LORD HAWKE'S TEAM.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11484, 17 January 1903, Page 8

LORD HAWKE'S TEAM.

MATCH AGAINST WELLINGTON

SECOXtt DAY'S PLAY

(PRESS ASSOCIATION - TELEGIIAM.) WELLINGTON, January 16.

The promise of fine weather for the match was not kept, for the morning broke threatening, widi a southerly wind, and sou rev ly hud the las!. Wellington wicket btcii disposed of fw 243 than a, sliarp shower came on, and the. game could not be resumed till after lunch. The rain did not hurt the pitch, but made the gratis greasy, and a drizzle 'later in the afternoon increased the dilßculti.es of thu bowlers. They may, therefore, be cor.sidcml to have done fair'iy well in rid of eight, of their formidable, opponents during the day. The bowling was no* good at fiist, but improved laiA-r on, and the fielding was really excellent 'i-ill it was sullkd i>y the dropping >of two easy chances given by Fane. ■Xo more were refund, and lie did not afterwards greatly profit by his good fortinie, except that it enabled him to just top a line innings oy liuniup, who, -without any great display of either style • r hitting, made Tims quickly and safely. While he was in Fane almost stonewalled, but after that hit out freely, and oven recklessly. Taylor* also scored briskly, and later in the day Thompson showed some good all-round .hitting, and ran. many smart singles. With Leutham lit' played out time, and he brought ilia lot si to 263. which, with tie last two wickets, should give thei Ksi'gliMnn<-n a. useful lead." Five bowlers were tried, and all got wickets. 'Mho attendance wan spoiled by the doubtful weather, 'but nearly £100 was taken ..t the gates. WM reference to* yesterday's play, it turns out that early in his innings Hick- , sun did give two chances at. the wickets, ar.d the J-ingi'i.i'iimen ckim he might haw been caught In the slips. Fiom the Press box it was impossible to gauge snicks behind the -wicket, and the chance to Bosanquet, thengh noticed, appeared not to jo within reach. The Englishmen, speak very highly of the batting of both, especially Tucker, but Hiekson faced the bowling for more than an hour logger than his companion, and the local men consider his the more valuable innings. It may also be. mentioned that the vis-;t to and Melbourne is now definitely iixed. The game was resumed at 11.40 o'clock. Hargreaves and 'imompson luid to bowl half a dozen overs before they could finish off the Wellington innings, which, thanks to seven byes, reached 243. Waters carried -Iris hut for a well-made 17. The rain, which liad 'been threatening, began to fall ax the men left the field', and a smart shower lasted sufficiently long to cause a postponement till after lunch.

