INTERPROVINCIAL CRICKET MATCH

Globe, Volume II, Issue 201, 30 January 1875, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL CRICKET MATCH

OTAGO V. CANTERBURY.

Third Day—January 30.

In spite of the energetic efforts of Paramor, Godby and Collinson, the score made by the Otago team in their first innings was not large enough to prevent a follow on, and accordingly their second innings commenced at a few minutes to six yesterday evening. Short, however, as was the time left for play, it was long enough to prove fatal to Allen, as after he had got a fluky double from the first ball delivered by Sweet, he was clean bowled at the very next attempt, and the board showed 1 —2—2. Lambert, who filled the vacancy caused by Allen’s retirement, only received one ball from the fast bowler when “time” was called, and the stumps drawn for the evening. Owing to a general wish to bring the match to a conclusion, it was arranged that “play” should be called at 11 this morning, and accordingly at that hour the Canterbury team were again in the field. Business arrangements preventing Mr J. H. Campbell from acting as umpire to-day, his place was filled by Mr Morrison, the twelfth man of the Otago team, and D’Emdem fielded for the first part of the play in place of Corfe. Play was to have commenced at 11, but it was nearer 12 before the ground was cleared and a start was made. The bowling was commenced by Fuller at the north end, Sampson receiving the first two balls and making a single from the second, Sweet started his bowling to-day with a maiden

over. Lambert then drove Fuller well to the on for 4, and Sampson followed suit with a single from Sweet, and Lambert drove the same bowler for 3. 10 hoisted on the telegraph. Sweet, however, had his revenge, as he disposed of Sampson with the last ball of his next over, the ball shooting. Two wickets for 11 runs. Paramor filled the vacancy, and was received with applause from the few spectators and the Canterbury Eleven. He soon lost his partner, however, as Fuller disposed of Lambert with the last ball of the following over. Three wickets and the score unaltered since the fall of the last. Godby then joined his partner of yesterday, and Paramor received Sweet’s next over, making a single from the third ball, and his next effort was a drive for a couple from Fuller. A maiden from Sweet followed, and then Paramor was disposed of, as he put an easy one up to Stevens at short leg, which was held. Four wickets for 14 runs. Collinson took the vacant place, and put the first ball he received from Fuller to leg for a couple. The bowling for the succeeding overs was very good, both Sweet and Fuller being on the spot, until at last Godby got Sweet away away to leg for a couple, and scored another single in the same direction next ball. Collinson got a lucky single from the same bowler, and 20 was hoisted. The next addition was made by Godby who drove Sweet for a couple. Fuller at this time was sending down a succession of maiden overs. Collinson at last snicked him for three, and then poked Sweet to the on for a single, but in Fuller’s ntxt over he was really magnificently caught by T. Moore at short slip. This was certainly the finest catch of the match. Five wickets for 26 runs. Downes, who came next, started with a drive off Fuller to the on, for which he obtained a couple, and Godby cut Sweet for a couple. Downes now got Fuller to square leg for 2, and 3 from two successive balls, but the following over was fatal, as Sweet bowled him clean. Six wickets for 35 runs. Fulton then took his captain’s place, and the two batsmen then stole a run, but the last ball of the over was fatal to him, as he got his leg where his bat should have been, and an immediate appeal was decided against him. Seven wickets for 36 runs. Godby now drove Sweet for 2. Tait saved his duck by a cut for 1 from Fuller, but Sweet had him next over, and the board showed eight wickets for 39 runs. Glen then fluked Sweet for a couple. Godby effected another single from Fuller’s bowling, and faced Sweet from whom he got another little 1. Glen, who now had the ball, received one which was too hot for him, and retired with 2to his name. Nine wickets for 43 runs. D. K. Rhodes, the last man now came forward, and survived the rest of she over. Godby got another single, the third ball of Fuller’s over, and the same batsman then slipped Sweet for 3 on next facing him. Ollivier then missed what appeared to be a chance by Godby off Fuller’s bowling, and in his next over the first extra of the innings was scored, a leg bye for which 2 were run. Godby got another single, and 50 was hoisted on the board, Rhodes shortly after breaking his duck with a single off Fuller. Godby scored another for a cut, which Lee did not field, and then put Sweet away for another. Ollivier again, to allappearancelet Godby off, totheastonishment or every one.Godby nowslipped Fuller for acouple,but Ollivier took a chance which he gave the next ball, and the innings close for 55 runs, of which Godby had made 21 by really good cricket. The total of the two innings of Otago amounted to 203 runs, and Canterbury having made 354 in their only attempt, they were declared the winners of the twelfth interprovincial match in one innings, with 151 runs to spare. The match terminated at 1.15 this day, nine Otago wickets thus falling in one hour and forty minutes. The play as a whole was very good, and an eleven selected from the two teams would have been a formidable one. On the side of the visitors we fancy Glen showed best as a bowler, although the fortune of the gams was against him. Downes also trundled welL With the bat Paramor and Godby showed good form, and the latter in played in remarkably good style. Paramor is a fine free hitter, and makes the most of his heighth, which is above the average. On the Canterbury side the honors of the match are very well divided, and Corfe, the two Fowlers, and Ollivier with the bat, and Sweet, Fuller, Lee, and Moore with the ball all showed good cricket. Baker, too, got a good score, and fielded in first class style. Sweet’s bowling was excessively deadly, more particularly to the tail of the visiting eleven, and he was credited with the downfall of no less than seven wickets in the first innings, whilst in the second he obtained five. Altogether Canterbury may this year be proud of her representative team. With regard to the general arrangements of the match committee, we may say that they were first-class. The ladies had a very spacious marquee to watch the game from, and both scorers and reporters were provided for in a similar manner. We trust, however, that some of the energetic members of the two principle Cricket Clubs of Christchurch will call their fellow members’ attention to the want of a new and larger telegraph board. It is quite impossible to distinguish the numbers on the telegraph at present in use, at any distance, and one juvenile of some eighty-four summers, who evinced the greatest interest in the progress of the match (and whose critical remarks on the play of the present day, as compared with that of by-gone days, were listened to by a select circle with the deepest attention) complained bitterly of the impossibility of learning the state of the score from the board. The attendance was very large—by far the largest we have ever seen at a cricket match in Christchurch, and the number of spectators present on the ground yesterday must have amounted to over three thousand. The band provided for the delectation of visitors was a decided failure. They discoursed music certainly, but they appeared to fancy that any tune would do, and their repertoire seemed decidedly limited. The catering, which was in the hands of Messrs Maples Bros, was better than on any previous occasion, and the luncheon laid before the hungry spectators seemed to meet with such general approval that we are afraid the margin of profit remaining to the providers must have been small. This, however, seemed to sit lightly on their minds, and probably they had the consolation of knowing that they had deserved well of their fellow-cricketers. In conclusion, we can only hope that next year we may be able to send away as good a team as that which so worthily upheld the cricketing reputation of Canterbury in the just concluded Twelfth Interprovincial Cricket Match.