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sent down a maiden against Dane. In the next | minutes over by Potter, Wright struck out strongly 12:45 the and got 2 hits to leg, one for 4 and the other After for a couple of runs, but was late for the fourth ball, which took his stumps clean. He retired for a well-hit 28. All out for 105. It was a magnificent lead for the Northern team, due to their superiority in every department of the game, and in no small degres to the deadly bowling of Potter and Mann,
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the batsman had a narrow, escap The fielding meanwhile could be described as The last wicket had fallen at 10.50. A quarter held; he sent away a strong ball which Ro almost faultless. Scarcely a single chance was of an hour later the Straits again took the mid-off made a plucky attempt to catch wit missed Price in the slips and Weippert at wicket, Voules and Carter-batting against his left hand but failed to hold. - Off Mann's wicket-keep were evincing great smartness; Potter and Mann. Carter took the first ball, next over he succeeded in getting a splendid drive Turnbull at point was making no mistakes. which came from Potter's end, and secured a to the screen; Mackenzie hit this bowler to square When the game-had gone 35 minutes and the short hit for a single off the second. When leg for a boundary. The next over from Mann's score stood at 40, Mann secured his third wicket the bowling changed ends, he cut Mann sharply end, however, brought about the latter, bats- by clean bowling Green, who retired after having into the slips but owing to smart fielding on man's dismissal. Mackenzie skied a ball to off scored 17. Billings who now joined Voules the part of Price only a single run was regis and was cleverly caught by A. E. Lanning at the wicket had a narrow escape from tered. This brought him again face to face Score, 135-5-42. The fall of Mackenzie being run ont early in his innings: he only with Potter. He snicked the first ball of the stumps dissolved what had been so far the most escaped by Weippert missing what appeared to over and was smartly caught by Weippert brilliant partnership of the innings. Between be an easy throw. His partnership with Voules at wicket. Score, 2-1-2. Sharp joined Voules. him and Sharp the score had been run up from- was destined not to last long, for when only 2 and several overs were sent down off which 33 to 135 and a period put to the " rot which had been added to the score the latter was clean only 1 run
was made. The bowling was had taken hold of the batting of their pre- bowled by Potter. Score, 42-4-15. Wickets obviously beating the bat, and the fielding was decessors. Mackenzie was warmly applauded were falling with alarming rapidity from the excellent. When 15 minutes had gone, Voules as he retired to the Pavilion Whitley Straits' point of view. The game was only 45 was clean bowled by Potter with a swift ball. followed him contrived to secure a snick minutes old and already 4 wickets had been Score, 3-2-1. Green joined Sharp at the wicket. to leg for 3'off Potter, but was caught taken with only 42 to show against them. He enlivened what had up till now been dull on the off side by A. E. Lanning when the Barkshire followed Voules. His partner, Bill- cricket by driving Mann to off for 3, all run, and bowling changed ends. Score, 139-64. Bark ings, broke up the dull spell of falling wickets in his next over drawing him round to leg for a share who filled the gap was clean bowled by and short runs by sending a splendidly hit ball boundary with an ill-taken ball. After another Potter before scoring a single run. → Score out of bounds for 6. Slow cricket again super-spell of uninteresting play, Green while facing 141-7-0. Billings was next man in Potter vened for a considerable number of overs. Runs Potter was easily caught by Weippert off a sent down two maidens against him in succe were becoming painfully infrequent. Mann ball which rose from his glove. Score, 13-3-8.sion, the only relief in this colourless spell being kept up his splendid record by getting Billings Potter was bowling with wonderful effect. His a sharp hit to the boundary by Sharp off Mann caught by Weippert at wicket-keep off a snicked record now stood at 6 orers, 4 maidens, 1 Potter was showing signs now of going off in ball, leaving the score at 52-5-11. Mackenzie run, 3 wickets. With half-an-hour gone, 3 his bowling, though Billings was not taking now joined partnership with Barkshire, and wickets down, and only 18 runs scored, the the advantage of it that he might. He had one succeeded in driving Mann to square leg for 4 match looked an easy thing for Shanghai. good hit to leg for 2, however, The fielding but was two balls subsequently caught at Green was now joined by Wright, who began continued to be of the high quality that had mid-wicket by Farbridge. Score 56-6-4. The his innings by a repetition of the strong hitting distinguished it in the foregoing innings. chances of the Straits were rapidly becoming which had characterised his