INTERPROVINCIAL CRICKET MATCH.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 82, 23 March 1876, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL CRICKET MATCH.

TheN. Z. Times of Monday and Tuesday containß;a nexce^ eilt an(^ yer y\lengthy report of the late match. The following refers to the last day's play: — At ihe commencement of the day Welling'on's prospects B^emed gloomy enough — three good men out •fo'\ eleven runs, and a ba'ance of 30 off the firso innings t > make good before a new score could be commenced. However* our men seemei better able to play a loßing game th >n what »t first appeared to be an easy win. The careleßenesr of Saturday was completely th r own off, and both at the wicket and in the field they played thoroughly well. Parrington and Edmunds, who had been at the wickets when the stunips were drawn on Saturday evening, nsumed their places at eleven sharp. Fowler and C. Cro?s again going "on with the trundling. Fowler's first was nicely slipped by Elmunds for 1, and Parrington payed the. remainder of the over very, carefully, but without scoriae. A pretty draw for 2 by Edmunds spoiled Eden's fi at over, and ones kept coming to both batsmen, who were "playing exceedingly steadily and* well, till Edmunds broke the monotony, . by a coital leg hit for 3 off Fowler, and 20 appeared 1 on the telegraph board, but the first ball of Cross*' next over he caught, with the handle of bis bat, and instead of 'i*_' travelling away to lest, 1 where he exp'ctel lt to go, it nopped into the bands of the wicket-keeptr (Halliday .) Telegraph, 20 4-7 : W. J, Salmon filled the breach, and for a time' 'everything went as merry' - as a< m-rria^e. ;bell. Parrington, after quietly stopping a few ugly balls, drew one nicely for a brace, and Salmon successively cut Fowler for 3an 1 2 very finely. It was time for a ch-nge in the bowling, so' Eien Vv.ent on instead of Fowler, but the maiden was prevented by Salmon, who drove the last ball; it was, however, Bmartly fhlled, and only 1 was added to the score: Tbe bowling was now stylish, and the least mista-ke would have, cost a bUsman his wicket, and the fieldi g was such as is not often seen. No mattr where a ball was hit to, some man managed to get in front of it and to smartly return it. • After thrte successive maidens Salmon, got, I tfbr a draw, and followed this ud by a gool hit for 3. Parrington kept. the' game alive by a hit to roid-on for 2, another to leg for,2, off which 3 mora were, run 1 for an overthrow. Matters now began to look cheerful for .Wellinaton, 30 and 40 went up, and the batsmsn wdl set ; but after another 9 had been added, Eden sent in a regular trimme-, and Salmon had to retire, after a wellpla> ed inniogs, for 14. Telegraph, 49 5-14 Parrington next had a narrow escape, skying a ball away to the off; Coles. ran a considerable distance, and nianiged to git under it, but did not take it firmly enough to hold it. Still he made a very good attempt, and the failure of so difficult a catch was not descreditable. C Cross then tried: a little ruse on with Par. rington, feinting a ball, and then makihg'a desperate scramble at the wicket in the hope that the batsman having' left the crease by a foot or bo, he might stump him. The dodge d d not come off, and ns a kind of letributive justice f .>r uncricket-like play, his next added a run to the score tor a wide Lockett, who had joined Parrington, payed very ■ steadily, and three or four maidens intervened, when Lockett cut Kden away for 3, but unluckilly the next; ball disarranged Par- • rirgton'B Btump9. . He played an excellent innings, ehowiog most pei feet defence, and scoring for hits all along the carpet— s9-6-26. ' Armitajje joined Lcckett, and both payed vt-ry eteadily for a time. Loakett slipped Eden for 2, and Armitage did ditto for a Kingle. The run was a very risky one, and Halliday. on re'-eiving the hail at the wickets fumbled it, the ball rolling out of his h>nd, another run was &to'en, but it was smart work, and Lrckett just threw himself in time into the crease, where he arid