CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1395, 4 March 1905, Page 2

CRICKET.

XFen Press Association.

. Dunedin, yesterday. [ „ Baker lias selected Graham and Rennet to supply vacancies in the New Zealand team, caused through the inability t of Austin and Downes to play. The weather is fine, but dull. A good wioket has been prepared. Laver and McLeod are standing out of the Australian team. Noble won the toss and sent Otago in. Off the captain’s opening ball Austin, who is partnered by Siedeberg, scored three.

! „ . , *, . ~ Napier, yesterday. Owing to the inability of a number of Hawke’s Bay players to obtain leave at present it has been decided to postpone the visit of the representative team to Auckland (which was to have been made next week) until towards the end of the month and an endeavor will now be made to arrange the trip so as to leave Napier on March 2 lst, piay the Auckland match on the 23rd, 24th and 25ch March, and Poverty Bay on the 27th and 28th the team arriving home on the 30th.

AUSTRALIA V. OTAGO.

he (Par Press Association.) ‘ ' Dunedin, last night. |j . T . be , mat °h between the Australian If ° l-lokß ‘ erß and Otago was commenced toid da y on ‘he Oariabrook ground. The e weather was dull and overcast, but warm. mere was a large attendance. The wioket Z r as i m B ,°° d °r der > probably favoring the bowlers,. bufc the outfield was slow The Otago team, 'gomg in first, made a sorrv exhibition. Despite the fact that the wie h ket did not assist his pace Cotter proved too fast for many of them, while Noble’s O wiles accounted for the rest. Not one a made double figures -Siedeberg, Crammond, and Williams (not out) each gettiog J 9; Baker made 7, Shacklock 4, Austin. . Killgour, and Chadwiok 3 each, Fisher 2 , Graham 1, and Howden 0. The total was - „ 5 - Cotter took five wickets for 20 and , Noble five for 80. Duff and Trumper, the hrst Australian representatives, gave a rare exhibition of batting. Their strokes all round fcne wicket were crisp and clean I and they made the bowling look verv I simple. Towards the end of his innings Trumpet piayed somewhat reoklessly, and at 168 he was dismissed caught for 87 having had three or four lives. Duff did I i notsurvive him long, as at 169 he was bowled for 74. The pair had scored at the I } rate of two runs per minute. After this the cricket seemed tame. Noble had oulv s made when he was caught, and Hiil I * was disposed of in the same way on the I loo n w>, a E f moki ?K 15 ’ tho total being 187-,l 87 -, Without any alteration Gregory wai v bowled by Shacklock after. making 4. | 0 Hopkins was next, and runs earns slowly si m singles till at 192 Hopkins was out leg. v before for 3. Gefars joined Armstrong I\ l and stumps were drawn with the total at I SE 201 for six wickets—Gehrs not out 6 Armstrong not out 4. I