CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 305, 30 December 1907, Page 3

CRICKET.

ENULISIIiIKX AT ISEXDKIU. lteoeivcd Dec. 30, 1.5 a.m. Bendigo, December i'X Ikndigo iu their tirsl innings made 55. Biuhe took seven wickets for 31, Crawford six for 15. INTEK-STATE .MATCH POSTPOXED'. Received 2'Jtli, p.m. Melbourne, December 2S. The inter-State cricket match was postponed till Jlonduy owing to the ground being unlit to play upon. UTAGU v. WELUXtITOX,

Per Press Association. Wellington, Saturday. Ideal weather conditions prevailed when the Otago-Wellington match was resumed to-day. The local team made a wonderful recovery, the last four wickets adding 241 runs. lilaeklock gave a masterly exposition of clean, vigorous hitting, registering 'lit) in 54 minutes. Eleven fourers were included in his score, seven of them beiiig from successive hits. Afalioney was batting 3 hours IS minutes for his 84 runs. Only one chance was debited against him, at 3.». Monaghan and Hales established a local record in representative matches, by putting on 84 for the last wicket. Monaghan, who had three sixers to his credit, was unbeaten with 47, while Hales was credited with 48. Torrencc was the most successful bowler for Otngo, capturing six for 7lt. He had no success with the ball to-day. Fisher's two wickets cost !)4 runs. In its second strike, Otago again gave an uninteresting exhibition, and the rate of run-getting was very tedious. Two wickets fell for no runs, but Austin and Siedberg, and later on Siedlierg and Eckhold, altered the complexion of affairs, and when stumps were drawn, the score ivad 115 for 4 wickets. Heidberg notched 45. anil Kckhold and MacKersey are not out with 2!) and 2fl respectively. Monaghan was the most suecCsnful bowler. Otago, with six wickets to fall, has to compile 74 runs to avert a one-innings defeat.

Per Press Association. Auckland^Last Night. The meket cup championships were suspended yesterday, and a game played between the Auckland representatives who defeated Canterbury and eleven colts. Tine weather prevailed. The colt* batted first, and were -all out for fiS fL. Itohinson 15). Relf took three wickets for 18 runs, and Kerr three for 12 run*. The representatives were all disposed of for 114 runs ("Brooke-Smith 21. TTaddon 20, Ou mimnps 20, and Prime 19).

The Otago v. Auckland match for the I'liniket Shield commences here on Thursday. Much interest is taken in tlie contest.