CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 777, 29 March 1910, Page 5

CRICKET.

DOMINION AGAINST AUSTRALIA. OUR ATTACK FAILS. ». __ MAYNE AND BARDSLEY, TAKE :-■;•'■■ ■ ; . : '/ ; ';:-"' CHARGE. : : .' The contest- between the Australian team,'and a New Zealand XI was continued on the Basin Reserve yesterday. Earlier, in the day the sky Was overcast, and the prospects • did. not seem pro- . mjsing, but, later, the sun.shone out .brightly, and generally the meteorobgical conditions-,were first-class.. Before . lunch' there ! were. about 1000 present,'but. as the day wore on the attendance gradually mounted up, eventually equalling that' of Saturday. ■ Included among, the spectators were -...lie Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward) and party, tho Hon. A. T; .Ngata, Mr. Herdman, M.P., and a fair ;flumber. of visiting cricketing enthusiasts'. No harm had' accrued to the wicket: as a result of'the rain overnight, and'it played satisfactorily' throughout the.day. •;'■ Outline of the Play; When stumps were drawn at the end 'of the first day the position (it will be remembered) was as follows:—Australia (first, innings), 260;' New'.Zealand' (first innings), three wickets down - for ■■ 56. Resuming their, innings,' New Zealand .compiled in all 177 runs—or 83 in arrears. ..The principal feature of the in'aings was the partnership between Reese and' Sims, which added 49 runs to the total. Reese, who carried his bat for 69, was the top-scorer. ■', The New Zealand' skipper; batted patiently—quite patiently: enough for anybody—but his display was brightened by many pretty •trokes. He gave two chances, the firs', when he had made only about 25 runs. Sims, though 'less brilliant in his strokes; reached ,37, and his downfall, 'which came immediately after lunch, was a serious'blow to his side. No fewer ■ihan seven trundlers were tried by Aii tralia, Facey proving 'the; most, successful.'/ : The' fact that. Emery, was .not tried caused .disappointment to many who had not seen/him perform with-the ball.. His average on the tour—l 3.4 In respect of 36-wiokets—surely alone 'entitled him to a turn. ; Perhaps he will be put on to-day, On the whole the fielding of the visitors was first rate. It was just on 3.30 when; the Australians'second, innings commenced. By tending- in Mayne and; Bardsiey the visiting skipper showed good judgment, for the after the first 20/ minutes, completely collared the bowling. Of the New Zealanders'' bowling all that need be said is that;it was again weak—in fact, Mayne and Bardsley made/ a lot of it appear very; simple..: The batsmen's efforts; soon appeared'to' resolve, them- ■ selves, into a-neck-and-heck .contest for ' the honour of reaching the'century'first'. Bardsley,,who,was led by'Mayne by a few runs whilst ..they, 'remained' to- 1 ge'th'er,' fellj' by the 'way, at '71j but ' Mayne got "within 11 runs of the cov- ] eted.three-figure score',.when play. l was discontinued for. the; day.' In compari- . son- with' the.'fielding by. .the''Austr'a-; ;i lians, the display in; this department by the New- Zealander's, was very patchy. At tiiries;the ball was gathor'ed in very, capably, and smart returns were made, but. there .were other ; 'occasions on . which the efforts' of some."of the, fields-- jmen. woald have- disgraced'.■'schoolboys.' j ' New Zealahders at tiie •Wickets. I

