CRICKET MATCH.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 534, 17 January 1878, Page 2

CRICKET MATCH.

Australia*- Eleven v. Oamauu Twentytwo. This match, the greatest event in cricket that has ever laketi place in Oamaru, came oil to-day on the new ground of the Oamaru Club. The Australian champions arrivrd in town by the train from Moeraki last evening, and were met at the station by a large number of people, but the Oamaru erickerers were conspicuous by their absence. They immediately proceeded to the quarters which had" been secured for them, and during the evening strolled about the town." It is gratifying to be able to stat<i that the opinions expressed by them of the appearance of the town are of the most favourable nature, great praise being bestowed upon the neat and substantial character of fch.e buildings. Nearly tiie whole of those engaged in' the match proceeded to the ground by the train for the north, which stopped opposite the ground, and a large number of others also availed themselves of the opportunity of reaching the ground. The day was a very favourable one for cricket, being calm and mild, without being too bright. For some time there was a feeling prevalent that there would be rain before the mactli was completed, and about one o'clock a slight shower fell, but the weather soon cleared up again. The attendance at the commencement of the match was not verv large, but it gradually increased, and* during the afternoon fully 800 were on the ground. The around was not all that could be desired," but W this the Oamaru team I were not to blame, for every eU'ort had been made to get it in order. The pitch I at one end was very fair, but at the other ! it was bumpy and irregular, the consefjuencebeingthat the ball made manoeuvres somewhat diiiicnlt to understand. The umpires were Mr. J. T. Evans jor Oamaru, ami Murisori for the Australia::*. Mfi-sra. ib;>!i:tt and Solomon acted as score:a. Gregory, the-Australian captain, having v,«m t:;o toss, to take the S.-ld, and placed his me'i as follows :—AEurdock, wieUi.-fs ; Haley, point: Gregory, short-slip ; Garrett, third-man ; Horan, long-stop : Kendall, short-leg ; 0. Bannernjaii, mid-off; Blackham, mid-011:

Borie, long-on; A. Bannerman, coverpoint ; Spofforth, bowler. Edwards and Lowe were the first to face the bowlers. Spofforth commenced the bowling, and off his last ball Edwards was caught by Gregory—a somewhat doubtful catch.— 1 —6—o. Rice filled the vacancy. Garrett took up the bowling at the r end, and bowled a maiden to Lowe, ('if 'ooffort:i's nest over a bye was run, a'id Lowe obtained a run in the slips. Wit'i the third ball Rice was clean bowled l>y Garrett without scoring. 2—o-2. Neilson then '.vent to t'>e wick ts. and Lo.ve we'comed !iis new partner i'.y .<■-.'■. "-big mu off Spofforth. After a byo h::d been run. Lowe skltid one from Spounrrl), and had to retire. 3—2—4. Sennets was the next to make his appearance at the wickets One ball proved sufficient for the displacement of his leg-stump by Spofforth, which caused him to retire. Nichols filled the vacancy, and, with Neilson, was looked upon to make a stand. T>e partnership which had been looked forward to with some interest was rudely severed by Spofforth, Nichols having to retire without scoring. s—o-4. De Lautotir then made his appearance at the wickets, and played an over from Spofforth. The first, hall of Garrett's next over Neilson hit to leg, and made the first three of mate'', amidst applause from the spectators, A brace of by. s j were imniedia'ely afterwards procured. Off Garrett's next over a bye was obtained. Off Garrett's next over a bye was obtained, and 10 up was recorded on the. teleio-aph hoard. '!>■< Lantern* broke his duck's egg in the m xt over from Spofforth by driving one to the on for a sint.de. He was, however, directly afterwards caught at tlie wickets by Murdoch. 6—l—ll. Piokett was the n.-xt man, and was welcomed by Neilson, who made one to the on. Pickett commenced with two to the on, one of which was for an overthrow, and obtained another off Spofforth. Neilson then scored a couple for a snick, and followed it up with a drive along the carpet for one. 20 was then recorded on the telegraph board. Neilson, who appeared to become more at home with the bowling, drove one to the on for a brace. The first leg-bye was then obtained. A couple of byes were next scored, .and then Neilson cut one from Garratt for a couple. In Spofforth's next over, Piokett got one, which was followed by a drive to the on by Neilson for a like number. Neilson then got one from Garrett along the carpet for a brace. Pickett was immediately afterwards stumped by Murdoch. 7 —4—32. Sumpter. took the vacant wicket. Neilson made a couple for a drive, but the next ball he was caught, in attempting a similar hit, by Blackham at mid on, the field having been changed for the purpose. 8—18—34. F. Fen wick was the next man, and commenced with a cut for a single, and off SpoffortU's next over obtained two for a drive ; but Spofforth had his lvvongo, however, clean bowling Fetiwick directly afterwards.

