Cricket 1907

Feb. 28, 1907. CRICKET A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 31 BENETF1NK ===== & CO., Ltd. ===== 4 th MATCH v . X I. OF CANTERBURY. Played at Christchurch on December 29, 31 and January 1. Canterbury won by seven wickets. In being obliged to commence play less than three hours after a long and bad sea trip, the M.C.C. were severely handicapped. From the very start things went badly with them and they were always playing an up-hill game. Nine wickets went down for 104, but Curwen and Tufnell very pluckily added 98 for the last in 35 minutes, 65 at one period beingobt ained off five overs. Curwenhit eleven 4’ s in his vigorous 76. Ollivier and Anthony gave Canterbury a good start. The former played a sound game, but Ollivier, who fol­ lowed, was distinctly fortunate. The lattr batsmen did little against Branston, and the home side’s lead was restricted to 39. The M.C.C. played their st-cond innings on a wicket which was breaking up, and did not do badly to make 156. Harrison played a really good innings for 40, being very watch­ ful but hitting hard when occasion offered. Canterbury were Fet 118 to win, and it was generally thought the runs would not be obtained but, after three wickets had fallen for 40, Lawrence, who was again somewhat lucky, and Sims put on 80 together without being parted and so won the match for their side by seven wickets. Score and analysis : M. O. O. First innings. W . P. Harrison, lbw, b Callaway ........................ 4 P. R. Johnson, b Bennett 3 W. B. Burns, b Callaway... 8 Second innings. b Ollivier ......... 40 lbw, b Callaway 17 c Fpwke, b Ben­ nett ................ 2 b Ollivier ......... 18 C.C.Page.cand b Callaway 18 C. E. de Trafford, c Read,b Bennett ........................ 7 b Callaway. G. H. Simpson-Hayward, c Sims, b Callaway ..........19 G. T. Branston, b Bennett 5 W. J. H. Curvven, b Ollivier 76 R. H. Fox, b Bennett......... 3 P R.May, c Patiick, b Ben­ nett ...............................12 N. C. Tufnell, not out ... 39 b Callaway ... 14 c and b Callaway 2 b Callaway .. 11 b Callaway ... 5 B 6, lb 2 Total ... ...202 notout.................32 c Anthony, b Cal­ laway .......... 5 B 8, lb 2 ... 10 Total ...156 C anterbury . First innings. K.M.Ollivier.c and b Simp son-Hayward ............... A. Anthony, b Branston .. Second innings, c Simpson-Hay­ ward, b May ... 19 c De Trafford, b M ay................. 4 J. D. Lawrence, c Harrison, b Branston......................61 rvot out ... S. Orchard, c Curwen, b Branston ...................... 16 S. T. Callaway, b Simpson- Hayward ........................ 0 A. Sims, b Simpson-Hay­ ward .............................. 11 not out W. Patrick, b Branston ... 3 b Branston... J-H.Bennett,cand bBenaeu 0 T. W. Reese, b May .. R. Read, b May .. J. Fowke, not out B 8,1b 10, nb 1.. 37 Total ... 0 ... 1 ... 19 ...241 B 12, lb 1, nb 2 15 Total (3 wkts) 120 M. C. C. First innings. O. M. R. W. Callaway ... 23 4 83 4 ... Bennett .......... 20 7 80 5 ... Ollivier .......... 31 0 26 1 ... Lawrence ... 1 0 5 0 Second inningr. O. M. R. W. ... 261 4 75 7 ... 18 5 49 1 ... 8 0 22 2 C anterbury . Branston... S.-Hayward May......... Curwen ... Burns innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 33 14 54 5 .. . ... 12 3 32 1 22 2 83 3 .. . ... 1 0 6 0 17-5 3 61 2 . ... 14 0 49 2 6 2 10 0 . ... 3 1 6 0 2 0 14 0 .. 2 0 12 0 May bowled three no-balls. 