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Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 803, 18 January 1877, Page 2

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INTEEPEO VINCI AL MATCH.

OTAGO v. CANTERBURY.

Fikst Day, January 17,

The following is a continuation of our report from the time of going to press yesterday : Secretan received a maiden from Morrison, Millington bowling the like to J. Fowler. Secretan then broke his duck by hitting Millington for 1, then hitting the same bowler for 4 off the last ball of his over. J. Fowler then started scoring off Morrison, getting 1, and 1 off Millington. Secretan made a line cut off Millington, and another off Morrison to square leg, which was well fielded. He also hit Millington for 1. He then played on, and retired for a score of 8. jlo2—7—B. W. F. Neilson next took guard, and was treated to a maiden from Morrison. J. Fowler then got one of Millington’s away for 2, Neilson breaking his duck by getting one of Morrison’s away for 1, and was then bowled by Millington. T2s—B—l. Sweet followed on, andreceived the finish of Millington’s over. Fowler then scored 1 off Morrison, Sweet giving a skier to long-off for 2, which was tried for by the field unsuccessfully. After a maiden from

Millington, Sweet skied another from Morrison, which dropped into Rose’s hands at Cover-point. 130 —9—4. E. Fowler then went to the wicket amid loud cheers, and hit the second ball of Millington’s for 2, and the last ball for 1 (a very close one), and then put one off Morrison into the slips, which was well caught by Millington, low down, as to which the batsman appealed to the umpire, 133 —10 —5. The following is the score :

Canterbury. First Innings. A. M. Ollivier, 1,2, run out 3 S. Alpe, b Morrison 0 C. C. Corfe, 3,111,3,1,1,1,1,1,3.1,1,2,1,1,1, ■ 1,1,2, b Millington 28 H. W. Moore, 1,2,2,2,1,3.2,1,4,2 1.2,3,1,1,3, 8,1,2,3,1,2,4,1,2,1,1,2,4,2.3,1,2,8,2,3,1,1, b Morrison <6 W. B, Leach, 2, b Mormon 2 J. Fowler, 1,1,2.1, not out 5 D. Ashby, c Clark, b Millington ... 0 H. H, Secretan, 1,4,1,1,1, hw, b Morrison 8 W, F. Neilson, 1, b Millington 1 T. 8. Sweet, 2,2, c Meares, b Morrison ... 4 E. Fowler, 2,1, c Reade, b Morrison ... 3 Leg byes, 2, wide, 1 3

After a short interval Canterbury took the field, amid loud cheers, Rose and Cargill going to the wickets to do battle for Otago. Sweet started the bowling from the south end, and in the last ball of the over Cargill, through a misunderstanding with Rose, was run out. o—l —o. Mears then went in, and received the first over from Ashby, which was a maiden. Mears scored 2 off Sweet’s next over, a maiden from Ashby following. Mears again scored off Sweet, and another maiden for Ashby, Sweet following suit. Off the third ball in Ashby’s next over, Mears was caught by Secretan. 2—2—3. Bouch came next, and without scoring was clean bowled by Ashby. 33 —0 Paramor, the captain, came next, and was received with loud applause, but after Rose had blocked an over from Sweet, Paramor took the bowling from Ashby, and was clean bowled the first ball. 34 —0. Reade, the supposed bat of the team, now appeared at the wickets, Ashby sent down another maiden, Reade then scored one off Sweet, In Ashby’s next over Alpe allowed one to pass, which counted three byes. Reade then drove Sweet for 2, and was bowled the next ball. 10—5—3. Nicholls was the next man, and hit Sweet for 1. Ashby spoiled his next over by bowling a wide. In Sweet’s next over Rose snicked one for 2, and then hit him for 1. Ashby then sent down a maiden; Nicholls cut Sweet for 1, and Rose followed suit. Ashby followed with another maiden. Nicholls then hit Sweet for 1, and in Ashby’s next over he was clean bowled. 18—6—3. Morrison now went in, and commenced by driving Ashby for one over his head, which was rather too high for him to catch ; but Sweet in the second ball of his next over clean bowled him. 19—7—1. Millington now took guard, and the second ball from Sweet sent his timber flying. 19 —B—o. Rhodes, the last man but one now went in, and Ashby sent him down a maiden. Sweet took the next over, and in Ashby’s next Rhodes broke his duck by scoring 3. Rose then scored 1 off Sweet, but in Ashby’s next over he was all but run out. An appeal was here made, and the umpire answered “notout.” Rose then snicked Sweet for 1. Maiden after maiden was sent down (of all sorts of balls) but to no effect, Rose was not to he caught with his bat out of the blockhole. Subsequently Sweet sent one down to Rhodes which he very carefully returned and was accepted by the bowler. 30—9—5. Clarke, the last man, now appeared on the scene, and the game became a little more exciting. When the stumps were drawn he had succeeded in putting 10 together, both him and Rose, being not out. Second Day, January 18. The storm of last night made many fear that the match would not be able to be continued to-day, but a bright sun and light breeze dispelled all these forebodings. As a matter of course, after the downpour of yesterday, the ground was exceedingly soft, in fact in many places flooded. The attendance up to lunch time was limited, but afterwards the number of visitors increased, and the ground was fairly filled. The Canterbury eleven took the field at 12.50, Rose and Clark, the two Otago men not out on the previous evening, going in to the bowling of Ashby and Neilson. We are somewhat at. a loss to understand the tactics of the Canterbury captain in putting on Neilson with his underhand slows. If Sweet or Moore had been allowed to continue bowling, the innings would without doubt have concluded within the number necessary to entitle the Otago men to have called on Canterbury to ‘ take a second inuings. Rose took the first ball of the over, which proved a maiden, from Neilson, Ashby opening the next over from the north end to Clarke. His second ball proved a wide, and in the third Clarke cut him for one. The third ball of Neilson’s next over, Clarke fait for 1, and - a half a century now showed on the telegraph board. Claike cut Ashby for 1, and Rose from Ashby's next ball snicked the ball into Secretan’a hands. On an appeal to the umpire, however, he was given not out, Clark in the next ball hit Neilson for 1, followed by a straight drive over the bowler’s head for 2, Rose then hit Ashby under the screen for 3, Clarke getting the next tall away for 1. Clarke hit Ashby for I, and did ditto off Neilson. Rose hit the next ball to mid-off, which was quickly returned and his bails taken off by 111. Fowler, thus closing the innings for 61. Clarke being not out for a well-played innings of 18. The telegraph now showed 10—61—16,

