THE CANTERBURY ELEVEN IN VICTORIA.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 3360, 15 January 1879, Page 3

THE CANTERBURY ELEVEN IN VICTORIA.

[By Cable.] THE EAST MELBOURNE MATCH.

G?EAT VICTORY FOR CANTERBURY. [fROM OCR SPECIAL CORBESPOXDEST.] MELBOURNE, Jan. 14. The weather was splendid again to-day, and inspirited by their success yesterday the Canterbury team proceeded to pile on the runs. W. Frith and Lee, the not-outs, had a merry time, and Fuller slogged away most determinedly. Hartland, who seemed to have recovered from his nervousness, carried his bat for a careful 10 The total reached 270, and with 82 to the good, the Canterbury men proceeded with confidence to the task of getting their opponents out. They began well, as three men were disposed of for 55, but Alice and Campbell brought the score beyond the Canterbury lead, and Boyle and Musgrave did much toward retrieving the situation. The play all round was first-class. The bowling, considering the wicket, was good, the fielding smart, the batting careful, and often lively. The tail end of the E.M.C.C. did not score as in the first innings, and the total stopped short at 180, but at one time [it looked as though the second century would be rea'clied. W. Frith and Ashby got all the wickets, the former securing six for 69, and the latter three for 4-6. C. Frith and Lee also were put on, but the former only kept down the runs, and the latter was quite off! his first innings' form.

With. 99 to get, Canterbury had no difficult task, but no one suspected that such a decisive victory was in store foi* tkeui. Time was short, and Ashby and Ollivier, as the most lively bats were sent in. They were more than equal to the occasion, for the required runs were polished off in 58 minutes, and the powerful Metropolitan club was vanquished by ten wickets, a result totally unlooked for after the wretched form shown by the New Zealanders in the two previous matches. The two batsmen were in undeniable form. The visitors' prospects in the remaining matches are now looked on with much more favour than they were two days ago. The following are the full scores : — EAST MELBOURNE. First innings. Groube, b Lee 25 Horan, b Lee ... 15 Campbell, b C. Frith Q Hastings, b Lee , 2 Allee, b Lee , ( ( 21 Musgrave, b Lee , wi ' j£ Boyle, run out „, „, ... ,'" 3 Go.dsinith, b Fuller 44 Dobson, b W. Frith 24 Passfleld, b W. Frith 1 Trapp, not out •• • ... 38 .Extras.., „ „. 3 Total , 188 Second Innings. Groube, c Ollivier b W. Frith 5 Horan, c Ashby b W. Frith 29 Hastings, b W. Frith' '10 Campbell, c Ollivier, b W. Frith 12 Alice, b Ashby 25 Goldsmith, b W. Frith 0 Boyle, b Ashby 40 Musgrave, run oufc ... ... ... 33 Trapp, c Frith b Ashby ... 8 Dobson, b W. Frith 1 Passfitld, not out ... ... ... ... 5 Extras 9 Total 180 CANTERBURY. First innings. Watson, b Trapp 1 Ollivier, b Horan ... ... 37 Baker, run out ... ... ... ... 16 Neilson, b Allee ... ... ... ... 48 Ashby, c Goldsmith b Passfleld 25 Fowler, b Campbell 7 W. Frith, b Passfleld 50 Lee, b Allee 29 C. Frith, c Goldsmith b Passfleld ... 6 Fuller, c Boyle b Allee 23 Hartland, not out .. . ... 10 Extras ... ... 18 Total 270 Second Innings. Ollivier, not out 46 Ashby, nofc out ... ... 14 Extras ... 9 Total ... 99