Cricket 1908

M arch 26, 1908. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. 45 1877. Canterbury won by 151 runs. 1878. Canterbury won by nine wickets. 1879. Canterbury won by an innings and 12runs. 1880. Canterbury won by nine wickets. 1881. Canterbury won by an innings and 232runs. 1882. Otago won by 17 runs. 1883. Canterbury won by 4 runs. 1884. Otago won by 27 runs. 1884. Canterbury won by nine wickets. 1885. Otago won by two wickets. 1885. Canterbury won by 31 runs. 1887. Canterbury won by ten wickets. 1888. Otago won by 193 runs. 1889. Canterbury won by an innings and 120 runs. 1890. Otago won by eight wickets. 1891. Otago won by one wicket. 1892. Otago won by five wickets. 1893. Canterbury won by two wickets. 1894. Otago won by ten wickets. 1895. Otago won by four wickets. 1896. Otago won by six wickets. 1896. Otago won by nine wickets. 1897. Otago won by 146 runs. 1898. Canterbury won by four wickets. 1899. Otago won by 261 runs. 1900. Otago won by 37 runs. 1900. Canterbury won by 125 runs. 1901. Otago won by 122 runs. 1902. Canterbury won by seven wickets. 1903. Canterbury won by 169 runs. 1904. Canterbury won by 66 runs. 1905. Otago won by 82 runs. 1906. Otago won by 139 runs. 1907. Canterbury won by 104 runs. Of the 47 matches played each side has won 23, the remaining one having been drawn. WELLINGTON v. OTAGO. Played at Wellington on December 27, 28, and £0. W e llin g to n w on b y eig h t w ickets. The visitors did well on the opening day, scoring 115 and getting six Wellington wickets—all taken by Torrance for 23 runs—down for 55. Fisher, who had made a pair of spectacles against Canterbury, played the highest innings for Otago. On the second morning Wellington made such a fine recovery that the last four wickets added 249. Blacklock made some big hits and claimed 60 of the 88 put on with Mahoney for the seventh wicket in fifty-five minutes ; he hit eleven 4’s, the last seven in successive scoring hits. Mahoney, who made some fine late cuts, but offered two difficult chances, scored 84 runs out of 202 obtained whilst in. Monaghan and Hales, by big hitting, added 86 for the last wicket, the first-named making three 6’s and four 4’s in his 47 not out. Otago in their second innings lost two wickets without a run, but Eckhold played a stubborn game and put on 53 for the fourth wicket with Siedeberg and 63 for the fifth with Mackersey. Mackersey made 12 singles in succession and Fisher 11. Although other players made useful scores, Wellington were set only 67 to win, a number they made for the loss of two wickets. Score and analysis O tago . First innings. T. D. Adams, b Hales C. G. Wilson, b Hickey G. G. Austin, c Hickson, b Hickey ................... ... H. G. Siedeberg, Ibw, b Monaghan ... ................... A. Eckhold, c Bruce, b Cob- croft .................................. H. C. Watson, run out A. H. Fisher, c Hickson, b H a le s................................... W. Mackersey, st Williams, b Cobcroft........................... R. C. Torrance, c and b Cobcroft ........... F. Williams, lbw, b Cob­ croft ................................... A. Eckhoff, not out ........... B 3, lb 2 ................... Total .................. W ellin C. Hickson, b Torrance ... E. M. Beechey, b Torrance J- J. Mahoney, c and b Mackersey........................... L. T. Cobcroft, b Torrance A. Bruce, b Torrance........... F. A. Laws, b Torrance ... C. Hickey, b Torrance J. P. Blacklock, c Eckhoff, b Fisher ........................... A. B. Williams, c Macker­ sey, b Fisher ................... H.W. Monaghan, not out... E. O. Hales, c Wilson, b Eckhoff ... . B 14, lb 9 ... , Total ... . 5 Second innings, c and b Hales .. 18 11 cBruce,bCobcroft 0 0 lbw, b Hickey ... 15 ’ 21 b Monaghan 45 . 26 c Hickson, b Cob­ croft .................. 41 1 b Monaghan 0 , 34 c H ickson,b Cob­ croft ................... 30 ! 8 c Hickson, b Cob­ croft .................. 41 ► 4 c Mahoney, b Cob­ croft ................... 