CRICKET.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2426, 14 January 1882, Page 3

CRICKET.

THE ALL ENGLAND ELEVEN AT DUNEDIN.

[mass association tbebgrak.J DUNEDIN, January 13. The matob, Englishmen v an Otago eighteen, was continued to-day, but the weather wrs no improvement, the wind be ; ng stronger but not quite so chilly. The feature of the day's play was the exhibition of batting by Bates. Ho played capital cricket, scoring fast by hard clean hitting, and he obtained bis 66 in about the same time as Barlow took to make 9. The bumpy wicket, however, had no doubt much to do with the careful batting of some of the team. Otago’s fielding was bad, and proved how necessary good fielding is to keep down runs and dismiss batsmen who take liberties with weak bowling. Play began by Barlow and Selby taking their places at the wickets, and the former made things a little more lively than on the previous evening, bathe did not stay long, as after adding 4 to his score he was given out 1 b w to O. Frith—--2 wind, and hard work it was. Bates was the incomer, and at once began scoring. He sent W. Frith flying over the fence past the end of the grand stand for 4, and, after another cut or two, lifted O. Frith to the on for 3, which "Vernon tried hard to secure. Selby was doing small scoring till by a late out off 0. Frith he got a 4, which brought 40 un. Bates was bitting hard, but the outfields saved the runs. Presently he got O. Frith to square-leg for 4, and Selby brought 50 up by sending W. Frith in the same direction. The latter bowler was getting tired, and was varying long hops with full tosses. Off one of those Bates drove the ball into Harris in long field, but the latter, amidst cries of disappointment, failed to get it. Next ball ho got another 4 from in the same place. Bates’ free hitting secured him applause. W. Frith was now taken off, and Fitzgerald was put on, and Spring in the slips missed Selby badly off the first ball he delivered—a most unfortunate miss. Bales kept up the fun, driving Fitzgerald with the wind without mercy, and 10’s were being added to the telegraph board at a furious rate. 80 being now up, W. Frith now tried the bowling with the wind, but Bates drove him in the first over for 3, and Selby out him in the slips for 4. Bates was having a day out, and now bad 50 to his credit, whilst Selby had scored 16. Maogregor now fried the bowling against the wind, but in his first over the 100 went up. Off the first of W. Frith’s next over, Selby gave Davenport an easy chance at point, which was taken. 3—27—101, Shrewsbury filled the vacancy, but he only got a single, when a bumpy one from W. Frith went high into the slips, and Harris got it. 4—1—103. The giant Midwinter now partnered Bates, but Frith was within a hair’s breadth of bowling him in the same order, and a lot of muffing let him off an easy run out before he had scored, both batsmen being at one wicket. The fielding was becoming very loose. After lunch Midwinter opened at once with a out for 3, and Harris in the first over gave him his second life in the slips, and Bates within another minute sent one high to short-leg, but 0. Frith let it drop clean through his hands. This was one of the first mistakes Bates had made. A couple of overs afterwards his leg stump fell to W. Frith, after playing a capital free hitting innings of 66, 8 of which had been made since lunch. He was awarded a hearty round of applause. Five for 122, and Scotton was the next batsman, a left-hander. The hitting now became very wild, and almost every run was the result of wretched fielding. Haskell took the ball from MacGregor, and the change came eff, Harris holding Midwinter in the long field amid loud applause—6—lo—l34. Emmett now came out, and two left-handed batsmen wore now together. The play was of a very ordinary character for a short time, until Emmett let out at Haskell, but Orawshaw was deep behind the bowler, and held the ball well—7—4—l44. The English captain was applauded as he came out to join Scotton, and opened with a snick to deep leg for 2. The play continued tame, singles being the rule till 150 went upBcotton’s time had come, as Cooper caught him off Haskell, again close to the bowler’s wicket —8—13—152. Haskell was the only bowler who had to day secured a wicket against the wind, three having now been caught off him in succession. Filling fol*