CRICKET.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4867, 5 February 1894, Page 3

CRICKET.

' -»—— — NEW SOUTH WALES V. CANTERBURY,

b Shis Day. i The weather for the continuation of this J match to-day was glorious, and at ths '_ opening of play there were about two , hundred spectators present. The game i was resumed at ten minutes to eleven. I Collins and Pearce were temporarily ab- • sent, and Orchard and Clark fielded for a while for them, Cuff taking the gloveß. Lawrence bowled from the pavilion end and sent down a maiden to Searle. Robertson bowled up to Mackenzie, and was hit to leg for 3, and Searle sent the next ball to leg just past De Maus for a single, and , Mackenzie sent 30 up in. the same over with a brace in the usual direction. Labatt resumed bowling, Lawrence having only gone on to justify the change of ends. Searle played Labatt nicely to square-leg for 4— a well-timed stroke — and snicked the next ball for 3. Pearce took his place in the field, Orchard retiring. Searle drove Robertson for a single, and Mackenzie landed the same bowler to the boundary —40 up — the fast scoring arousing interest in the game considerably. Three more to Mackenzie in Robertson's next, and Cuff missed a tolerably easy chance of stumping Searle. Singles brought SO up, 26 runß having been added in twenty minuteß' play. De Maus missed an awkward chance of catching Searle at short-leg off Robertson, and the New South Wales wicket-keeper celebrated his escape by cutting the Midland bowler square for 3, and next over clumped Labatt to deep square-leg for 4 — 60 up. Palmer relieved Robertson at the south end, and his first over gave Mackenzie a single. Labatt bowled a maiden to the big man, and in Palmer's next over he bowled Searle with a fullpitched ball. 63—4—17. Moore came next, and played Palmer round to leg for 4 right away, and Collins took his place behind the wickets, retiring Clark. Siogles and a couple more to Moore put 70 up, and Labatt very nearly bowled Mackenzie with a good one. A strong drive for 3 to Mackenzie off Palmer was next noted, and with the two cracka in scoring well, the chances of New South Wales making a good stand appeared very rosy, but after a single or two the hopea of the visitors received a severe facer by Moore being snapped up in the slips by Labatt off Palmer — 77 — 5—9, and Austin in. The new-comer Bent 80 up at once by a good off drive, and after some slow play Mackenzie opened his shoulders to Palmer and drove him hard for 4, bringing his own total to 40. Three more to Austin sent 90 up, his partner again drove Palmer for 4, and Robertson took up the bowling in place of the left-hander. Three singles came off the over, and Pearce gave Labatt a rest at the pavilion end. Mackenzie placed the first ball past square leg for a quartette, bringing 100 up amidst applause from about four hundred spectators. Austin ran iuto double figures by ' cutting Robertson for 3, and Mackenzie lifted the next ball but one high and dry over the bowler's end to the cinder path. In running for the hit Mackenzie slipped ! in hia crease, and fell with his weight on I his arm, straining it at the elbow joint, I He adjourned for a little while, but soon i resumed and scored a single in the next over, and with a neat couple off Pearce put ■ 110 up and his own ecore at 58. Two more j next ball, well fielded by Lawrence, were j credited to the big man, and then Robertson caught him beautifully at short mid- on after a very fine and cricketer- like innings. 113 — 6—60. Gould ' was next man in, and Austin snicked Robertson for a single, and Gould pulled the same bowler for 3. Singles and a couple to Gould sent 120 up, the total of the first innings having been passed. Austin signalised the occurence by cutting Robertson square for 4, and in the next over repeated i the hit to the extent of 3—130 up. Singles j and a couple to Gould through the slips '. brought him into double figures. After a! , maiden from Pearce, Palmer took up the i . bowling at the railway end, with the total : at 135, and sent down a maiden to Austin. : Two more to Gould, and Palmer olean bowled Austin with a good one. He retired after showing good batting for 21. 137—7—21. Davis, the New South Wales captain, came < next, being heartily received, and Gould hit Pearce beautifully to the furthest leg ; boundary for 4—140 up. Davis got a ! risky one in the slips, and, after a couple , of singles to Gould, he hit Palmer nicely past cover for 13, Gould jpulled. Pearge for j 3, ar»2 the adjournment for luncheon took place; Gould not out 21, Davis not out 3. I At 2 p.m. the game was resumed in the ] presence of about 500 spectators. Palmer • bowled from the south end to Gould, and ! the little Sydney man at once brought 150 with a couple past mid- on. A bye was run, and Labatt bowled from the opposite end and sent down a maiden. A few Binglea, and Davis played Labatt neatly under his J leg for 3, and Pearce missed Gould in the j slips in the same over. Maidens from each end followed, and play was very ' monotonous. Gould at last skied Labatt i on the leg side, but the ball fell clear i of the field, snd two runs were noted. Davis brought 160 up with a neat cut for 2 off Palmer, and the play then re- ! lapsed into tamene3S again for a while, j until Gould pulled a short one of Labatt's high to the on for 4. Davis ran into I double figures by snicking Palmer for 2, and cut the next ball neatly for another couple. Gould dropping hard on to an | over-pitched one from Labatt drove it j to the pavilion fence— l7o up— and the j prospect of saving the one inning-' defeat i looked cloeer. Robertson went on again | at the south end, and some sharply-run ' eingles were made. Palmer gained ap- . plause by smartly stopping a very hard | cut by Gould. Labatt, who was bumping a little, sent down his usual maiden i over, and Gould clumped Robertson . to fine-leg for 3, and a single to ' the captain brought 180 in eight. , Two more to Day's brought Pearce on at | the south end, Robertson's bowling to-day ; having been fairly easily coped with. ; Pearce opened with a maiden, and Labatt followed SUit. TWO more to Go-Id brought hia total to 40. Then Gould aroused ; the enthusiasm again after a spell of qnietneßß by placing Labatt to the on for 3, but in the same over the bowler laid Davis's leg stump prostrate. The retiring batsman had played very pretty cricket for his ' runß, and his good play came at ' an opportune time. 188—8—17. E. Noble was the next batsman, with 25 required to save a one-innings' defeat. He at once rubbed 3 off that number with a pretty back cut first ball— l9o up, and in the next over played Pearce round to leg for another triplet, and in Labatt's next he scored 2 more for a cut paßt cover, and 4 for a grand leg hit— 2oo L vp — amidst applause. Then Wilding i caught Gould at the third or fourth at- . tempt— 2oo— 9— 4s— Gould having played very fine cricket. Ihe last man, A. Noble, joined his brother, with 13 required to save the one-innings' defeat, and some excite* ment waß manifest as to whether the home team would be compelled to bat again or not. E. Noble scored a single, and cut Pearce for 3, and his brother > drove him for a couple. A maiden > or two strung out the agony a little, - but Pearce ended it all at last by bowling 3 A. Noble off hia pads at 3.15 p.m. 206-10 i —2, and Canterbury victorious by an . innings and 7 runs. E. Noble took in his ] bat for a well-played 16.

