CANTERBURY V. OTAGO.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3251, 26 February 1885, Page 6

CANTERBURY V. OTAGO.

' i Dtwedin; Feb. 20. The -weather for the return Canterbury v. Otago match, Which was commenced on I ' the Cai'isbrook ground to-day ,was everything that could bo desiretf. The wicket was m splendid order, and played • rather fast, a face which considerably assisted the -visitors m the very respectable score they ' compiled. Very few people were upon the ground during the early' part of the play, but the attendance slightly improved towards .' the afternoon. Collinson again acted as captain for the Otago team, and the umpires were Messrs H. Rose (Otago), and Cox (Canterbury). Wilding, the Canterbury captain, won the toss, and went to the wickets himself, with E. Cotterill to face the bowling of C. Frith (from the pavilion end), and T. Austin. Both bowlers led off with a maiden, and then "Wilding got Frith away for a bouple, Cotterill f ollowing suit away m the next over. Cautious play was then the order, Cotterill however, narrowly escaping being run out, untilj with ten upon the board, he was clean boiled by Austin-.., Millton .joined- his- captain, and when the score .had only, been increased by one tho latter succumbed to Frith,' leg-before-wicket. At this stago Otago was jubilant, but with the advent of W. J. Cotterill a change camo over' the aspect of affairs. He and Millton, tho latter playing with his customary patience,- made a long stand, and runs came steadily. On 20 going up, a bit of loose fielding on the part' of the usually sure Harris was responsible for the next signal, and the next noteworthy performance was a pretty cut by Millton off Frith. Neither bowler, however, invited. liberties, Frith being short m his pitch and very bumpy. : More than .once Cotterill made an attempt to drive Austin, but without . success, and 30 ' was reached by > Millton putting: the fast; bowler neatly away to -leg. Play wad then uneventful for Bonio time, both. , batsmen making an occasional single, until Cotterill caught Frith off the wicket and sent him splendidly to --leg for 4. . . The score, stood at 42 at the luncheon .adjournment. On resuming,- Carson wept on m place of Austin 'at the far end, but his first over was prolific of runs. , He was considerably off the wicket, and was cut and slipped by both batsmen, the over yielding eight runs and sending up the half-century. The newcomer was cut prettily by Cotterill for tliree m his next over. Million continued to treat Frith very respectfully, and showed a really..excellent defence. Cotterill about this time received a nasty blow on the head from a ball of Caraon's, whioh got up unexpectedly. The figure waa raiaed to 60 by ; a three to Cotterill m the slips off Frith, and runs came slowly from. both, bowlers. At this stage Frith changed to the far end, and his first ball was 'put nicely • to- leg for two by Cotterill, while Dixon, who ■ toqk - the ball at the pavilion end, pponed proceedings witbi a maiden.: Millton, however,. cut and slipped him for, three m his next essay, . and Cotterill followed suit by cutting him, for a couple. Both now seemed obstinately sot, and promised to giye a. good deal of \ trouble, ' -neither having so far offered a chance. At 80 Austin, Whose removal had caused some surprise, relieved Frith. Cotterill was tho • next to infuse a little life into the play by sending Dixon splendidly to the off for. three. The score continued to creep on until 87 Was reached, when the very^ dangerous partnership was broken.. . Cotterill let .himself out to one of Austin's, and was' caught by Parker standing deep at on. . He retired with a record of 41, obtained by free and yet judicious play* and he was, of course, warmly applauded upon retiring to the pavilion. It was. some time before, Bunlop,, who succeeded him, opened an account, Dixon olovorly fielding one very well-mpant drivp off his own bowling. He commenced, however, at; last,' and at thq beginning seemed a_ little inclined to take liberties with Austin. Millton meanwhile continued' to puzzle both' bowlers with his imperturbable .caution,, and addod gradually to the score , as occasion of; fered. Dunlop then bestirred • himself, and completed tho century by getting , Austin to leg for three,' and cutting the, other' ljowjbr for a couple in' the follbwing/ovor. " Tlie play now became vpry. quiet,. a four m the Blips to Dunlop being 'the' only score , of consequence fora longtime, lib on tho board "brought Frith .again^to the pavilion end, jlisplacing_ Dixon, whoso' bowling 'did not" seem to'be coming off. Austin's next' 'over Was marked by a splendid off drive low down by Mill ton;; whioh added three to the score. >'■ Frith mean-' while seemed ; to have returned to Iris- old excellent foriny and gent down a long string of ' maidens, both men playing him 'with remark » : ablcicare. Collinson ■ made another" obange at 117, putting on 1 r B oddington, at Austin's encjj ' Mijlton at 6nee cut' the' newcomer for three, and m his next over drove him finely to tbo off 'for the same. His next bvw •ffas treated with equal severity by' both batsinenj and Dixon then relieved him of tho bdll. Frith, after sending down' no; fewer than 'nine consecutive maidens, at last had the run broken, but the same over disposed of Millton, who had defended bis wickets m his usual itylefor nearly tltfee hours, and placed 67 (

runs to his ere/lit. 'He was cleverly thrown out by Austin,, He had ultnpat broken the hearts of the bowlers, and completely wearied the spectators -by his oxtr.em.ely uninterestipg display. The; spell thus broken, the outlook for Otago brightened considerably, three wickets falling m rapid succession. Wheatley, the next man, played a ball back into Friths hands. The latter then knocked Page's wicket to pieces with- his first ball, and (an over interposing) disposed of the next comer, Barnes also with the first ball, by leg-before-wicket. Frith thus performed the feat of taking three wickets with three consecutive "balls. Seven wickets for 142. Washer then joined Dunlop, who had been playing good cricket, and gave a chance at point m his first 'over. For some unaccountable reason Dixon was kept on, although runs had come freely off him without his taking a wicket, and there was at least one better change available. In fact the • proper tactics at the time would have undoubtedly been to reinstato Austin, whoao three wickets had beehJ anything but expensive. However, [luckily Frith, a long time coming, came now with' real effect. Washer had only' scored seven, when he was clean bowled, and with his next ball Frith again found his way to the . wickets, dismissing MoMurray aum. mari}y. 9 for 152. ' Denham was the last man; and early m his career lifted one to the on very feebly, but had a lucky escape Both batsmen were then able to score steadily, principally off Dixon, and tho total crept on until Dunlop stepping out to one incautiously, was stumped. The mningß thus closed at 5 o'olock for 164, Dunlop's 23 being a useful contribution, gained by some very pretty play. 1 . The Canterbury men took the field at 20 minutes past 6, and Harris and Beck faced the bowling of Dunlop and Wilding. Harris got the former to leg for a single off the first ball, ariel Beck also opened liis account Iho samo over. Wilding commenced' rather short m his distance, but ho, soon, did, cxeoution. Harris managed ono very pretty drive off him and then put a ball into tho hands of H. Cotterili, at point. One. wicket for five runs. McGregor filled the vacancy, and occasional singles became the order of the day. This was ' not varied . until McGregor drew Wilding, for a couple. A nice log cut by ' same ' batsman presently brought the score to 19, and ho followed this up by aending Wilding beautifully to leg for four. This was tho last contribution before time was cnllcd, and the innings therefore stands at one wicket for 23 runs. The scoro'so far is as follows : — 1 Cantbbbubx— lst Innings. Wilding (Captain) . lbw, b Austin ... 5 H. Cotterill, o Austin , ... ... ... .6 Million, run out ... ... ... ... 57 W. J. Cotterill, c Parker, b Austin ... 41 Dunlop, c i Fitzgerald, b Dixon 23 Barnes, b'Frith 0 Washer,; b Frith ... .... .... ... 7 MuMurray, b Frith • 0 Whoatley, c and b Frith 6 Page,,b Frith .<. ... ... ... 0 Dcnham. not out ... 10 Extras ... ... 11 . i Total, .... „.." ... ... 164 | BOWLING ANALYSIS. i ' . ' Balls. Buns. Mdns. Wkts. ,C. Frith. ... , 212 42 30 6 Austin ... l£6 40 . 21 3 Carson ... 20 14 10 Dixon.,', ... 