The Second Day's Play

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2518, 31 January 1877, Page 2

The Second Day's Play

Was commenced by the English Eleven resuming their innings. At the conclusion of the first day's play they had lost nine wickets for 224 funs—Selby being not out with 43, and Southerton not out 2. Shortly after twelve o'clock these two batsmen resumed their places to the bowling of Buckland and Eobinson— Selby taking thp first ball, from the former. 3?our overs sufficed to bring the innings to a conclusion, as, after adding one to his score, Selby hit one of Kobinson's into the hauds of Carter at short leg—the total being 225. The following is the complete score and bowling analysis :—

,;: ■■'■'' England. : '■'■ ' ■"■ : [ Shaw; b Eobinson . .... ; ... ... -7 Gharlvpood; c Macky, bßennett .-..-65 Greenwood, c Abraham, b Robinson... 18 Ulyctt, c Lynch, b Bennett 35 Selby, c Carter, b Robinson .44 Emmett, c Buckland, b Bennett ... 12 Pooley, c Dufaur, b Bennett " ' ... 4 Armitage, s Dufaur, b Bennett ... 0 Lilly white, c Lankham, b Bennett ... 2 Hill, c Dufaur, b Lynch 26 Southertori, not 2 Extras 10 Total 225 ANALYSIS OF THE BOWLING. runs. wkts. mdns. balls, wds Buckland .. 92 1 10 210 0 Kobinson .. 47 2 8 121 2 Lanklmin '. .. 10 0 1 32 .0 Stecdman ..3 0 1 16 0 Rees .. 11 0 2 .24 2 Bennett.. ..45 5 '2 04 0 Lynch .... 1 1. 0 5 1.

After a • short interval, in which, the services, of. the roller were called into requisition, A ucldand sent in Sinicox and Kent, to the bowling of Shaw and Lillywhite, the former commencing from the Ellerslieend. Lilly white, when not bowling, was at short leg; Pooley, of course^ at .the wicket, Southerton slip' and short :leg, Emmett point, Greenwood cover point and rn.w. on, Charlwood m.w. on and.l.f. off, Ulyett deep mid on and c.p., Selby 3rd man and mid on, Hill 1. on and m. off, and Armitage l.f. off and leg.. These places were, of course, changed when Hill was put on at Lillywhite's end; as Lillywhite then went, long stop, and the services of, a deep long .slip and very fine .long leg were necessary to save runs resulting from snicks from the fast bowling. The first two overs . were- maidens, the batsmen appearing anything but comfortable, and playing very stiffly ; from the last ball of Shaw's second, over Simcox gave Pooley a chance, and the first wicket fell for 0. Gleeson joined Kent, and the number of maidens was increased to ten, in the third ball of which; Lilly white clean bowled Jfcent. Two for 0. Auckland down in the mouth, one gentleman remarking that he did not think they would get ten between "them. Lynch joined Gleeson, and in the nest over of fcliaw's the latter played a ball to Emmett at point; Eminett returned it in a very careless man- I ncr, and two overthrows resulted. The ice being thus broken the battiug improved, each.batsman scoring a single, and shortly after 3 byes were run amidst great applause. In Alfred: Shaw's next over Gleeson was dean bowled—3 for 8.: Yates came next, and played both confidently and well. Ho did not appear at all afraid of the bowling, but though cautious, took advantage of nearly every opportunity of scoring. His example was imitated by Lynch who, though lacking i the dash displayed by Yates, yet kept his bat straight and was very useful. Each batsman scored a single, and then Yates hit Lillywhite well in front of point for 2, while in the following over from Shaw, Lynch got 2 in the slips and 3 to leg, and shortly after another 3 to leg oft' Lilly white ; the applause at each hit was now very great. Yates, who had been contenting himself with singles, in Lilly white's nest over let out and made one of-the best.hits of the .day, a fine off drive for 4, and in the same over cut him past point ;for 3. He continued to do the greater part of the scoring, getting a single, 2, and 3; off Shaw, and a 3 on drive off Lillywhite, his partner getting an on drive for 2. The luncheon bell then rang, the score standing at 45 for three wickets; Lynch, not out, 11; Yates. not out, 25. Both batsmen were loudly

