CRICKET. WELLINGTON V. WESTERN WAIFS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXI, Issue 4220, 27 December 1879, Page 2

CRICKET. WELLINGTON V. WESTERN WAIFS.

(By our Special Reporteb) . The various Waifs having drifted together after recovering from their rough voyage of the previous night, it was arranged, owing to the uafortunate we&ther, that play should be postponed till 1. Messrs Hamilton and Anson acted as Captains, the latter having won the toss, elected to send his opponents to the wickets. The pitch presented a very nice appearance, but wa.s very dead and soon cut up, being all in the favour of bowlers, shooters, and hampers, alternating in. a manner very unpleasant to the batsnwn, as will be seen by the large number clean bowled, and dead against rapid scoring. Of the Wellington team, ; Ihgle and Hicks on displayed the best hitting powers, the latter's leg hitting being very clean. Messrs Speed, Webbe, and Hamilton showed good defencp, al" though the first named ought to have been had in the slips, where he has a kaack of snicking them up. The Wanganui bowling was fair, Cross bowling with a very high wind accounts for the extras/as lTitzherbert's long-stopping was very fine, but he couldn't stop all. ; After the. usual interval, Falton aad Parriagtoa appeared at the wickets, when Fulton retired, bowled first ball by one of Armitage's shooters. Parrington folj lowed in the next over of the same bowler. The Bcoring was slow until Cross joined Barton, when affairs began to look lively ; when, time was called, both players weee not oat, aad the score 1 45.; •■ ' : Second Day. About half-past. eleven the two not out men resumed : their innings ; after making 6 more Croas waa bowled. The next two men retired with two following balls from Ingle. Lockett stajed long enough to allow Barton,to keep scoring away ; the innings closed for 120, Barton not out 75, a grariS innings without a ghost of a chance. The Wellington men were soon at the wickets, a fresh pitch having been chosen. At half-past one the teams adjourned for lunch, as on the previous dayi The spread was excellent. The Chairman, of the Wellington Association, in a few well .chosen. words, proposed the | health of the visitors coupled with their I Captain, to which Mr Anson in briefly replied. Play was resumed without loss of time. The innings was chiefly remarkable for the knotty points arising for the umpires' decision. Webbe, who made 26, was cleaned bowled "y Parrington before half his score was made bjit the bail was blown off before the ball touched, and the umpire gave nofc out, athoagh, the stump was knocked out of ■ fch£ ground; Hickson thinking the ball 'Was dead, walked off his ground and wag run out. Duacan thinking: the »&me was run oat attempting to get a ran off a hit from a no ball. Cross bowled very well against the wind as the analysis will show, Fulton also bowled well. The innings closed at 4 o'clock, and the Waifr hastened to make the 21 runs required to , win. The old adage was fully exemplified as 4 wickets fell for 10 runs off the bat. Fulton did good service in Stealing the largo number of byes, fliekaon was again effective, and if he pitched his balls further up would be a most dangerous bowler, as he is very straight, and has a very decided l«g break. The Waifs won the match with 6 wickets to spare. Appended are the icoiei and amalysis ;— ;

