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Globe, Volume II, Issue 158, 7 December 1874, Page 2

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fy A TO M V N TO Z. The above match was commenced on Saturday last. Play commenced at the usual time, the first part of the. alphabet taking 1 up the defensive. G. IT. Lee and Beard faced the bowling of Sweet (lower end), and Souter (contra). Beard obtained a single from Souter, and Lee hit the same bowler nicely to kg for -l ; but the next proved fatal, bowled off his pads ; one for 5. Beard was next to retire, being clean bowled by Sweet; two for 15. D’Burden helped to raise the score to Pa, bowled by Sweet, Fuller. Dixon, and Alpe. retired with the total at 22. The seventh fell for 27, eighth for S 7, ninth for ! 7. tenth for 53, eleventh and twelfth for 61. Moore was the only one who made a double figure, and he should have been caught at point. The N to Z’s then went in, but lire r commencement was not at all good. Ollivier and Wilson were soon disposed of, the former being well caught by Alpo behind the wicket, and the latter by Beard at long leg ; but Sweet and Wood made a better stand, the foimer slogging about in his usual style ; he gave an easy chance to long-on, but for some

reason—we suppose the cold afternoon—it was refused. A catch at mid-olf, nicely taken by D'Emden, disposed of Sweet. Wood was then bowled by Lee, who had relieved Moon at the upper end ; three and four for 38. Stevens gave an easy chance, which was not refused ; five for 40 ; Souter and Watson, however, made a good stand, and when time was called the score had reached 63. There was one very important feature in the play on Saturday last, and we are sorry to say it is not an uncommon one, to which we should like to call attention, it is the slovenly way in which the players field. With few exceptions, and they are very few, players do not try for a catch, and often when the ball is hit right into their hands, they don’t hold it. We cannot help pointing this out, as it is one of the chief features in the game. If the wickets happen to bo easy for the batsman, it is very difficult for a bowler, however good, to iget a wicket, but if catches are missed, or not tried for, then it becomes still more so as the bowler then gets discouraged and naturally does not bowl so well. We saw at least a dozen catches or hits that might have been made catches with a little energy on the part of the fieldsmen, missed on Saturday. Certainly some of the hits would have been difficult catches, but then there was no attempt. It was truly dreadful, but we hope for better things, and trust that before the luterprovincial match some of the piayers at least will learn how to catch and throw into the wicket, for at the present time the prevailing way is to throw the ball at the wicket-keeper’s or bowler’s feet. The following is the score : A TO M First Innings. G. H. Lee, b Souter 4 W. Beard, b Sweet G S. Alpe, b Sweet 8 J. D’Emden, b Sweet 2 E. T. A. Fuller, b Souter 0 R. J. S. Harman, b Sweet 1 J. S. Monck, c Ollivier, b Souter ... 9 W. Dixon, c and b Souter 0 T. R. Moore, c and b Sweet 14 G. Dickinson, c Turner, b Souter ... 5 H. Cotterill, not 3 G. Mclntyre, c Watson, b Sweet ... 4 R. A. Kent, b Souter 0 Byes, 2; wides, 3 ... 5 61 N TO Z. First Innings. A, M. Ollivier, c Alpe, b Fuller ... ... 1 •I. Wood, b Lee ... ... ... ... 21 A. C. Wilson, c Beard, b Moore 2 T. S, Sweet, c D’Emden, b Lee 12 E. C. J. Stevens, c Kent, b Fuller ... 1 J. Souter, rot out 13 A. C. Watson, not out 7 Byes, 2 ; leg-byes, 4 6 63 ANALYSIS OF BOWLING. Ato M—First Innings. Sweet —110 balls, 8 maiden overs, 18 runs, 3 wides, 6 wickets. Souter—ll2 balls, 5 maideu overs, 38 runs, 6 wickets.