CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 701, 22 December 1902, Page 3

CRICKET.

ENGLISHMEN v. AUCKLAND. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, lust night. The match against Lord Hawko's team waH resumed on Saturday, when the wickat was wot, and cutting up later in the day, was on tho whob in favor of the batsmen. Tho Englishmen curried their total from 211 for seven wickets to 321. Auckland scored 120 in their first innings, tho batting boing feeblo and tho bowling of tho Englishmen too good for tho local men, whilo the fielding was capital. Auckland had to follow on, and scored only 31 for tho loss of six wickets, loaving them to got 170 to avert a ono-iunings defeat. Tho scores woro : Englishmen—lst innings. P. F. Warner, c Neill, b Lusk ... 34 C. J. Burnup, b Sbemson 43 F. L. Fano, b Steinson 82 I. L. Taylor, c Mason, b Barclay ... 17 K. M. Dowson, b Stemson ... .. 34 B. J. Bosanquot c Barclay, b Neil!--. 10 Thompson, b Stemson 71 Stanning, b Stemson 33 P. Johnston, o Robinson, b Lusk ... '-3 E. Loatham, c Robinson, b Lusk ... 11 A. D. Whatman, not out '3 Extras (a wide)

Total S’. Bowling analysis : Neill, ono for 102 • Stemson, five for 111; N. B. Lusk, three for 48 ; Barclay, ono for 59. Auckland—lst innings. McCormick, b Thompson 0 Neill, c Warnor, b Thompson ... 18 Clayton, c Burnup, b Dowson ... 13 Hay, c Dowson, b Burnup 30 Ohlson, b Thompson 0 Mason, c Thompson, b Bosanquet ... 26 H. B. Lush, st Whatman, b Bosanquet 10 N, B. Lusk, st Whatman, b Bosanquet 6 Stemson, c Loatham, b Burnup ... 10 Barclay, b Burnup 7 Robinson, not out 0 Extras 5 Total 120 Bowling analysis : Thompson, three for 10; Dowson, ono for 34 ; Bosanquet, three for 15 ; Burnup, four for 5. Auckland—2nd innings. Neill, b Bosanquet 3 McCormick, b Bosanquet 9 Clayton, not out 6 Hay, o and b Bosanquot 0 Ohlson, run out 1 Mason, e Johnson, b Dowson ... 1 H. B. Lush, c Thompson, b Dowson 2 Extras 9

Total for six wickets ... 31 Bowling analysis : Burnup, none, for 7 ; Bosanquot, throe for 13; Dowson, two for 2; Warner, nono for 0. NEW SOUTH WALES v. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Adolaido, Dec. 21. New South Wales’ first innings closod for 285; Pyo (not out) 25. Jonos took three wiokots for 68, Kirkwood throe for 28, Claxton two for 16. South Australians in their first innings, made 140. Hack (48) and Giffen (27) were tho chief scorers. Howell took throo wickets for 51, Noble three for 34, Pye one for 31.

Thoro was a good muster of players at Victoria Domain on Saturday afternoon. West End and County were to have met in the Saturday competition, but at 2 o’clock there wore only four County representatives prosent, while West End had a very strong eleven on the field. After a conference, it was decided that West End should meet All-comers. West End batted first, and Hodge and Poananga made a capital start, putting on 111 for the first wickot, when Hodgo put his leg in front of ono from Whyte, and retired aftor a good innings for 17. Poananga surprised his friends, and batted finely, keeping tho ball well down, and playing corroct cricket. Ho was a long time at tho wickets, and had 20 opposite his name when Whyte bowled him. The rest of the side did nothing against the bowling of Hood and Whyte, who both did groat execution, and the innings unexpectedly closod for 61. H. Sharp and W. Gibson made a good start for the All* comers, and put on 35 rapidly befoi# Sharp was bowled by Sheridan for a stylishly-compiled 24. Porter made 9 before Sheridan bowled him, and Whyte was dismissed by Plimmor after scoring 3. Hood joined Gibson, who was putting the runs on at a good pace, and the pairplayed out to time, the score then standing at 84 for throe wickets ; Gibson, not out, 37 ; Hood, not out, 4. The Allcomers thus won by seven wickets and 23 runs. Hodga, Plimmor, and Sheridan did the bowling for Wost End. The wicket played well, and tbo game was most enjoyable. __________