Otago. First Innings. A. Cargill, run out 0 H. Bose, 2,1,1,1 1,1,2,1,2,3,1, run out ... 16 W. D. Meares, 2,1, c Secretan, b Ashby... 3 A. Bouch, b Ashby 0 G. H. Paramor, b Ashby 0 L. B. Keade, 1,2, b Sweet 3 J. G. Nicholls, 1,1,1, b Ashby 3 W. Morrison, 1, b Sweet 1 G, Millington, b Sweet G H, P.hodes, 3,2, c and b Sweet 5 G. A. Clarke, 1,2,1,1,1,2,2,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1, not out 19 Byes, 1,3,2,1,1,1 9 Wide, 1,1 2 46 Analysis of Bowling. Canterbury, first innings—Morrison, 123 balls, 12 maidens, 40 runs, 6 wickets ; Millington, 118 balls, 14 maidens, 57 runs, 3

wickets ; Paramor, 20 balls, 11 runs ; Beade, 36 balls, 22 runs, 1 wide, Otago, first innings—Sweet, 88 balls, 6, maidens, 28 runs,4 wickets ; Ashby, 108 balls, 17 mvde s, 16 runs, 1 wide, 4 wickets. Neilson, 19 balls, 1 maiden, 5 runs.

i fbor the linish of the innings the men went to luncheon, and Napier prepared a fresh wicket, rolling, letting in turf, &c. Canterbury started her second innings at 2.45, with A. M. Ollivier at the Southern wicket, and J. Fowler, the not out man, at the Northern one. Millington opened the bowling to Ollivier, who hit his first ball for 2, one being the result of an overthrow, the next three balls being carefully played by Ollivier ; Morrison took up the bowling at the south end, and Fowler hit his last ball to short leg for 1. Millington’s next over was a maiden. Ollivier hit Morrison for 1, and received a maiden from Millington. J. Fowler was then clean bowled by Morrison, the first ball of the over, 4—l—l, 0. 0. Corfe now came on the scene, and received the rest of the over without any result the bowling being on the spot. 'ln the second ball of Millington’s over, Ollivier lost his middle stump. 4—2—3. Moore took Ollivier’s vacant wicket amid tremendous cheers, and at once drove Millington for 1. Moore cut a very hard one from Morrison, but it was well fielded by Rose at cover point, and only 1 was run, Moore now hit Millington for 2, and again drove him for 2. 10 now appeared on the board. Moore drove Millington for 1, and afterwards drove Millington to mid-off for 2, and to leg to the fence for 3. He now drove for 1 through the bowler ; Corfe hitting one hard to mid-off, which was well stopped, Moore hit Morrison to leg for I. Moore again hit Millington to leg for 1, and Corfe was clean bowled by Millington’s next ball, without scoring. 19—3—0. Leach was the next man, and was in when our express left, CANTERBURY. Second Innings. Ollivier, b Millington 3 J. Fowler, b Morrison ... 1 Moore, not out 15 Corfe, b Millington 0