THE INTERPROVINCIAL CRICKET MATCH—NELSON V. WELLINGTON.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4931, 11 January 1877, Page 7

THE INTERPROVINCIAL CRICKET MATCH—NELSON V. WELLINGTON.

(from our special reporter! Nelson, Tuesday, Dcc 26. We arrived in Nelson about two o’clock yesterday morning after a very rough passage. From the French Pass the majority of the team were more or less seasick. To-day the weather is glorious and everything that could be desired for cricket. The Victoria Square ground was the scene of operations. The wicket was very very bad, and the fielding ground something horrible. It is very much worse than the Basin Reserve. Armitage acted as,,captain for Wellington and H. Cross for Nelson. Armitage won the toss and sent the Nelson-men to the wickets. The field was placed as follows: —Knapp, short leg.; Bell, cover ; Bryce, point Edmunds, wicket ; Garwood, bowling ; Armitage, slip and bowling for long leg and mid off and longstop ; Mackenzie, mid on and long slip; O’Connor, mid on and long slip; Haughton, lei* and mid off. Garwood opened the bowling at* the north end; Powell and HaUiday were first to take guard for Nelson. Off Garwood s fifth ball three was scored by Powell from a good leg hit; off his last Halhday scored two for a hit to off—badly fielded. Armitage took up the bowling at the southern end. His first over was a maiden to Powell ; Halliday then slipped Garwood for one, and Powell then by a a smart draw scored 2. Several singles were made off both bowlers, and the tens went up gradually until, 34 ; was reached, when Halliday was very foolishly,gun out after putting 11 together. Knapp sue’--ceeded Halliday, . and Garwood bowled a maiden, when C. A.Knapp took up the bowling at Armitage’s end. The first few overs were rather off the wicket, but he warmed to his work, and K. Knapp was shortly afterwards warily'caught by Edmunds at wicket off C. A.'Knapp. Bryce then relieved Garwood, - and his first two overs were maidens. In his next over he clean bowled White ; 3—l— played steadily, and the Wellington team fielded splendidly. K. Knapp was shortly after bowled by his namesake, and the scorers cr y 4_6 55. T. Eden succeeeded Knapp, and after putting 5 together was caught by O’Connor off Bryce ; 5 out for 66 ; and 0. Knapp faced the bowler, and negotiated a maiden from Bryce. Fowler was the next out, being beautifully caught at the wicket by Edmunds off Knapp ; six for 74; and H. Cross, the slogger, and captain of the team, toed the crease, and out went the field. Armitage at this stage of the game took up the bowling at Bryce’s end. Knapp then bowled Cross, and the board showed 7—9—93. W. Eden filled the vacancy, but was clean bowled by Knapp without scoring—B for 96. H. Knapp filled the gap, but in Armitage*a next over he lost his vis-a-- i vis. C. Knapp played a very steady innings ; for 16. O. Halliday, the last man, was caught , by Armitage off his own bowling before he had , fimp to score, and the innings closed for a ; total of 96. 1 O. A. Knapp and Foley were .he first to , wield the willow for Wellington. T. Eden _ took up the bowling from the north end, and | f from his first ball Knapp was smartly taken J in slips by W. Eden. Garwood took the vacant ] wicket. Foley was then foolishly run out in £ attempting-» run for a bye. Two out for nil, ; when Bell tookguard and negotiated the remain- J der of the over safely. W. Eden took the ball at ( the southern end. His first over was a maiden, j T. Eden followed with another. Off W. Edens , first ball in the second over Garwood scored one ] from a leg hit,»which was mulled by young f Halliday. Garwood then slipped T. Eden for , 1, and again scored 2 for a drive to the off in , W; Eden’s third over. T. Eden-in his fourth ; over clean bowled Bell; three out for 4, and the , Wellington men looking anything but pleased. , Captain Armitage was next to take guard, and , received the remainder of the over. A single to Garwood, and Armitage faced W. Eden and . put the next ball away for 2 ; and a bye resuited from the last ball of the over. Asingle to Armitage off T. Eden was followed up by a nice drive to the off for a brace. Garwood then drove T. Eden for 