CANTERBURY AT THE INTERPROVINCIAL CRICKET MATCH.

Evening Star, Issue 3098, 23 January 1873, Page 3

CANTERBURY AT THE INTERPROVINCIAL CRICKET MATCH.

The Canterbury team having been chosen, the following remarks upon the men, from the Pi •ex*, will he opportune To commence with the bowling. The list of bowlers includes Fuller, C enfe, Moore, Pimvc, Fowler, and Foutty, Fuller may b.e depended upon to be well pp the wicket, and Ms pace, which is much faster than that qf any bowling that Otago lias had hitherto to play against, will be much in favor of Ms getting wickets. He lias also plenty of staying power, and though ’ hove is pot Touch work in his bowling, it is sufficiently straight and well pitched to keep the runs down, if required. Corfe’s swinging delivery, and the fact that he delivers the ball only just within the return crease make his bowling difficult to play. In the fe\y matches he has played in this sgasou, he ha* taken wickef*, and, qulgiug from tlie'ffia'Mlifty of the Otago men ter play him last year, he is likely (o prove efficient in the eusiijug march. Moore has been bjqvlipij o(>lyuil|dly lately, and if he continues in Ips prosept form he ought undoubtedly tp be destructive in the match, I'iorep is not nearly sp steady a bowler as Mpure, hut when pn fl 0 wicKcf "is pipre difficult. Fowley has not been successful ;is a bowler (hip season, but with men Avho arc not used to Ids bowling, he might prove useful as a change, especially as he bowls more with his head than any man in the Province. There can he no doubt that Canterbury will be much stronger in bowling than in any previous match. With respect tp the fielding, we confess tp be rather afraid Hoit it will not be up to the mark of the last two years. Fowler nt the wicket can be depended on, ami Maples, Ollivier, apd Wood, especially the two former, are excellent in thp long fields. Wood, Ollivier, and Cotterill can all long-stop, hut as the two former will probably be put at leg and cover, the latter will most likely be the longstop. .Stevens has latterly fielded very well at short leg, hut the fact that there has been little n\ ;iq fielding practice, combined with the vpry loose fielding of mpst pf the other incp in the matches, does not argue well in favor pf the Eleven showing up well jji this department of the match. At present the strongest bats in the eleven are C’orfe, Fowler, Stevens, Ollivier, Gotten!!; and Maples. The fust two ilre almost'certain to make inns, ami indeed are likely, judging frem their perfoimances this year, to scoic heavily. Stevens has been batting tins year iniieh more successsfuly than for several seasons. Ollivier, whose great defect is still slowness in play, has latterly, ns well as Maples, improved greatly, &pd both way he locked'upon As likely

to make runs. Cotterill is in much better form than at any time during the last two or three years, though there is still a stiffness apparent in his play. Wontuer and Wood seem altogether out of form at present, but there is time before the match for them to recover their batting, in which case both men would bo useful. From Pierce, Fuller, and Moore wc do not expect very much, though the former might make a good many runs if the bowling and fielding were loose. Souter is, like Wood and Wontncr, out of form at present.