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Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 2943, 28 February 1884, Page 8

CRICKET.

TABMANIAN ELEVEN v, AN ELEVEN Off BOUTH GANrBRBUBY. Thifl matoti, whicbiuis beoh muoh talked of during the lint woek . or two, was commenood on.Tuo»day on tho Scuth Canterbury Amateur Athl«tio Olub'e fine ground, Otipua road. An was .previously announced;, tho visitors arrived on Mpnday afternoon,;; and . put up at the Ship Hotel. At elevtin on Tussday they left town for the ground m a four-in-hand, Mr W. St. Xindtay bundling the ribbons, and after ii'ernart di-fVft oor) r fifteAn minutes arrived Bt tlielr deatihatiob, ith«re they Wore met and welooined by th.c lodil toaoi. Tho -vreathot was not exactly' propitioui, but still it wni very «uiUb!efororicket uptitlubout 4o'olook, at which Mine a yety cold breeze oamo up from (he soatA, aoooidpwind by a most un« oomfdrt&ble drizzling rain, whioh oonttnned till tho ooDclmion of the day's play. The ground jiad bten >olliiVep»rnd beforehand, nod bad it not boon for>(sV sbownri which fell early m the ipornlflgv tlio wiok«t would hare proved as floe a oci) a» any m the colony. The littler rain we Iw^, howaver, ipoilod it, as it pttytd Tory '*d»d" and wu ieiy\ liable to - but up. The attendanoo of •peotators wii« not large, aboat two hun> dr^d— a liberal eiUtnhte— beinnf preaent during, 'the nftßrntoo. ' A few ladies were oh the ground, lias the pretty tolletles so often seep at o oriblet; rontoh were wanting, the foir «ox appcarjujf m moit sombre costumes,—in keeping vril,h tho weather. Godby, captain oil i the local team, won the toil und decided to aend bit men m to bat,