\ WELLINGTON.— Ist Inning*. Blacklock, b Farrington 0 Kennedy, b Cross 1 Page, b Cross 1 Ingle, c Parrington, b Fulton ... 15 : Hamilton, c Notman, b Parrington 2 , England, c Parrington, b Lockett 1 Hiekgon, 1.b.w., b Parrington .. Jl Speed, b Cross ... ... ... 15 Duncan, b Parriogton 8 Armitage, b McGregor 1 Webb, not out ... 12 Byes 2, leg-byes 2, vrides 3, no balls 4^ w M.-^ll . : Total ... ... 78 Bowling Analysis : — Cross, 82 ball*, 10 r«Ds, 11 maidens, 3 wickets, 1 wi«J«, 4 JH> bulls. Farrington, 81 balls, 28 runs, 6 maidens, 4 wickets, I wide. Fulton, 2QKballs, 5 maidens, 1 wicket. Lockett, 29 balls, 13 runs, 2 maidens, 1 wicket, 1 wide. McGregor, 40 balls, 16 runs, 2 maidens, 1 wicket. . "WJESTEKST •WATE'S.-p lst Innings. Parrington, b ArmUage .... ...• 0 Pulton, b Armitage ■-.■*. ... 0 Watson, b Hickson .... ... 6 Barton, not out ... ... ... 75 Cross, b Duncan ... 16 McGregor, b Ingle ... , ... .... 0 Fitzherbert, b Ingle .. .. O Lockett, b Hickson... ... .... 9 Notman, b. Armitage .. ... 0 Moore, b Duncan ... ... ... 3 Byes 6, leg byes 2, wides 1 ... 9 Total ... ... 120 Bowling Analysis : — Armitase, 105 ball* 37 runs, 9 maidens, 3 wieketiS. 1 . wide Hickson, 92 balls, 28 runs, 8 moideos. 1 wickets. Ingle, 14 balls, 21 runs, 4 maidens, 2 wickets. Duncan, 48 balls, 21 runs, fi maideps, 2 wickets. Page, 8 balls, 4 runs. WELLmGTON.— 2nd Inni«gs. Webbe, b Cross ..! ... ... 26 Page, b MsGrogor ... . ...; ... 3 Speed, b Cross ' .... ... ;•••; ' Blacklock, nm out ... ... ... 0 Ingle, runout ... . 10 i\ Kennedy, b Fulton ... 10 J Hickson, run out ... ... ...,./; 0 Hamilton, c McGregor, b Fulton .. .0 ;■; Armitage, not out ... ... ... 1 ' Duncan, not out 1 .. .... ; .. 0 ? Byes 2, leg-by ea 1, wides 2, nb bails ... ... ....;.; 7 Total ... ... 62 i Bowling Analysis— Cross, 90 b*Usj 17 ■ runs, 13 maidens, 2 wickets, 2 no ballifl McGregor, 32 bills, 21 runs, 1 wicket. PatfH rin-too, 30 balls, 12 ruds, 3 maideai, Jfl wides'. Fulton, 21 balls, 5 runs, 3 nuridenafl 2 wickets, 9 WESTERN WAIE I S.- r 2ua Innings, Fitzherberfc, b Ingle/ . J . ... ... 0 ; : Cross, b Hicksair : \V. J ... '.../. 3 Parrington, b Hickson ... ..i '. 6 Fulton, run tut • : .l. ... ... 1 McGregor, not out ... ... ... 0 - Barton, not out ... ... ..., 1 Byes 7, leg byes 3 „ .. ... ,16 Total ... ... 21 Bowling Analysis — Ingle, 30 balls, 3 runs' 6 maidens, 1 wicket. Hiokion, 28 balls, 9 runs; 3 maidens, 2 .wickets, ; We .take the following descriptive a£ifl count of this match from the Poit ofl Wednesday evening, The account a somewhat incomplete, a* the match *«■ not finished when' the paper was published^! —This match, of which we gave the begins n ing yesterday, waiuwntinued- during tbiA afternoon on a very fair wicket consider^! ing the soaking rain of the morpioftfl Ingle was the first to make a scan^H After lunch he lost Page— 3 for 14w Hamilton came in and the play becani«H very steady indeed, only one ran off tbsfl bat being sooted, in 20 minutes. Fultoafl took the ball 'from Parrington and suoSj ceeded in bowling Ingle first ball— 4foM 23. Ingle's innings of 15 was a very fs^H display of patient batting. EngJandfl came in, but was sent back by a fia|jfl catch by Parrington at mid-oa — 5 for 2&9 But the new-comer made things mofifl | lively. Hickson began by hitting Lockett, 9 who had relieved Fulton, twice to square»fl leg clean over the ditch. Hanailtoa,! who was in a long time for two runs, *■(■ dismissed by an easy catch at point, anil Speed took his place. Hickson made US in four hits, and was then given oat l.b.«^H to J? amngton. Duacap and Speed *wfl now together. The former opened vritkfl hitting Parrington to leg foe 2. Thifl Wanganui fielding all this, time waseftfl cellent, not a ran being allowed moofl than necessary.- Another 2 to leg 4ffl Duncan brought about the •ojbstitotioftfl of M'Gregor for Lockett > Off hit nol^| ball Duucaa got a flukay one. In PafH rington'a next over he snicked another 3j9 and this with a leg-by brought ap 50 ditM the telegraph board. Speed was all tVfl time very quiet, having evidently muilH up his mind to play Bteadily. 