3, which brought the score up to 15. Armitage scored 1 off the next ball, and another maiden was credited to W. Eden, and a single to Garwood and: Armitage. off his brother,.'was followed up by a nice leg hit off the same howler by Armitage for 2. Another off same bowler, and 20 appeared on the board. Garwood then succumbed to a trimmer from W. Eden after scoring 9. Edmunds filled the gap, and two more were scored to Armitage from the next over. A maiden to W. Eden, and Edmunds then faced T. Eden, and played his second ball bn to his wicket. McKenzie filled the gap, and drove the first ball for a brace ; another single to Armitage was followed by a cut by McKenzie for 2. His nexteffort proved fatal,, as he played the ball into White’s hands at cover-point. Bryce, who next took onard, hit his first to leg_ for one ; but in attempting another, a collision, between the batsmen caused Armitage to be run out—seven ; for 29. O’Connor followed, and four consecutive maidens were delivered to the batsmen. Bryce made 1 off the fifth, and was then howled by a shooter. Bond was the next at „■ the crease, and received the remainder of the , over. Another maiden to T. Eden, when Bond was weU caught at point by Powell, and Haugh- ■ ton, the last man, fiound his way to the wicket . and took the remainder of the over. O’Connor ; then opened his shoulders, and drove T. Eden : for 3, followed by a draw by Haughton for 1. ■ A leg-hit for 2, also by Haughton, brought the ] score up to 37 ; but the next ball he put into ’ Powell’s hands at point, and the innings j The fielding and bowling of the Nelson men i were first-class, but ourmeu were very unlucky. The fielding and bowling of our men was firstclass. • ■' , After a short interval the Nelson captain sent S. Powell and. H. Knapp to the wicket. Armitage took up the howling at the southern end. His first over was a maiden. Bryce then went on at the north end and did likewise. Two more maidens by Armitage, which Bryce followed with three more, and got two wickets without a run being got. Four runs were wot off Armitage’s fourth over, and a wicket, and Bryce secured his third wicket in the first ball of the fifth over. Four wickets for 6, and Wellington men jubilant. Fowler was the fifth man to succumb, being well caught by Haughton off Bryce. When the stumps were drawn for the day, there were six men out for 24. Oar men went into the field with a deterruination to recover lost ground, and they were very successful, but, as the -score shows, they have 'still up-hill work. However, they hope to make a? close match of it. Below are the KELSON —FIRST INNINGS. S. Powell, c Edmunds, b C. A. Knapp .. ■ • 22 H. Halliday. run out .. .. • K. Knapp, b O. A. Knapp ■ A White, b Bryee in 3. Powler, oEdmunds, b C. A. Knapp .. • ■ T. Eden, c O’Connor, b Bryce ” C. Knapp, b Armitage .. , • - • ■ „ H. Cross, b C. A. Knapp -- ;; W. Eden, b C. A. Knapp ® H. Knapp, not out Jj C. Halliday, c and b Armitage " Extras .. .. “ Total ... .. .. •• 9e BOWLING ANALYSIS. Balls. P.uns. Mdns. Wkts. Was. Garwood .. 55 33 9 .? 9 Armitage -. 50 12 2 ■ ~ Knapp • . • 103 ; 21 ** £ ft Bryce .. - ' 70 . 29 8 2 0 WELLINGTON —FIRST INNINGS. C. A. Knapp, c W. Eden, b T. Eden; j Foley, run out „ Garwood, b W. Eden . H. D. Bell, b G. Eden .. " Armitage, run ont ' ‘ n Edmunds, b T. Eden .. * " i McKenzie, c White, b W. Eden - A Bryce, b W- Eden ’ . . . • • • 7. O’Connor, not out .. . •« S Bond, c 3. Powell, bW, Eden.. • •• ” Haughton, c 3- Powell, b IV, Eden ... - - * Extras Totil - .. - •• 37 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Bolls. Buns, Mdns. wkts. T. Eden., .. 70 17 6 3 W. Eden _ 08 17 8 •> SECOND DAY. NELSON, December 27Another glorious day to-day. The two not-out Nelson men on the previous evening, T. Eden and C. Knapp, took their places at the wicket shoitly after eleven o’clock. Bryce resumed the bowling from the same end as be-

