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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6128, 15 March 1898, Page 1

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STODD ART'S TEAM v.. VICTORIA. '_Onited Press Association — By Electric Telegraph— • Copyright. Received March 14, 10 p.m. • MELBOURNE, March 14... Bain fell last night and softened the •wicket, and the Englishmen were soon disposed of. Worrall and M'Leod put up some fast scoring. Rain stopped play for awhile, but Yv'orrall again displayed his gift of getting runs on a wet wicket. "When both men had been dismissed rain came on heavily, and play was frequently stopped. Richardson became deadly on what was now a thoroughly bad wicketi and the batsmen had no chance. The following are the scores : — Victoria. First Innings. M'Leod, c Board, b Masou ' 10 Wor. all, at Board, b Storer ; 1:J ■Jrmnblu, c Xearne, b&torer lu7 •Stuckey, b Mason ... 57 Rush, at Board, d Storer ... 0 Gilier, ennd bMnson ... ... „. 17 in)tt, c Uirat, b Bicliarduon 39 ' •Bruce, b Mason 0 Xaver, b Richardson' ,-. 15 Johns, uot out ... 31 lioche, o and b Storer 24 ■ Kxtras .... 7 Total ... ... ... ... 328 Richardson took two wickets for 104, Stoier four for 79, Mason (our for 53, Uearne lione for 56, Hirst none for 29. ENOLAHD. First luuiiigs. Wainwright. c 'Humble, b T/ott ... 8 M'Laren, c Johns, b Trott 1i Ranjitsinhji, c Johns, b Gilier tit Hayward, o and b Koche ... ... 96 Druce, c and b M'Leod ... ... ... 0 Hirst, c Truroble b lioche... ... ... 0 JViason, b Roche ... ... 0 Storer, c Bruce, b Gilier ... ... . ..; 31 Board; c Johns, b Roche ... ... ... ,36 Bichardton, c Bruce b Koshe* ... ... 10 : Beurne, not out ' ... '£ Kstnu ... ... ... ... ... 7 Total... ... .;. ... ... 279 Roche took, live wickets for- 77, Trott two for 65, Gilier. I/wo for 51, 2i'X>eod one for 36, Trumblo none for 64. ■ ' f . ■ VICTOBU. Second luniugs. M'Leod, c Maaou, b Richardson ... 26 "Worrall, b Richardson ... .... ... 4i Gilier, &Storer, b Richardson ... ... . 1 btuckey, c Board, b liichaidaon ... 2 \ Rush, run out ... 0 Trumble, b Richardson 7 Troit, not out- ... ... 7 Bruce, nut out ... ... 6 Kxtraa — .. 9 Total for six v/ickets ... ... 99 Richardson secured five wickets for 22.

A match, to be played at Lancaster Park on Wednesday, has been arranged between the officers of H.M.B. Tauranga and a Lancaster team. A match was played at Greendale on Saturday between the Greendale and Dungandel teams, and resulted in a win for Greendale. Scores :— Greendale 62 (E. W. Wilson 24 and T. Fairbairn Iland49) ; Dunsandel 34 (C. Wright 7). C. Wright and J. Bnrgess in the first innings and T. Irvine and B. C. Dunlop in. the second innings bowled well for Dnnsandel, as did L. M'Crostie (five wickets for 14) and W. M'Crostie (four for 13) for Greendale. A match was played on Saturday between the East Christchurch and Lyttelton schools on the ground of the former, and resulted in a win for East Christchurch by three wickets. The following are the scores: — East Christchurch 22 and 46 for seven wickets (Washer 9 and 6 and Wilson 1 and 12) ; Lyttelton 33 and ; 32 (Story 17 and 0 and Stewart 7 and 0). The bowlers were H. Gerard and Washer for East Christchurch, and Jones and Stewart for Lyttelton. A match was played at Stunner on Thursday between the Sumner team and the Christchurch Chemists, and resulted in a win for Sumner by 33 runs. The scores were:— Sumner 101 (Gilpiu 38 and Monck, aen., 26) } Chemists 68, of which Quill made 33. Gilpin and Wanklyn for Sumner and Vangioni for the Chemists were the mpsb successful bowlers. " TheMayfield v. Ashburton match was played at Lagmhor on Saturday on a firstclaßS cocoanut matting pitch, which played very faßt. The ABhburton players were too good for the Mayfield men, and beat them by one innings . and .26 runs. The principal scorers for Ashburton were Percy, Morrisaey, Eussell and Crisp.; for Mayfield, Harper and Peter showed best form. Mr Buckley provided luncheon for both teams.