CRICKET.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume III, Issue 542, 24 January 1882, Page 2

CRICKET.

THE ALL-ENGLAND CRICKET MATCH. g [By Our Special Reporter.] j ■" ( [Per Pigeon Express.] ] Christchurch, Yesterday. The weather to-day was glorious and i great interest seemed to be taken in the i match, which must be considered the New : Zealand match, and one that the lovers i of cricket have been looking forward to i with a considerable amount of interest < for some time past. The ground was in beautiful condition, and gave great satisfaction to those engaged in the play. Lillywhite is umpire for the Eleven. Mr R. T. McDonald performing a like service for the Eighteen. Butler’s brass band was on the ground, and I should say that not less than 4,000 spectators were present when the adjournment for lunch was called. The All England Eleven having won the toss elected to go the wickets, and on emerging from their tent to take the willow the visitors were loudly cheered. Leach, the Canterbury captain, lost no time in placing his men in the following order :—Millton, long-leg and long-off ; Strange, fine leg and long-on ; Watson, long-stop ; Leach, mid-on and third man ; Wilding, point ; Ashby, bowler and slip ; Reeves, long-leg and long-off; J. Fowler, short-leg and square-leg ; E. Fowler, short leg ; W. Cotterill, long-on ; Edser, mid-off; E. Cotterill, leg and cover; Loughnan, ditto ; Foster, wicket-keeper ; Chapman, mid-off and fine-leg; Atack, long-on ; Fairhurst, long-stop; Fuller, bowler. Ulyett was the first to face the bowling of E. T. A. Fuller, and after two balls succeeded in making a cut to long-off, and scored a couple of runs. Ashby then commenced an over, Barlow taking the second ball with a “ snick ” that secured a single. He followed this up by a hit to slip, and a nice clean hit to square brought six up on the board. Ulyett then secured a single, and Barlow was equally fortunate in getting a single off Ashby. Barlow hit Fuller to leg-on, which was nicely fielded by Reeves. Ashby then bowled the first maiden, which was followed by one from Fuller. Barlow then scored a brace off Fuller. Some good fielding followed. Ulyett then made a spirited hit to point, but only secured a single. Then followed a maiden from Fuller. Barlow then scored a single off Ashby. Ulyet then secured a single off the same bowler. Fuller followed with another maiden. Barlow then secured a single off Ashby. A maiden then followed by Fuller. The first ball in the next over Ulyett made a nice hit to leg, scoring two more, and Barlow a nice clean hit for one. Ulyett then took another single off Fuller. Ashby then took the ball, and fielded a splendid drive straight from Ulyett’s bat, and was loudly cheered. A. Chapman then took the bowling from Ashby’s end. His third ball was taken by Ulyett, who scored a single. He then followed suit with the next two overs. Chapman then made his first maiden over. The Englishmen were now playing very carefully indeed, the bowling not allowing them, in fact, to take any liberties with it. Puller then followed with a maiden over, Chapman following suit. Another maiden by Fuller followed. Ulyett then made a beautiful hit right up to the scorers’ tent, and scored 4. Barlow then sent one into the slips, and took a single off Fuller, and 30 with no wickets down showed on the telegraph. A maiden was then bowled by Chapman and Fuller. Runs now came very slowly. Ulyett took a single off Chapman’s next over. Ulyett then made a splendid hit, which was unfortunately “ mulled ” by Ollivier, but only scored ' a single for it. He again played, and scored several singles of Chapman. Fuller and Chapman each followed with another maiden. Barlow then made a hard hit, but only scored a single, as it was well fielded. Ulyett then put up a “ skyer ” off Fuller 4 but no one was there, and he secured a single. Again he put another ball to square-leg, and scorjid another off Chapman. 40 runs vlere placed on the telegraph board. Ba -low put a well placed hit to point and scored two runs. Strange splendidly fielded one from Ulyett’s bat, which was applauded. Ulyett took two off Chapman with a rice clean hit to leg. Nine runs were thus .idded to the score. Ulyett eventually settled well to his work. Fowler did the same, and his excellent fielding was much applauded. Ulyett took two off Ohopman. The score ther stood at 52. Atack now took the bowlinj, from Chapman, and his first over resulted, in a maiden. Edser took Fuller’. l ! end, and in the first over Barlow took a single. Barlow struck a single off Atack’s next over. Barlow then ran a nice close run off Edser, making the total 55. A maiden by Atack and Edser followed. Uylett then made two off Edser, and Barlow four off Atack, the telegraph recording 61 for no wickets After four more had been added to the score the teams adjourned for lunch. At 2.15 the game was resumed, Leach taking the bowling at Edser’s end, and Wilding at Atack’s end. Two maidens were trundled in succession—one to the credit of each bowler. Barlow then recorded one ofi Wilding, and Ulyett two off Leach. Wilding’n bowling was now exceedingly difficult to play, and he placed another maiden to his credit, in which he nearly bowled Barlow with a “ Yorker.” Ulyett made a clean hit to leg, and the scoring board said 70, with no wickets down. Fowler here missed a splendid chance at the wickets, consequently Ulyett had two lives. Barlow then took a sharp run from Wilding Leach bowled a maiden, but in the ne|s.t over, Ulyett made a splendid hit to leg, and punished Wilding for four. Ulyett made 3 and Barlow 1, both off Leach, and 80 was wired. Wilding bowled another maiden, careful play on both sides being the order of the day, and the Englishmen scored very slowly. Ulyett scored two for a nicelyplaced one at long-offj off one of Leach’s slows. Barlow then made a single, bringing the total up to 90. After three more had been totted up, Ulyett was bowled by a slow from Leach ; , 93—1—59. The batsman was loudly cheered on returning to the pavilion, as he played an excellent innings all through. Barlow now had Selby for a companion, the new-comer, after getting one off Leach, being soon caught by Ashby off the second ball of Wilding’s over. 94 —2—l. Bates, “ the pride of Yorkshire,” filled the gap, and five consecutive maidens were placed to the credit of the bowlers. Runs came very slowly, the Englishmen showing the most careful play. During the next three overs three singles were run up, and the first century was telegraphed, for the loss of only two wickets. Barlow made a hit for two off Wilding. Atack now relieved Wilding, and after two maidens, Bates made 2. The same player then put one to the boundary for 4 off Leach, and six singles brought 114 up. Fuller then took the ball from Leach, and Barlow made a nice hit to long-leg, but the leather was quickly returned by Millton, and the result was only a single. The same batsman then skied one to Chapman, but the latter declined the chance. Chapman now relieved Atack, and Bates made a grand hit to leg off the new trundler for 4. Cotterill relieved Fuller when the score stood at 140. Lead! fielded a splendid hit to point, and returned it with dispatch, stumping Bates before he had time to return to the wicket. 1423 —32. Shrews-: bury then joined Barlow, Fuller taking Cotterill’s place with the ball, runs coming very slowly,’both batsmen acting on the defensive, and‘the bowlers being well on