3?. Jones and Jefferaon being the first f.o wield tho willow for South Canterbury. Kendall, thn old and famoun left bander, took tho ball, and Davies, the able captain of the Tasmanians took up hia station as \riuliet keeper, the rest of the field being placed if anything retber deep. Jones commenced the scoring by putting Kendall's second ball to leg for a tingle, and Jefferson followed suit with one m almost exactly the same part of the field. Mansfield took up tie bowling nt the north end, and sent aloog a maiden to Jefferaon. Jones during Kendall's next over gave the wickotkeeper a ohanco, but it was not tiiken advantage of, being m faot rather bungled. A few maiien overs followed and the game was becoming wearisome, when the batsmen began to warm to their work a littlo and play with increasing confidence. Just as the gume begs.n to get interesting, however. Jones was clean bonled by a yorker from Mansfield. 7—l—l. Godby, tbe oaptain, then appeared, irad as he walked to hie place was greeted irith applause by the visitors. He was moat unfortunate, however, as m playing . the second ball he managed to put it on his wicket, atid had to maku room for the next man. This mishap was moat provoking, and oomplotelr shattered the hopes of thu retiring batsman's friends. 7 — 2—o. Mannings, the Otaio repteßentative, filled tbe vacanoy. He had just scored a single when he Imd the misfortune to lose bis partner Jeffuraon, who got rathar too muoh under one of KendiJl's ami sent it quietly into Burns' hands at long-on. Jefferson's dismissal caused universal regret, ua hn was playing with muoh confidence. D'Emden now came m, and opened his eoore by sending one of Mamdield's spinning to long-on, from which a couple were run. Ho wae olean bowled by Mansfield's next ball, and Bothwell took bis plaoe. 11 — 5 — 2 appeared on the board as 'VI. Hughes took directions from the umpire, and matters wore anything but a promising aspect for tbe local team. Hughes and Bothwoll now treated the fiold to a little exercise, both men hitting freely, yet at the same time playing tbe teoipting balls with great judgment. Twenty toon appeared, the addition being got mostly by singles. Both bowlers sent the batßmen loiae really nice balls, on« of which, from Mansfield, Bothwell got fairly hold of and drovu hard to long- eft", three resulting. Bothwell'a time had now oome, Sidebattom catching him at raid-off, off one of Kendall's slows. 30—6—11. O. S. H. Perry, who followed, haci not Hughes' company long, for m playing forward to one of Kendall's his bails wore d Isplaoed. 80 — 7 — B. Hughes played carefully, and at times > brilliantly, for the number opposite his oa:ne. Fraser next appeared, and faced the bowling of Kendall, whiob he did not seem to relish, his pUy looking that dash, which characteriied it not so long ago. Perry and ho soon totted up 10 between them, i whim Fraser put one up to long-on, and Sidebottom being ai;sin m the way, it . wai of course held. Fraeer gave more than i one chance, but of a diff.oult kind, and the field were to be exoused lor letting him off. i Baj-mand wae Perry's next partner, and the , two gave the field some work, tbe latter esi pecially cutting aud driving at a brisk rate. He wns, unfortunately, after scoring 13, caught by Sidebol torn, and the hopes of the , spectators again went|dowc to zero. 62 — 9-13. I Perry lit times displayed fine form, playing freely and hittinij hard, his off play being ' quite a pleasing feature of l;ke game. Lauren- , son, tbp last man, joined B'-oymond, but only guvn the latter time to add five to tba total when he was bowled by Kendall. The tarings thuH closed for thn small total of 67. Tho ' visitors' fielding ivae very good, their clean i picking up and [mart return being a good • lesson to our local playerß. It being now two i o'clook an adjournment was made for lunch, I and while the team were refreshing tbecni selves the ground was rolled and things made ) as comfortable as possible for the Tasmanians. About 3 o'clock South Canterbury took the i field, Gatehouse and Harrit taking their posiI tionn at thn stumps. Bothwell delivered the ' first over, Godby, m his usual 'place, donning f the mittens. Harris commenced scoring at i on of, atid singles and twos soon made the ■ scorn mount up at an alaiining rate. After , Harris bad ecored 6, Hughes got m a i regular beauty, and he had to retire, i Davies filled the vatandy, and at i he hod been hurt m the Ohristchnroh match, he was allowed a man to run for him. Ho commenced by a snick, off which two resulted, and his next ball he drove clean ever , tho bowler's head for a llto number. The j ndxt one he got bold of he sent quietly back just nut of the bowler's read), and m attemptJ ing a run for it ww given out. 26 — 2—7 i went up as Bead came up to the wicket. , Gatehouse severely punished Bothwell m the , next ovor, sending his sneond and tbird , balls,, for 2's, and - his fourth beauti- ■ fully' to square leg for 8, but Both veil bad tho oatisfoction of clean bowling Bead J with the latt ball of the over. 35 — 3 — l. , Hale hod no sooner joined Gatehouse than f the latter put np one of Hughes', whioh was l very clumsily fielded by Jonna, and this let off, \ as it afterwards tamed ot;t, cost the local t mon very dearly. Hale and Gatehouse i now nettled down, and treated the I field quite impartially, hitting m all direc- . tions. A chango was then made m \ tho bowling, Jones taking Botbwell's pbtoe , at tbt- northern end. Both batsmen seemed , quite at home with Both well's bowling, but I Hughes neemed to puzzle them very tnuoh, , and though he at times nont tbem some , lo'oio tines, they did not do nuoh scoring off \ them. The change had no immediate effeot, and tho scoring still went on rapidly, twos • and throes being thn order ol" the day. Hale , made a fine hit to the pavilion for 4, for ; which he was deservedly applauded. After a ! few more runs had been added Laurenson took up the trundling lit Hughon' end, and the i changn enme off at anoe, Gatehouse's wioket i falling to his second b»U. 79 — 4 — 35. Qatohoußo for his 85 played prettily, and i showed that he possessed (^)od all round , battiof; ability. He certainly gave a ohanno or two, but with the exception of the one , mentionod above, thoy were of a very difficult , sort. Ho was loudly and deinrvedly oheerrd on retiring. Kondall, the r.oxt man, safely played the remainder of the over. As Kendall came m, the field 'seemed to brighten up and | work tnoro together. Considering that the men had not bad a practice together they are to be oomplimented en their llelding, as witji few exceptions it was first-rate. Kendall i> known as it very hard bitter; and sis it was expected that he would soon show a taste of his quality, the field was extended a little. This precaution proved needless, for after icoring 4 he put one off Ijuuronson into Manning's hands at cover. 83~5— 4. Burnt next ' appeared, and w&s not' m many minutOß before he lost Hale, who vi» bottled by Jones rrith a regular beauty. Hale put together bis 29 m firstclass at.ylo, playing with great coolnesn throu«hout, and showed thai! he also had made good use of opportunitien m the cricket; field. 84—6 — 29 appeared on the front of the pavilion as Sidebottorn woit out to join Barns. Scoring was rapidly proceeded with, both men making it wirra for the field. ' Two or threu ohanges were again tried m the bowling; Hughes and Laurenson ohanging ends. The former was getting hit about pretty frenly, Sidebottom putting one of his, a long hop, to the on, off whioh a 4 resulted. Hakbaß soon after this took up his old position at tbe southern end, and m his tbird ball was (uoiiemf ul m getting Burns out, Godby at tbe wicket seauring tho ball, whioh ostno at a smart pioe off the shoulder of Burn's bat. 104—7—7. Kirby oame next and started well, but after ha had put t»( other 4ho played rather carelessly at a straight one irom Hughes, the miial result, of ooune, following. Mansfield had just tivken his stand when Bidtibottom was given out lbw, after putting togothor 14 m a remarkably eaiy way. Hit fine batting and good fielding won for him many admirers, and it was j the general opinion thsb he is one of the iest all-round men the kenm possesses, Sams, the last man, joined Mansfield, and for a loag while both ol them played with the greatest care, ulngle after single being run, until the npeotatorii got tired of watching them. To i;ry to , ilisaolve the partnership Godby Wok th* leather, liowling under-hand, His firit Uama put to lsg for a single j his next Burns drove to long-on for a couple, nod his n>>xt be drove to the sncie quarter «f l.he field for three. Hughes tha\ sent along v msidon ov«r, and G.idby m ii* next over (job Hams to sky ono, wliioh was smartly taken liy Baymiind at raid-off^ Tho innings dosed lit twenty minutos to six for a tottd of 186, VOJ morn than South Canterbury.