120 40 12 1 ,; Bdddington ... 13. 12 0 0 i " ' Otago— las Innings. Harris, oH. Cotterill, b Wilding ... 3 Beck, not out.. ... ... . ... ... 8 McGregor., not out , ... ... ... 12 ..: _ Total for one wicket ... ... 23 ■•■'.■; : i' ; ! ■ Dttnbdin, Feb. 21. The weather to-day was again delightful ; m fact, we never remomber the Fates being so propitious for two consecutive, days on the occasion of an important cricket match m Dunedin before. . Sharp at noon the Otago team resumed play by McGregor (12) and Beck- (8) resuming their places at tho wickets, facing the bowling of Dunlop and Wilding. The score was raised to 80; when MoGregov gave a- chance to McMurray at inid-dn,- off Durilpp, but it was not accepted.- The bowl^P; however, had his revenge the following of er by dismissing McGregor. 2 — l8 — 32. Collinson' now eatno m, and both batsmen playing cautiously, runs came slowly, the monotony being only relieved by Wilding being; "no balled." Collinson, who had only scored a single, then lifted one from Dunlop down along the -side ,of tho rails, where Washer effected a good catch. 3 — 1 — 37* and Dixou filled the vacancy. A pretty cut for 4' to Beck on: Dunlop, sent 40 up. Dixon next gave a sharp , chance m the slips off Wilding, but it was not taken. With 50 up McMurray, the Aldington bowler, went on m place of Wilding. Dixon got 3 for a nice hit off Dunlop, and putting the same bowler to leg for 4,, the telegraph showed 60. Whe|itloy now supplanted Dunlop, and with the last ball of his first over, dismissed Dixon with! a bailer. A — 2o—64. The retiring batsnpen played vory nice cricket, Austin was the incomer, and he had a narrow escape of being run out almoßt immediately. Soon after this Beck got Wheatley away for 4, sending 70 up, and m the hope of effecting a separation of the batsmen, the Canterbury captain resolved ; on a double change of bowling, Dunlop and Wilding resuming the bowling at their old ends. A lucky one m :the slips to Austin for 3, and 80 went up. Beck, who had been playing a most steady gamo, gave a hard chance to Dunlop at point, but it was not held. ; Just .before the adjournment Wilding bowled underhand slows. At the adjournment the scoro stood at 83 for four pickets, Beck (not out) 28, and Austin (not but) 9. ,',,.,'; „ „ On resuming, there wore about 300 people on the ground, but during the afternoon the attendance increased a. good deal. Singles were scored off Wildings underhand balls, and then Beck spoiled Dunlop's long string- pf successive maidens by getting him away for a single. Wilding waa sending down all sorts of rubbish, grubbers, half-volleys, and fullpitched balls, but to no purpose. At 88 Austin played Dunlop on to his wicket. BoddLngton took his place, and sent up 90, by getting Dunlop to leg for -2. Nico cuts for 4 to ,ißoddington, off Wilding,, sent the contury ,'up amid .cheering. Surprise was ocoa^ionjedT/that- with the,, .available, talent m. - the .'■ Canterbury team neither Washer, Page> nor Barnes had been tried. McWiurray now went on' in Wilding's place, and Wheatley m Dunlop's. Boddington was let off at the wickpts^ and Bhowed his gratitude by driving Wheatley to the fence' for 4, and 3 more to Boddington sent 110 up. Half-a-dozen more overi and then a double change of bowling was' ioffected, Washer and Page going oh. Boddingtou got Ehe'lStfer* grandly loleg for 4, the best hit of the day. j Again Dunlop and; ;Wilding resumed the bowling, but the batsmen were well" set,' and defied the many attacks ' directed' against them. Boddington drove Dunlop to the rails for V and a couple Ip Beck sent 140 up. Beck's time was at length come, for lie was. now caught m the slips by. Barnes. Seeing ithat- this waa. . hi» 'first ; venjbure m ' an important match, too much credit cannot be given' to Beck, who,; although playing, , a. .most pationt dofonsivo ganio showed some really excellent cricket. 