ii 5? on 'he'game being resumed "at ' 11.40 ;a.m. yesterday.play 'was at,first anything but exciting. With the total at three wickets .f0r.56 runs. Lusk 20 (not out) and Reese 6 (not.out) continued batting. Whitty bowled' from the southern end,'wbilst Facey operated from the opposite end. Armstrong ■ placed his field scientifically,'and the < fielding was pretty keen.' It was evident'that the Australians were oui to get the New Zealand batsmen in hand as early as possible. Over after over went down, but the batsmen got few of the-dehvenes away.':ln'his third over, however, Whitty sent down a' leg ball, which accounted for ,Lusk, who" had shown such promising form on.the first day, when his placing, was admirable. 60—4—22'-.:. r; : Siedeberg, of Otago, now became'associated with Reese, who was showing ,■ defence. Only four runs appeared on the board as a result of 15 minutes' play, which will give some idea of the • Bio wrate of scoring. , Siedeberg made only one hit of consequence—a drive for a single—and then Facey, in his fourth over,: bowled him with a fast ball, which kept: low. .61—5—1. r ■Sims opened with ' a boundary to square leg off Facey—the first four of the. day. Some more almost profitless overs to the batsmen followed. Then Suns hit Whitty away, for four, and Reese followed his example off Facey ■When Sims had made 24 he gave a chance to Armstrong' in the' slips, which was. not accepted.- Reese continuing to bat soundly now got in several additional hits, which helped to swell the score. : ... Century in Two Hours. . The century"appeared as the result of just under 2 hours' play. ■ Armstrong then relieved Facey,- whose average at this stage was three for 53, and Hopkins bowled m. place .of Whitty, who had got one wicket for 48. With a view to tempting Sims, Armstrong sent down a short one now and again,, but Sims's tune had not yet as it turned out it was not far off. Warne replaced Hopkius with the. ball at 130 but he had only sent down one over when the adjournment for lunch was taken l\ith the score standing at 135, of which Reese had compiled 44, and Sims 37, play was resumed at 2:30 p.m. It opened-disastrously--for-the New Zealand team, for Sims lost his wicket as a result of mis-timing the initial ball, which was'sent.'down by Facey. 110—

■ Brice had only been at the wickets a couple of minutes when he'nearly lost his. partner, Reese, who was missed' b.v borry behind the wickets off Faeov J his. was-.-Reese's first chance—and 'it war, a close thing. '.At this stage his Htal stood at 46, which represented creaiw We. batting. After .trying a couple of minor run-producing 'strokes, L"ce succeeded m lifting a Tsall from '■ )ntty as far as the boundary. Reeso uow + reached the -half-century, for just O!! two hours' batting. Off Whitty, Knee was smartly caught by Gorrv at •this juncture. 150-7-8. y ' The Lesser Lights pall. Sandman, the Canterbury colt was Mtit .mrUo fill the gap.' AVith 51 .to his credit, Reese had another "lif e » hind the •wickets—tho'ball skipping out o/ Cony s hEiids over to Armstrong, w.i'.o .just failed to gather it in Off Vanity's next 'over both Sandman and L?rse. secured a three by capital strokes ' r.u.-i .'.vh.cn Faery's turn with. tho ball rime, Reese hit him for. a four and a U<:n. The pair looked likely to remain lojr.cilior. but after.a few overs Facey ili.-uiiistted Sandman with a "bailer'' 169-8-3.'

Bennett, the in-goer, started off with a couple for a small stroke to squareleg, where nobody was fielding. Hopkins was given another turn with the ball, when the score reached 170. Not long aftonvards Bennett was disposed of by Facey, who got his middle wicket. 177 —9—6.' Boxshall, the last man, only saw a few deliveries, then Facey knocked hie leg stump clean out of the ground. 177 —10—0. VISITORS' SECOND INNINCS. In Mayne and Bardsley Australia .had two very suitable batsmen to open their second innings. They took their time in getting used to the bowling, and'although it could not bo said that they were very aggressive, the runs'came quickly enough after a while. ■ Brice and Bennett bowled fairly well for half an hour, and then they lost their dash. Bennett sent. down an over which yielded 11 runs, and he then gave way to Sandman, whilst Brice, whose next over was.even more expensive, producing 15 runs—including three boundaries—retired' in favour of Reese. When the century_ appeared after one hour and ten minutes' play Mayne had' notched 57 runs and Bardsloy 43. Much admiration was expressed for the way in ; which Mayne handled the bowling, whilst Bardsloy's hits to log could not have been.improved upon.. If Brice had been a bit smarter he might have caught Mayne in the slips When ho had made' 60: Further changes in the bowling took place at brief intervals throughout the remainder of the afternoon. ' Bowling Completely Collared. But it did not seem to"trouble.the batsmen much whether it was Brice or Bennett oi-Reese or Sandman or, Haddon who faced thorn. When the total stood at 150 Mayne tipped one dangerously _close to Boxshall, who had been slack in his work at times. A few overs, later, however, tho Canterbury ■ 'keeper made amends by smartly snapping up Bardsley, off Bennett. 168—1—71. Whitty, the newcomer,.soon appeared to be at ease so far as tho bowling was concerned. To him fell the credit for the biggest hit of the day—a six .to square-leg. It was now 5.30 p.m., and as the light had diminished appreciably during the last half-hour play was'suspended (with the score at 179 for one wicket) until 11.15 to-day.

