CRICKET.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4956, 9 February 1877, Page 2

CRICKET.

ALL-ENGLAND ELEVEN V; WELLINGTON ,T\?ENTY.'TWO.* ,

■ Yesterday proved no exception in the run "of. bad~ weather, although" iir.'mWtrbe [conceded' that the teams were not compelled by aVdown- t pour of rain 1 " to* quit the field after!they had once taken it. It was exceedingly cold, however, and the attendance was not large. We/;-rsgret, to state number of ithe.-twenty-two J failed to put in an appearance, and with,a couple of emergency men acting, only eighteen were in the field. Iri some cases business prevented attendance;,'' but in other cases ho excuse was offered, and it is .hard to. conceive what, could have induced members of theiieam to absent themselves.' l' ; To ''say the least of it'tneir conduct was nbtieVen'c'ourtwus ; to their opponents. The visitors from the;old country had r nothing, to, gain financially by r playing: day,' iind from a projessional point of view the advantage was on all 'the other side, "Onder the circumstances, if the Englishmen.were not afraid to face the unpleasantness of playing on a damp ground, local men might have done the same, if able. At hftjlf-past 2 o'clock, Pooley and Lillywhite, the hot-out men of the previous day, resumed theirpoßitionat-.the wickets, to the bovvling ,of JKnapp and Cross. The former opened with a" maiden, and a single only was scored off - Cross' first over, several runs being saved by Edmunds, who capitally- fielded a couple of hits to leg made by Pooley I In the .same over' Foley gave Lilly white a "life." was_spflOtt«diright into his hands, but he considerately let. it fall through, and a run' was scored. However, the batsman's time was come, Mace taking him at the wickets off the shoulder of his bat. Telegraph : 176 —9—9. Southerton toqk his place, and a succession of three maidens followed,; two of which were placed to the credit of Cross., Runs came very slowly, hut- who was regarded as rather' '' ; smali: potatoes;"" managed to defend- , his; 'BhlntpS' for a considerable time, while Pooley _ slowlj' Jbut surely added to the "score. Cross -..'was. not up to his form; of the previous aaJ|7aaii-;bccasiohally got pletely off the-;wipketj''still nothing much was' made off hisbowling. - :'Knapp gave place; to■ .Armitage,, whose first, four or five overs wjere 'maidens, arid' in the sixth Sbuthertoh attempted' toidriye l one •to l'eg.but by some meansmjan-' aged to sky the ball ro-iind to the back of ]*he; wicket, and Hood made a difficult catchy bringing the innings "tb'a*'exclusion for run».--.-■ •■ .—■. :^,'.i:<; ; VV i •'..••'-.- ■-,.*;■' .-.---.■ t '' \ ■'•'■■■ : :Half-an-HourV grace was allowed for ;theadministering Of 'much-needed stimulants, and' the Englishmen > again took the field. The. dreadful andliihdeniable Shaw and Souther-ton did not' appeal lit the crease—Hill and Lillywhite were "put, on. to bowl. Gentlemen ••fiicetiouslyr'inclined whispered in'.confidence it was " to give our men a chance ;" but -the only difference observable in the results of the change of bowlers wasthatithe majority of the batsmen were caught instead of being, bowled out.! Sbmeibatsmett'prefer to beicaught' out. Those «f the seventeen' who are so inclined must have' been highly gratified "at the consideration shown them yesterday. .However, to proceed. -Thechange of bowling was the only alteration Wade, if weexcept the fact that Selby did not play, Morris, a-local man, acting as substitute for him. in the; field. Mace and.J. W. Salmon were the first to represent the colonists at the wicket. After*'Mace >had Jtaken; a maiden from Hill,. Salmon broke his egg by getting a single off Lilly white, and Mace followed his example by getting the next ; ball away for 1, following this up by 1 cutting.. Hill for 2, and; then, driving him 'for another brace. : Salmon added another.one to his score, and was then taken- by Emmett at "point.."' .Telegraph : B—l—2 ; decidedly a better tale than had been told at the opening of the first innings. Hood was his successor. ' The next incident in the game was a, " life" for Mace. He returned Lillywhiteright into his own hands,- but it was too hot to hold, having been driven hard, and the captain; of the team escaped. Hood next got a brace for a hit,- and then closed his account, for he .let one go rather uppishly in the direction of. Shaw, who tookdt with one hand, andiHood retired. Anson'filled the gap, but was immediately caught without scoring. I. J. Salmon now appeared, : and commenced in a very lively style, driving tfie first ball for 2, following this up by another couple in the next over, Hill in the meantime bowling a' maiden to Mace. 1.-J. however was beginning to take too many liberties,' and the next ball he lifted was caught by Southerton, 1 G-r-i —4. Parrington, ■ Salmon's successor/ slipped Lillywhite for a single; and,Mace then poppedone into Southerton's hands, but from some inexplicable cause he declined the honor, and Mace Was again let'off. He improved the: occasion by driving Hill for a couple, but the liext ball shivered his timbers, rand he retired for a'score of eleven, having had the honor, of making a : score which had not been and ' was, not subsequently exceeded on the Wellington side, and being the only man of the team who got into double figures in a single innings. Telegraph : 20—5—11. Cross .then joined Parrington;" but the partnership was soon dissolved, Parrington*being taken at the wicket by Pooley so smartly that a little .dispute arose aB ta whether it was a " not-oiit" matter or not,, which was eventually decided in the affirmative after, .so far as could be heard in the scorer's tent, an umpire had at first decided in the negative. Knapp, the next man, yielded to the first ball, and Cross was bowled immediately afterwards without scoring. Kennedy and Lockett were now at the wickets, arid several "mngles were made, varied by a 2, and 30 appeared on the telegraph. Lockett was then bowled. 31—9—4. Lockett having been disposed of, the hopes of the Wellingtonians were quenched, as he alone made any show in both innings. Armitage filled up the gap; but little remains to be told. The next eight men were disposed of for as many runs. 1 'Kennedy was caught by Hill, and J. A. Salmon; - who filled the; vacancy, was disposed Of in one ball. Blacklock made a single, and was caught off Lilly white, and Armitage was .bowled after adding a couple to the score. Mason and Speed were now vis a vis, but the former was quickly bowled, and Foley took hia place. Speed lifted Lilly white for 3 (the only 3 scored by the Wellington team), and was then bowled. Foley and Russell were the last men, as no more of the twenty-two were present. The latter determined not to be

