CRICKET.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2461, 7 February 1881, Page 2

CRICKET.

THE AUSTRALIANS AT WEL-

LINGTON,

[Bv Telegraph.j

Wellington, Feb. 5. The match, Australian Eleven v. Wellington Twenty-two, which was commenced on Saturday resulted in the big- crowd closing ther first innings at 4 o’clock for 82 runs, 21 of which were extras. The bowling and fielding of the visitors were greatly admired. W. Salmon made the top score for the local players, viz., 11 runs. Nine out of the Twenty-two scored duck’s eggs. The Wellingtonians then took the field, and when time was called the Australians had scored 04 for three wickets. The following are the scores : Wellington —First Innings. Kennedy, Ibw, b Palmer 2 Brown, c and b Spolforth 7 Speed, c Slight, b Palmer 2 Sheriff, b Palmer 0

J. Page, b Palmer 2 Blacklock, c Spofforth, b Palmer ... ‘J Kuchen, c Blackham, b Spofforth 0 J. Salmon, b Palmer ... ... 8 Hickson, b Spofforth 2 Mclntyre, b Spofforth ... ... 4

Merchant, b.Palmer 0 Webb, b Spofforth ... 0 H. Page, c Blackhara, b Spofforth 7 W. Salmon, b Spofforth 11 Frances, c Alexander, b Spofforth... 5 Mansell, b Spofforth 0 Armitage* b Spofforth 1 Ronaldson, run out 0 S. Kennedy, b Palmer 0 Haughton, st Jarvis, b Spofforth ... 1 McGirr, b Palmer 0 Luxford, not out Q Extras 21 Total ... 82 Bowling Analysis. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Spofforth... 28 13 33 11 Palmer ... 27 10 28 9 Australians— First Innings. Groube, cW. Salmon, b Frances 2 Spofforth, not out 26 Murdoch, c Merchant, b Frances ... 0 McDonnell, run out... 0 Slight, not out 28 Extras ... 8 Total for 3 wickets ... 64 THIS DAY. The match was resumed at 12.45. Spoffotth and Slight were at the wickets, and White in the field instead of Blackham, who met with an accident last night, injuring his foot. When the score was 79 Spofforth cut Armitage to mid-on where he was held. Jarvis filled the vacancy. The score at the lunch adjournment was as follows : Spofforth, c b Armitage ... 32 Slight, Ibw, b Armitage 40 Jarvis, not. out 2 Boyle, c Haughton, b Francis ... 8