Cricket

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 88, 8 January 1885, Page 2

Cricket

AUCKLAND V. CANTERBUET.

[PRB UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION.!

Chbistchubch, January fl.

The cricket match Auckland v. Canterbury was concluded to-day, and resulted in a win for Canterbury by an innings and 74 runs. The play was for a long time uninteresting, the Aucklanders scoring slowly during the second innings. Mills made 35 by good play, occasionally hitting hard. The best exhibition of batting was made by Ewing towards the close of the match. He punished the bowling severely, fours and twos coming freely till he was caught off one of his big I hits. Soon after this the last wicket fell, and with it Auckland's last hope.. Canterbury, first innings, 347 ; Auckland first innings, 92 j second innings, 181; the Canterbury men thus winning by one innings and 74 a runsThe following are the scores : — Auckland. — 2nd Innings. W. Mills, b Dunlop . . „ 35 Coxon, b Dunlop . . . . ..•'■. .5 J. Testro, c Wilding, b Dunlop. . 0 W. Barton, c Barnes, b Ashby . ... 5 0. S. Stafford, b Dunlop. . . . 20 D. Lynch, 1.b.w., b Ashby „ 18 W. W. Eobinson, b Ashby . . 8 C. McCormick, c Denham (sub.), b Dunlop . . . . . . 5 Q. Ewing, c Milton, b Ashby . . 36 Osmond, b Dunlop . . . . 16 Meldrum, not out. . .. .. 2 Extras 11 Total „~181 Wellington, This Day. The cricket match, Auckland v Wellington, commenced this morning, with fine weather. Auckland won the toss, and went to the wickets. Two wickets fell before any score was made. Barton and Stafford are now together with the score at 43. Later. The Auckland team have lost five wickets for 104, Barton being not out for 60.