THE CRICKET TOUR

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1014, 2 January 1911, Page 7

THE CRICKET TOUR

. CANTERBURY MATCH, SHE COLLAPSE OF OUR BATSMEN. NINE FOE THIRTY-EIGHT, . (By sCcteirraph~Preßa Association.) Chrlstchurch, December 31. Tho interprovincial cricket match beI tween Canterbury and Wellington was commenced at Lancaster. Park to-day, in £no weather, but on a treacherous wicket, "which ticked considerably, and rendered perfect batting impossible. It was exjpected fa be a closo game, as Canterbury ias reputedly tho best team tlmt has ■ever' jeenn&nted tho' province, \rhilt j match against Auckland; «Ad stamped the team as a very, useful ; combination. Canterbury won tho toss, ' .and batted first, but,the peculiarities of the cricket'. wero evident, . and, with the of Sims, who batted freely, land- would have scored'more heavily but -:.V 'for Wellington's good fielding, the display was .disappointing, and tho innings closcd for 186. ' /' . , Wellington mado an absolutely disas'trous start; . arid tould, do' nothing with . -tho * bowling., of Bennett and Sandman, which., had the...batsmen completely tied "up. When play oeased for the day, nine ' 'wickets were down. * for 38—probably a unique fecoro in big matches. Bennett fowled eight overs, five being maidens, and took five wickets for four runs. -Sandman's average, would have been . nearly as good, if Naughton had not 'scored off ; him before he got a length. Tho match' will be resumed on Monday . -morning. ' Canterbury Take Strike, Caygill' and Norman opened with the bat for Canterbury, and treated Saunders, the Victorian, confidently. Norman ■brought 1 ten up by-dispatching Saunders ■ through" the slips for four, and Caygill,' litting ; confidently,'added a boundary past, mid-on and two 'to square leg off . Monaghan.,,..Monaghan's next over, however, twas. fatal to Norman, who hit ono to Gibbes and was out. W. Carlton fol-. lowed, and. nearly lost Caygill, who got back to his crease just in time, after starfing for an impossible run. _ Carlton spooned a weak ono over 1 mid-off's lead, > and' then Saunders clean bowled Caygill with a ball that ho- lashed hard at. ' Rosso partnered " Carlton, * and at onco hit. hard to leg at ono from'Saunders, which went for four byes. Forty was hoisted, and Reese added another four by.jlriving Monaghan beautifully to the boundary. He repeated the stroke next ball, bringing tho half-century up. Then he opened out on Saunders with'three 1 to the on. Brice now came on vice Monaghan, and Cnrlton played his second .' ball.'into lii 6 wicket.' ,' ■/" ' Sims Top Scorer.Sinis,- who was destined to be the topecorer, followed, and notohed two singles, ■ after which he touched Saunders to leg for * four,- and drove, his next ball to the off, - also for four, bringing -70 on • tho ' board. About this stago. Reeso - was treating Saunders With some, disrespect, while- Sims was punishing Brico, a bit. Findlay took the ball from tho Australian,. and Reese, going out to hit his. jirst/ball, skied it close ill,'and Findlay took it easily. Orchard partnered Sims, and,.. with three .singles, brought the century'up for 75-minutes' .play, Mona-. ghan. replaced Brice, and bowled into the teeth; of'.half a' gale. Sims was missed in the. slips off Findlay, with the score 110, and, immediately, afterwards, sur-. - vived-an appeal for l.b.w. by Monaghan.: Rid WOfCh«rd!