NINE WICKETS MARGIN.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1989, 20 February 1914, Page 5

NINE WICKETS MARGIN.

AUSTRALIA WINS,

SECOND DAY AT HASTINGS. (By TeltßraDh.-Press Association.! Hastings, February 19The match Australia v. Hawke's Bay was resumed'at 12.30 to-day under perfect conditions, and before a fair attendance-. Board and Creed opened Hawke's Bay's second innings. Laver trundled from tho school end, and his second ball was sent through the slips to the boundary by Board, who also drove his last ball to the off for four. Board brought up 10 with a "fourer" off Armstrong, but the latter's nest over saw Creecf smartly taken in tho slips. Hindmarsh, the next man, added 14 by good cricket before being boded by Armstrong.; Fulton followed, and be and Board batted until tho luncheon adjournment, tho score being then 77— Board, 36; Fulton, 25. Play was resumed at 2.25. p.m., and, at 91, Armstrong got through.Fulton's defence, and ■ shortly afterwards clean hoiyled Board. Blinco, who was next, hoisted the century -by playing Armstrong through the slips for 3, but immediately afterwards. Mailey bowled Ellis. Blamircs joined v Blinco, and opened with a single off Mailey. At 3< o'clock the score was 106 for five wickets. Blamires presently drove. Armstrong to the boundary, • bringing up 110. and Blinco treated Mailey,in similar .fashion next over. A four to Blinco through the slips, off Armstrong, hoisted .120, and the, last ball of the over went for four byes. Blamires then hit his wicket in playing.back to tho slow bowler. Laver now' came on again with the ball, in place of Arm-strong,-and, soon after, Spackman was foolishly run out, With the total standing at 127, Napier .jomed' Blinco, who welcomed his club-mate by sending ilailey to the- leg-boundary, bringing 130 up. The two Hastings men, by Bmart running, Tapidly added .to the Bcore, until Blinco was stumped off M'Kenzie,. who had gone on in place of Mailey. ] Geake hit a'no-ball from M'Kenzie into Trumper's hands, but tho catch was missed, two resulting. The same batsman then drove a full toss from M'Kenzie for 2, and : sent thi following Tjall ' for 4, bringing 160 up. Armstrong replaced M'Kenzie,'his first ball being smacked to tho off-boundary by Geake. The latter, however, was bowled in Armstrong's next over. Hichens, the last man, was smartly stumped first ball. Requiring 39 to win, the Australians went -to the wickets at 3.63, Trumper and M'Grcgor being' tho opening batsmen. ~ Napier bpwledv from the north end, and five runs were scored off his first over. Ellis trundled from tho other end, and singles to each batsman brought 10 up. Trumper. then sent Ellis to\ log for a couple, and hit the. left-hander to the boundary next over. The same batsman brought up 20 with a drive off .Ellis. Geake relieved Ellis, and was promptly sent to the boundary by Trumpor for 4. Tho next ball was dispatched for 6, and then Geake clean bowled the champion, who had played good-i cricket: 1—23—37. Waddy, who succeeded Trumper, hit his first ball for 4, bringing up 41, and putting the visitors, in tho lead, Australia thus ,won . by, nine wickets. Scores:— ' Hawke's Bay. First'lnnings.'. '. 172 Second Innings. B.bardy'y.-'A'?rnstroiig' 1 \^l"^'. . H "45 Creed?'c.'Mailey, b:'Armstrong ... 2 Hindmarsh, b. Armstrong 14 Fulton,'b. Armstrong ......;........ 30 Ellis, b. Bailey ''~.....•.,;.'...,;..,...v;.;;, : 5 Blamires,-b. Mailey 7 Spackman, run out '.'...'.:..'.„ 2 Blinco, st. Geake, b. Armstrong ... ' 2 Geake, b. Armstrong ; 13 Hichens, st. Geako' ........; ' 0 Napier, not out \. .;:.. '.. 10 Extras ....;..... '. 10 Total 159 Bowling Analysis.—Armstrong took six wickets for 65 runs; Mailey. two for 39; Waddy, none for 11; laver, none for 34. " ' How the Wickets Fell. 1 2 3-4 5- '6 7 8 9 10 16 38 91 92 104 125 127 140 159 159" , Australia, ,' First Innings ' ..• ;.. 293 .Second Innings! . : M'Gregor, not out ;.,' , 14 Trumper, b. Geake, 23 Waddy, not out 4 Total for pne 1 wicket 41 After winning the match the Australians continued the innings, and gave an . Exhibition of batting. When stumps' were drawn at 5.30 they had eight wickets down for 175 runs.