5 th MATCH, v. OTAGO. Played at Dunedin on January 4, 5 and 7. M.C.C. won by 232 runs. Thanks in a large measure to very useful scores by Page and Simpson-Hayward, the M.C.C. made the creditable total of 224, which, as events showed, was large enough to obtain a lead of 48 on the first innings. Page hit two 6’ s and eight 4’ s in his 66, whilst De Trafford punished the first three balls he received for 14—two 4’s and a 6, the latter being a huge drive over the stands and out of the ground. Otago lost two good wickets without a run, but Howden, Wilson, and Siedeberg did well, and a total of 176 was reached. Harry Graham, the old Australian International, who is a coach at Dunedin, failed to distinguish himself. Some hard hitting characterized the second innings of the visitors. De Trafford made 25 in ten minutes, one of his hits landing the ball in a cabbage garden and delaying the game for a quarter of an hour ere it could be found. May hit six 4’s in his 27, and Tufnell and Fox added 80 for the last wicket very quickly. Set 327 to win, Otago collapsed rather badly against May and Simpson-Hayward, and were beaten by 232 runs. Score and analysis:— M.O.O. First innings. P. R. Johnson, c Ackroyd, b Fisher............................... 9 W . P. Harrison, run out ... 26 W. B. Burns, c Siedeberg, b Fisher ........................20 O. C. Page, c Williams, b Downes ........................66 G. H. Simpson-Hayward, c Siedeberg, b Fisher ... 47 b Fisher W.J.H. Curwen, c Williams, b Downes ....................... 0 cEckhoff.bFisher 4 G. T. Branston, c Williams, b Downes ........................ 2 C. E. de Trafford, b Downes 18 P. R. May, c Howden, b Downes ........................ 8 N. O. Tufnell, not out ... 9 R. H. Fox, b Siedeberg ... 17 Extras........................ 2 Total................. 224 O tago . First innings. E. Ackroyd, b Burns.......... 0 G. G. Austin, b May .......... 0 C. E. Howden, b May ...45 H. G. Siedeberg, c lufnell, b M ay..................................27 J. Baker, c Johnson, b Branston ...........................14 C. G. Wilson, lbw, b Simp- Second innings. c and b Downes 11 c\Vilson,bDownes 11 c Ackroyd, b Fisher ..........47 st Williams, b Downes........... 0 c and b Eckhoff b D ow nes.......... 41 cAustin.bDownes 27 run out ..........36 notout ..........44 Extras............11 son-Hayward H. Graham, c and b Simp­ son-Hayward ................. A. H. Fisher, not out......... A. Downes, c May, b Simp­ son-Hayward ................. F. Williams, b May ......... H. Eckhoff, b May ......... Extras........................ 49 Total Downes ... Fisher ... Siedeberg Eckhoff .. . ..176 M.O.O. First innings. O. M. R. W. 29 8 82 5 24 3 85 3 7.2 0 24 1 5 1 31 0 Austin ... Graham... Fisher bowled a no-ball. O tago . I irst innings. “ 1 " “ Total ..........278 Second innings, c Burns, 8 May... 16 b M ay................. 0 c Fox, b May ... 0 c Simpson - Hay­ ward,bBranston 5 c Fox, b May ... 3 stFox.bSimpson- Hayward..........18 b May ... .......... 4 not out.................21 c Burns, b Simp­ son-Hayward... 8 b Simpson-Hay­ ward................. 3 st Fox.bSimpson- Hayward.......... 2 E xtras.........14 Total..........94 Second innings. O. M. R. W. 27 25 4.4 4 9 3 7 85 4 107 2 8 0 0 13 1 2 34 0 0 20 0 Burns M ay....................18 Simpson- Hayward 18 Branston..........10 Ourwen.......... 7 5 4 53 Second innings. 37 5 ... 15 51 3 , 26 1 . 20 0 . May bowled two no-balls. 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