CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 15, 19 January 1904, Page 3

CRICKET.

TITH Tliiun TKST MATCH. VKSTKHDAVS I'I.AY. Received IS, ',1.20 p.m. AI'HI.AIIii:, .Inn. IS. A Ihuujdersl Drni worked around lh._city this Mioi'iiiirg ami a few drops of lain Mi. Fur a time the prospects looked unpromising for tin' I hind day's j'lay, lull the weather eventually cleared, and the wicket slill it-inained good. -The attendance reached iIOOO. Wli'.n tlx 1 [jaiiio was resumed '1 nimble and Hopkins bowled. ami white Arno!:d 'batted cautiously l.iliey punished Hopkins wit'll' his line oil-drives so that Mel.iod replaced him al.'d steadied l.iliey. Finally. after receiving one warning. bilhv started a short run. and Armstrong fielding smartly, had the bails oil hc-lorc l.iliey iould get hack. Nine for 2:14. Truiiriile soon howled Fielder, and the iiuiiiigM, viliieh Ikhl lasted four itours a«d a half, closed for 245 I'ltllS. Tniinblo bowled us well ns ever, ini.viii.jr (he pace well. 'J''he fielding of tile Australians throughout was Hull a-uid 'IVumjKT opened against Hirst a.i»d Arnold, awl J hill hit lour °li Hirst's lirst aver ; hut Arnold t>i enod with tw« maidens. Then 1 rumper maidu some tine strokes, ami Lo.sau.jnet was trievl in place 0l - Hirst, but without ell'ect'. At the ■unch.-wi adjournment Tnimjier was -1 and J >ueiglvt. On ivsuniiii'ij Arnold and Hirst howled, hut Truinl«r lm-amv agigivssive. At IS Uiaund at long sli], nvatly caught 1 Mil I low tluun. Hill st«r(e,l carefully, hut Tnimper was t;„i,iy H. dutifully. He cut ll'ist l-ikv a Hash i,j the bonmlary, . oiupleting Jds ."Ml i u sixty-four lni'ivAt 7, ami Hhodes Here ordriod on, iU i:d lliv latter with 'ourth hall pot Trumper I, g he'"te. I lumper played a deligntlul Without fault. He was in .rn hvnir aird a *jjarUr anxl hit seven 1 s - , 1 »'o wickets fur 81. Ni'i'le pai tnered Ji-iil, who, afu , r ■oitj-tjnee minutes' balling, had leached lU—'all in singles. Fiulder iei.luee.l Jiosanipiet at 99. and t*e century went up after ninety-lour ■ >.tHltes play. 1„ Fielder's second o\ci Hill was bow It'll, after bulling 'illy inimmv. The third wicket fell 'Vith tlie total at KM. Urteorv the iw-'XI man, was i„ a dasfcuj, humour, and made sevejal mice lug gj, antes oJi Ai lojd. ,,uet tne.-i bowled, '"it at the al'ivrr.iGion lea adjournment tile butwiißiii were still lljere, f, e total being H-41—,N<»ble 211 gory Hi. IMio'de-s aiiml Fielder howled Alien the gume «« ivMumed, and Gregory UAjchud a fus't ouiu which dew swiftly j«ast Lilley. At l(Kj illaunid replaced H|h;ode\ aud Gregory, w'lwn lie hmd made :;2, cut one w-Ji'.uli Foster al extra slip—utter U S»nurt jujnjj—juwi toticncq with 'lie UjK of his toy.wsf. The next '«>11 wa « for u 4. tlregnry *eachivl 5(1 ill s"ixly-.s\.'Ai!n miuuies. liosaiKjuet now disjilaciil Fielder, and ■ll his lirst over iNuble, when U7, 'houl'd l«ive |«vii easily stuinjjed. i. ivg) iry was soon lop score, jnmi.sliing the s-lows sewiely. At 200 Aruoi'd ainl liil'S'l wele tried, autl oil' Jie 10l uier's should bail .Noble, who ivas 41, sikiod a liall to Hirst at uiid-oCf. 'liie laitU-r used his left muiid, but was unable to hokl Hie lea-ther. (.Jiegory, still goii;n'g .stiD-nig l , .maekc-J three consecutive balls oil Ai null's o\er to Hie bouii'Jary, juit--ing him into B(J's\ He reached tile .enlury in 115 iii'imiles, umd tbiuily -liiew away it is wicket by slaimning at one from iiraunU, with the result i-liat l;e was caught olt a mis-hit at slip, (iregory was ill two ltoars, and never gave a real cliunee ; Imil played splendidly, liitlimg with gjreat power. He bit seventeen 4's-, unvl .an up his last So wlriie Xobie was Mettii.g 20. -Noble wan ljatliny 183 .lUimlui. I'he lieltiing of Hie Englishmwi never Ua,iilge\l, despite (ireii.ry's punishing jilay. Additional roi L-.v are KN'CILLriH'MKX, First Imiings.

Howling analysis*—McLeod one Aiiket lor 50 ru'ns, Tiumilble three .'or 40, Howell one for 28, Hopkins' .1) i el' ior 08, NoV>le one for 10, A null ong none for 2.">. AL"S llt AI,IA, Sreoml I niii n£<;.

J hi- New Plymouth Rovers v. Car--I'iiif^i<>n road jnatcih is to be playul *m the I'likapa gmjnid on Thurs'day, i>la\ eoiniiteiiciiiy at i> p.m. The Hovers will lx- represented by the iollowlug A. Bewley, Elliott, L. Frost, Lahih, .Martin, Medley, Price, S. HcmH), Uoj i.-rtson (2), tiiKi Spencer. /I'll** follow in«g will represent the New Plymouth juniors on Thursday "t*xt .n^lvu (i,.'d IWuirlmpe, Day, Tnke, lu inu-11, H'awn. Aitclii'.styn, Broome, isixon, .Mackenzie, .Yjmhvws ami M*>r«\v. Line 'irev. J IfO'U-ieson. The learn will have by Un- L o'clock train, ad.id any inenil>er who is unable to go should -inform Mr Bauhope «is .soon us aossible.

Kiglit wickets tor 179 Arnold, nut out 28 i.iiU'.v. m:u out . ... 28 I'k'UkT, b Truml>le ... (5 Sunnliii'.s 9 Total 215

c Ilradini, Ij Hirst H l'lumper, lliu, l> lilliuiles 5'J ilill, h tickler it; not out 52 •iiW, KicMi-r, b Hraund ... 112 Suusliii-s JU T<mtl for four wickets ... 261:1 First innings 388 To dutu 031