Hallid*y and the stumps were all of a heap for a second or two. After a couple of singles, Armitage hit Kden right away over the ditch for 4, and the first ball of the n?xt over he disposed of for 2, when Lockett was then bowled— 7B-8-11. Evans just opened hi? a count by a cut for I, and lunch was called. After lunch the bowiers. changed ends, Cross going on to bowl against the wind, an i giving Eden an advantage pf the north end. Runs kept coming fast, till one from Cross glided from Evans's pad to bis wicket— .89-8-2. J. A. Salmoa scored a single, and was then smartly, taken by H. Cross off his bat at the wickets- 90-9-1. Gouge, the lsst man, lost his wicket first ball, and the innings closed tor 90, Armitage carrying out his bat for 13. The Nelson team then went in for their second innings having 61 to get to win." Halliday and Greenfield were the first repre'entatives, I.J. Salmon and Armitage bowling. < ff Salmon's third 3 was snored by Halliday, . but by Armitage's fourth he was clean bowled'. 1 I 3-1-3. Eden succeeded him, but was Cnught by Evans off Armitage, _ without scoring. Hvans ran a considerable distance, and finally jumped up to the ball and toek it beauiifully — <-2-0. Alter five maidens, which will sufficiently indicate the nature of the bowling, andthecarelulnetsof the batsmen, Qreenfbld. w«b aplendidly bowled by Armitage. Telegraph, 6-3-0, aud Wellington men's countenan- c* very bright. Fowler, who replaced Greenfield, being a let-handed man, for a time greatly puzzled the field, who were now working freely, and never allowing a preventable run, but; in a Jew, minutes H. Knapp , was bowled cleverly by Salmon.' Several 1 :, good hits were made by Fowler, tut Mi life was short, for in a few minutes his middle ' wicket flew yards from a regular clipper from' Armitage, the telegraph presenting the doleful spectacle, 25 6-7. liut a change now cama over the spirit of the dream. Sellon a*'d , Coles, who had posseFsion of the wickets,, made a firm Btand, from which no bowling could dislodge them. Prom Salmon to Knapp, Knapp to Gouge, Gouge to Salmon again, and then Salmon to ParriDgton. and -.Armitage all the time bowling splendidly, all tp go. purpose, and the score.rope Blowly arid surely —30. 40, 50, arid at U*t to 61, notwithstanding ,the most careful aud smart fielding, which had it only been shown on Saturday, would have prevented 10 1 being (-pored. To get .the 61 runs, occupied over two and a half hours. NeUon thus won by four wipkels. The J?ost of Tuesday says. The Nelson cricketers were entertained last evening by their Wellington friends at a dinner at the. Panama Hotel, about 40 being preßent. The oha ; r was taken by Mr Pearce, M.H.R., in his capacity as Prendent of the, Cricket Association, Messrs G. Hunter, M.H.8., and Thomas Buchanan, being the vice-chairmen After the customary ldyal toasts, ths cfyrirmsn proposed the toast of the evening, " Our Guests," w hich was drupk with enthusiasm, Mr Greenfield acknowledging the compliment on beb>lf of tbe Nelson team. Mr C. Cross then proposed "The Wellington Team," and Mr W. JT. Sa-mon responded, suggesting that a cup should be - procured by subscription of both Nelson and' Wellington and played for annually. The chairman then presented the prize bat given by Mr G-, Bennett for the highest s"orer to ' Mr Parrington, who made an aggregate score ot 35 runs (.9 and 26). He next presented the bat given by Mr C. R. Buckland for the best howling average to Mr Eden, who took 14 wickets duripg the match (9 an.4 5) at a cost of 5 mas per wicket. It may be mentioned here that Armitage ran him very closp . with an average of 6 runs on the whole match, ' and pnjy -J runs per wickpt tatfeu in the Eecorid jnnihgß; ' ' •••'.'' '