Booth tilled die vacancy, and opened with ;i single in the slips. T»o of three maiden overs followed, after which Booth obtained a sinede for a plucky hit ho-hind the wickets, arid direc.' ly ait. i-a aids scored, three fit' Spoil'orth for a drive through the , fence. Garrett's lirst bail hi themxtj over proved too innch for ';■».'ili. w.io made Ins w; y to i.he \ •'•' don, after scoring live. '.l-5-42. .• ' >..:s.iid w as ,-onrent.d ■.vita oiieof Ganv ', .-■■dnuato. s. If) -0-i--. i o:.::.: ? ,11 ;e..i .•■■ '. a simdar men. Smupu-r ih.-n ~h;:iiii-.d hl-t iirs; run, unit V» alio obtained tinw_ lor a drive iiii'Sl'oil'ortl:. but was bowled by Garrett directly afterwards. Davidson followed, and was dismissed by Garrett the first ball, making live wickets obtained 1)V Garrett in six balls. A. Smith was the next man, and started by hitting Garret r t" 1 it f * two. Suniptt-.r was then caught by Horan, ] s—l-48. Taylor commenced operations ny hitting Garrett, for two, and followed it up witu a single oil' the same bowler. Fii'ty were now recorded on the tel'grap . board. Several smith's having been placed to Smith's credit, Taylor obiain.-d a couple for a daisy-cmt'T, whie i passed tiie bowler (Spoli'm'th). Smith folk,wed wita a drive oil' Garret, for two. Taylor served Spof-f'll-th in a like n; inner for a siug.e, Siiucn following suit for l wo, and again for another two. Smith's lime had come, being cieiin bo.vle.l by G u-iv.tt aft r placfiu' a verv well-go. 11 to his credit. 16-11-65. "Taylor did n->t long survive tiie loss of his partner, Spoft'orl i scattering his .stumps without any improvement to the score, At burton and MMannet now faced each other, Atherton getting one. for a snick, but G.tnvtt cm ids life short by scattering Ids stumps. 18 1-60. G.' F. inviek was tiie u■ xc man, M/Jaimet was eang it.by A BuiHerman wiihor.t scoring. Tempest succeeded M'Jaiiiiet, and communed with a hit for two. G. Vriiwiek was bowled by Spofforth without, scoring. 20—0-69. Maude, the last man, then made his appearance at the wickets. Tempest was bowled by Garrett directly afterwards, toe innings thus closing for 70, of which number nine were for byes, a fact gre itly attributable to the Dumpiness of the ground. The bowling of Garrett and Spofforth was really excellent, more especially that of the latter. In some respects the fielding was not tio brilliant as might have been expected. An adjournment for lunch then took place, and after both teams had regaled themselves to their heart's content, the Oamarn team took the field, Fenwick placed his men to the best advantage. As usual, the brothers Bannerman were the first to do battle with the willow on behalf of Australia. Edwards started the bowling to A. Banneriiiiin, who made a hit to leg" for three. G. Feiiwick took up the bowling at the other end, and began with a maiden. Kims came slowly for some time, but alter a fe'.v overs from each of the bottlers, tilings began to be made a ]>if Jo live'ier for the Held. Twos, threes, and fours boh,g ebbined pretty freely, owing to some indifferent fielding. When the score stood at 20, a change in bowling was deemed necessary. Lowe going on in iA-n .nek's place. Several runs were scivd o;£ his Hrv. over. before iO had :.::i ■>;-de 0. Builierm-in p;avcd;oue .i;:o U. J'cnivkni's hands at ].,A:~.i, b.r it was not h-Ad. At:>.-v mere i'uns living been obtain, d, 0. .is;xiiiicrir.:'ii eave eu easy catch, 'oni, two men attempting io take hj, the ball was missed, and another life given to the big batsman. Hum again came pretty

