CRICKET.

Evening Star, Issue 4048, 16 February 1876, Page 3

CRICKET.

We are requested to state that the Match Comanttee have decided to, play out-Eng-land v.TheWorM on.the.OvJf next Satm-- -!£.«■■ jf no T, tha * a « 00d ™*tch » in Bwmg, : all last, week's players wiU show up m their places this Saturday, and play the game through with sprit. The Committee intend to select the Fifteen for the approaching game of first Eleven v. next Fifteen mamly form shown in this match! batnrday, it will be remembered, Ed*. knd appeared in the field with three, if not fora, substitutes, and in addition lost one of her nest players through an accident. This latter, of course, was nnavoidable, but as regards the former, we put it tp members if it lfcfairor courteotrfNio the rest of the •Club to express their willingness to play, and then without giving notice of any sort to avoid the ground all day,' or come down too latejbo be of service; We hope in future to see this practice discontinued, as it not only causes great inconvenience, but also prevents W--rt** um J ; ? f otl *> r Players who would be glad to talse part in the game. Next Saturday the sides will be : i MarsilaU J a Paramor G., Dixon G,,

The World: Tait, Meares W. D., Allen, M'Donalcl, Brown R., Lambert S., Robinson, Johnston R., Clafk, Fuller, Glen, Rowc, Mollison, and Fenwick F. Emergencies: Buchanan and Austin.

Any member unable to play should give notice to the Match Committee, box 186, before Friday evening. The Match first eleven v. next fifteen will, in all probability, come off on Saturday, February 25. Due notice will be published in the papers.

. The match in Christchurch, the Interprovincial Eleven v. Fifteen, has, to the surprise of nine-tenths of the people interested in it, resulted in a victory for the Eleven. When the stumps were drawn on Saturday week the Fifteen had made 138 runs in their first innings; the Eleven 116 in. their first and 11 (with two wickets down) in their second inningjs. Last Saturday the two "not outs" of the previous week, Baker and Fowler, brought up the score to 57, though they were in nearly two hours, before they were separated. The ' Press' in its report says : —"As before, the bowling was ,very straight, and, with the four extra men in the field, it was difficult to get runs. The fielding was very good—in fact, throughout the match scarcely a mistake was made on either side. When Corfe joined J. Fowler, some splended play was exhibited. The bowling, batting, and fielding were very good, and. it was quite a treat to witness it. The score, however, gradually increased, and at last the., bowlers changed ends, but without effect, runs still coming slowly. A separation was at last caused by Firth bowling J. Fowler, wh» had been in about ah hour and a-half for 24." The other wickets fell thus : Four and five for 57; six, seven, and eight for 68; nine (Corfe making 36) and ten for 74. Wood, Alpe, Ollivier, and Neilson fell to Firth and Moore, and Ashby to Fuller, all for " duck's eggs." With 53 to make to win the match it; seemed a certainty for the Fifteen, but the Eleven said, "It is not won yet." The EJeven took the field, Corfe and Sweet being their early bowlers. When Fuller was run out for. 6, a regular funk set in, which was. only arrested by Dickenson, who scored 24 in ' style. The Fifteens' wickets fell in this order: one for 1; two, three, and four for 8; five and six for 10; seven, eight, nine, and ten for 19; eleven and twelve for 42; thirteen aid fourteen for 49; the Eleven thus winning by three runs. The bowling ; on both sides in the second' innings was remarkably good. For the Fifteen, Fuller got four wickets at an expense of 47 runs,; and Firth, a new player, 150 balls for six wickets and 24 runs., For the Eleven, Corfe bowled 70 balls, for four wickets and 21 runs; Sweet 55 balls for seven wickets and 19 runs, and J. Fowler 16 balls for 6 runs and two wickets.