CRICKET.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10067, 8 February 1909, Page 4

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIA v. THE REST (V AUSTRALIA. [Br Electric Telegraph.—Coptbight.] (Pee Pbess Association.) Received February 7, at 8.5 p.m. Sydney, February 6. The wicket was easy. Hazlitt played fine cricket, hitting to the on side with excellent effect. The Rest of Australia in their first innings made 311. The Australian Eleven have lost 8 wickets for' 177. Following are the scores: — REST OF AUSTRALIA.—Ist Innings.^ Hopkins, b O'Connor ... 55 Bardsley, c Carkeek, b O'Connor ... 48 Mayne, b Macartney 3 Parker, c and b Macartney _6 Gehrs, c Ransford, b O'Connor ... ' 37 Hazlitt, c Cotter, b O'Connor 62 Simpson, c Ransforl, b O'Connor ... 13 Kelleway, not out - 12 Barnes, b Cotter 34 Gorry b Cotter 15 Saunders b O'Connor 8 ■Sundries 18 Total 311 Bowling analysis.—Ransford, 0 wickets for 12 runs ; Armstrong, 0 for 34; Cotter 2 for 58; O'Connor, 6 for 106; Noble, 0 for 29; Macartney, 2 for 54. AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.—Ist Innings. Xoble. run out ••• 9 Trumper, b Saunders 0 Ransford, b Saunders 22 Armstrong, b Sauuders 19 Macalister, st- Gorry, b Barnes ... 30 Gregory ... ... ••• ••• ••• 41 Macartney, lbw, b Kelleway ... ... .28 Carter, c Mayne, b Simpson 10 O'Connor, not out ... ... ... 2 Cotter, not out ... ... ••• 4 Extras 12 177

DUXEDES" iLATCHES. (Pee Press Association-.) Dunedin, February 7.

Another round of the cricket fixtures commenced yesterday in fine weather. Dunedin put up 154 runs against Opoho, the latter responding with 36 for one wieket. Carisbrook B disposed of Grange for 170 (Chadwick 43), and made 89 for three wickets (Austin not out). Albion made 69 against Carisbrook A, iisher taking six wickets for 26, Butler four for 20. Carisbrook compiled 240 for one wickets— B[a mi res 110 (not out), Watson 69 (not out), and Hopkins 48. THE OTAGO TEAM. Dunedin, February 7. The following team has been selected to represent Otago against Canterbury : Austiu, Ayles, Eckhold, Fisher, Hopkins, Bmhi-iforil, Siedeberg, Torrance, Williams, Wilson, Wordsworth: emergency, Watson.