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Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 8939, 23 February 1884, Page 3

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OHBIBTOHUBOH V. TASMANIA. [By ThilßOßaph.l Qhbib tcteTCTbch, Feb. 22. There was not a larfe attendance at the return match with the . Tasmanians to-day, the ; weather being ropropitioui). Xbe threatened rain held ofi:, howeTer, and the wicket remained dry and good. Wilding won the toss and went m. lUe first four wickets fell for few. runs, but not quickly, all. the men being m for tome time, but tha bowliog and fielding were too true to permit; tnuoh scoring, and it waa not till Wilding joined Million that any progress waa made with the (core. MiUton played m hip usntl stubborn manner, and was m oTor two boors for£3rumi. With Kendall's bowling no thins: could be done ; he •ent down fourteen maidens m succession. Pocock made a change m the monotony of maidens. He hit out finely at cirerythiag, and when be palled Kendall for 4 off his middle atutnp, his speedy departure leg before wicket was looked for erery moment, but he continued to score freely, nod the partnership between him aod Baraen added 42 to the Boore m s. Tery ihort time. Barnes was almost immediately bowlod off his. knee for 20, and the inningn ,coon elosed'for 128. Kendall, as his aiu.ljei'a shown, bowled wonderfully straight, but it was Hale who got the majority of the wickets. He again displayed excellent judgment m altering his pace. ' The TasmaniaDa benan their innings on the same wicket, Bo>s and Focpok bowling-. The former was altogether of: the wicket, and Harris hit him twice to leg for 4 He was, laciily for Oanterbury raj soon caught bobiiid the wicket, tiut GiitehoD.ee continued to bat freely, and wt* ably helped by Hale. Both batsmen displaced excellent judgment m running. Gatehouse particularly backing up well and losing no chance of Making » run. Under these circumsUncos i» little more daih m the fieldsmen would have pre■rented many of these sharp runs, but thsy took things pretty leisurely, und the rate at which the score progressed did not seem to cause much alarm. When the stumps were druwn (he soore stood at 77 for ono wioket. Neither the fielding nor bowling of Canterbury were Anything remarkable, with the exception of Pocock's, who kept pretty straight. The following is the ncore of today's roatoh : — OASTBBBtra-e—lit Innings. Dudney, st Pavie», b Hi»!e . ... ... 9 Millton, b Sidebottom ... 23 Itoohanan, b Hale ... 0 Barman, o DuTJos, b Httio 3 Matbias, b Kendall C Wilding, o Bidebottom, b Hiile 36 Barnes, b Kendall 20 Focook, o Davtes, b Hals 28 Dtmlop, not ont ... ... ... ... 5 Boss, b Kendall C Obapman, lbw, b Hale ■•• J Extras ••■ s Total ... — 12« - Bowusa AtrALirsiß. Ball*. Bnns. Mdns. Wkts Kendall ... 860 6S! *1 3 Hale ... 192 46 26 6 Sidebottom... 44 15 2 1 Mansfield ... 24 12 1 0 Tabuabia.— l»(, linings. Gatehouse, not out „. ... ... 2i Harris, o Barnes, b Poocck ... ... 11 Hale, not ont ... ... 3' Bxtrai,, ! Total for ono wioket 7'