33 , 0 c Mahoney, b Monaghan 8 0 not out ........... 6 . 5 B 9, lb 7, w2 18 .115 Total... ,..255 IGTON. , 12 b Mackersey ... 15 s 5 84 not out ........... 22 i 4 , 6 not out ........... 0 4 1 60 b Mackersey 9 10 47 i 48 23 B 20, w 1 ... 21 304 Total (2 wkts) 67 First innings. O tago . Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. w. Hickey ... ... 10 3 23 2 .. . ... 12 3 29 1 Hales ... 9*5 3 38 2 .............18 3 55 1 Monaghan ... 10 2 25 1 .............27 7 51 3 Laws ... 4 3 4 0 . ........... 5 2 9 0 Cobcroft ... ... 7 0 20 4 . ...........26 2 87 5 Hickson .. ........... 5 3 6 0 W ellington First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. Fisher ... 20 1 94 2 ............ 4 2 1*2 0 Torrance ... ... 22 2 70 6 ............ 4 1 4 0 Eckhoff ... ... 13 3 48 1 . Austin ... 12 1 35 0 . " 4 1 20 0 Mackersey ... 4 0 34 1 . 2 0 10 2 Of the five matches played between Wellington and Otago, the former have won four and the latter one. The first meeting took place in 1892. WELLINGTON v. CANTERBURY. Played at Wellington on January 1, 2, and 3. Wellington won by 91 runs. There was no outstanding feature in Wellington’s innings of 329, the runs being made by consistent cricket, nine players on the side reaching double figures. The longest stand was SO for the seventh wicket by Williams and Laws. By the end of the day Canterbury had scored 100 without loss. Altogether, the partnership of Patrick and Wood lasted one hundred minutes and realised 108. After the former’s dismissal, Reese and Wood put on 112 together, but the total reached only 366. Wood played a very careful innings, and scored his 108 out of 256 in three hours. Hickson created a good deal of surprise by taking seven wickets for 56 runs in so large a total. In the second innings of Wellington Mahoney and Beechey made 135 for the first wicket and the latter and Blacklock 119 for the third. Beechey played a slow but valuable game, and at one period made 23 singles in succession. On the other hand, Blacklock drove with great power, and nfcade 93 out of 120 obtained whilst in. The innings was declared closed with seven wickets down for 346, leaving Canterbury two hundred and twenty-five minutes in which to make 310 to win. Reese and Orchard added 87 for the fourth wicket, but of the others only Bennett did much, and, amid great excitement, Wellington won one minute before time. Score and analysis:— W ellington . First innings. Second innings. C. Hickson, c Boxshall, b Reese ... ........................21 b B en n ett................38 E. M. Beechey, c Orchard, b Reese .........................43 J. J. Mahoney, run out Moorhouse, Reece 44 st Boxshall, Reese c Boxshall, Bennett ... K. H. Tucker, c Boxshall, b B en n ett..........................34 H. W. Monaghan, c Craw- shaw, b Williams ........... 4 A. B. Williams, st Boxshall, b O rchard..........................58 b Crawshaw J. P. Blacklock, c Moor­ house, b Crawshaw......... 17 b Bennett .. F. A. Laws, c Boxshall, b Orchard ..........................45 not out Gibbes, b Crawshaw.......... 16 E. F. Upham, not out ... 12 E. O. Hales, c Crawshaw, b' R eese......... * ................... 2 B 25, lb 5, w 3 .......... 33 Boxshall, Williams B 11, lb 1, nb 1 13 Total ...................329 Total (7 wkts .*346 * Innings declared closed. C anterbury . First innings. W . Patrick, b Upham B. Wood, c Williams, b Hickson ............................108 D. Reese, c Upham, b Hick­ son ..............72 b Beechey H. M. Moorhouse,b Hickson 0 Second innings. .. 51 run out ...........1 c Hickson, b Up­ ham ...................1! A. Anthony, b Hickson 9 Hickson, b B eechey........... 0 Hickson, b Hales ........... 8 S. A.Orchard, b Hickson... 0 b Hales ......... 36 A.Norman, c Williams, b Hickson ..............................47 lbw, b Tucker ... 4 C. Boxshall, c and b H ick­ son ..................................... 21 b Tucker ... ... 3 K. S. Williams, lbw, b Monaghan............................ 