FIRST TEST MATCH

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 337, 12 March 1910, Page 8

FIRST TEST MATCH

XK\Y ZEALAND ALL OUT FOE 155. AUSTRALIA, FOUR FOR 210. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christehurch, Last Night. After the rain overnight, the test match Australia v. New Zealand was opened at noon in beautiful weather, though the wicket was so much in favor ot" tlic bowiers that Armstrong, on winning th<r toss from Reese, sent the New Zealaniiei's in, himself and Whitty having charge of the howling. The start was d : s»strous, Siedeberg, Midlane, and Haddon leaving in quick succession Lusk and Reese made short stands, but they had both gone with the total at five for 52. Sims then set up a strong defence, but received little assistance until Boxsliall joined him, when the total «as advanced from 93 to 128. Ilowden, the last man, also gave Sims some !i( lp, and the innings realised 155. Sims batted splendidly, whilst Whitty bowled finely on a wicket that just suited him.

The Australians did not start their inning-, auspiciously, Mayne leaving at one anl Simpson at 31. Smith assisted Bards'cy who was missed early, and also ha'i his wicket hit without dislodging the bails, to add 50, and then Armstrong and Bardsley played together until just on time, when Bardsley was stumpt-/; for an attractively-played 07. When stumps were drawn the total was four wickets for 210. Scores: — NEW ZEALAND. —First Innings. Lusk, c Emery, b Whitty .. .. 22 Siedeberg, 1.b.w., b Whitty .. .. 2 Midlane, b Armstrong .. .. 0 Haddon, c Simpson, b Whitty .. 1 Reese, h Whitty 20 Sims, not out ... 51 McFarlane, 1.b.w., b Whitty .. .. 0 Oliff, b Emery .. 5 Bennett b Armstrong .. .. 4 Boxs'hall, b Whitty .. .. .... 19 Howden. c Mayne, b Armstrong .. 11 Extias .. .. .. ..20 Total .. .. .. ..155 Bow'ing analysis Whitty 22 overs, 5 maidens, 53 runs, 6 wickets; Arm strong, 13 overs, 5 maidens, 28 runs, 3 wickets; Emery. 3 overs, 18 runs, ] wicket, Warne, 8 overs, 36 runs. AUSTRALIA--First Innings. E. R. Mayne, c and b Oliff .. .. 1 Bardsley, st Boxs'hall, b Reese .. 97 C. E. .Simpson, b Oliff... .. 17 Smith, b Bennett 16 Armst-cng, not out 03 Warne, not out 2 Extras 14 Total for four wickets .. .. 210 DETAILS OF THE SCORING. Lusk and Siedeberg opened to the bowline of Whitty and Armstrong. Play was very slow. At 13 Siedeberg got a leg in front of one from Whitty.

'l3—l—2. Midlane followed, but with one run added he was bowled by Armstrong -..14—2—0. Haddon -filied tha vatanv-.'. Utif; at 17 he. tamely hit Whitty to Siiiipspn. at, mid-off. 17—3 —l. jlNiesenext'hit Whit%to leg for four: with:;his first ball. Whitty to thk leg boundary: and ReeSft treated Armstrong similarly At 46 Lusk mis-hit Whitty into Emery's hands at point. 46 —4—sM. Sims joined Reese; but test him, Whitty bowling the skipper. 52—5—20. The same bowler got McFarlane leg-beforn first b>'ll. 52—6—0. The hour's play had produced 52- runs. Both the Otago representatives were given leg-before wicket by Carlton to Whitty bowling left-handed round the wicket. Emery relieved Armstrong after a period of slow j'lav,. and Sims got him to leg for four. 'I hen Emerv beat Oliff. 75 —7 —5. Armst: dropped an easy chance from Sims vt 88. At the luncheon adjournment the score stood at 93 for seven wickets'. On ihe resumption of play, the attendance was good and the weathe: glorious with a cool breeze. The wicket helped lie bowlers "greatly, the slow bowlers getting a foot break either way. Benrn"t went' without addition to the score. !)3—B—4. Boxshall at once srot Arms) • vn<r to the leg boundary. Sims was Kittinx confidently. Bvtfs brought the c "itury up. Warne and Whitty ".vere row bowling. At 128 Whitty bowled Boxshall, who had plaved his usual iiisk cricket. 128—9-19. Howden had a life first ball, and then scored "•■■"nteh : lv. Sin>*. however, hit everything h'ose, anl between them they brougV. ]oo un. Armstrong relieved Warne. rid •>* 155 Howden hit him into Mayne"* hands at square-leg.

(By "Third Slip.") '"" \ The Xoi'th v. Sdutli representative match >vas played on Thursday last, ( chiefly to gi re the selector an idea of s the material that his team had to tie \ chosen, from. but as a trial game it was but a success, more particu- , larly f'Y.rti the North point of view. 11l tin first p lace there was a most p unfortunate misunderstanding about the time f <>r commencing play—the local men having been informed that 11.30 a.m. was the time appointed, and owing to the S•> ith men having to return by the afternoon train it was decided at the Inst moment to commence at 10 o'clock. This ciisiderably upset individual arrangements, and in consequence the local team ;:a<l to take the field with several substil „ies. One of these had to field right through the first innings of South Tarnmil.i. and it seemed palpa'olv unfair that )i 1 should he debarred from batting, especially as he is generally considered to be p, cricketer of good all-round ability who should have an excellent ehano of being selected for the final representative team. On Hip day's play South Turanaki urovel themselves easily superior in fill departments to the Northern men. In their batting they showed an aggres- ] sivenes? that might well have been j copied bv our men, but the gravity of the situation seemed to be too great a strain on our leading batsmen, and they | succumbed to bowling that at any ordinary i ime they would play and score from with the greatest of ease. I am i not attempting to depreciate the qkality <

of .such go Oil bowlers as Cole. Dunlop, ov McCarthy, but at the same time it must lu admitted that t-liey were up against a nerve-strung batting side, and any bovler "spotting' this affliction develops heart as big as a cabbage, and invariably obtains complete mastery over !rs opponents. In my opinion, although his figures do not support it, Cole was easily the best bowler of the ■ day, mid should prove of invaluable as- J sistane.' to any representative team that goes out to do buttle with the Australian team. McCarthy bowled well, and finished up with a marvellous average, "out it was rather ludicrous to see the local batsmen getting bowled with balls that they knew exactly the spin of from 'be bowler's delivery. McCirthy. Pratt, Smith, and Dunlop showeq some very spirited oatting, the former especially showing his appreciation of being dropped in the slips off Nicoll's first over. It was an easy catch, and p:\ived disastrous to North Taranaki. ns it undoubtedly altered the whole complexion of the game. The Northern bowlers did not by any means appear at their best. Possibly it was b' oause they were chopped off as soon as they were just getting into their stride, but the fact remains that they dirt not show the quality that they have done throughout the season. Clark and Southall came out with the most satisfactory results, getting seven 'for 74 and seven for 73 respectively. This must be considered fairly', good, as it represents fourteen wickets for 147, whilst the total number of wickets captured—namely, sixteen —yielded a total of 230 runs, the remaining tw'p. wickets thus costing 83 runs. Mr. "Sundries" has scored very heavily against the Australians in New Zealand, name!;;. 37 at Wellington, 38 at Auckland, 70 at Christehurch, and 21 at Dunedin. Apparently C. R. Gorrv and N. Dodds have not mastered the jiace of the slower wickets. In the match at Christehurch there were 35 sundries in each innings, N. Dodds being the wicketkeeper