freely, aud the score mounted up to 49, when Lowe displaced A. Bannerman's middle stump with a shooter. 1—2—49. Horan, the redoubtable bat of Victoria, took the vacant place at the wicket. After one or two overs, Horan commenced operations by a hit to leg for two and another for four. A bye having been obtained, 60 was recorded on the., telegraph buard, and Edwards distinguished himself by bowling Horan off his body. 2 8 CO. Spofi'orth then took the bat, and at once entered upon the offensive ; but his life was not of lengthy duration, Lowe ch-an bowling him with a shooter. 3 2 67. Murdoch joined 0. Bannerman, who was playing splendidly, and scoring with considerable rapidit} 7 . One ball only from Lowe was sufficient for the now comer, his stumps being displaced, the batsman having played the ball on to his wicket. 4—0—67. The captain (D. Gregory)'was the next man. With a few more hits the score exceeded that of the Oainaru men. Gregory then drove one right across the ground high up, and. should have been caught by Taylor. Edwards, however, made up for the miss by bowling the champion of Australia (0. Bannerman) with a shooter, amidst considerable applause from the spectators. ~y —4s -73. Black Mam took B umcnnan's place, and opened with a single. A shower of rain pur, a stop to the game for a few minutes directly afterwards, but. very littl.e tiuje was' lost. A regular storm again put a stop to the game. In a few minutes, however, the storm passed over, and the game was resumed, After a few more runs had beets plaoed on the scoring papo' - , Black ham was bowled by ..dwurds. 6 9 S7. Garrett tilled the vacancy. After a few more mil* had been obtained, Gregory gave Sumpter a chance in the slips, uhic'i was eagerly accepted. 7 —9—93. Boyle filled the vacancy, hut lost his partner directly afterwards, Garrett being caught by Tempest. S—4-04, Bailey, the tenth man, took the vacant position at the wickets, opening with a hit for two, and followed up with another for a single. In running two for another hit, Bailey was very nearly run out, the ball being well taken by F. Feiiwick. A hit for one by Boyle brought up IQO on the telegraph board. A few more runs were obtained, and then Boyle was bowled by Lowe. 9—6—112. Kendall, the last man, made one, and Bailey was then bowled by Lowe. THe innings thus closed for 113. The howling was very good, and the fielding, with a few exceptions, was also good, Robinson, Atherton, and I>e Laufconr being especially worthy of mention. F. Fen wick's wicketkeeping and Davidson's long-stopping were almost faultless. The following are the scores :

OAMAKU TWKKTY-TW/O —FIRST INMSOS. Lowe, o Murdoch, b Spofforth ... ... - Edwards, c ' Gregory, b Spofforth ... 0 Rice, Garrett ... ... ... ■■■ 0 Neilson, c Blackham, b Garrett ... ... 18 Bennett, b Spofforth ... 0 Nichols b spoff.-vth 0 He Lautour. c Murdoch, h Garrett ... 1 PlekeK st Murdoch, b Spnlt'orth -1 Sii-mpter, c Hurau, b Spoii'orth ... ... 1 I''. hen-wick, h Spoit'orth ... ... ... 3 iioeth, b Garrett .. ... ... ... 5 M-Donald, b Garrett .., 0 nnbiuson, b Garrett ... ... ... 0 Walls, b Garrat ?. Davidson, b Garrett (I Smith, b (! .rrett 11 •T vlor, b Spoil',,rth <i Aril ■■•.,.!!, bt.b.C.-ett ! M'.t.onu.t. c .. ISaiiU'-riiiaii, h Spoil',irth (i G. i'eawick, I, Mair tfc ... '. (i Tempest, bihut'ett ~. .'! Maude, not out <> 1.-.-hves 2 Xohall 1 Total 70 AUSTRALIAN KI.F.VKN' —FIRST INNINUS. C. Bannerman, b Kdwards ... ... -4~> A. Bamiermaii, b L"we ... ... ... 1liorau, b Kdwarils ... ... ... ... S Sne.ft'orth. b Lowe 2 Mir-doch, 1. Lowe ~ 0 [Siackiiaui, b iviwards ... ... ... il (Gregory, e Stunpter, b Kdwards;.. ... !) ( bti'iett, c To.i,post, b Lowe ... ... 4 Boyle, b Lov.-e (i ba'iey. b Lowe 12 Kenoall, not out ... ... ... ... 1 Extras .. .. ... ... •"' Total 113