9 lbw, b Monaghan 6 J. H. Bennett, not out ... 10 c Laws, b Mona­ ghan ...........33 E. E. Crawshaw, b Mona­ ghan ................................... 0 Byes, &c..........................39 not out ........... 0 B 23, lb 1 ... 24 Total Total.. W ellington . First innings. Second innings. Williams Bennett Reese ... Crawshaw Patrick... Orchard Anthony O. M. R. W. 14 13 21 23 5 6 0 25 2 ... 2 1 2 0 ... Moorhouse ... C anterbury . O. M. R. W 16 4 44 1 22 3 tin 3 20 0 S3 2 18 3 45 1 7 2 23 0 13 1 61 0 2 0 17 0 First innings. Second innings O. M. B. W. O. M. K. W. U pham ......... . ... 25 8 (31 1 ..........13 1 49 1 Gibbes .......... . ... 11 1 71 0 .. T u ck er......... .. .. 12 2 40 0 .r. io 5 l!> 2 Monaghan .. ... 12 0 51 2 ..........16 3 43 2 Hales .......... , ... 9 3 24 0 .......... 9 2 19 2 Laws ............ ... 4 0 •_»1 0 . ......... 5 1 15 0 Hickson . ... 16 4 56 7 .......... 12 5 24 0 Beechey ... .. 6 0 25 2 AUCKLAND v. OTAGO. Played at Auckland on January 2, 3, and 4. Auckland won by 315 runs. Auckland went away from the start and were never in danger of defeat. Hemus and Smith com­ menced by scoring 115 together for the first wicket in one hundred minutes, the latter, who hit a 6 and seventeen 4’s, making 110 out of 170 in one hundred and thirty minutes before falling to a brilliant catch. Relf made a capital 42, but the others did little, the innings closing for 267. Against Relf and Kerr the Otago team were helpless, and only Adams, who went in first and was sixth out for 21, made any stand against the attack. The innings, after lasting three hours, closed for 81. Hemus and Sale added 51 for the second wicket in Auckland’s second innings, and Relf and Cummings put on over 80 for the sixth. Otago, left 398 to win, were disposed of for 82, leaving Auckland with the easiest of victories. Lord Plunket, the Governor, was present on the first day, and the takings of the match amounted to £195. Otago were greatly handicapped owing to the inability of Fisher and Downes, their two most reliable bowlers, to play so far from home. Score and analysis:— A uckland . First innings. L. G. Hemus, c A. Adams, b Mackersey ......................41 W. Brook-Smit.h, c Watson, b Mackersey ....................110 A. E. Relf, run out ..............42 A. Haddon, c Williams, b Torrance ........................... 0 E. V. Sale, b Mackersey ... 0 G. Cummings, b Torrancc.. 16 L. Prime, b Torrance...........25 C. Olliff, lbw, b Torrance... 0 W. Robinson, lbw, b Tor­ rance ................................... 7 A. Kerr, c A. Adams, b Eckhoff ........................... 5 P. White, not out ........... 2 Byes, &c............... ... 19 Total ................. 267 O tago . First innings. A. Adams, c Hemus, b Relf 21 F. Williams, b Relf ........... 1 G. G. Austin, lbw, b Relf... 0 H. G. Siedeberg, c Olliff, b Kerr ................................... 6 A. Eckhold, b Relf ........... 8 W. W. Mackersey, lbw, b Relf ................... ........... 2 H. C. Watson, b Relf...........11 T. D. Adams, c Robinson, b Kerr ................................. 0 W. Kilgour, not out ........... 3 R. C. Torrance, c Smith, b Kerr ................................... 1 A. Eckhoff, c Prime, b Kerr 12 Byes, &c....................... 16 Second innings. c and b Austin ... 29 c A. Adams, b Mackersey ... 0 b Austin ...........83 c and b Austin... 9 b Eckhoff ...........25 c & b Mackersey 34 c andb Eckhoff... 0 b Austin ........... 8 not out c Siedeberg, Mackcrsey b Mackersey Byes, &c. 0 2 14 Total...........211 Second inniggs. b R e lf...................17 run out ........... 0 b R e lf................... 0 lbw, b White ... 37 b K err.................. 6 b R e lf........... lbw, b Olliff b R e lf................... l not out ...........10 lbw, b Relf... c Sale, b Relf Byes, &c. Total 81 Torrance Eckhoff .. Austin ... Mackersey A uckland . First innings. O. M. R. W. Total...........82 Second innings. 30-4 11 21 7 17 3 26 6 5 . 52 1 54 o O. 11 16 17 17-3 2 M. R. W.