Auckland v. The Thames.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2569, 2 April 1877, Page 2

Auckland v. The Thames.

The Auckland men cho»en to do battle against the Thames arrived here on Satur day night and Minday morning, and, the h tels being rather full, were with difficulty ace minodaV.d even by the elastic Pacific .and expanding Bowen. However sofas are Dot bad substitutes foi beds, esp- cially after a ni^ht on board steamer, and the eleven, or rather twelve, and their friends were safely stowed away. The Auckland team wrre a stronjjer lot than had been expected, as Lynch wa» dug up at the last"tnouueul, and Gtjeeson pressed^ into the service, which :r»ther damped the hopes of victory which the local team at one time entertained. Sunday was not a propitious day as regards weather, and the weatherwi&ebitterlj thoughfof the morrow, "an d"'what 1 it would brfng forth in the shape of a wet day and no cricket. However, about 12 o'clock the weather,, cleared* and aa the storm signal was seen | flying at the same time hopes were i cherished that all would yet be fair.! Tbosci^ iirterefcted betook themselves to I th« ir glaaces, some using' double onei, I and as. they useU them au observation of I li here's luck " was made, which seemed hardly in keeping with a discus&kro on \ the weather. There was. some talk of; bettiug, but the Tbames men required I

odds, atid the Auckland men held to the bauio line, so the beta were like the vocative case of the Latin definite article —wanting. A bei of 3 la 1 on Auckland was made, but the amount was not large. The real odd* were about 7 to 4on the visitors, who were a really good represent tire eleven—though tome were stranger* to the Thame»—taken all through baring hardly any tail at all. The name* of the twelve were slightly different from those already published, the difference being in favour ol Auckland. They were— Me»sr« Cameron. Cotton, Gleeson, Kent, Lynch, Ma*uu, McLean, Mercer, .Nolan, W. VhvsQU, Pilling,ajß.4 r 3w««aofc" Am-mmij start was made for Paranai and, the ' wicket, though |iate in, the ,»fNi|bn, appeared a good., one. '* The match, was commenced--•lm%^*rter' iv nMutk. Kobiuspn won the. lost for the Tbamea, -. ,aud seeing^ne fe&el« rw%ket which," '% ' thanks principally to Mr&&~Macdontra,; * v had been .prepared, elect«l:ibo|o : inVgotpgr .. 1 himself to the, wicke^p 'with CarM» /, L>nch acd ,Cpt|pn started bowling, tbj» • ! former deljveriu'gfthiß 'firit preir'to^Kgpio. son, Who played the first ball WA*#t!e 8 j which.ought tot'haw been htld^teet; feftt didn't get quite up; to it, and it WM ex* petted thpt:the|ej|rj»ffi.¥«uis|;ywrtttbe Auckland men dear^>JNvjrant were made ufl' Cuttou'a first overVlwtilJae tbihl b»il^3 L^uclt Curtis droT»«ie«iy to the off for 4 r^ iie added a single and wai then bowled r ' for 5. GoisoaJ who fallowed. ittHe 5 and «a« then run, pat, and „ ihortly" alter KoGinson wai bowled. Three wickets iot 16 raniw'fßt*>dnailT)l»>ei right well gettina Pb*tf*smi?™Ms+ served. He wa¥ caught offa.Jongtbit, which he failed to get well hold of. Cramp added a good 13.. includjag^a sne Jeg: hit* betort- he gave a catch to the bowlfr>! The inning was concluded fonW;;:not» large score coa*id«ring.- the Tory easy siate of' the; ground. I£h* -bowling: of the AttckUnd men was straight,/tint not difficult, and their - fielding ■'geOd, notably that cf > olaa; at cover;* ffuint wi Mason Ibng f,top. : Atickiaii'd -trtit -J 'in JNolan and Kent lo the bowling 'oi JRobidf son aud W hit ford. The tonner, ~affe£ making two, war run oar, and t)uchr joiuedr Kent. 'I he Thames fielding waa not good, aud the ncore mounted rapidly. Paul relieved Whitford M butat luncheon time the scores stood as follows .— Robinsoa, 1,1.1, b Lynch, „<. 3 Curtis. 4.1, c McLean, b'Lynch - ... 5 Colson, 1,2,2. run oat 6 Steedman, 1,3 3,1,3,13,2,1,1, « Glee- ; aon, b Lynch- „. - r » „ 30, Whitford'; 2.r, b Cotton V.. ' J V.: '$ Crawford, 2, b Lynch ... ,,- -. «.» ■. ... 2 Paul. 2, c Lynch, ft Cotton „; ... % Crump, 4, 2,1,11 2,l t c and b Cotton ... 13 Bull, b ' ottun 0 *\ est, 2. b Cotton -.'".„>; ..... ,^ iir *IHargreaTes. 3. not out; - y ...?. ... ?jP Sundries ..." " ... ..r^i '■■" "•& :'-i: ~i r<v% Nolan t ran out... ... . 2 Eent^run out ,i.'° ; ...--' '..'. " 1;.. e1wLynch ... -- ««,18., ••'• '""' ' Extras :... ■ .... V;v: t