'ihU-uwH not prevent him stealing a splnfldid snof|fl run between wickets, Tvhich callad dow^B applause. Dancaa sooa after had . t|H succumb to a nasty one from Parrivjgtof|H — 8 for 51. Armitage, who supplied thjß vacant place, had not a very long staj.fl He ran only one fora bit which manf thoughtlworth t»o, and just maaaged tt miss stopping a shooter, which M'Grregflf treated him to next ball — 9 for 52. Ba* the innings was by no means over yet Webbe was the last man. fie ant* Speed showed very careful defence for ff few overs, and then they began hitting. The score rose to 65, when Cross wento» in place of Parrington. Still the score kept mounting, and 70 went up amid cheers. The end came at last, by Speed neglecting to arrest the rapid career of »' shooter from Cross. The ionnigs w«l thus finished for the respective score oil 78, of which 26 were put on after the fftttfl of the ninth wicket. ■ i Wanganui having rolled the ground, I commenced tne offensive with Fulton and ■ Parrington, to the bowling of Armit«g« ■ — at Te Aro end— and fjlicksoa. Affairs ■ opened badly for Wanganui. Fultoa* was bowled by the very first ball froa ■ Annitage. Watson took his place, bat ■ loat parrington two overs later through the latter hitting the ball into his wickets —2 for 1 run. Barton, whose appearance revived unpleasant recollections of hit 67 at Wanganui, came next, and after feeling the bowling for an over or two, got to work in a bnsines3-like manner. I tie soon lost Watson, who was bowled |by Hickson. Cross joined Barton, and remained at the -wickets the remainder of I the time, treating the spectators to MM really fine display of batting. Barton* M defence and hitting were both grand, * E< *:B his style that of a finished batsman, beinj^fl both safe and free and showing ft tr *«!JJ mendous reach. Twenty, thirty, all *^ forty went up in succession afe no* T **|L^B long intervals. Ingle then tookthe W^3 1 from Hicksoo, but no separatioo '**R,3 1 effected until the stumps were drawn .•|g| 'six o'clock, when ilwscoM stood at 45; ]

Wednesday's Plat. was resumed at half-past 11. Duncan and Ingle bowled to the not-outg of the previous evening — Barton and Gross. In Dnncan'a third over he clean "Bowie'cL "Cross, whose 16 was verj carefully compiled.. Anaon followed in, but wai run out after he had scored 2. Barton meanwhile kept scoring rapidly, and seemed to have quite collared the bowling. McGregor was next man, but was bowled by Ingle before he had made his mark. Fitzherbert, who followed, shared the same fate with the next ball. Wellington hopes began to revive. Loeketfc was in some time and made nine in very fair style, when be was bowled by Hickson. Notman was bowled by Armitage before he bad scored. Moore made three and was bowled by Duncan all over his wicket. The innings closed at half-past twelve for -120. Bit-ton carrying oat his bat for a splendid score of 75, made up of 10 threes, 12 twos, and 21 singles. His comrades carried him shoulder high to the tent, and his performance was loudly applauded both by friends and opponents. Wellington took the bat after ten minutes',' sending in Webb and Page, to the trundling of Cross and McGregor. Page got a two in the slips off Cross' first, and then cut him for 1. McGregor with his first ball lowered Page's timber — 1 for 3 — Speed filled the vacancy and scored 2 off" McGregor, following it up with 3 off his" fourth ball. Cross bowled & maiden, taking Speed with his last ball, 2|for 8. Blacklock came in. and after Webb had scored 2 from McGregor was badly run out, 3 for 11.