CRICKET.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2700, 2 December 1882, Page 3

CRICKET.

AUCKLAND v CHRISTCHUECII

This match, which has been looked forward to with great interest by the Canterbury cricketing world, commenced to-day at Lancaster Park ground. Our readers who have followed the movements of the Auckland team since the commencement of their tour will have seen that hitherto they have been uninterruptedly'successful. In .their matches against the Dunedin and Suburban Association, against the Timaru and Oamaru elevens and the Ashburton they have gained two one inning’s victories, one victory by six wickets, while at Ashburton they put their adversaries through with the loss only of a single wicket. None of the above teams, however, were considered strong,FOthat in the trial of strength to-day and on Monday and Tuesday next the real form of the strangers was yet to be discovered. The Aucklanders were on the ground with commendable punctuality, but the Canterbury men did not turn up until after the hour decided on for starting. Consequently it was half-past twelve before the Auckland men—who had lost the toss

and had to take the field—went out on to the ground. The positions taken up by the strangers wore as follows ; —Messrs Lankham and Gill bowling, Yates short slip, Dufaur wicket keeper, O’Brien long leg and mid off. Barton cover and mid on, Testro long stop, Gardner leg and mid off, Blair mid on and cover, Eobinson (captain) short log and Arneil point. Ashby captained the home team, and sent in Ollivier and Watson. Gill started by sending down a maiden. Prom the second ball of Lankham, from the other end, Watson made a pretty cut for 3. Another maiden from Gill. In the next over Watson was nearly run out from the opposite end, misjudging the rufc, but managed"*to get back into the crease. Maidens from Gill and Lankham. Watson, off Gill, made a pretty two to log. Lankham in the next over clean howled Olliver—5 —I—o.1—0. Beeves was the next man in, laud made 1 to leg off the last hall of the over. A maiden from Gill. Watson made 1 to leg off Lankham, and Eeovcs put him away for 2 to the on. AVatson next drove Gill finely to the off for 4. A leg-hye followed, and a bye off the wicket-keeper’s pads. AVatson then snicked Gill to the boundary for 4. Beeves cut Lankham prettily for 3, bringing 20 up, and AVatson followed that by cutting the same bowler for 4. Eeevos then cut Gill for 3. Beeves next made an excellent square-leg bit along the carpet off Lankham for 4, bringing 30 up, and snicked him for 2. AVatson put Gill prettily away to leg for 1, and Beeves made 2 to square log. Steady play followed for four overs, only 2 runs being scored, and 40 appearing on the board. Eeeves out Gill for 1 to the off, and AVatson snicked him for the same number Watson then made 2 to squarelog, and a snick in the slips. ’1 wo maidens followed, and then 3 singles to Beeves off as many overs. Both bowling and batting were now very steady. A leg-bye brought up 50, Canterbury having boon just one hour at the wickets. Several maidens followed. Beeves made a single, and AVatson then made a fine drive for 5 to the on off Gill. He next cut Lankham for 1. Eobinson, who bowls with bis left hand, now relieved Gill at the South end, starting with a maiden. Beeves made 1 off Lankham’s next over. Beeves hit one of Bobinson’s slov/s for 4 to log, and the next ball put him away for 2 in the same direction, following that by putting a rather flukey 2 to cover point. Arneil took up the bowling, and AVatson made 1 off his first ball. AVatson made 1 to log off Bobinson and Beeves 3 to long field. Two singles came off Arneil’s next over, and 1 off Bobinsou’a. Beeves now bit Arneil prettily to the on for 4. A 3, by byes, concluded the over, and the lunch adjournment took place. The score then stood at 62, AA r atson having made 34, Beeves 41, extras 7. After the lunch adjournment the complexion of the game began to alter. G ill and Lankham again took the ball, but at different ends to those at which they had commenced. Beeves made two singles, and then AVatson was run out from a good throw in from Blair. His innings of 3G was a really fine performance, without a chance —Sl2—36. ITartland now went to the wickets, but was bowled by Gill the very first ball —S 4 3—o Ashby next appeared, and after making 2, scored 4 from