,s. Steps .are .'being x t»ken in Ciirißt-,., v to a^GovernmeiftiFirjß^ fJHgade to!-' wofk- in organisation with 5 . i t^io Gjlty Brigade; j?;-^! ■..,; £>| The daughter of tls^Duke of Alba, a the-'Emprea^^ugehieii wlio, recently married the Duke de Medina ' Cobli, said to be the richest man in Spain, had among her " bridal trouseau" a dozen handkerchiefs that cost £250 ,a piece* These handkerchiefs were, of vcourse,, very, frail, and ought to have ' been embroidered with the precautionary legend, "Blow your nose carefully." The' innocence of some witnesses (says the Post) is really amusing. This morning ayouug man was called upon to. give evidence, and he got into the box fully determined to tell all he knew about the case in point, and to hide nothing. He was so eager to begin, however, -and so.- ignorant of Court procedure that he began to swear himself. ' He jumped into the box, caught up the Bible, and, began;to •• repeat, with great rapidity, " The evidence I am about to give in the case now before the Court, shall be' the truth, the whole truth, and " At this point Sergeant Monaghan. gently but forcibly reminded him that it was. the duty, of. somebody else to swear him, and the green youth coi- ; lapsed. The Melbourne correspondent of a Tasma'nian paper thus gossips concerning Ilinade Murska:— " You, of course, }are aware that lima no longer ' shines solitary in her own sphere^' having married Mr Alfred Anderson, the piamst.. The alliance is in all respects ah ! extraordinary, one. Mdlle de Murska is, a Catholic,, Mr Anderson is a Jew, and the marriage was celebrated by. a Presbyterian minister. Besides this, Mr Anderson, though a ' clever performer, ranks far below the position occupied in the musical world by his wife, although, of course, the position assigned her by the gushing Melbourne critics, as eom.iug next after Jenny Lind.and-Nillson, ,ja. simply ridiculous. Ten years ago, when her voice was fresh and full, she must have been a most delightful vocalist; now, although tier vocalisation is .faultless, her voice, except in her. highest octave, is feeble. As regards her ballad singing, we have had a score of singers who excel her, amongst whom may be mentioned Madame Caran'dini, .who sings * The last. rose of summer ' with ten times the effect.' './'!,' „.;' ; , / '. .. , ;: The following is a copy of a report .made by Mr Browning to the Chief Surveyor of the Province, on the 19th January laat, after a visit to the galeaa mine which has been opened at Mount liangitoto by Messrs Be'van and Co.: — " The area applied for by Messrs Bevan and "Co. is situated on the southern watershed of the Rangitbto range, lying, between the Mikonui river nod the ; right-hand branch of the Waitaha. ! The formation of this range is principally grauite and clay Blate, and it forms a, southerly continuation of the, granite belt extending from, the Hohouu ranges to Mount Bonar. A vein of galena, accompanied by other metals, ia laid bare by a large creek, which runs into the left brauch of the Waitaha, about four miles above its junction with the Waitaha proper. About 33 feet in width of the lead is exposed; .it then disappears under debris fallen from the hill side. It is generally about nine inches in thickness, occurring in a band of ferruginous quartz in clay elate, and situate about 50 yards above the junction of granite and slate, dipping at. >\n angle of about 60 degrees towards W. by N. Indications of minerals have also been found two miles to. the westward and also easterly of the above outcrop. The slopes of the range are very precipitous and broken, the creeks forming deep ravines. Rata and totara is the prevailing timber.. A-good ,'me of road will probably be found along the south side of the Waitaba Creek, crossing it about a mile east of Mine Creek, ascending gradually the latter half mile, probably necessitating steep grades, the present outcrop being at an elevation of about 1800 feet. !! Recently a traveller said to the cpnductor on a supposed fast line in America, "How fast does that,, train go?" "It goes fast enough to suit us. If you don't like the rate of speed, get out and walk," was the rejoinder. *' I would," replied 1 the disgusted paßsenger, settling back in the corner of bis seat, " but my friends won't come for me until the train gets iv, and I don't, want to be waiting for two or three hours." , (For continuation of Newt see fourth page.)