cheered on making their way to the dressing rooms for the excellent stand they had made. On resuming A. Hill delivered from Lillywhite's end his easy delivery, and yet the great pace he put on the ball causing general comment. Yates, after four maiden overs, scored a single, and these continued to be the order of the day, until in Shaw's fifth over after luncheon Lynch got three to leg, and shortly afier two to cover point off' Hill. In Shaw's next over but one Yates played a ball to point, and called Lynch ; the latter ran, but Emmett handled the ball well, and though he had but a single stump to aim at, threw down the wicket, and Lynch was run 0ut—55.4.17. Rees joined Yates, but the latter, in going out to hit Shaw,: was stumped by P001ey—56.5.31. Yates' runs were got by excellent cricket. Misfortunes seldom come singly, for /"no: sooner had Dufaur joined Rees than the latter, to whom many pinned their faith, hit underneath one of Shaw's celebrated; dropping balls, and was caught off a skieri by Selby; and Abraham, -who followed was badly run out in the next over—6 and 7 wickets for 57. Cotton was next on the list, and at this, time Hill sent down six maiden overs in succession. Dufaur played steadily and well, Cotton tried to hit, and after one narrow escape shared the fate of those who, in spite of advice, will go off their ground to hit Shaw—'67.B.3, or, only 12 runs, for the last four wickets. Steedman was given out leg before to Bill, and ■ Mumford shared a similar fate at theJiancls of Shaw —9 wickets for 68,10 foir-70—Auckland very despondent. ■ Buck land, who followed, did not improve matters, Shaw pitched him up one to hit, he fell into the trap, and cries of "well hit" were heard over the ground until it was seen that Shaw had placed Ulyett exactly in a position to secure the catch: 70.0 11. Everyone was sorry at this mishap, as Mr Buekland had worked so hard to render the match.a success that all hoped to see him score largely. Bennett partnered Dufaur, and it. was hoped a stand would be made, as Dufaur was playing steadily, and it was known that Bennett could hit, as he proved by driving Hill finely to the on for three. Unfortunately he was run out:« 73 3; 12. Carter was next, but after a few singles Dufaur was induced to take his first liberty with Shaw, whom he hit high, and far into the hands of Ulyett. Robinson, the Captain, came next, and he andCarterransomeexceedingly short runs; and seemed'to understand each other, and to be getting well set, when Carter was run 0ut—82.3 14. Whitaker was bowled by the next ball, and Lankham followed in. Robinson was playing well, taking no liberties and keeping the ball well down, he got Hill forward twice for a couple, •and Lankham added two singles and then i poked one tamely into the hands of Emmett at'point—B9.2.l6. Swanson, when ttobinson had got two mor* singles, was given out l.b.w. to Shaw' —91.0.17. and Garland, Robinson haying got into two figures with two well played twos, was stumped off the same bowler by Pooley-95.0.18. Whitford partnered his captain, and the two Thames men made a stand, playing well and running hard. Robinson got two fine drives;for 3 each—one to the off from Shaw, and one to the on from Hill. Whitford-cnt Shaw for 2, and got another single, when Hill's pace proved too much for/him, ;and the j 19tit" wicket wa^"downfor-108i-tho-last-batsman having made 3.: -The; end soon came. Crawford, when .Robinson had made a single, was given out l.b w." to Shaw, who, in the next over, disposed of the last man, Macky, and the innings closed for 109. Robinson brought'out his bat for 19, the most finished innings on the Auckland side. His straight play delighted some of the old amateurs present, and he made no mistake throughout. , THE SCOBE. . - I Kent, b Liltywhite ... 0 Simcox, c Pooley, b Shaw ... ...• 0 Gleeson, 2,1, b Shaw 3 Lynch, 1,2,3.3,2,1,3,2, run out . ... 17 Yates, 1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,4,3,2,3,3,1,1,1,1, 1,1,1, s Pooley, b Shaw 31 Rees, 1, c Selby, b Shaw, 1. Dufaur, 2,1 1 3 i 1;1,U, c UJyett, h Shaw 10 Abraham, run out ... 0 Cotton, 2,1, s Pooley, b Shaw ... .3 Steedman, l.b.w. Hill 0 Mumford, l.b.w. Shaw 0 Buekland, c Ulyett, b Shaw 0 Bennett, 3, run out 3 Carter, 1,2, run out 3 Robinson, 1,2,2,1,1,2,2,3,3,1,1, not out 19 Whitaker, b Hill 0 Lankham, 1,1, c Emmett, b Hill ... 2 Swanson, l.b.w. Shaw 0 Garland, s Pooley, b Shaw ... ... ;0 Whitford, 2,1, b Hill 3 Crawford, l.b.w. Shaw 0 Maekay, b Shaw ... 0 Byes 14 Total ... ..... ...109 ANALYSIS OF THE BOWHNG. " overs balls runs' liulns. wokts. Shaw 54 219 40 31) - 13 Lillywhite 15 CO 22 7 1 Hill 3D 150 33 22 3 .

It will be noticed that no less than four were run out, four fell victims to Pooley, and four were given out l.b.w. Some of these, we hear, were not well satisfied with the decisions. The bowling of Alfred Shaw is also deserving of notice, he got 13 wickets at a cost of little over three runs each. The fielding of the Englishmen was on the whole good, notably that of Selby, and Pcoley's wicket-keeping delighted those who had never seen him before. The long-stopping was very bad iudeed. It is true that they had not their regular long-stop with them (Jupp), but that by no means excuses Lillywhile for the careless, slovenly manner in which he long-stopped, and the apathy he displayed in running after the ball when he had missed it, which happened about once in every four times. In fapt, ha 4 not Pooley" stopped the majority of fjill's balls, the largest score would probably have been extras. At any i»ate, 14 byes out of 109 is'far too great a quantity for an eleven professing to represent England to give away. I fancy that this, visit of the English team will do a good deal for cricket in Auckland. The players will see how advantageous a thing it is to rely on and trust in each other, to say nothing of the advantages which may be derived from seeing good men play. There are some points, however, in which I hope they will not copy the English team. In the first place directly a wicket .was down they, commenced throwing the ball from hand .to hand about the field, a thing they would never think of doing at home. This was bad enough, but when not content with this, Hill, on the fall of a wicket, persisted in borrowing the

remaining batsman's bat and hitting high and lofty catches to other players in utter defiance of the law, which. sajs that when a wicket is down the use of the bat shall not, be permitted to any one until the next player is in, it is time the practice received censure. Another point requiring attention is that though play was not resumed after luDcheon until 3 p.m., yet the whole of the players found it necessary to adjourn for refreshment at 430 in the middle of an innings, a thing almost without parallel in a match, of importance. The day was not hot, but even if it had been-it would surely have been much - better f to; have • followed the plan adopted at the Oval and : l*prd's.and,, taken refreshment out to the field rather than allow them to leave the ground, which immediately was taken possession of by the spectators and the usual time lost ere it could be cleared and play re-commenced. On commencing play to-day .Auckland had to follow on and get 116 runs to save a one innings defeat.—[l notice that,-pro-bably owing to a compositor's error, what should be printed "a Harrow drive-" is in your edition of yesterday set down as a " Narrow clrive."] r