The following are the scores and bowling Canterbury. First Innings.

Bowlino Analysis— Austin, 282 balls, 110 runs, 0 maidens, 4 wickets ; Miller, 216 balls, 78 runs, 11 maidens, 1 wicket ; A. Noble, 103 balls, 40 runs, 5 maidens; Gould, 126 balls, 69 runs, 1 maiden, 4 wickets ; Moore, 24 balls, 8 runs ; Cowley, 48 balls, 12 runs, 4 maidens. Miller bowled 1 wide. NEW SOUTH WAXES/ First Innings.

Bowling Analysis.— Bobertson, 216 balls, 72 runs, 10 maidens, 6 wickets; Lahatt, 216 balls, 37 runs, 18 maidens, 4 wickets. NEW SOUTH WALES. Second Innings. A. C. Mackenzie. 11311132431111211111311

Bowling Analysis.— Bobertson, 132 balls, 72 runs, 4 maidens, 2 wickets; Labatt, 240 balls, 60 runs, 18 maidens, 1 wicket j Lawrence, 6 balls, 1 maiden; Palmer, 114 balls, 42 runs, s maidens, 3 wickets ; Pearce, 105 balls, 28 runs, 6 maidens, 3 ■ wickets.

L. A. Cuff, 2l2, c E.Noble b Austin ... o J. D. Lawrence, 141312, c E. Noble D Austin J , A. P. Harman, 1, c Searle b Miller ... 1 H. DeMaus, 233421211332241122322411211 24215312432221433111111322, c A. Noble b Gould 113 A. M. Labatt, 14122213432122211413, run ont « E. V. Palmer, 2141221411, b Austin ... 19 A. E. Eidley, 44214, c Davis b Gould ... lo F. "Wilding, 1211212111134521, c Walford b Austin 29 W. Pearce, 1412422442112313321112214, C E. Noble b Gould 5* J. U. Collins, 13222112312231, b Gould... 26 W. Eobertson, 1, not out 1 Byes, 1331 '" ••• ° Leg byes, 221 ~ Wide,! 1 Total 331

A. C. Mackenzie, 1112111111, b Eobertson 11 L. Moore, 1111, b Eobertson 4 O. Cowley, 241123142314, b Eobertson ... 28 S. E. Walford, c Harman b Labatt ... 0 S. A. Austin, 4114112111111221141, b Eobertson ... ... 31 J. Gould, c Palmer b Labatt 0 E. Noble, 323311, b Eobertson • 13 J. Searle, 11111143, c Harman, b Labatt 13 J. Davis, c Eidley b Eobertson 0 A. Noble, 1311, c Pearce b Labatt ... 6 D.Miller, 21, not out 3 Byes, 222 6 Leg-byes, 111 3 Total 118

4141144122, c Eobertson b Pearce ... 60 O. Cowley, 1, run out 1 S. E. Walford, 143, lbw h Eobertson ... 8 D. Miller, 114, b Robertson 6 J. Searle, 1431134, h Palmer 17 L. Moore, 42111, c Labatt b Palmer „, 9 S. A. Austin, 3313141131, b Palmer ... 21 J. Gould, 3121121241321124413123, c Wilding b Pearce 45 J. Davis, 1213222112, b Labatt 17 E. Noble, 332413, not ont 16 A. Noble, 2, b Pearce 2 Byes, 111 3 Leg-bye, 1 1 Total 206 First innings 118 Grand total 324