CRICKET.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12901, 12 February 1906, Page 7

CRICKET.

Per: Press Association.

AUCKLAND, February 10. j ';Th>J ? Auckland ! Melbourne cricket match was eohtinued "to-day; Auckland were all out for 115, and at the end of the day's play Melbourne were all out for 282. Rainsford (103),;; Mailer (46) and Armstrong (40), all' batted well, the first mentioned exhibited; a-nipe 'variety of strokes. The folare the scores : , : Lst Innings. H. is. Lusk, b Armstrong '-.„.*; :.'.' ~Z ii. b McLeod 23 <X c Aitken, b 31cLe0d"...... 32 M. Brboh;'Smith, c .Mailer. 1> McLeod.. 13 A", ffaddoh, c Irwin, b Armstrong...... -.10 R. Mason, b Armstrong 17 C. Oiiff, c Mailer, b McLeod 4 J.'Hussey, not out „.'.'." ...>....., 5 Sloman, b. Armstrong 0 Stemson', b Armstrong ;. ..; 0 Robinson, c Wilkinson, b Armstrong ... 3 Extras 1..............:.. 6

Total lit Armstrong took 6 wickets for 51, McLeod 4. for 61.

" Ist Innings. . Vau'gHan;' c'StemsO'n, b. Oliff ".:.... '.".'..'..' 10 \Majler;^& : b Rainsford, c Sale, b Hussey 103 -McLeod, b; : pw;':.' ....;:....,:.....:.. 8 Armstrong, c Sale, b Sloman ..:.'......... 4C Irwin, b Oliff '„:»••'—•••"••"V»—••-• ' 5 Jennings, b Hussey ...'....„.;... ...„ '8 Aitken, b Hussev ...1........1..... 2 b b Oliff 3 Henty, st. Robinson, b Hussey 54 Butler, not out 5 Extras 18 TotaT '-::,. .:...:.:. :...... 282Oliff took 5 wickets for 104, Sloman 1 f0r~56,' Stemson 0 for 52, Hussey 4 for 46, 1 Ws: SiATCH AT CHRISTCHURCH. CHRISTCHURCH. February 10. West Ghristehurch beat Ricearton by an innings and! 65 runs; Riccarton 92 and 60, Westt Christebufch 217 (West 82, not out). Other -senior matches were postponed owing to rain. CIVIL SERVICE.V. TESIARU. The above match was played on the Athletic Ground on Saturday, and resulted in a decisive victory., for Civil Service, the latter winning by 105 runs after closing their innings when five wickets were down. The batting of the Civil Service was very sound, as at no time was the bowling slack, and for the greater part'of- the innings it was above the average, -Morrison getting the wicekts that were taken. Though Dalgleish bowled well, he got no wickets- The Timani Saturday team made a very poor stand against the bowling of Dnnnill and Lynch. The fielding on both sides was good, and the wicket a splendid one. Following are.the scores : - ....:,.'-.'X3IVTL SERVICE. Mills, b Morrison ;..:-..".. - 14 b -Morrison—-~-=-~i.'- 27Lynch, b Morrison 25 Wickstead, run out 25 Meachen, not out rW-.-r- 29] Moragan, run out - jA Ertras v ' .-,;..-..^..y....,^,..... 9 Total for 5 wickets 155 Bowling .Analvsis. —Morrison. 3 v for. 31;> Dalgleish,..o for. 31; Cos, 0 for .31 : ; H. Wright, 0 for'2B; Dennehv. 0 for 3. TIMARU. * Dalgleish', run out .. 0 Cox; c Koller, b Dunnill , 4Morrison. b Lynch , 0 Wright, H., b Lynch 0 Dennehy, c Hart, b Lynch -....;..:.... 0 McKellar, e Mills, b Lvnch ' , 5 Wright, P., c KoUei-i b"Dunnill.„.„!... 0 Gudsx, c Wickstead, b Lynch v. 9 Lynch, J>, jun., c Kofier, b Dnapill ... 5

Strachey, 'b Dunnill ......;...'. 5 Extras 2 Total 28 Bowling Analysis.—Lynch, 5 for 13; Dunnill, 4 for 13. The South Canterbury team to play North Otago on Thursday next will leave for Oamaru by the first express.