Jcaught near the -wickets, and with malicious intentions (we fully believe) against those who clustered round his wickets;"Went in for slogging. " Lillywhite tempted him . out of - the" crease by a pretty full-pitched;;ball, and as he missed it, Pooley had hiß bails off in a twinkling. This closed the innings for 88' runs. The following are the scores : t ALL ENGLAND ELEVEN. - .; Selby, 1,1,1,1,1.1,1,1,1. 2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1.1, 1. cMace, bParrintfton:..-'. :.'.'.' ... ".." 20 Shaw„l, 1,1, 4,4, 1,1, 3,3,.1,1. 3,1, b Cross .. 25 Charlwood, 1,1,1, 4, 3,1, 3,1, 3,1, 3,1, 1, 1,1, 3,--. l, i, i, i;i, i, i, 2, i;s, 2, 2,1, i; 4, 1,1, 1,1, " c Anson, b Cross .. .-•■ .. .. .. 66 Ulyett, 1,1,1, 3,3, 2,4 r l, b Cross 'l6 • Greenwood, 1,1,1, 3,3,- bLyster-Kaye. .. ..; 9 Emmett, 1, b Cro6B .-,'.: .V '.. ■'.".:. • • 1 Armitage,' 1,1,1, c Mason, b Lyster-Kaye' ■.:'..'■ 3 Pooley, 1,1, 2> 1,-%"1,1; 1,1,1,1,1,,3,1, l,.ra>t out ..'■ ~ •;.■• .. ..; 18 Hill, 1,1, 4,3, b Cross ..' .. .. .. '..'.», Lillywhite, 1,1, 3, l';"l, 1; 1, c Mace, b Knapp ..: 9 Southerton, 1,1,1, c Hood, b Armitage .. .. 3 Byes, erodes,-15 .v •■ .. '..--. ..' 21' Total','. •■ ••' •• •• ...190:

' .WELUNGTOH TWENTY-TWO—SECOND JENNINGS. . Maee, t 2;'2,1y 1;1,l„2/bHiH. "... .... 11 Salmon; W, J v .l, l.tc Emmett, bLillywhite 2. H0.0d.2; c Shaw; b Lillywhite: .. ..' 2' Anson, c Emmett, b Lillywhite , ... ... .. 0' Salmon, I. J., 2,2, c Southerton, b Lillywhite■'..' iParrington.tli'ePooley, bLillywhite .. . ..; 1 Ctobs, b Lillywhite .. 0 Knapp, "b Lillywhite ... .'. .. ..! 0' Kennedy, 1,2,1, 2; c Hill, b Lillywhite .'. ..' '6 Lockett, 2,1,1, bHill... >. .. .. ... 4. Armitage, l.b'LiHyWhite- '.'.-■ '.. .. ...>.. ; 1. Salmon, X A., b Lillywhite ..... .. .. " 0 Blacklock, 1, c Hill, b Lillywhite .. . .. ..' 1 : Edmunds, c Shaw, bLiUywMte" •.:".. ..i 0 Speed, 1,3, b Hill.' ... .v ; ;.. ;; '.; , ...: . .;' 4•Mason, b Hill ~ . ..•'.":;..•.;.,.......,•'., .0-' Russell; st Pooley, b Lillywhite,' - ; .. v v.-r ■.. i.. 0 : Foley, not out ... V i. ' .. '-.. " '.;■ •".-.■' 0- . Bye,l; wide, 1 ■.■..*.&? ..*'•■ ;■-..•'.":.•'..>•■ 2 : V '•; 'Total i'.'"' .V -''■'«. • ,'. ''■%■ ' .l.;-'5P J —= -Firstinnings .. ■'.,"""?■... .;: 31; ■::..-. r >Grand tota*..... ■■-«.,*■ .'.. .... '..'.. 69 . The Englishmen thus winning by an innings and 121 runß. . ""'■<'■' j BOWXINO. ANALYSIS. ■ .'. ~ ,-' •■ Balls. Buns. Mdns. Witts, Wides. Lillywhite.. '.. 86 22 10 13 .'.. 0 Hill.. .. . ... 88 14 . 14 ' 4 1 , Hbrwood," Garwood, Xyster-Kaye, and Evans;;ttfd not play in the second innings of the-Wellington team. - -■ - ; . '

..- ■ BO WXINQ A ■NA.I.YSIS Balls Runs. Mdnt, TVckts. Wides, ATiton -.;■' .. to 15 1 0 l Garwood .. 24 ■ "H 1 0 . 1 P«rrihgton ..29 20 2 1 : 1 . Salmon, I. J. 24 6 2 0 . 0 Lyster-Kaye W> ; 34 ' 7 - 2 ■ :..'l'-• Armttage .. 92 "15 13 1 3Cross ; ..211 «1 26 5 6V~ £b»j>p --.-.--.-.--• Z»- - -.-41 1 8