CRICKET.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8363, 20 February 1907, Page 3

CRICKET.

ENGLAND, v. WAIRARAPA. WAIRARAPA ALL OUT FOR 120. ENGLAND NO WICKETS FOR EIGHT. The English cricketers, who arrived in Masterton by the mid-day trains yesterday, commenced a match the Wairarapa fifteen on the Park Oval yesterday afternoon. A splendid wicket had been prepared and the spectators anticipated some good cricket* The visitors were highly delighted with the ground, and considered it to be the finest ground that they have yet played on in the colony. The following represented the English team:—W. B. Burns, W. J. H. Curwen, J. W. H. T. Douglas, R. W. Fox, W. P. Harrison, P. R. Johnson, C. C. , Page, A. T. Torrens, C. E. de Trafford (captain), N. C. Tufnell and Williams. C. J. Mackellar was elected captain of the Wairarapa team. The English captain won the toss and sent Wairarapa to the wickets. ; The boundaries were four to the fence, and six over. Messrs Moss (England) and E. Collinge (Wairarapa) were the um'pires, and the Rev. A. M. Johnson (England) and Mr. B. were the scorers. Afternoon tea was provided by the ladies in the Tea Kiosk. WAIRARAPA AT THE WICKETS. MAUNSELL AND SWAN. The Englishmen took the field at 2.12 p.m. Three minutes later Swan and Maunsell, Wairarapa's opening Ibatsmen, followed. At 2.17 play ■commenced, Torrens opening the bowling at the south end to Maunsell, who scored a single off the first ball. Swan played the over out. Curwen, bowling at the northern end, sent down a maiden over. Tufnell, behind the wickets, gave Maunsell a ? "life" in Torrens' over. Off the fifth ball Maunsell scored one and -added another off the fifth ball of Curwen's over. Swan followed with a nice stroke for two J off the same bowler. With the fourth ball of his over Torrens broke Maunsell's defence, and the latter retired with three to his credit. 61—3. PARTON AND SWAN. Parton joined Swan. The former hit Torrens' last ball for a single, but Curwen, with his third ball, bowled the Masterton player. 72—1. BEECHEY AND SWAN. Beechey and Swan became associated, but not for -long. Beechey played Curwen's over out. Half of Torrens' over had been delivered when Swan was run out. 7—3—2. BEECHEY AND FISH. The Carterton player was joined , by Fish, who played out the over. Off Curwen's second ball Beechoy | notched two. The same batsman ' brought 11 up with a nice hit for I two off Curwen, after 24' minutes' I play. Fish cut Torrens for two, but . "two balls later Torrens bowled Fish. I 13—4—2. BEECHEY AND WATERS. Waters followed Fish, and the best stand of the innings was made. With four good Xvickets down for 13, things looked bad for Wairarapa. But Beechey and Waters put a different complexion on the game, and .gave a fine exhibition of cricket. Waters played Torrens' over out and Beechey greeted Curwen with a drive for 3. Three balls later Waters followed suit with a hard drive. Then Waters hia shoulders, and hit Torrens to the'boundary for four, and / followed this up by a single. &ot to be outdone in the matter of boundary hits Beechey got Torrens' last ball nicely to the boundary. Waters followed suit with a boundary • off Curwen, and brought the score past 30. Two' leg byes were then ; scored, and Waters got a single off " the next ball. The field spread.out. Torrens sent down a maiden over to Waters. Beechey hit Curwen away 1 for two, and' drove him later on for -one. At 3 o'clock 38 was up on the board. Torrens sent down a maiden over to Beechey. Douglas replaced •Curwen at five minutes past three. Waters scored a single off Douglas' fifth ball. Forty was brought up by Waters with a single off Torrens. The scoring eased off, and at the end of an hour's play 43 was up. Both batsmen were running level in the matter of scoring. At 46 Harrison replaced Douglas. A single each to Waters and Beechey were scored off Harrison's first over. Douglas replaced Torrens at the lower end. Beechey brought 51 up with a hit for three off Douglas after one hour and 11 minutes play. A single each to Waters and Beechey followed off Harrison's over. Waters hit Douglas' fifth ball to the boundary. A single to Beechey, another to Waters and another to Beechey, all off Harrison, brought 60 up. A maiden over was sent down by Douglas. Waters hit two off Harrison's first ball, and played the over out. With the first ball of his next over Douglas dissolved the partnership by getting Beechey out leg before . wicket. 62—5—24. Beechey played a splendid innings, and never gave a chance. His hitting was clean and crisp. The partnership had added 49 runs to the score. WATERS AND PERRY. Perry was next in, but Douglas bowled him first ball. 62—s—o. WATERS AND McGURK. Waters was joined by McGurk, who played out Douglas' over. McGurk opened, his account with a single off Harrison, and Waters foil owed with a single off jthe same bowler. Douglas, with the second ball of his next - over clean bowled Waters. 65—7—28.! i •The retiring batsman had been at the wickets for one hour and 16 minutes, and had made his 28 runs by splendid cricket. His.> driving was particularly' good, and his display all round excellent. Art adjournment was thfen made for afternoon tea. McGURK AND REDMOND. Redmond joined McGurk, and ' ,another, useful stand was made. Play was very slow at the start. A legbye was the only score recorded for some time. Curwen and Douglas were bowling an® four maiden overs in succession followed. Redmond opened with a hit for two off Curwen. •Then a maiden over to Douglas followed. Douglas had now bowled

