First-Class Cricket Matches 1908

CANTERBURY v AUCKLAND Played at Hagley Oval, Christchurch, December 14, 16, 17, 1907. Auckland won by an innings and 135 runs. CANTERBURY 1 H.B.Lusk c Robinson b Relf 66 c Cummings b Hadden 27 2 W.R.Patrick lbw b Relf 26 c Robinson b Hadden 10 3 *D.Reese c Relf b Kerr 26 lbw b Relf 42 4 A.Anthony b Howden 7 c Hadden b Hussey 10 5 H.B.Whitta c Hussey b Relf 6 c and b Howden 19 6 S.A.Orchard c Brook-Smith b Hadden 19 c Mason b Relf 51 7 C.A.Cuff lbw b Hadden 6 not out 19 8 †C.Boxshall c and b Relf 16 c Mason b Hadden 12 9 J.H.Bennett c and b Relf 1 c Cummings b Hadden 8 10 E.E.Crawshaw c Robinson b Relf 3 b Hadden 0 11 T.J.Malone not out 4 retired hurt 0 Extras b 6, lb 3, w 1 10 b 12, lb 2, w 2 16 —— —— 190 214 FoW (1): 1-93 (2), 2-94 (1), 3-107 (4), 4-132 (3), 5-136 (5), 6-161 (6), 7-170 (7), 8-182 (8), 9-185 (9), 10-190 (10) FoW (2): 1-26 (2), 2-85 (3), 3-88 (1), 4-110 (4), 5-124 (5), 6-187 (6), 7-203 (8), 8-212 (9), 9-212 (10) AUCKLAND 1 W.Brook-Smith c Boxshall b Malone 53 2 L.G.Hemus c Boxshall b Bennett 148 3 F.R.Mason c Anthony b Bennett 2 4 G.B.Cummings c Boxshall b Bennett 31 5 A.E.Relf c Reese b Bennett 157 6 *A.E.Hadden c Cuff b Lusk 36 7 L.Prime run out 17 8 J.M.Hussey c Patrick b Crawshaw 32 9 A.M.Howden c Boxshall b Bennett 9 10 †W.Robinson b Crawshaw 17 11 A.Kerr not out 4 Extras b 24, lb 8, nb 1 33 —— 539 FoW (1): 1-100 (1), 2-107 (3), 3-170 (4), 4-347 (2), 5-402 (6), 6-471 (5), 7-488 (7), 8-500 (9), 9-528 (10), 10-539 (8) Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Relf 27 9 64 6 21 8 48 2 Howden 9 2 43 1 10 2 30 1 Kerr 12 1 40 1 7 1 24 0 Hussey 5 1 10 0 10 3 31 1 Hadden 10 3 23 2 1w 21 5 65 5 2w Canterbury Bowling O M R W Malone 40 6 132 1 Bennett 57 16 169 5 Reese 20 3 66 0 Crawshaw 19.4 0 74 2 1nb Lusk 10 1 34 1 Patrick 3 1 8 0 Orchard 1 0 2 0 Cuff 3 1 10 0 Anthony 2 0 11 0 Umpires: A.D.Hart and A.Hooper. Toss: Canterbury Close of Play: 1st day: Auckland (1) 170-2 (Hemus 63*, Cummings 31*); 2nd day: Canterbury (2) 86-2 (Lusk not out, Anthony not out). T.J.Malone retired hurt in the Canterbury second innings having scored 0 (team score 214-9). 17