AUSTRALIA. : First Innings. Mayne, 4111411, h. Brice 13 Warne, 31111, c. Boxshall, b. Bennett ■.: .7 Kelleway, 23111213, thrown out,'b. ' Bennett ..........: 14 Smith,- 11141411412412211423211144 .;.:': 14441121461441414, b. Reese... 102 Armstrong, 141, b. Brice 6 Bardsley, 141311111411111211111 111111, 1.b.w., b. Brice 36 Emery, 1211124641312111, b. Sandman.... 32 Hopkins; 1241, 1.b.w., b. 8rice...,.,. 8 Facey,'q.; Simsi b. Brice 0 Whitty, 44, o. Sims, b. Sandman... 8 Gorry, 111; not out ';..... 3 Byes, 17; leg-byes, 14 31 T0ta1 :'... .:...,...'.. .....260 Bowling Analysis. . , . Overs. Mdns. Run?. Wkbs. Brice ...... 18 .1 ". .70 5 Bennett, , ..'. ,18 : ;.- '4 ' ,71 '.' ' : 1 Reese ',;.... 9':'. •'- — . ,56' "■;'-1 Saudraan ; '.;.. '7- .;,— ' :.32 '':'>■: 2 Second Innings. ■. Mayne, 1141114111144213131424124 - 421114111111411114111, not out '89 Bardsley, 111421114121141111121111 14412111141111111114,' c." Box- . shall,- b. Bennett '..• 71 .Whitty, 26 not, out^/.^........;....... - 8 . .Extras—Byes, f -4... 11 .. ,-■ Total for one, wicket 179 • Bowling Analysis. . . : Overs.' Mdns. Runs. Wkts'. Brice ...'..„.... 10'-, ■•—■■'' 48 — 8ennett........ 6 ■'" ■_— 30 '- : 1

Reese :"....';.... : 4 ...— ■': .24 '" — Sandman ...... 9 — 47 — Haddon ...._. .3 — 19 — ■ NEW ZEALAND., : First Innings. . Lusk, 421311412111, ; b. Whitty ... 22 iHemus, c. Gorry, b; Facey ......... ;• 0 Saie, 12314231142,. run out ......... 24 Haddon,b. .Facey ....'.. 0 Reese, 14111114412441212141121111 132414211,. not-out ..; 69 Siedeberg,' 1, b. Facey ..'.....' 1 Sims,' ./ 4111114414214131111, b. Faoey . : 37 Brice, 11411, c. Gorry, b.. Whitty ... " ; 8 Sandman, 3, b: Facey 3 Bennett, 24, b. Faoey ............... ' 6 Boxshall, b. Facey , ...;...' 0 Byes 2, leg-byes 5'..'..; 7 Total ' ...;..:.............. 177 Bowling Analysis; Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts; Whitty ■■ ... 27, 4 71 ,2 Facey . ... 28:'.. .5 ... 70 7 Armstrong 6 2 10 — Warne .:. 1... —-. / 5 — Hopkins ... 6 2 13 — HAWKE'S BAY AND WELLINGTON. DRAWN GAME. PLAY INTERRUPTED BY RAIN.

[ (By Telecraph—Fresß Association.! | .'-. Napier, March 28. I The cricket match Wellington v. Hawke's Bay was resumed this morning under a threatening sky. The notout men, Roberts and Kinvig, faced the bowling of Fentori and Nelson, and increased Wellington's -second innings' score, for three wickest from 64 to 70, when Kinvig was given out leg-before-wicket to Fenton. 70— Patrickjoined Roberts, but by this time rain was descending heavily, and play had to be suspended. 'The game was resumed at 2 p.m., by'which time tho wicket though decidedly moist was considered fit for play. Ten minutes after the start 80 appeared on the board, but six runs later Roberts was run out through a smart return by Bailey. 86—5—11. , Finlayson went in next, and runs came regularly, although ' not rapidly, the. -century being posted at 2.25 p.m. At this stage Anderson 1 relieved Nelson with the ball,'and off his third ball Patrick was caught at point by Bailey. 104—6—20. Play now became somewhat monotonous and uninteresting, but the score mounted, despite frequent changes in the bowling, and tho partnership between Finlayson and Aldersley continued till it had realised 76, when Finlayson was caught by Fenton in the long field, off Srayrk. 180—7—42. Wellington then declared their innings closed. Faced with tho seemingly impossible task of making the 232 runs required to win; .with only a couple of hours in which to play, Hawke's Bay opened their second innings with Fenton and Hawke, while 1 Finlayson and Hickcy had charge of the. attack. The start was disastrous, Fenton, Fulton, and Hindmarsh being dismissed without scoring. Hawke, however, batting with freedom and vigour, knocked up 23,.and when Macassey joined him the. scorewas'raised to 31, when play was again interrupted by heavy ram. The downpour continued until play became im-