Seven maiden overs in succession, and had taken three wickets in those overs. Two more to .Redmond off Curwen brought 70 up. Five runs were scored by Redmond off the next ball, including four for an overthrow. Douglas bowled another maiden over. •McGurk opened out with a boundary off Curwen. Torrens replaced Douglas, and 80 was brought up by Redmond with a hit which produced four, including two for an overthrow. With the score at 83 Torrens bowled Redmond! 83—8—13. The retiring batsman had played nicely for his runs. McGURK AND ESSON. McGurk and Esson became associated. The former hit two 4's in succession off Curwen, and followed this up by a 2 off the last ball of the over. Torrens sent down a maiden over. McGurk, when he had made 15, gave a chance to Douglas off Curwen. Torrens bowled another maiden over, and McGurk hit a three off Curwen's next over. Esson put a ball from Curwen into Pages' hands, and the scoring board read: 96-^9 —0. McGURK AND MACKELLAR. Shortly after Mackellar joined McGurk, the latter hoisted 100 up with a hit off Torrens for 4, after about 2 hours and 20 minutes' play. Curwen bowled a maiden over. McGurk then added a single to his score off Torrens. At 101 Fox replaced Curwen at bowling. McGurk got Fox away for two off his second ball, but the next ball saw McGurk retire to the pavilion —leg before wicket to Fox. 103—10—25. McGurk batted well for his runs, which were got by clean hitting. His score included four 4's. MACKELLAR AND PROW. . Prow, who had joined Mackellar, was bowled first ball by» Fox. 103-11—0. MACKELLAR AND BEWLEY. The Wairarapa captain opened his account with a hit which produced 2. Bewley hit three off Torrens' last ball, and scored a single off Fox. Mackellar brought 110 up with a single off Fox. Bewley followed with a single off the same bowler, and then Mackellar put the last ball of the over into Johnson's hands. 111-12-3. BEWLEY AND CARROLL. Carroll joined Bewley, and scored two off Torrens. Fox sent down a maiden over, and then Carroll scored a single off Torrens. He lifted the first ball from Fox, in the next over, to Page, who made a splendid catch. 114—13—3. * BEWLEY AND HOAR. These were the last men, and Hoar opened his account with a single off Fox. Bewley followed with a fine leg-hit to the boundary.' Hoar brought up 120 with a single off Torrens. Then Curwen disposed of Hoar, with a splendid running catch, and the innings closed for 120. Bewley played very nicely for his runs, and made some pretty strokes. The fielding of the Englishmen all through was magnificent, and it is safe to say that never before has l such fielding been seen on the Park Oval. Fox came out with the best bowling average, taking five wickets for 10 runs. Douglas bowled splendidly, takirfg 3 wickets for 11 runs. In his last eight overs, which were riiaidens, he secured three wickets.

ENGLAND AT THE WICKETS. t ' At 5.45 o'clock Wairarapa, who were gelding thirteen men, took the , field. Perry and McGurk stood out of the Wairarapa team. JOHNSON AND FOX. Waters opened the bowling to Johnson, and the latter scored a single off the last ball of the over. Johnson scored one off Maunsell, and three more off Waters. Two more singles to Johnson and one to Fox, and stumps were drawn for the day, the Englishmen having lost no wickets for 8 runs. The scores were as follow: — WAIRARAPA—JFirst Innings. T. E. Maunsell, 111, bTorrens.. 3 H. C. Swan, 2, run out .. 2 D. E. Parton, 1, b Curwen .. 1 H. Beechey, 2234211213111, 1.b.w., b Douglas .. 24 F. W. Fish, 2, b Torrens .. 2 J. Waters, 3414111111141211, b Douglas • • 28 C. Perry, b Douglas . • 0 J. McGurk,'144423412, 1.b.w., b Fox , 25 W. Redmond, 2254, b Torrens .. 13 A. E. Esson, c Page, b Curwen 0 C. J. Mackellar, 21, c Johnson, , b Fox .. 3 A. Prow, b Fox ■ • 0 A. Bewley, 3114, not out .. 9 J. Carroll, 21, c Page, b Fox .. 3. T. G. Hoar, 11, c Curwen, b Fox 2 Byes, 21 ' .. 3 Leg byes, 11 .. 2 Total •• 120 BOWLING. Overs. Mdns. Runs, Wkts. Fox 4.2 1 10 5 Douglas 13 8 11 3 Torrens 21 6 35 3 Curwen 17 6 47 2 Harrison 6 0 12 0 ENGLAND—First Innings. P. R. Johnson, 112111, not out 1 Fox, 1, not out • • 1 Total for no wickets .. S BOWLING. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Maunsell 3 1 2 0 Waters 3 0 6 0