a snick. Reeves’ time had now arrived. He °'ol an ugly one from Lankham, which got into his timber. His innings of 4S was an excellent performance without what can be called a chance —94 —4 —48. Wilding next went to the wickets, and put Gill prettily away to leg for 4. A trimmer from Lankham now found its way into Ashby’s wicket—99—s—G. Fowke, the next man, did not last long, as he shoved Lankham’s very next ball into Robinson s hands at mid-on—99 —G —o. Barnes, the next man, commenced by putting away Lankham for 1, when the century appeared _ on the board. Barnes now made a capital 4 to i square-leg oil Gill, but put one of the same bowled' right into the hands of Barnes at mid-on —100 —7 —C. T. D. Harman next went to the wickeis, and cut Lankham’s first ball very prettily for 4. Wilding made a nice wristy square-leg for 3 off Gill, and a single from Lankham. A fine piece of fielding by Arneil stopped a hard cut from Wilding. One resulted from the next two overs, and then Harman lifted Gill for 4 into the long field. A risky 1 from Wilding to leg followed. Wilding, in hitting hard at a leg of Gill’s, just scraped and sent it high between the wickets, but nobody was there. Harman had run out into the middle of the ground, and Arneil, who had just got hold of the ball, threw at his wicket, missed, and a 4 overthrow was placed to Wilding’s credit. Harman was now bowled by Lankham after a lively little innings—l24—B —B. Frith next appeared. Wilding hit Gill hard to the off for 4. Frith played an over of Lankham to square leg for nothing, and, after a maiden from Gill, Frith in the next over struck his wicket in hitting round at a log ball —128 —9—0. Fuller, the last man, made a lucky snick for 1 off Lankham, and one to square leg for 1 off Gill, but in the next over of Lankham was

given out leg before wicket. Wilding thus carried out his bat for 20 —a hard but rather lucky innings, and the Canterbury innings closed for 130. Canterbury. First Innings. A. M. Ollivier, b Lankham 0 G. Watson, 3214441111215111111, runout 36 W. P. Reeves, 123342211111114232432121, b Lankham ... ... 48 J. P. Hartland, b Gill 0 D. Ashby, 114, b Lankham 6 P. Wilding, 141311144, not out 20 J. Fowke, c Robinson, b Lankham ... 0 E. Barnes, 114, c Barton, b Gill 6 T. D. Harman, 44, b Lankham ... ... 8 W. Frith, hit wicket, b Lankham ... 0 E. T. A. Puller, 11, Ibw, b Lankham .... 2 Byes ... ... ... 2 Log byes 2

Total 130 BOWLING AVERAGE. Balls. Earns. Wkts. Mdns. Gill 128 64 2 10 Lankham ... 133 30 7 14 Eobinson ... 20 13 0 2 Arneil ... 12 10 0 0 At half-past four the Canterbury men went out into the field, Eobinson and Barton going in to the bowling of Fuller and Frith. Eeeves and Ollivier were in the long field, Watson long log. Wilding point, Harman cover point, Ashby and Hartland mid-on and off, Barnes slip, and Powke wicket-keeper. Barton made 4 to leg off the second ball of Puller's, cut the next for 2, and hit the next to square-leg for 2. Eight were then made in this first over. Frith then bowled a maiden. Barton now made 4 off the first ball of Fuller, and hit the last ball for 2 to the on. Eobinson now made 2 off Fuller to leg ; Barton put Fuller away to leg for 2; Eobinson made 3 off Frith, the ball being muffed in the field, and Barton made 2. Barton again put away Puller for 4 to square leg, but the next ball he played into his wicket. His innings was a fine hard hitting one of 21, without a chance —20 —I—2l.1 —21.