the wicket. Ashby took the ball from E. Cotterill, and gradually the score reached to 150. Another change of bowlers now ensued, Leach relieving Fuller, but despite the difficult “ slows ” tried by Leach, the board soon showed 160. Shrewsbury put one of Ashby’s to leg off which he got 3, following up with a brace to leg off Leach. Fairhurst then took the ball from Ashby, but Barlow hit his first couple to square-leg, and contributed a single from the same trundler’s fourth ball. Barlow, a couple of 2’s, also to square-leg, and a maiden followed. Leach was well on, and the Englishmen found that no liberties could be taken with him, and hence played very carefully. Wilding at this stage took the ball from Fairhurst, the board showing 180, and shortly afterwards Edser relieved Leach. The game now became somewhat tedious, maidens following one another in a most provoking manner. Another change of bowlers ensued, Chapman taking the leather from Wilding, and in his first over got rid of Barlow, who had played a splendid innings for 77, without giving a solitary chance. Midwinter was Barlow’s successor, and with him came a change in the game, the two batsmen making things very lively, Fuller took the ball from Edser, and Shrewsbury put away 2 to square-leg. Midwinter next hit Chapman into the long field, and Shrewsbury cut the same bowler for two. Midwinter hit Fuller for two on the on, and then made a magnificent square leg hit through the fence into the crowd--200 appearing on the board. Chapman, in the next over, clean bowled Shrewsbury. 201—5—18 Shrewsbury’s careful play was much admired. Scotton followed, and Midwinter put Fuller away for 1 to square-leg, and Chapman for 2 and 1 hit to the long-field. He next drove Fuller for 1 to long-on, and Chapman for 2 in the same direction. Scotton now put tip one to J. Fowler, at short-leg, which was not refused, the retiring batsman not adding to the score. The stumps were then drawn. The fielding of the Canterbury men in the longfield was indifferent, but close in Wilding, the two Fowlers, and Watson, as longstop, showed much smartness. The score for the day’s play was as follows : All England Eleven. Ist Innings. Gr. Ulyett, b Leach ... ... 59 R. G. Barlow, b Chapman ... 77 J. Selby, c Ashby, b Wilding ... 1 W. Bates, run out 32 A Shrewsbury, b Chapman ... 18 Midwinter, ... ... ... 18 W. Scotton, cJ. Fowler, b Fuller 0 Extras 3 Total ... 208