CRICKET

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume VII, Issue 333, 10 December 1896, Page 4

CRICKET

[By

Stonewaller.]

INTER-PROVINCIAL CRICKET. Auckland v. Wellington. The Auckland representatives made a most successful commencement in their Southern tour bywinning the first inter-provincial match against Wellington rather comfortably. The match was started on Dec. 2nd, and- Auckland batted firstThe scoring at the beginning was very slow, but then matters livened up considerably. G. Mills was run out for 10, and Hay played freely for 17. Neill and I. Mills made a fine stand, and when the last-named was out for 32 there were only four wickets down for 132. Wynyard (17) and Ball (10) played fairly well, but the chief scoring was done by Neill, who played a slashing game, and looked as as if he was set for the century, but when his score was at 94 he was cleverly caught in the slips by Holdship. The innings finally closed for 221, and the Wellington men went in. Their effort fell far short of the visitors’, and they just saved the follow-on by getting 149. Of that number K. Tucker made 35 by good cricket. Levers, S. Tucker, and R. Gore -also played well. Hay obtained the extraordinarily good average of five wickets for 10 runs. On the second day the wicket had deteriorated considerably, and moderate scores were the order of the day. Auckland in their second innings were disposed of for 142, of which Cuff, by a fine exhibition, made 46. Ball also was in good form and was credited with 30, while the other doublefigure scorers were—G. Mills (18), Neill (13), and Wynyard (12). When the Wellington representatatives went in a second time they required to make 214 runs to win, and when Holdship and Worner made an early stand in the innings it looked as if the required number of runs would come. Holdship made 52, and Warren 31. After that the only other batsman to add materially to the score were K Tucker (23), Hales (14), and Holdsworth (13), the innings closing for 152. Auckland, therefore, won by 62 runs. The following are the scores : — Auckland. —First innings. Cuff, b Hales 3 G. Mills, run ou,t ... .. ... ••• ••• I. Mills, st Niven, b Warren ... ... ... 32 Hay, b Upham ... ... ... ••• 17 Neill, c Holdship, b Upham .. ... ... 94 Pabst, lbw, b Upham ... ... ... ••• 9 Wynyard, b Hales... ... ... ••• 17 Ball, b Upham ... ... ••• ••• ••• 10 Stemson, b Holdsworth ... ... ... ... 0 Hawkins, not out ... ... •• • 4 Clayton, run out... ... ... ... ••• 5 Extras ... ... ... ••• ••• 20 Total 221

Wellington.—First innings. Warren, b Neill ... ... ••• & C. Gore, e Pabst, b Neill ... ... 3 Holdship, c I. Mills, b Neill ... ... 9 K. Tucker,.e Pabst, b Hay .. ... ... ... 35 R. Gore, b Hay ... ... ■ 17 Holdsworth, c Cuff, b Hay ... ... ... ... 0 Levers, cG. Mills, b Neill ... ... ... ... 28 S. Tucker, b Clayton ... ... ... ... 28 Upham, lbw, bHay ... ... ••• 4 Niven, not out ... ... ... 4 Hales, c and b Hay ... ... ... ... 5 Extras ... ... ... ... ... 14 Total — — 149 BOWLING ANALYSIS.

Auckland. —Second innings. Cuff, b Holdship ... ... ... 46 G. Mills, b Hales ... ... ... ... ... 18 Neill, b Holdship ... ... ... ... ... 13 Hay, b Hales ... ... ... ... ... 0 Wynyard, c Upham, b Hales ... ... ... 12 Pabst, c Upham, b Warren ... ... ... 0 Ball, bUpham ... ... ... ... ... 30 Hawkins, cC. Gore, b Warren ... ... ... 0 Stemson, c Levers, b Upham ... ... ... 1 Clayton, c Hales, b Warren ... ... ... 5 I. Mills, not out ... ... ... ... ... 2 Extras ... ... ... ... ... 7 Total ... ... ... ... ... 142

Wellington.—Second innings. Holdship, c Neill, b Hay ... ... ... ... 52 C. Gore, cPabst, b Neill ... ... ... ... 0 Warren, lbw, b Neill ... ... ... 31 K. Tucker, c Wynyard, b Hawkins... ... ... 23 B. Gore, st Pabst, b Neill ... ... ... 2 Holdsworth, b Hawkins ... ... ... ... 13 Levers, c Cuff, b Neill ... ... ... ... 5 S. Tucker,c G. Mills, b Hawkins ... ... ... 0 Upham, c. Wynyard, b Neill . ... ... ... 3 Hales, c I. Mills, b Neill ... ... ... ... 14 Niven, not out ... ... ... ... 0 Extras ... ... ... ••• 9 Total ... — — : — 152

BOWLING Balls. ANALYSIS. Mds. Runs. Wkts. Upham 192 7 21 4 Hales 84 2 39 2 Holdsworth 85 5 35 2 Holdship 18 0 28 0 Warren 54 0 28 1 Holdsworth bowled two wides.

Balls. Mds. Runs. Wkts. Stemsoil 78 5 30 0 Neill 84 1 54 4 Hay 54 6 10 5 Hawkins 30 1 24 0 Clayton 24 1 17 1

BOWLING J Balls. ANALYSIS. Mds. Runs. Wkts. Upham 72 4 33 2 Holdsworth 24 18 0 0 Hales 66 3 30 3 Holdship 72 1 43 2 Warren 42 0 11 3

BOWLING ANALYSIS. Balls. Mds. Runs. Wilts. Clavton 60 3 32 0 Neill 93 2 43 6 Hay 60 3 25 1 Stemson 54 4 11 0 Hawkins ... 54 1 32 3