SECOND DAY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13359, 27 December 1906, Page 4

SECOND DAY.

Wellington, December 26. Play in the • OESqke.t • ahatch to-iiay, was marred" 'by "a "series 'of accidents to the Englishmen, Douglas awd Wynyard both strained ; themselves so severely tKat they odn take no further part in the niatcn, and later Torrens ricked hfe leg . and ( had to procure a substitute. ' NevertiGeless they m!ade a - good -showinig. Mayy bowling fast with' the wind,, was; unplayable, aP& some goo l^ oatahea helped! the bowlers. J WHlliaims, J the Wellington skipper, alon^j showed form. The ninth; wicket" fell at I^s, and then Upham stayed while his

< aldpper took (he sqore.pasi, tho Eno--lish-total, and" made ' 100 hf'mself.V'at which stage ho "w^s "tiu'elj 1 ' caufrht. 1 On going! in tho second time, Burns, aided by; some luck, hit resolutely for at', and when stumps were drawn the total was 11 -5 for three .wickets. WELLINGTON.— First - Innings,Ifickson, c Fox, b, Douglas.. -....j. ;0 Col'.'ns, st Fok, b »S. Hay ward II Coboroft, c Branston, b May i(i Mahony, c and b -May Williams, c Bums, b Hayward......loo Beechey, b May S TucAer, c Haywai'd, b Branston 6 Hawthorn 1 " 1 , c sub., b Bramton 1J Brice, c and b Hayward 0 Monaghan, c and b Burns P 1/7 _ Upham, not out c ..:...., 9 Extras 14 - 'i' Total t .211 Bowling analysis : Branston, 96 '.oils, 2t..maidcri*iw i , 5!) ntns. 2 wickots ( ; Oouglas 42, 3, J3. 1 ; Si-mpson-Hdy- « ward 163, 2, 00, 3'; T o rrms, ' IS; 1, 14; May 114, 5, 35. 3; Burn=!, 30, KJ, 1. MNGLANI).— Sncond Innings. Johnson, b Upham /*. ......# 19 Harrison, h Upham ■..' 7 Burns, c Hickson. b Upham ; 59 Branston. not out 12Pap;e, ijot out 1..:...'....^:.... ' 7 Extras .i. ....... '9 Total for three wickets : 115-TO-DAY'S 'vtAY. Wellington; December 27. The weather is fine. • with a - diill sky. The o-ame" ! Waf?' ; /rc-suini< y d -at ■ir.'4s. Tho Governor is present: Branston was caught in th»:.slips off Upiram"* soebnd ball". Hasm r ard and Pag'C are, malting a stand. At 12.15 the score was. 4 iiw 145.. "Whpn 1G Hayward was badly nrissi edat third wau^-,^;^" ',„ ,„','. ,_•-■ TITE ILLN'ESB OF'MA-I<)^- f WYNYARD.*..,' Wellington, Decombert 27. Major 'Wynyard. is confined to his ted, and »will be nna'M'e 'to" play ' a.gain for some days-