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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1428, 9 December 1886, Page 2

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AU T iU-ANS v. AUCKLAND, ' • R« -■« Auckland, December 6. The Aiienal tans resum'd their second inning t )-d iy, The wuather was splendid an l l the atte id inco about 1800 On Tuesday eve iug when play ceased the Australians’ second innln<« sm id a' 93 for on wicket, and Palmer (50), andTrunble (15), emtinuod t oir nioiugs. Palmer, by > fine bat'lng d splay, raised his scire to 72, wneu he w+s well caught In long field T umhle was c tight after increasing his score to 31 Bruce made a good stand for 27, and Kvant, by c .reful play, put 26 together before he was caught. The innings thus produced 225. The Auckland men nqubing 216 to win started their second innings very disastrously, and had no less ihau fifteen wickets down for 44 wh»n play was stopped. Evans and Sp ff nth were in rare form with the ball, and did almost what they liked with the Auckland batsmen, The match was drawn, but it cannot be -aid it was in favor of Auckland, although they were tea runs ahead on the first innings. The scores are as follows : Australians. —-Second Innings. Jones, Ibw, b Mills 33 Palmer, c Reid, h Mills ... ... 72 Trumble, h W. Metdrum 31 Brucr, cW, Melbrum, b Mills ... 27 Jarvis, b Mi’le 14 Mil Wraith, c B«rton... ... ... 4 Ganoit o Testro, b Mills ... ... 2 Evans, c Arneil, b Robinson... ... 26 Sp ff irth, Ibw, hMi ls ... ... 1 Puillips, not out ... ... ... 9 Extras ... ... ... ... 6 Total 225 B wling analysis.

W. Me d um, 220 bads, 40tuo8, 26 maidens, 1 wicke' ; MiOf-, 236 hulls. 53 runs, 32 maiden* 7 wiosets ; Arueil, 15 i balls, 47 ru s, 18 maidens ; McPherson, 80 baM«, 26 runs. 8 maidens ; Thoma-*, 24 balls, 2 runs, 4 m.ideas ; L. Medrum, 24 h lls, 15 runs, 1 maiden ; tfobineon. 14 halls, 13 runs, 1 •'-icket ; Lynch. 24 balls. 6 runs, 3 maidens ; G"u'd, 44 bills 17 runs, 4 mil ieus. Auckland —Seomd Innings. Harvey, b Saoffnt'i 4 T<est o, b Evans ... ... ... 3 Barton, b Evans ... ... ... 3 Gardner, c Evans, b Spi ff jrth ... b •vrneil, o B'uc i, b Evans 2 Yites c and b t its,,, ... ... | Lynch, b fjpjff. tn ~ ... ... 3 M IL, o Jons-', b ip.jffjrth ... ... 0 'b.iwe b Enas... ... ... ... 0 D w .eJ iti. s, bSpoff rh 1 Kirs ing, lb r, b Evan« 0 I. Maidruui, b Spcff <■ a. 1 Richards c Trestr.-j, b Evans ... ... 3 Hyburn run out 1 W Meldram, not out ... ... ... 6 Moresby. I) 8p {forth 5 O'Brien not out ... ... ... O Extras 15 Total ... ... ... ... 44 Bowling Analysis. Evans, 88 balls, 15 tins, 15 maidens, 7 wickets ; -Spoff >rth, 88 balls, 23 runs, 13 maidens, 7 wiolcets. Spi {forth bowled 3 ‘'no balls,” The Ah'- ralian team resumed their v«*y*ge to Sydney by the Mar.iroa shortly after seven i’cb ck.