Cricket

Southland Times, Issue 10967, 19 February 1907, Page 3

Cricket

J m.c-.c, v. Wellington. Per United Press AssociationWellington. Fob. is. Tho cricket match was returned nt Ii.SO, having been delayed by showers ■which fell in the morning. Tfih attendance was limited' Two wickets fell in quick succession with tho total only 24. TEyn Laws and Coberoft made a valuable stand, the former especially playing aggressive cricket on a wicket Whitih was not of the beet, anil when tho lunch adjournment Whs taken the, score was 72 Laws 33, Coberoft 22. .V'.er lunch, the score was carried to 94, wjhen Laws was badly run out. Tho retiring batsman had played the best cricket of Lis side, and his score included five fours. The fourth and Cflh wickets fell in quick succession. The sixth fell nt 11G, and the seventh at 133. Richardson, the local skipper, and S. Hickson then became associated, and the total was carried to 163 before the former, who had played a cautious innings, was dismissed. The ninth wicket fell three runs later, but the last two men livened up again, and 191 was on the board before Branston brought the innings to a close, the total being 10 behind that of the Englishmen. With fifty minutes to play the Englishmen began their second innings, and lost four wickets for IT. when Burns and Harrison came together, and they began scoring freely, until. just on the call of time Harrison was clean bowled and the giia'd ended in a draw. Score* WF.LLtNGLON.—First Innings. Coberoft, c Be Traflord, b Simp.sonHayword ........ 41 Collins, run out, 7 Williams, b Branston. 3 Laws, run out 47 Hawthorne, b Sinlpsfm-I fay ward 0 Boechcy, hj B‘nn.pson-Huyward . 0 Richardson, hj Branston .. 25 Monaghan, c Branston, b Simpson-

Hayward 9 S. Hickson, not out, 17 Upham, c Johnson, b Torrens 2 McDermid, b Branston 20 Extras 17 Total 191 Howling analysis : —Douglas, 14 overs, 2 maidens, 3S runs. O Wickets ; Torrens, 20 overs, 5 maidens, 42 runs, 1 wicket ; Branston. 18 overs, 4 maidens, 52 runs, 8 wickets ; Simpson-Haywnrd, 14 overs 3 maidens, 23 runs. 4 wickets ; Harrison, 3 overs. 0 maidens, 14 runs, 0 wickets ; Douglas bowled one no-ball. M.C.C.—Second Innings. De Trafford, b Laws 4 Tullnell, c Williams, b Laws 0 Burns, not out, 32 Torrens, l.b.w. Monoghun 1 Johnson, b Lawis 0 Harrison, b Monaghan 11 Total for 5 wickets 43 Bowling analysis : —Upham, 4 overs, 0 maidens. 12 runs, 0 wickets ;j Laws, 9 overs, 3 maidens, 20 runs, 3 wicLets V Monoghon, 5 overs, 0 maidens, 10 runs. 2 wickets. THE TEST MATCH. CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. IS. The first test mutch, M.C.C. v. N.Z., will be played on Thursday, February 28th. in Lancaster Park,, Chrlstchutch. The names of the N.Z. team are as follows ;—A. Haddon, E. V. Sale (Auckland), Mahoney, Upham. Tucker (Wellington), Lawrence, B. Reece, Callaway, BoXshall (Canterbury), Seideberg, and Downes (Otago). GREGORY BENEFIT MATCH. Ter United Press Association. (By Telegraph.—Bpccial ScF'rtcc.) SYDNEY, Feb. 18. Received 13lh, 9.50 p.m. The Rest of Australia in their first innings made 554. Hill (in) 2 ; Hazlett 52, O’Connor (in) 50. Cotter took 3 wickets for 190, Duff 2 for 29, Garnsey 2 for 118, MncA-rtney 2 for 48, and Noble 1 for 98. Now South Wales iu their second innings have lost 5 wickets for 92—Diamond 2 >, Hopkins 40.