6—48—142. Parker was tho mcomer, and signalised his advent by getting Dunlop to leg for 4. Parker was next clean bowled by Dunlop, and at 150 Boddington, on being joined by Caraon, had auotlier life, but at^ 160 he was bowled by Wilding. ,On .returning to the pavilion Boddington, was .warmly, applauded,. , , Drabble took his place, arid was §owle.?l by ,Wildipg ■without any alteration .to, tii^ score. F?ith was the last man.and as four runs -wore required before the Canterbury ■ total ■jvas made. a '4 hit amid loud cheering. The score had. .mqunte'd 'to seven 6ve,r the Canterbury total, wh'ei^ Carson was run put, and, tho innings 'dosed, for 171. " ' : ' ■ Tlie.stonewayer, Millt^m.'a'iid W. Cotterill ■open'ea Canterbury's second innings/ Cotterill vety' soon showed some lively play, .but before many' minuses had passed ttorson took 'him at iquarp'legoff Austin. '■ Theii the Canterbtiry captain (Wilding) joiniyd Milltonj who was as stolid as ever. Wilding, however, kept the field and spectators from going to sleep, and irattled up p, score very"' quickly/ m spito of' a! change or two in' the bowling. ;Forty had I jus.fc .appeared, on the board, aijd both montfeemed likely io 'ftddto it considerably, •when WUdingwled to get properly onto one of 'Friths, and the ball first' touching the wicket-keeper flew off' him into Oarson|a hands m the slips. Whoatley came m, but (4je won lo»t Milton, "whey poking Aujtto to

leg, was secured by Carson pretty close up. This woo a really good catch, tho ball travelling very low and fast. Carson had thus caught the three best batsmen of the team, and he got a vigorous round of applause. Frith, who had been bowling splendidly, and had been treated with muoh respect by all tho batsmon, very soon afterwards scattered Wheatlcy's stumps and Denham was. run out through a bit of smart fielding byWyinks, who bad taken Boddington's place. Washer and Barnes played out time. Otago's hopes are high for Monday, five wickets being down for the small score of 57. Otago— Ist Innings. L. M. Harris, cH. Cotterill, b Wilding 3 Beck, c Barnes, b Dunlop ... ... 48 J. McGregor, b Dunlop • 18 E. T. Collinson (captain), c Washer, b . Dunlop 1 W. G. Dixon, b Wheatley 20 T. L. Austin, b Dunlop 10 Boddington, b Wilding 46 Parker, b Dunlop ... 7 Carson, run out 6 Drabble, b Wilding ... ... ... 0 Frith, not out ... 6 Byes ... ... ... ...'... 2 Leg-byes 2 ' No balls 2 Total ... ... ... - ... 171 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Balls. Buns. Mdns. Wkts. Dunlop ... 252 69 27 5 Wilding ... 236 61 . 26 3 McMurray 56 7 8 0 Wheatley ... 36 16 2 1 j Washer ... 8 5 0 0 Page ... 8 7 0. 0. Canteebttet— 2nd Innings. Million, c Carson, b Austin 10 W. Cotterill, c Carson, b Austin ■ ... '9 Wilding, c Carson, b Frith ... 23 Wllcatley, b Frith "... ' ~ ... "' ... 4 Denbam, run out ... ... ... „, 1 Washer, not out ■ .... ... 2 Barnes, not out ... ... „, ... .0 Extras .... ... ... 8 Total for 5 wickets ... ..... 57 Ddnedin, Feb. 24. In spito of tho threatening weather, it was decided to play this match out to-day, and a little before 12 o'clock Washer and Barnes resumed their places at the wickets^ Canterbury' having then lost five wickets, m their second innings for 85 runs. There seemed a general impression that play would bo postponed, and three Otago . men— Parker, McGregor, and Carson— were absent at the commencement, andMillton, Cottierill, and Denham' kindly fielded as substitutes until their arrival. Frith and Austin wero entrusted with! the bowling, and the score mounted slowly to 92, Barnes enlivening proceedings by a fine leg hit off Austin for four. The tame bowler, however, caught him neatly m his next over. 6 - 19 — 92. Dunlop was the new-comer, and was some time commencing business. Eventually he scored off Austin, and about the same time a change of bowling was tried, Dixon taking Friths end. Play was clow, and it was a long time before a fine drive by Dunlop off Dixon sent 100 up. Frith then rosumed the ball at the other end, but Dunlop continued hitting prottj freely until at 121 Washer waa caught by Cotterill (one of the substitutes) after playing a useful innings of 31. Austin with his first ball clean bowled the incomer (H. Cotterill), but Page, who followed, led: ofE-with one or two hits, and looked like scoring. He was, however, run out with th total at 130, and the last man (McMurray) yielded hiß wicket to Austin m tho Becond over. The innings thus closed for 132. ~ Otago commenced their second inning» at 2 o'clock, wanting 126 runs to win, Harris and Beck facing tho bowling of Dunlop and Wilding. Harris scored once or twice off Wilding by some well-meant leg hits, but was unluckily caught immediately afterwards m th'e slips. Dixon joined Beck, but with the score at 15, the latter was caught behind the wickets. 