CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1703, 20 March 1906, Page 2

CRICKET.

MELBOURNE 0.0. TOUR. (Per Press Association.) Chrißtchurob, last night. Tucker has brea selected to replaoe Wilson in the New Zealand oricket team to play against tho Melbourne team. M. 0.0, V. OTAGO. L L m 1 A DRAWN GAME. EXCITING FINISH. (Per Press Association..) Dunedin, last night. Never were the uncertainties of cricket better illustrated than in the match M. 0.0. v. Otago on Saturday. All ohanC9 of a

dose finish seemed gene, but so well did the local men play up, that it waj bard lines they did net aotually win. As it was the match ended in a draw, Thanks to Siedberg’e 102, tho looal men took the total in the seoond innings to 253. Requiring 111 to win, and with an boar and fifteen minutes time to go, the visitors lost eight wickets for 59. So good was the bowling that five were out for duck eggs There was muoh exoitement. Towards the finish the light beoame so poor that stumps were drawn five minutes before six, otherwise the looal men might have won. Folowing are the scores OTAGO. F.rst innings ... 153 Seoond InniDgs. Baker, run out 3 Siedberg, b Armstrong 102 Graham, run out 15 AustiD, o Mailer, b McLeod 28 Howden, st Henty, b Armstrong ... 14 WilsoD, lbw b Armstrong 0 Adams, b Wilkinson 0 Fisher, e sub, b Armstrong 31 Torraine, b Butler 1 Downes, not out ]9 Williams, c sub b Armstrong 10 Extras 30

Total 253 Bowling analysis—McLeod one wicket for 65, Armstrong five for 66, Rainsford nil for 3, Butler one for 30, Wilkinson one for 36, Liver one for 12. ! MELBOURNE. First innings ... 273 Second Innmgs. Mailer, b Fisher 1 Armstrong, b Downes 0 Henty, o Wilson, b Dowqbb 0 Wilkinson, b Downes 12 Rainsford, b Austin ... ... ... 31 MoLeod, b Austin ... ... 12 Laver, b Downes ... ... i Jennings, o Williams, b Austin ... 0 Butler, not out... ... o Extras l

Total for eight wickets ... 69 Bowling analysis—Downes four for 30, Fisher one for 14, Austin three for 14. The ma'ch was drawn.

LADIES’ INTER STATE MATCH,

telegraph, Pres* Ass’n, Copyright • Melbourne, March 19. Tho fiis‘ inter Sta'e ladies’ cricket ma'cb, Tasmania versus Victoria, at traded a large at endance, and resulted in an eaßy win for tbe home team.

After disposal of lha visiiors for 49, the Viotorians made 73 with tbe loss of four wick-ts.

The Violorians adopted over-arm and She visitors under arm bowliDg.

QUESTION OF DRAWING STUMPS

'(Per Press Association.) Dunedin last night. Fnrthor inquiry shows it was not the umpires who decided to draw Btumps because. the light was bad. WilsoD, who captained the local team, says in aU decent matohes in Australia, no batsmen is sent in within five minutes of the time of drawing stumps, and he took it upon himself to introduce the same thing here. As a matter of fact, the plaoos of Ailken and Irwin were taken in the field by substitutes, and it is doubtful if either of them could have batted, in whioh case the Melbourne 0.0, side was exhausted, Aitken was on the ground, and could doubtless I have hobbled to the wioket, and get someone to.run for him. The crowd present did not understand the circumstances under which the gamoj was concluded, and as the custom in Australia is quite unknown here, some surprise was ex pressed at the supposed action of the umpires, whereas the umpires declined to ray anything.