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Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 543, 28 January 1878, Page 2

CRICKET.

. = THE AUSTRALIAN" ELF,VEX AT WELLINGTON. (PRY. FKEKfi AttKNUY.) Wellington, January 20. Play commenced at noon, t!ie Australians winning the toss and taking the field. The bowling of Spotforth was greatly admired, he having obtained 14 wickets for 40 runs. The following are the scores up to C p.m.:—

Lookett, b Spolr<>rth „, ... •■• P I. J. Salmon, b Spoiibrth .., • 8 Kennedy, b Spoiibrth .. 0 Thompson b Spoiibrth ... u Willis b Spoftbrth 0 Edmonds, c Givgory, b Kendall 5 l\;rdha;n, run out ... ••■ '* Knapp, b ppfjKorth n Blackcock, bUoudaii 0 Honvoud, c Gregory, b Sppftbrth ... i> ArmUago, b Spolforth 3 Speed, cl 1 .. ii;uif;eiMH."v!i, h Spoffbrth ... 5 lUibmson, b Spoicojpth ... ... r: . Q W. .). Salmon, b Spofforth. ..... ...... 1 Gundy, c JTorau, b K&mhiU .-.■.• •.-.• 2 Wyatt, b Spoflbi'th,,, „, ...... Q Kember, b Spoftbrth ~, ..... S Webb, cC. Bannerman, b Spoftbrth ... '(> Lyu.ch b Kendall 2 J, A."(Salmon, b C-'.rrctt 15 Lambert, b (iarivtfc ... ■•■ 4; Smith, not out ■•- ••• ...■: ••• /? Byes H

Total »1 TODAY'S PLAY. The weather was very favourable, but there was only a meagre attendance on the ground. " Play was commenced at 12.15, and at 3 o'clock the Australians were all out for IGG. The following arc the complete scores of the Australians' innings , A. Bannerman, 1 b u", b Annitage 10 C. Bannerman, c Lockett, b J. A.

Salmon ... 1" Horau, aW, J. Salmon, b Lopk'-tt ... 2& (i regor v, ■■ • • • •• • •■ • SI Spoftbrth, c Rmhh, b Lockett (! Murdoch, e Lynch, bS. J. Salmon ~, 13 Garrett, e V\~. J. Salmon 7 Blackball!, b J. Salmon <> Bailey, not out ... ... ... ... 33 Kendall, 2 Gibbc-s. 0 Extras 17 'j'otal ... . . 10'u' -, «. .—^ OAMARU V. VVS&BIS. FKO.'.r OVll OffX ('.■OKnESPOXDIiXi.

[ The return mutch between the above clubs cook place on Saturday last on the Duncdin Oval, The v/eathpi' wax ali that conhl he desired for cricketing purposes, and a errand wicket had been prepared by the custodian of the ground. Owing t>.< various causes, the game did not proceed so satisfactorily as cuuid have been desired, as no less than half a dozen guinea were being played at the same time on the ground, and it was almost impossible in khf/iv vlurp the "field" were placed. The long "fields" jve.-e b; Im-tuni-nt ri;y.i----i ger of being Ktrnck »y sundry balls bc- ! longing to other players almost all-the afternoon. Play commenced about 12 o'clock (two hours sifter the stated time) hy Oamaru taking the Held, in order to I all«w tiie Dunedinites to muster an eleven ' to play fjg/iin.ijfc them—only live or six of the Duuedinites having iuf-ned up at the appointed time. Punctuality is the soul of iiniuhcrtient as \ve!l as of business, and the Duuediiiit-Gs would do well to remember this in future. The city team put together the large total of I«i(>, the Oamarn bowling not proving effective on such a true wicket—so different from their own ; the advantage was therefore altogether in favour of the batsmen (as will lie seen by the scores), only nine men, in all. having been bowled, the remainder being naught, runout, and l.b.vr. The highest scorers on the Ihinedin side were Dixon, (36, and W. Morrison (not out), &>. The Oaumru innings closed about six o'clock, with the total of 80, out of which number iNicolls scored 30 in something like his old form. X?. j?e;)V.'"ck likewise contributed 20 !-y good play, and J. Millington's (not out) 21 were got by sonje bj'g hjts. The bowling or the Dunedin team was not good. Tiie following are the scores :

I>I.'3>JSDIS C.C. Wynks, c Edwards, b Lowe (I Ke;iuc-(]y, run out ... ..17 11. Morrison, run out ... .... ... 4 Dixon, c Miiitli, b Kdjvnrds 60 Mom-ji, b J. Miilington ..... ..., ... 4 Clark., c luhvi'ii'ds, b J. Miiliugtou .... iw Rhodes, c Booth, b Lowe... ... ... 1 Jones, run out ~, ~, ~., .... 15 W. Morrison, not out ... ~, ... Sir Hanson, b J. Millington ... ... ... 0 Glen, c Pickett, b Edwards 1 Byes ... 1 jig-byes C Wides ~, 5 Total !()!? OAMARU CO. A. Y. Smith, c E. Morrison, b Jones ... 0 Edwards, b Ok-n ... 1 Lowe, run out ~, ~, ... ... 3 Kicolls, b Clen ■• •■, 30 F. Femvick, b Hanson ... ... .... 20 G. Milimgton, b Hanson 0 Boorh, bGlen ~. ... ... ... 0 Walls, run out ... ... ... ... 3 J. Millin.uton, not out ... ... ... 21 Pickett, 1" b w, b Glen 3 G, Feu wick, 1 b w, b Glen 0 Byes 1 Leg-byes ... ... ... ... 3 ■ Wids ~, ; ... 3 Total ' , 8S

The Oamaru team were entertained by tlie TJunedinites, in the evening, at the Prince of Wales Hotel, and the proceedings passed off very satisfactorily. The usual toasts having been proposed and responded to, Mr. Eva, President of the Otago Cricket Association (who occupied the chair), remarked that as the usual match with Canterbury had fallen through they would have to look forward with interest to the match with Oamaru every season.