CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2746, 26 February 1910, Page 6

CRICKET.

TO-DAY’S MATCHES

The Saturday competition and junior matches will ;be continued at Victoria Domain at 2.15 this afternoon. On the turf wicket at Victoria Domain United and Wanderers will continue their match, and an interesting finish should result.

In the junior competition, -United and Y.M.C.A. meet on the concrete wicket, while Alhambra and Wanderers oppose each other <m the chip wicket. At Taruheru, the members of the Taruheru Club will play a match Married v. Single.

THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM.

MATCH AGAINST CANTERBURY.

TPer Press Association.! CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. ’ 25. The l match between the visiting Australin eleven and the Canterbury representatives began at Lancaster- Park this afternoon. The weather was overcast, and rain threatened.. A strong easterly wind was blowing down the wicket from the pavilion end, and the day was very far from being an ideal one for a representative cricket match. The attendance during the early part of the afternoon was poor.. A slight shower of rain overnight had not affected the wicket, which appeared to be fast, but uncertain, and the outer field was on the rough side. The following are the teams; —

Australia: C. E. Simpson (Queensland), E. R. Mayne (South Australia), A. J. Hopkins (New South Wales), W. W. Armstrong (Victoria), C. Kelleway (New South Wales), W. J. Whitty (South Australia), S. H. Emery (New .South Wales), D. Smith (Victoria), N. Dodds (Tasmania), and l A. C. Facey (Tasmania).' Canterbury: H. B. Lusk, A. Sims, W Patrick, D. Reese, W. Carlton, A. E. Ridley. D. Sandman, S. A. Orchard, T Carlton, J. Burnett, and 0. Boxshall. Canterbury won the toss, and elected to bat. The first five wickets fell cheaply. Cricket has furnished many

aiT illustration of the unexpected happening, but few more pronounced' than to-day’s play. The first hour and a half saw the complete mastery of the bowlers over the batsmen, and the earlier Canterbury men. seemed to be quite outplayed by the superiority of the bowling. Reese and T. Carlton then set up a partnership that was as meritorious as it was unexpected. When they became associated six wickets were down for 80, and it was a matter of speculation whether the total would reach three figures. By a combination of magnificent batting by Reese, and stubborn dofencc by Carlton, the part, lief ship put on 167 arnns. Boxsliall and Sandman put on 43 runs for the last wicket, and were still together when time was called. The closing stages of play wer© of absorbing interest, and Sandman raised the enthusiasm of the onlookers by treating Armstrong with the utmost disrespect, for ho went right out to- him at times, and mado some gallery hits that delighted the crowd immensely. Reese’s performance w r as th© best of any he lias- yet achieved. When he started the Canterbury scor© threatened to- he disastrously low, and his play was proportionately careful, but be was not long in picking out loose deliveries. His offdriving was exceedingly powerful and well timed. He never made an uppish hit until liis score had reached 85. H© made many beautiful square, and late cuts, although some of his strokes towards third man were somewhat risky. His play on th© leg side was exceedingly good, and, on the whole, his strokes ixi cvei’y direction wer© masterly. He hatted for two hours and thirty-seven minutes, and during that time never, gave a chance, though on two occasions he was somewhat lucky in that the ball hit his wicket without moving the bails. He got a great- reception on returning to the pavilion, the Australians themselves joining in the applause. T. Carlton’s fine contribution was all th© more welcome in that it was unexpected. H© was not chosen for liis batting, but for his bowling. His defence was exceedingly solid, even if somewhat ungainly, and during his long partnership with Reese he played a lot of good bowling by the soundest defence. H© scored a large proportion of his runs to leg, liis strokes in that direction being very consistent. He also made a few capital drives, varied by an occasional cut. He was batting an hour and forty minutes. The following are the scores: — CANTERBURY —First Innings. H. B. Lusk, b Emery ... ... 9 TV. R. Patrick, c Simpson b Emery 17 TV, Carlton, b Emei*y ... ... 15 A. Sims, c Dodds, b Faeey ... 15 D. Reese, c Simpson, b TVhitty... 108 A. E. Ridley,-b TVhitty ... ... 11 S. A. Orchard, run ouib 1 T. Carlton* b TVhitty 63 J. H. Bennett, b TVhitty ... ... 6 C. Boxsliall, not out ... ... 19 Sandman, not out ... ... 20 Extras ... ... ••• 35

Total for nine wickets ... ... 319 Bowling analysis.—Hopkins, nil for 41; Emery, three for 77 ; TVhitty, four for 68; Faeey, on© for 38; Kelleway. nil-for 24: Armstrong, nil for 36. The game will be resumed to-morTOW. TRANSVAAL MATCH ABANDONED United Press Association— Copyright PRETORIA, Feb. 24.

The Transvaal match has been abandoned owing to the rain. Blythe dislocated his shoulder.