™s srij At 121 Orchard ; skied one. off Monaghan ..into the long-field, whore nobody. got to, T it, and, continuing ;.to hit. hard, -he pulled a two and lifted ■ afour -to the on. off Monaghan; -Then ho -lifted one very, high off Firidlay, which Midlane,-waiting at mid-off, badly,missed. At 131 Gibbes relieved Monaghan at the crease, • and tho change camq-off for the third rime, Orchard succumbing to tho second ball—clean - bowled... Patrick was next man in, but did -not score, as, hitting hard at Gibbes, he was magnificently caught at mid-off by Blacklock; The tea adjournment, was then taken. t_On resuming the wicket was kicking badly, and T. Carlton • had a life in . Gibbes's first over as ho mishit one which went high over the wicketkeener. Sims ■ also-had a life, mishitting' Findlay to ' point, whero the fieldsman just failed to get np to ; it. Ono hundred and forty, appeared; and Gibbes sent down his second ■ maiden to Sims, his figures at that . stage being. four overs; three maidens, two runs, two wickets. Carlton had another life in tho next over, lifting Findlay I to point, whero Gibbes missed a onolandcd chonce. The batsmen now began . to ppoil Gibbes's, average, no fewer than 15 runs being hit .off one over. Sims Out at Last.. Hickey relieved Findlay at tho railway 1 end, and the fast bowler was tried against the wind. Ilickey's. advent resulted in the usual wicket, which came in his sec- ' ond over, Carlton hitting him high to square-leg into Blacklock's hands. - Before the score had been increased, Sinis, who had been stepping out riskily, was stumped by Mahony.' Boxshall was run out by pure misadventure, as. ho fell when getting back to his crease after a false start, Sandman, the last man, mado two : singles, and then mishit Findlay, Gibbes I running in for the catch from point. Wellington's Disastrous Batting. Birch arid Naughton opened Wellington's first, innings to the fowling of Bennett ' and Sandman. Naughton found Sandman to his liking, and smote ten off v. ' the over. Sandman, in fact, looked as if [ he were not going to find a length, but , after sending down a couple of puzzling balls, he beat Naughton. 'Mahony' joined .Birch, who was clean bowled by Bennett with the last ball,of the over. lane'partnered Mahony, who was beaten ' by Sandman's first ball, and stumped by Boxshall. ' Blacklock succumbed fo his second ball, which ho hit to Orchard at mid-off. Saunders, however, prevented the hat" trick for. Sandman, although three wickets had fallen in successive balls. He played out the over, but wes clean howled m Bennett's next over. Canterbury's Bowling Unplayable. f The" bowling of Canterbury was apparently unplayable, and Hickey also went-in the same over, being well caught 1 by Reese at forward cover. Midlane . . Burvivod an appeal by Sandman, and then skied tho ■ second ballnear the wicket, but nobody got near it. Then he drove a nice boundary, bringing 30 up, but, ill the next over, lie 'got-'.his leg in" front to Bennett. Brice was out to tho next ball, which ho touched into Sinis's hands'in the slips. Mona-, ghan averted another possible hat trick with a single, but succumbed to Sand.man's first delivery from- the other end. Stumps were then drawn for (ho day. , The following are the scores:— Canterbury,—First Innings. fi.'E. Caygill, b. Saunders 14 A. Nornlan, c. Gibbes,-b. Monaghan 6 W. Carlton, b. BricS 13 X). Keese, c. and b. Findlay 28 A. Sims, st. Mahony, b. Hickey ......... 47 S, A.- Orchard, b. Gibbes ' W. Patrick, c. Midlane, b. Gibbes ... 0 T. Carlton, c. Blacklock, b, Hickey,... 23 J. Bennett, not out 2 C. Boxshall, run out v 2 P. Sandman, c. Gibbes, b. Findlay ... 2 Extras 20 Total 180 '> How tho Wickets Fell. ■ 18456 7 8 9 10 f 0} 28 91 131 13G ISO 180 183 183 Bowling Analysis. Balls. Mdns. Runs. Wlcts. Saunders 68 ' 1 39 1 i Monaghan 60 2 11 1 • Brice 30 0 17 1 : Findlay 7-1 0 36 2 ' Gibbes 36 3 22 2 - Rickey ......... .18 1 5 3

Wellington.—First Innings. G. Birch, 1). Bennett 5 D. Naughton, b. Sandman ■ 1-1 J. Mahonv, st. Boxshall, b. Sandman 1 F. A. Midlane, 1.b.w., b. Bennett 5 J. I'. Blacklock, e. Orchard, b. Sandman 0 J. V. Saunders, b. Bennett 1 C. E. Hickey, e. Reese, b. Bennett ... 0 Brice, c. Sims, b. Bennett 0 Monaghan, b. Sandman 1 Extras 11 Total for nine wickets 38 How the Wickets Fell, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 S . 9 21 '25 25 25 26 20 37 .. 37 38