THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS IN NEW ZEALAND. THE WELLINGTON MATCH. [BY TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Thursday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2248, 4 December 1886, Page 2

THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS IN NEW ZEALAND. THE WELLINGTON MATCH. [BY TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Thursday.

Thk Australians gave the Wellington cricketers to-day <?nch a taste of their quality that cricketers will reuiembei and i egret for many years to come. One wicket for 2(52 urns is a performance which his probably never been equalled in New Zealand, and there is every promise of the morrow bringing still more direful results. Between them -Tone-* and Palmer put on '202 runs before the latter was bowled off his pad. For thi-, the Wellington men have chiefly themselves to thank and also n certain amount of bad luck. By an hour's time the score had increased to •"»">, Jones being then 30, and Palmer 25. After lunch the attendance gradually increased til! there was quite a crowd, and the performance of the Australians was watched with keen inteiest and applause, there being some jocular but rather contemptuous leniark- upon the inadequate effort-) of the Wellington players to keep up the good opinion formed of them on the pre\ious daj'. Dryden and Mc^hr were '•till opposed to the batsmen, who contented them t-ehes with singles foi the most p irt. Jones offered half-a-dozen catches, and Palmer and Tiimble at least one each; but they were promptly dropped, or the field men scored to try for them. At other stages of the innings, Jones was befriended in other ways by the goddess who presides over the fortunes of the cricketer, for he knocked the ball on to the wickets without disairanging the bails, and he give Nichols two chances ot stumping him, one paiticu-l.u-ly from the catches dropped. Many hits weie mulled and runs obtained through the caielessness of the fieldsmen. Mooi house, at point, was an exception to the general vile, and Blacklock, beyond missing a rather haid catch, fielded promptly and energetically. Of the rest, the least s.ud the better. Far hotter performances are -ecu in oHi'iuy club matches. Tumble followed Palmer, and lie and Jo>i"s ieuiaininl at the wickets till time was called. The following are the scores :—: — Ausru\LiANS.— First innings. Jones, not out . . . . . . ... 154 Palmer, b McGirr . . . . 7<> Trimble, not out ... 28 Extras 4 Total for 1 wicket . . 202

Wkfj.ington, Friday. The Australians to-day added 213 inns to their over-night scoie, and thus lan up the biggest inning th;>t h.\& ever been played in New Zealand. Jones over-balanced himself in hitting at a leg 1 ball, and was stumped through the ball rebounding off the wicketkeeper's pads. Ju-vis and Garrett hit hard at times, especially to the leg, and the Litter was the last man out. The fielding was again bad, and many cttcheb were dropped. Mc(4irr got two wickets for 58 runs, Lawson three for 88, Dryden two for 100, and Perry one for 3b". The stumps were drawn at five o'clock, so as to enable the Australians to leave by the Mararoa at 7 p.m.

Australians. — First Innings. Jones, st Moorehouse b McGirr ... I~>9 Palmer, b McGhr 70 Trimble, run out . . 57 liruce, c Heenan b Drydeu . . . $ Jtirvis, c Cox b Perry GO Mclhvraith, b Lawson . . . . . 3 Garrett, b Dryden . . 7*> Evans, b Lawinn . . .. . . . . 10 Spoffortli, b Lawson . . . . . 2 Phillips, not out ... .10 Extras 10 Total • 47") In the second innings Wellington lost four wickets for 41 runs, Moorehouse, not out, 14 ; Heenan, 11, being the principal scorers. The Australians p>ayed a man short. The match was drawn.