WAKEFIELD V. NELSON.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 244, 6 December 1880, Page 2

WAKEFIELD V. NELSON.

The return match -between these Clubs was played in ithe Botanical .Reserve Von Saturday, and resulted in the complete defeat of the Visitors, the Jfelsoniaris; although they

had their two innings, actually winning the match in their first. S. Fowler and Firth captained the teams, and the latter winning the tosß decided to go in, and accordingly be and H. Boddington went to the wickets to the: bowling of T. Eden and G. Fowler. Boddington began scoring at once by a flne leg hit for 3, but after a couple more had beenadded to the score Firth succumbed to a trimmer from Fowler, and Halliday took his place. Steady play was then the order of the day until Halliday began to score by making a good drive for 3, but shortly after he had to retire before a beauty from Fowler —2 for 15. Lawry filled the vacancy, add he and Boddington immediately settled down to work until the latt«t foolishly ran himself out, he having played a nice innings for 13-3 for 29. The wickets then fell quickly until E, Boddington joined lawry, and the two showed geod form, and gave the field considerable trouble. A change of bowling was then tried, Arnold going on in tbe place of T. Eden, and shortly after G. Fowler scattered Lawry's stumps, he having' made a good inuing3 for 16. Holmes followed, btifc soon had to give way before Fowler ; and Green, the last man, pnly went in to see Boddington caught by Bird at cover point, haVing made 16 iv good style ; and the innings closed for 76 runs. The Nelsonians were quickly in the field, Wakefield being represented, afc the wickets by W. Eden aud Arn&ldi the forrtiet beginning to BOote ilbtheaiatejy by a hit to the on for 3. Arnold made a 2, and then was caught by Holmes in the slip— l for 7. G. Fowler followed, and he and Eden were beginning to look dangerous when the latter Was clean bowled j by Holmes, having fc[uickiy rdn tip a score j for 12—2 for 18; T. Eden filled tbe vacancy, bufc tvas almost itiimedip.tely caught by Holmes— 3 for S i: S; Fowler joined his brother, who sent Boddington to leg for 3. The bowling afc tbis period of tbe game was exceedingly good; eeVei-al maiden overs being bowled ih shbcessionj and very few | runs being obtained. Afc last each of the batsmen got a couple, aud then Greenfield, who had been fielding exceedingly well, by a j smart piece of play ran S; Fowler out- i for 32. None of the others troubled the scorers much, and the last wicket fell for a total of 42. After a short interval the Wakefield men again took the field, Firth and H. Boddington aa before representing Nelson, the former taking first over from G. Fowler. Boddington was shortly after cahgbtoufc by S. Fowler afc point by a smart left-handed catch, and Halliday joined Firib. The bowling was now dead on, and the batsmen had to be most cautious, but both seemed equal to the occasion, and haviug gradually felt their way made a most determined stand. Playing very steadily, and at the same time punishing any loose bowling most severely, these two stuck to the wickets for close upon an hour and a balf, during which time they completely mastered ;the bowling, although numerous changes were tried: At last Halliday in letting out at a straight one from Silcock missed it, and had to retire, having played a most patient and pretty innings of 38 ; indeed, we never recollect seeing bim in such good form— 2 for 81. Lawry joinsd Firth, and another lively time ensued for the field, the latter makiug a grand hit along tbe carpet for 4 off S. Fowler. The new batsman soon got bis eye in, and began scoring rapidly, when Firth iwas unfortunately given out leg-before-wicket, and he retired with a beautifuJly obtained 54, in making wbich be treated the spectators to Some sterling cricket— 3 for '125. Naylor followed, and began scoring merrily, when his partner, Lawry, ran himself out, he haviog placed 24 to his credit by good play— 4 for 149. The remaining batsmen all contributed more or less to tbe score, Barnett getting 1 1 by neat play, and .the last wicket did not fall until the respectable total of 183 bad beea made. With , 216 runs to the bad Wakefield began their second innings, sending in G. Fowler, and I jSiicock to* the bowling of Holmes and E j The bowling and fielding, however, were too much for them, and the wickets fell with great rapidity, no one, with the exception of Silcock, being able to make a stand, and when the last wicket fell tbe small score of 32 only vras reached, the Nelsonians thus proving victorious by 185 runs. Throughout the whole match the bowling and fielding of both sides was excellent, and several times elicited considerable applause from the spectators, of whom there were a large number. Tbe long-stopping of jHailiday was even better than usual, ai will jbe seen upon reference to the scores, for 'during the two innings he only let one ball go past bim. The following ara the full scores :■— . ■ Nklson Club. lst innings. 2nd innings. Firth, bG. Fowler ... 1 lbw ... 54 ,H. Boddington, run out 13 c S. Fowler 0 iHalliday,b G. Fowler 6 b Silcock ...38 Lawry, bG. Fowler ... 16 runout ...24 Naylor, cS. Fowler ... 6 c Wadswbrth 8 Greenfield, bT. Eden 0b G. Fowler 5 Askew, bG. Fowler ... 1b G. Fowler. 3 Barnett, bG. Fowler 0b W. Eden II E. Boddington, c Bird 16 b Arnold . . 6 Holmes, bG. Fowler 1 not out . . 0 Green, not out ... 0 lbw ... 7 Byes ... ... 15 .26 Leg Byes ... 1 0 Wides ... ... 0 1 Total ... 76 183 Grand Total ... 259 Wakefield Club. Ist innings. 2nd innings. Arnold, c Holmes ... 3 c Lawry ... 4W. Eden, b Holmes ... 12 b Boddington 3 G. Fowler, b Holme* ... 10 h Holmes ... 0 T. Eden, o Holmes ... 2 c Greenfield 0 S. Fowler, run out ... 3 b Holmes ... O Knapp, b Boddington 6 c Firth ... 8 Silcock, not out ... 0 b Holmes ... 10 L. Fowler, c Firth ... Ob Boddington 0 Wadsworth, c Naylor 0 b Holmes ... 0 Bird, runout ... 0 b Holmes' ... 2 W. Fowler, b Boddington 3 not out ..3 Byes ... ... 1 0 Wides ... .... 2 o Leg Byes ... 0 2 Total .. 42 82 Grand Total ... 74