This Day.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 232, 9 February 1869, Page 2

This Day.

The match was resumed this morning under circumstances no less adveritageous than those of yesterday. The suri: : Bh6he forth with equal brightness, a pleasant riorth-eaßt wind agreeably tempered the atmosphere, and a large number of spectators Were consequently again induced to attend. From the earliest period of the game the enclosure wore a most ari i mated aspect, and we should judge the assemblage to have been larger than at any similar gathering of the kind in the province. The brass band was again ntationed in the balcony of the pavilion, whence during the intervals they discoursed some really excellent music, and the general arrangements of the ground were on the same satisfactory scale as yesterday. The wickets were pitched at 11.45, Campbell and Cairns, the " not-outs " of yesterday, and last men of the Otago team,, going in to finish the innings. For Canterbury, Harley commenced bowling to the former with a wide; a leg-bye was run off the third, and the remainder were played down by Cairns. Moore took the leather at the opposite end, Campbell hitting his third well to square- leg for a good two. Cairns drove Harley's first to the on for a single, an-i Campbell registered two for a lucky poke to leg. Cairns played" a pretty maiden from Moore, and Campbell followed suit with rather a loose one from Harley. Gairns run a close one from a cut to point off Moore— the field very smart. He afterwards skied Harley V third to coyer for a single, and drove Moore's third hard to the off fur three. Campbell- made a neat draw to leg, but the return being smart, could not score. Dickenson relieved Harley. and commenced by a good maiden. Campbell hit Moore's third to leg for a bare two, and Cairns tapped a pretty one of Dickenson's to the off for a single. Moore registered another maiden— well played by Cairns. Dickenson followed suit to Campbell. Moore then gave place to Taylor in the bowling, and Cairns sent the first hard fo the off for three — a fine drive. Dickenson's first was cut smartly to cover by Cairns fora single; and Campbell registered two off the second for a spanking hit to leg. -Campbell sent the : third in the same direction for a like number; but too many liberties had evidently been taken with Dickenson, and his last ball demolished Campbell's middle stump, dismissing bim for a nicely played innings, and closing it for 127: Being so far in arrears, the Otago team decided to go in again, and after ten minutes' spell sent Glasgow and Cairns to the stumps, Canterbury deputing Moore to lead off to theformer. From the second of the over two were scored to leg, and the others were neatly

'""' " '"•" " "■"' "■"■" -"."'■*-" II ■'■' 'I - — played dovfti. Dickensod from the timtosite etnbdeii£e&d ttf Cairns, and\ his , third, ,tfral 'Seiftohard to the .off for a single. , Cairns 'placed down, a good maiden from Moore, Glasgow neatly batfed two good balls .frpm Datke'nson, and then tapped his third to mid.offiiftr a close Single. Moore bowled a maiden it<£Glasgow. Cairns skied Dickenson stfdag Ho" long-on for three, and Glasgow stole a close single from a leg-poke. Moore changed tooverthe'wicket, and a leg-bye was snatched from his first. Cairns tapped him forward, and literally stole a single, adding another for an over throw. Glasgow skied Dickenson to cover for two, and made several other pretty cuts in the same over, but the field was too smart for- scoring. Moore -bowled a maiden to Cairns. Glasgow cut Dickenson's first to mid-off for one, a close run. Cairns sent the last of the over neatly to long leg fOr tvto. A leg- bye '■■ was . . registered > from Moore's firsthand Cairns then hit Moore hard to rn.id-off, Stevens permitting it to pass him, and two being added 'to tiie' sHoreV Glasgow sent Dickenson neatly to hlid-on foi. a bare 'one* Glasgow cut Moore hard to slijSs -twice, but tlo score, and -he then sent him forward (for one. Fowler surrendered the wicket toiDickenson, and took his place iri the bowling, a change immediately, fatal to Glasgow^ Who in lifting his flrst.slow to square leg, was caught Oy Mai.n^iririg. First "wicket' fdr 21, Glasgow s contribution being 5J.< - Wtacdonneli w^s sent in, and tapped Fowler's . next ball to the on for a close one, afterwards batting .a maiden from Moore. A bye was stolen from Fowler, and' Macdonnell then hit' him well to long leg for, three, following' it by. a skyer to square leg from Moore's" third for two, and cutting him smartly to the slips for three. Fowler's second he drove httrd to long-on for -a brace,- and neatly batted two dangerous underhand slows from the same bowler. Cairns drew Moore's second to leg fora close single, and sent Fowler's first to long-on for one— well fielded. .; A hye was next given. Harley relieved Moore, and bowled a maiden, Alington in the next over taking Dickenson', place at the .wicket. Cairns cut Fowler for a single, and Macdonnell skied the next ball high ito mid*on, but was missed. Harley with the first ball of his -next over severed the lengthened partnership by lowering Cairns, bails, dismissing him for 13. Two for 39. Collinson filled the vacancy, and. played the remainder, of . Harley's over. Macdonnell cut the third of Fowler's. sldws'iato' the slips for a close one, and then played,, aj maiden from Harley. Collinson hit "Edwle* 1 'smartly '" to square leg for" two, "and af terwards~drove him finely to long a off foi;. fouyj an additional one also being sfidiired fdr ari dyer tlirovlr, , the ball being sent in too high. Collinson skied Harley high to mid-off but was muffed by Stevens, who let the ball through his fingers— one scored: Aribthei 1 chari^e iritthebiwling war tried, Dickenson being, put on, vice Fowler, who resumed ''the' widkeM - ; '<£olHnrfdn. , -hit the second to square-leg for a brace. Macdonnell cut Harley to long-slip for one, and Collinson hit thenext hard to leg, brit the return being prompt; only a single .was scored. An adjournment * Was 1 - : theii tokde'*-' l at 1 SQ^i or luncheon. ~ '

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