possible, and the match therefore ended in a draw. Scores:— . • WELLINGTON. First Innings. H. Burton, c. and b. Fenton 6 A. Birch, c. Ashcroft, b. Nelson ... 62 F. A. Midlane, c. Sniyrk, b. Fulton 22 E. Roberts, 1.b.w., b. Fulton ...... 28 J- D. Kinvig, b. Nelson 0 W. Patriot, c. Fulton, b. Nelson 2 A. Finlayson, st. Ashcroft, b. Nelson' ;.. 7 A. Aldersley, c. Anderson, b. Fenton . ........'. 11 P. Smith, b. Fenton 12 A. Hales, not out. 3 C. Hickey, b. Fenton 1 Byes 2 Total 150 Bowling Analysis. • Fenton, four wickets for 42 runs; Nelson, four for 55; Smyrk,- none for 15; Fulton, two for 42. . Second Innings. H. Burton, c. Macassey, b. Fenton 20 A. Birch, b. Fenton 21 F. A. Midlane, b. Nelson 6 E. Roberts, runout 11 J. D. Kinvig, 1.b.w., b. Fenton .... 15 D. Patrick, c. Bailey, b. Anderson 20 A. Finlayson, c. Fenton, b. Smyrk 42 A. Aldersley, not wut 38 Extras ~ 7 Total for 7 wickets (declared) 180 Bowling Analysis. Fenton, three wickets for 59 runs; Nelson, one for 57; Anderson, one for 23; O'Brien, nono for 13; Fulton, none for 8;, Smyrk, one for 13. HAWKE'S BAY. . First. Innings. -E. W. Smyrk, c. and b. Hickey ... 14 G. Hawke, 1.b.w., b. Patrick 20 J. E. Macassey, b. Patrick 3 P. R. Fulton, b. Patrick 0 J. Hindmarsh, b. Finlayson 24 A. Fenton, c. Hales, b. Hickey 7 J. O'Brien, b. Hickey 3 B. Bailey, b. Finlayson 16 N. Anderson, •b. Kinvig 2 P. Ashcroft, not out ; 7 F. A. Nelson, b. Finlayson 0 Byes „.. 9 Total 105 Bowling Analysis. Hickey, three wickets for 49 runs'; Patrick, three for 33; Finlayson, three for 10; Kinvig, one for 4. Second Innings. A. Fenton, b; Finlayson 0 G. Hawke; not out 24 P. Fulton, b. Hickey ..'... :..... ■ o J.'>". Hindmarsh, c. Roberts, b" Hickey ...'; ,;.........„ o J. E. Macassey, not out 1 Extras • ?■.....',' 6 Total for three wickets ........ 81 Bowling Analysis. Finlayson, one wicket for 15 runs; Hickey, one for 10. ;

P. AND T. MATbH. (By. Telegraph.-Spedai Correspondent.) '"'■•.'•■'' ■'..: Auckland, March 28.: ' The cricket match between teams re-presenting-the'Auckland and Wellington' Post and Telegraph Office was continued .on the: Domain to-day. The match was opened on Saturday last, when .Auckland,; in their first innings, made 137 runs, and Wellington 144. The- play to-day was as follows:—Auckland, second innings, '115 (Bramley 44, Warner 13). Wellington second innings 109. for seven wickets. (Sclater.not'out, 56, Tyrrell 22). Wellington won,by three wickets. '..-,..' A cricket match was] played at Fahautanui on Friday, Married v. Single,and was won by the benedicts. The single men won the toss, and sent their opponents in to bat, but before they were all disposed of the score' reached 133, which proved too big a total for the young. players to overtake. ■ In their first innings Single only reached 25, and, following on, they could do very little better, for the second innings closed for 35,; Married thus winning by an innings and 73 rims. ' Tl; following were the principal scores:— For Married: J. Millen 22, S. Boulton 33, H. Harris 24, G Harris • 14/ T. Harris 11. For Single: J. Harris and K. Boulton were top-scorers with '7 each,' and in their second innings C. Boulton and W. Peaice were top with 12 and 10 respectively.