fore, and opened with a maiden; Knapp followed, suit. Off Bryce’s next over a single was scored. Knapps, second over pro\ed fatal to T. Eden, he placing the last ball of the over into Garwood’s hands at point; 7 for 25. Captain Cross was the next to take guard. He shortly after lost_ his partner, C. Knapp, who was run out in attempting a second run. The ball was smartly thrown in by Haughton to Bryce, who lowered the stumps, and the board showed S —7—3l. Then W. Kden wended his way to the wickets. He was caught by McKenzie off Bryce’s bowling, without troubling the scorers; 9 for 34 ; and C. Halliday facing the bowler, a single was scored from the first ball he received, but before he had time to add to that number he lost his vis-a-vis. Cross, uho was smartly caught at wicket by Edmunds off Knapp ; and the second innings of Nelson closed for a total of 42. Our men fielded well, and the bowling of Knapp and Bryce was first-class, no liberties could be taken with it. After a short interval Foley and O’Connor went out to represent Wellington. T. Eden opened the bowling at the north end ;. a single to O’Connor from his third ball, and Foley negotiated the remainder of the over. W. Eden took up the bowling at the southern end. Off his first ball O’Connor scored a single.' T. Eden’s second over was a maiden. The last, ball of W. Eden’s second over proved fatal to Foley, who retired without scoring; one wicket for 2 runs. Bell filled the vacancy caused by the retirement of Foley. O’Connor attempted an agricultural, but lost his wicket; two out ffor 2.nms; and C. A. Knapp asked for guard, anil received the last ball of the over. Bell, in attempting iv big hit, skied thc ball into C. : Knapp’s hands at short-leg, and retired with an unenviable duck’s-egg. Garwood filled the; gap. A brace came to Knapp for a nice drive to off. The bowling was very good, and both batsmen’s played on the Two were ’ scored to Garwood for a drive to off from W. Eden, followed up with a hit to on for a single ; another 2 to Garwood from a fine drive to on. to Knapp in the slips. The scoring was very slow, the bowling being too straight. In T. Eden’s sixth over Knapp succumbed to a bailer, and the scorers cry 4—2—11. The hopes of Wellington were below zero as Armitage weuded his way to the wickets, to receive the remainder of the over. A brace to Garwood off W. Eden, followed up by a single by the same batsman. Armitage drew the next ball for a single ; the same batsman lifted T. Eden to on for 6, the ball being lost in the long grass. Another 2 to Garwood for a nice leg hit, followed up by a fine straight drive along the ground for 3. A single to Armitage off the last ball of the over, followed up by a leg hit for 2 off T. Eden. An adjournment ’ was here.made for luncheon. On resuming, Garwood put his leg where his bat should have been, and was given out, which was a questionable decision, as W. Eden was bowling round the wicket, with a slight break from leg. Edmunds filled the vacancy, and negotiated 1 the remainder of ■ the over in safety. A single 1 to Armitage resulted in a mull, by White. ( Another came to Edmunds, which was well 1 fielded by H. Knapp, which saved a run. 1 A brace to Armitage from the last ball of T. 1 Eden’sloven for a straight- drive. Another 1 single to Edmunds off W: Eden, followed rip by a snick to Armitage for another; 2 more to J Armitage for a leg hit, followed up by a 2 in j the slips to the same batsman ; another single J for a, drive, and 40 appears oh the board; another single (well run) to Armitage off W. ‘ Eden. -A-maiden to T, Eden followed. - A * single to Edmnnds resulted fromthe last ball 1 of W. Eden’s over; 3 more to the same bats- 1 man for a -drive to the on off T. Eden. S., | Fowler at this stage relieved’T., Eden ’ at the, . J north end. Off his third ball Armitage was ' splendidly caught by Powell, who had run some distance before he caught it. Armi- , tage played a ' very good and - effective ;• innings for 20. 6—20—45 crythe scorers, and Haughton took guard and the remainder of the over. The fourth ball of W. Eden’s over Edmunds spooned up, which was secured by Cross ; 7 for 45 ; and Bryce toed the ; crease, and played the first ball in the slips for a brace. Haughton then scored 1 off Fowler’s first ball. Bryce followed up with a drive past the bowler for another 2. Another single to Haughton, .and Bryce put Eden“away to on for two more. A maiden to Fowler, and T. Eden relieved his brother, and his third ball disposed of Bryce’s bales. McKenzie- filled the gap, and put the last of T. Eden’s,over to bn for a single. A shooter from Fowler lowered his leg stump, - and the board read 91—54. Bond, the last? man, took guard. A bye was rim. the first of the innings ; 2 to Bond off T. Eden, in the slips ; a single by Haughton’for a snick* ■ followed with a brace to; Bond.’ ‘ ■' His next effort was his last, as he spooned the ball, into point’s hands, and the innings closed for a total of 60, Nelson thus winning by 41 runs. Their, fielding was splendid, and'their bowling ' always straight. , ’ / ' I forgot to mention yesterday that the team have been exceedingly, well ' treated by , the Nelson people, many of whom were on the wharf to meet them on their arrival. Mr. Green field, acted as umpire for Wellington, and Mr. , Burn, for - Nelson. To-night our team ate to be entertained at dinner at the Nelson Hotel. j ! NELSON —SECOND INNINGS, SJ Powell, b Bryce . .. .. .. •• 0 •HI Knapp, b Armitage .. ... 3 11, Halliday, c McKenzie, b Armitage .. .. 0 K. Knapp, Ibw, b Bryce.. . .. 1 White, b Bryce • • ’ • • - ■ » S. Fowler, c Haughton, b Bryce .. .. . . 0 T. Eden, c Garwood, b Knapp .. : . ’ • S C.; Knapp, run oat .. ••• » Cross, c Edmnnds. b Knapp .. ' . . . v 10 W. Eden, c McKenzie, b Bryce ■ ;. ; .. C.‘Halliday, not out .. 1 j Extras .. .. .. ... •• •• Total .. .. « BOWLING ANALYSIS. Ball*.- Bans. Mds. Wkts. Armitage .. .. 40 7 4 2 Bryce .... 81 20 6 5 C. A. Knapp .. 43 5 6 3 WELLINGTON —SECOND INNINGS. Foley, b W. Eden .. .. .. . • • • ® O’Connor, b T. Eden .. .. 2 Bell, c C. Knapp, b W. Eden ® C. A. Knapp, bT.Eden -- •• 3 Garwood, Ibw, b W. Eden 1" Armitage, c 3. Powell, b Fowler .. .. -20 Edmnnds, c Cross,bW. Eden.. ® Haughton, not out ■ • • ■ 3 Bryce, b T. Eden.. * ® McKenzie, b S. Fowler .. J Bond, c Powell, b Fowler .. ... •• - 4 Extras •• Total' •• 60 BOWLING ANALYSIS, Balls. Buns. Mds. Wkts. W Eden .. .. 70 24 4 4 T. Eden .. .. 70 28 4 3 8. Fowler .. .. 24 6 . 3 ' THE DINNER. The dinner to the Wellington cricketers given by their Nelson confreres took place at the Nelson Hotel las evening. Between thirty and forty gentlemen sat down to a recherche repast provided by host McGee in his best style. His Honor the District Judge, Mr. Lowther Broad, occupied the chair, _ and was supported on his right by the captain of the Wellington team (Mr. Armitage), the captain of the Nelson on his left. Mr. Greenfield filled the vice-chair. After full justice had been" done to the good things provided, the Chairman proposed the usual loyal toasts. In giving the health of the Wellington team Mr: Broad complimented them for playing so' plucky an uphill game and the friendly way in which they took their “ dressing.” In the course of his remarks he stated that he would like to see New Zealand as a whole play a match against the All England Eleven, as was -the case in Victoria and New South Wales. He thought if this were done that New Zealand would make a respectable stand. The match, he thought, should be played at Wellington, as it was the capital, of the colony. We may mention that a similar suggestion was made some time ago, in the columns of the New Zealand Mail, by “Tom Brown.” The toast was received by the Nelson team with cheers and musical honors. Captain Armitage , suitably acknowledged the compliment, and said he hoped when the Nelson men again visited Wellington that the tables would be turned. Before sitting down he called upon his men to return the compliment, which was done right heartily. Several other toasts were given during the evening, interspersed with songs by members of both teams. At about J T IC /.Intfftn ooVio nrorn in I*aaVlirW>Bß tin talfA

the Wellington men to the steamer, which was done in a triumphant manner, the Artillery Band leading the way and playing some lively music. As the steamer left the wharf cheers were interchanged, and so ended one of the best contested matches played between the provinces. The Wellington men have nothing to be ashamed of, as they played a ’very weak team against, the best that Nelson could get together. Jhe Wellingtonians speak in high terms of the liberal treatment they receivel at the hands of the Nelson players and their friends.