MELBOURNE CLUB v. WELLINGTON.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6730, 27 February 1900, Page 1

MELBOURNE CLUB v. WELLINGTON.

[Per Pbess Association.] - WELLINGTON, Feb. 26. The match with the Melbourne Eleven; was. resumed in splendid weather. Russell: end Aitken, the two not-outs, started- off; scoring at a great pace, quite a contrast to their correct but tame ■ ph\y of eSatttrday ;. evening. ; 21 were ,hit from "the- firafc ihrfte,, overs. . Bqth Ashbolt and Vpha^tS: Vcre. short, and were, pulled without "metjjy. Ato 305, Holdsworth and Hales appeared. .JBjiV .former was punished to the tune ofc^iari ;thre^ V Two : o^Russen's uppish, mffr.out 'of reach, and he should hav& abeen r^mout^bub was credited with 2 for; .anayerthrqw; instead. The next over -he was well caughb in the slips from a tumping ball— 33l-^6-^L The r partnership ha'ds& duced 90; .VRoss^utie m, a^d began tovrun 1 for .everyth^g^^Mtken complete^Jtifc 60, 'then, stopped his careerby-hlakiiig splendid onejjuoided catch at point, for, which he ;hJad to jump sideways^-364— 7— 57. There Verfr^ojilv; two. boundary hits in Ait-ken's |ot^,-Richafdson.tbdk,;.a turn with the continued 'to hit at everything. --with much , success, one drive which J fe .%iust inside the ropes being a particularly ■' goSdj.itroke. Seventy-five minutes', play, produced 100 rung, and by lunch time the total had advanced t0 '383, just previous to which Ross gave a warm chance to Tucker^ whic^was too hot to hold. Oh reaimingA Tuck"e#,.and Hoidsworth bowled. . M'llwraith^^M^W degrees, : reached doubles. Floss esca^uvi being run out, and hit bothy bowlerafvto^e feinc^^btttrM^ eauglFin'the sKpa after, helping himself to 46 in double quick time— eight for 309. Irwin alsoplayed % tip-and-run game, and at one time found himself ab the same. end as his part? 1 nor. The ball was' thrown.: in too low, and he " had jtqyne to run back. Presently he returned bile to the bowler. The last: wicket give some trouble, as Mllwraith began to Wt; out, and .'found the, boundary^, three: $nes> yEventually he mad? an :«^6k|S ,m:;the .alipis and escaped, :birb rijexfc .bW^aWMlTpham to secure, his foiuth yiA-i'l „ .-^b^inihiis^^it^ ed for the fine total of 430. . Holdsworth'fc; fast, uppish balls btoTlght^him out'with a respectable average, but the. other bowlers foundthe true wicket'and capable batsmen a much ' too strong combination , nor, indeed, did all <bowl;up to their usual form. The fielding was again good, but too slow. If the Wellington representatives did hot cut a very presentable figure in the field, their batting was positively ignominious. Trumble and Cave bowled unchanged, and the few., runs that troubled the scorers were mostly the outcome of snicks while the batsmen were trying to keep the ball out of the wickets. That ancien> player, "Mr Extra," was easily top of the list, and next to him was Hickson. Ashbolt, who was sent in too late,; carried his^bafc^and shaped better thaltt most."" The "Victorians evidently did not expect much hitting, as they had only, one man in the long-field, and the rest were close up to the wickets, sometimes, in fact, crowding in. The Wellington Skipper had the luck to be bowled by a no-ball, but even then did nofc escape the dreaded duck. Tucker was caught first ball, and both Midlane and Holdsworth were missed in their brief careers. The innings lasted little over an hour, and produced 65, after some of the feeblest batting ever seen on the ground. Twenty minutes remained,, and. Ashbolt and Quee went in for a, second attempt. Eight runs were put on in that time without loss, Quee making 7. There was again a fair attendance, .and the match will result in a slight profit to the Association. ' " • MELBOURNE CRICKET CLUB. Firat Innings. Fry, run out' . . , , ,0. Mailer, run out . . t .88 Graham, b Holdsworth-. . .63 Trumble, b Richardson . . 53 Jacobs, c Uphain b Tucker . . 24 Russell, 6 Upham b Holdsworth .41 Aitken, 0 Ashbolt b Holdsworth . 57 Koss, c Ugham b Holdsworth . v46 M'llwfaitb, o Upham. b • noldsworfch 33 lirwin, c and.b Holds-worth ':_ , ; 5.-!., Cave, not out , , •>■■ .'■■.. 3 Extras . - S^Vi..:-/..-. - :■<^ , 'Total -«.; •-. -•■■-.'■" . .'x43q , 'Bowling Analysis. — Upham, 29 oversi 4 maidens, 79 runs; Aehbolt, 24 overs, 4 maidens, 60 runs ; Hales, 11 overs', 40: runs ; Tucker, 22 overs, 1 maiden, 67 runs ; 'Holdsworth," 28 overs, 1 maiden, 6 wickets, 107. runs; QiTee,^ overs, 1 maiden, 18 runs; ■Bjchaidson, 10 overs, 1 wicket, 45 runs. WELLINGTON. First ( lnnings'.' '■ ' ■ ' Richardson, c Graham b Cave , 0 Quee, b Cavo . . . ,3 Gore, c Ross b Tr'umble . . ;.- . 5 Midlane, b Cave .. .' . 6 Tncker, c Boss b Cave . ,0 Hickson, b Trumble , , ,14 Holdsworth, b Trumble . . -1 Ashbolt, not out ... . .6 Upham, c Fry b Cave .' . . 7; : Niven, 'c Ross b Trumbje • /'I Hales, o Aitken b TrumblS '. .•.- :■. .0 ■P - Extras •.-■ .. : , •.. :r t . ,. .19 ■' .'"■; Total . '. .."'■. i 65 Bowling Analysis.—Cave, 16 overs, 9 maidens, 5 wickets, 22 runs,--l no-ball ; Trumble, 17 2 overs; 9 maideria, 5 wickets, 2>l.rutts, 1 no. ball. ■•■•-• '• .-' ■_•■'■ , •'..■•.:. ../ ■ ■■ The Melbourne players \yill,arrive from Wellington on Thur>day;:morriing, ?ujd at, half-past eleven . tfilLbe ' welcomed atrthec City Council Chambers by the Mayor of Christchurch. In the afternoon thev w:ll be driven out to the J Christchurch Polo Club's sports at the Riccarton racepourse. Ihe match against Canterbury will be played at Lancaster Park on Friday, Saturday iind Monday next. The practices in connection with the approaching match against the Melbourne Club are being well attended by the players. The Selection Committee decided to pick the team earlier than usual, to see if any imprbve- ' menfc would be made in the practices, and the result has justified the change. ,Nine men. out of the eleven are' always np/ViUiie often only one player is abeent in the evening. Canterbury means to make a fight for victory. 'A match. ■ between teams ■ from- the Linwood and Kaiapoi Cricket Clubs was played at Kaiapoi on Saturday last, and resulted in a. victory for the former by .37 runs. Scores : — Linwood. 4-i3.(A; Forsyth 33 retired, F. Toomer 21, Jenkins not out 14, A. Griff en 11, J[. Forsyth 10); Kaiapoi 76 (McGregor 19, : Green 18, Stevenson 13) . B. Gnffen and Toomer divided the bowling honours for Llnwbod, and Lynskey, Stevenson and Horsfall were the most successful bowlers for Kaiapoi.