20 had only been reached when Boddington shared a like fate, and tho outlook scorned very bad. Austin, who followed, somewhat revived the spirits of the Otago men, and as Dixon began to make some pretty hitß, " hope rose again. "At 4 o'clock tho bowlers changed ends, and soon afterwards MoMurray and Wheatley took their! places. The change resulted m Dixon being caught at square leg by McMurray, after a quickly obtained 20. Four wickets for 54,. Collinson, the next comer, soon lost his partner who was bowled by Wheatley, and Parker filled the gap. Ho came! m with tho score at 57, and ho and the captain made a steady stand, increasing the Bcore.slowly but surely to 70, when Dunlop took tho ball from McMurray. A grand hit by Collinson raised the score to 74, and he presently followed this up by driving Dunlop splendidly to the off for four. Wheatley a next over was marked by the hit of the day, a regular gallery hit, Parker sending the ball to square leg clean over tho stand and out of the grounds, adding six to his score, raising the total to 84, and bringing Wilding on to bowl again at the far end. Loud applause followed this performance, but after ono more cut by Parker for a couple, which Denham let past him, Collinson's wicket fell ; he played forward to one of Dunlop's and lost liis bails. McGregor, who came next, enjoyed a very short lifo, as without scoring lie was cleverly caught behind the ■wickets by Barnes. Seven wickets had now gono for 88, and the chances of Otago, which had a few minutes before looked so rosy, were greatly discounted. Carson joined Parker, and the latter, who continued to bit freely, lifted Wilding to leg for four twice m succession, the latter hit giving a decided chance to Page. Otago was, however, apparently m " queer street," as Carson retired immediately, haying -put one into Denham's hands at longoff, and only two wickets remained to produco|29runs. Drabble, who joined Parker, managed, however, by careful play to keep his Iwickot up, while his companion, who showed sound judgment and good hitting power, gradually increased tho scoro. His favorite leg hit for four was frequently obtained off different bowlers, and he was also credited with some pretty cuts and drives. Wilding, as matters wore more serious, of course tried repeated changes of bowling, but without success. One unfortunate experiment for Canterbury waa putting on Wheatley for one over, off which Parker scored no fewer than ten runs. The match .was von by Parker's old leg hit off Dunlop, which brought tho score to 129. Otago thus won by four runs with two wickets to spare. The fielding during the latter portion of the game was faultless. Parker was pf coarse carried to the Pavilion, and heartily cheered for his excellent innings,. Very few people were upon tho ground during the afternoon. CANTEBBtTBY — 2ND IHNINSS. Millton, o Caraon, b Austin ... ... 10 W. Cotterill, c Carson, b Austin ... ' 9 Wilding, o Carson, b Frith ... ... 23 Whejitley, b Frith ... ... ... 4, Denliam, run out ... , ... .... ... 6 Barnes, c and b Austin ... ... . ... 19 Washer, c Cottorill (sub), b Austin ... 31 Dunlop (not out)... ...'... ... 22 H. Cpfeerill.b. Austin ... ... ... 0 Pago; rim' out „,' .., „, (11 3 McMurray, b Austin ... ... ... 1 Byei ... ... 3 Leg-bye ... ... ... ... 1 Wide... ... ... ... ..; £ Total ... „'," „.132 T^tal for first innings „. „,164 . . Grand Total ... ... ' .., 296 . ! "',', ',' BdWLnra Analysis. « „! .;, ' ' B H 1 ' 1 - Suns ' Mdns - Wkts] C. Frith 232 4i 33 2! T. Austin 233 63 25 j 6 W. G. Dixon ' 49 12 7 ' 6 Parser 8 7 0 0 Dixon bowled one wide. ; ' i : Otaoo— 2nd Innlnge). Hams, cßarnea.'b Dtmlop ' ..;. ' ... ' 6 Beck*, c Denham, b Wilding' ... ... 6 Dixon, 6 McMurray, b Wheatley 1.! 26 Boddington, o Denham, ;b Dunlop ... 0 Austin;!) 'Wheatley ... ... „. ' 16Collinson, b Dunlop ... .13 Parker, not out ... ... „; ... 64 McGregor, c Barnes, b Dunlop;.. - ... 0 Carson, c Denham, b Dunlop ... ... 0 Drabble,-nofc out ... . ..." ... ' ... 4 Wides ... 2 ; fr>ball ... .'. '8 ! Total for 8 wiokete .1. ••• 129 First innings ... »••■ ••• 171 :Ghaud Total .<. •« ..» 300