At 2.5 p.m. Warner and Bumup came out to begin the visitors' innings, Uphain bowling against the wind, and fcitephenson with it. latter sent down two lull tosses, -which were promptly smitten, and then bowled three maidens. Uph&m could not get his length, and both men scored off him, 20 appearing in a quarter of an hour. Bumup hit the fa«t bowler twice for 4, and Warner treated fSte.phen.son similarly. At 33, Hales, a fast left-hand bowler,, took Upham's place, and four runs later tiie Engli&h skipper, in trying to drive Stephenson again, was bowled. 42 —I—l 6. Fane joined Bu'rnup, and a very effective partnership followed. The new-comer contented himself with singles, of which he scored ten in succession, but the Kentisti crack seldom failed to punish anything off the wicket. He found the slow bowler's occasional tosses especially to his taste, and he -was deposed in favour of lacker, another slow bowler, off whom 7 were at once hit. Seventy camo up for an hour's br.tting, and Bumup's next stroke made him 50. With Hales the batemen could not do much, only 14 being scored off his first nine ovens, but Buraup punished Tucker freely, and Upham went on with the -wind. He appealed for Ibw against Fane unsuccessfully, and that batsman brought 100 on the board by at kust getting him away for 2, and breaking his even array ot singles. He followed this by a fine drive to the fence off Hales. The latter fell away I'iani grace, and had 21 knocked up in lour overs, which cau-sed Holds worth to lie brought on. Off hie second ball Burnup was smartly stumped by Williams. 106 -•■ 2—59. His runs were cleanly made without a chance in a little under an hour and a half, and included eight 4'fi. Taylor came in and made a brisk .start. Fane, who liad bjc-n batting very quietly, also hit out in (juiU a different style, and doubled ii:s score in quick time. LJpham meeting witli no .success, Stepheneoii returned to the crtaee, but the runs came stil! more rapidly. highU'tn were hit off his first three ovens, raid at ons time 35 were put on in twenty minutes. HolilMvorth wus also hit twic-s to the fence, and Hales toak his place, bowlinir over the wicket instead of round itFane arrived tt £0 when his partner was &>, but the latter was shortly after at forward short leg. 172—3—35. Only fivfc of his hits singles. Upon Dowsnt joining him, Fane had two "lives' , iv quick truccession. These were the ftet mistake* made by the field, whose woik was «o la;" very good, btit they were very bad (men. First Hick-son dropped him in th« long field atter getting the ba!l in his hands, and the next over Hale?! had n eo'tt return, which he fumbled. Encouraged by tli : .s. Dowsun hit out, and Mahony took a tine running catch. Both Mahony and Waters shone in the field, and the latter had his hand hurt in stopping a sharp drive. 183 — A —s. 80-sanquvrt brought 200 in sialic by hitting Hales to the boundary, and in the same over Waters chased another liid t<i the ropes, and though heswved the boundary over-ran biira«lf, and Bosanquet secured 5. The next over he got low to Tucker. 203—5—12. Thompson, the sturdy built professional, was Fane's next partner, and almost, immediately gave a chance for stumping, but the ball rose quickly and Williams could not get it in his liands Upham once more took the bail, and at last got Fane's wicket just a.s he made himself top scorer. 213—6—70 The man's inuintre wait played iv two distinct sections, the first being akjn to stonewalling, and the remainder* free ami aggressive cricket. Thompson quickly reached double figures, almost wholly by leg play, and, with Johnson, carried the total to within ten of the Wellington score, when the later returned one to Upbam. 233 —7—3. J.ne Midland bowler was now handling the ball much nwre accurately than earlier in the day. and clean bowled Whatman almost as soon as he came in. 233—3— -0- The professional continued to play bri-kly, though he was nearly thrown out by Tucker in trying a sharp run, and Wellington's score was achieved and pxssjed with- Leatham'e

help, both men running some sharp singles, ami Thompson getting Stephenson twice to t!i erope*. Ltatham caused much amusement by bringing into playtue old-fashioned .stroke 'between the legs. When stumps were drawn they were still in with the total at 265. Folhnving are the scores: — WELLIXGTOX. First Innings. C. Hicksou, c Whatman, b Burnup ... 73 Richardson, b Hargreavc ... — - C. Gore, o Burnup, b Bosßcquot ■•■ H Williams, c Joimaon. b Hargreave ... 0 Makoncy.' b Burnup •■■ ••• 1J Hoklsworth. b Thompson ... ••• •* Tucker, c Whatmaa, b Bosaiiquet ... 86 Waters, r.ot out ... ... ... ••• 1" Upham, c Whatman, b Buicup ... ••• " Bti:phcr.son. b Bur:;up ... — « ilulc'3. c Wbaiman, b iiargrcave ..- !•> Exwa» ... ... _lf Total 2-»3 Bow\ii:g Analysis.—Bosauquet, 81 balls. 1 maiden, 01 runs. 2 wickets; liurr.uy. 114 ba::s, 4 inside::.::, 45 4 wickets; Dowsok. tii bails. 1 iiiiiiden. 3a run*, two no-balls; Haiprcavo, 134 bails, 9 niaid«n-s. 29 runs, 3 wickets; 'Ihomp3o:i, 174 balls, 13 maidens, 56 runs, 1 wicket. EXGLAXD. First Inciuga. Warner, b ... ... 16 iiurr.up. gt Ujlliams, b Holdsworth ... 03 I'-.'iK". b I'nhsim ... ... ... 70 Taylor, o- Kichaidson. b Hales ... 35 Duuwii, c ilßhoiiy. b Hales ... ... 5 iSosi'.nquet. Ibw, t> 'i'ueker ... ... 12 'ihonipcon. uot out ... ... ... 40 Johnson, c aiid b L"pha:u ... ... 4 Whatman, h Upham ... ... 0 Leathaui. r.ot out ... ... ... 8 .Extras ... ... ■ ... 4 Total for eight wickets ... 263 The we at her is still drizzly, and it is quite like.y ruin wi.l interfere with the game again Ui-inorrow.