens to Schultz. and Garrett two maidens ..to Emmett. iiOff; Spofforth's next over Schultz scored .2. in 'the slips. The succeeding, over, from Garrett gave Emmett. a single, and the Australian,;, score was reached, whereat there was loud cheering. Schultz followed it up with a fourer in the slips, and Emmett played' a maiden from 'Spoffbrth. A ball ' from Garrett, well played* to the bff by Schultz", yielded 3 to the batsman'; ''A chance then occurred of running Emmett out, but C. Bannerman threw the ball in too high..; Hone added 2 to cover-point, Mvirdock fumbling the ball. The batsmen then played a maiden each. Emmett next got 3 off Spofforth, and Schultz a 2 and a single. Garrett bowled, a maiden to .Emmett, and in Spofforth's next over Schultz. -who had played an : excellent innings for 20, lifted the ball into the bowler's hands. Emmett earned out. his bat- for 24, well got, and the innings closed for a total of 160. Seven of the wickets. fell to Spofforth, two to Allan, and one to Boyle. After a short, interval, C. Bannerman and W. L. Murdock appeared at the wickets to make the 18 runs wanted to. win the match. S. S. Schultz delivered the first over. Bannerman got a 3 to the off from the first ball, and Murdock slipped the second ball for 4. Off Ullyett's first over Bannerman scored two 4 ? s and a singled The third ball of Schultz's second over Bannerman drove to the on for 3, and the match was won with ten wickets to spare.