batting earlier in Price, Tarnbull, and Rose were perhaps the more and more remote. On every hand the bats the day. He hit Potter clean over the screen smartest in the field, At half-past two o'clock men were being beaten. Bowling and fielding for 6 and had a straight 4 drive off Stanion, who the telegraph-board read 150 for 7 wickets bill. bat at were both proving too much for them. Whitley had taken over the bowling from Mann at the ings was bitting out with a pretty free was next to bat. For two overs he and his City Hall end. These hits he followed up by Potter, driving him twice to the soreen, while partner safely, but without seenring runs, driving Potter to the off boundary, but in the Sharp registered another boundary by cutting negotiated the bowling. Stanion, another fast same over he returned a medium ball right into Mann neatly to point. But on the whole, slow in coming. McEnen was bowler, was put on in place of Mann, whose Potter's hands and was caught out after adding runs were record so far had been most satisfactory and 17 to the total. The game had now lasted 50 how put on in place of Mann at the town creditable. The new bowler continued the minutes, and 4 wickets were down for 33 runs. end. Sharp drove his fourth to off for 4, and harassing tactics which had characterised the Sharp, whose next partner was Mackenzie, drew his fifth almost to the screen for a single- attack of his predecessor but was once driven to Potter round to square leg for 4, whilst Mac- When Potter resumed the bowling, however, leg for a boundary by Barkshire. When kenzie drove Stanion to the off-boundary and Sharp's tenancy of the wicket came to an end; stumps were drawn at 4.45 the score stood as secured in the same over a couple of runs off a he was clean bowled, and retired, with 78 follows-Shanghai, all out, 227; Straits 62 for nicely-placed leg hit. These batsman were opposite his name, amidst the well-deserved 7 wickets.
showing a better defence than any of their pre- plaudits of the spectators. core 168 for 8. decessors. Mackenzie had a splendid long drive His innings had lasted about 23 hours. With generally believed to off for 4 and another to the on-boundary the fall of his wicket, it was off Potter. Sharp cut both bowlers into the that the back of the defence had been broken. long slips for 4. The score reached 50 when the There was little of the appearance of the game was a few minutes more than an hour old. invertebrate, notwithstanding, about the open- Other 10 were added very quickly. McEuen ing of the partnership between Billings and now took over the bowling at the Barracks Mactaggart, who was next man in. Both end, giving Potter a much needed rest. Sharp batsmen had boundaries in the first 2 overs, stole a single off his first ball by placing nicely Billings slashing Potter to the screen-and to square leg The rest of the over was unevent- Mactaggart doing the same by the other bowler, ful, and this batsman accordingly took Stanion's Potters' place at the Barracks end was now next, driving his fourth volley to off for 4. taken by Stanion, whose two, first volleys were Mann was put on at the upper end and opened hit for a single each. Off McEuen, Billings, against Sharp, who cut to point for a single, next drove a well-hit leg ball which was just which was only prevented from being a bound- missed on the boundary. The following over ary hit by smart fielding on the part of Lan saw the downfall of the ninth wicket, Mactag ning at cover. His next ball was driven to gart being very neatly caught by Price at long- square leg for 4 by Mackenzie. In the follow- off. Score 196-9-14. Billings, who was joined by Dr. Dane, took up the batting and snicked well-hit leg boundary. This bat was making a Stanion to leg for 4, bringing the score up to plucky stand; after an innings of about 40 200. The next ball of the over he snicked minutes' duration, 81 runs stood at his credit into the slips also for a boundary... Mann and he appeared to be well set against the relieved McEnen, and was driven beautifully bowling. So also did Mackenzie; he drove to leg by Billings, who was now playing wit Mann in his second over to the leg boundary confidence and dash. Off the same end Dans for 4 and to on for 1. But this bowler's attack drew a loose ball round to leg for 2. He and Billings were making a very good stand against was not nearly so dangerous as it had been in the first innings. Sharp drew round a loose the bowling. They carried the ball to square leg for 4 and followed up this figure obtained by hit by driving him right over the screen for 6. innings and were h McEuen's bowling, too, was well taken by both doing. Dane was bats, only the excellence of the fielding prevented bull off McEuen runs coming. freely, V. H. Lanning, another registered. This meant fast bowler, now took over Mann s end and sent 109 runs to win. ~z
The Shanghai be down his initial essay against Sharp, who cut him to point for à single off the concluding ball ten minutes to fo of the over. Off McEuen's next end, Sharp MoEn had a splendid hit to the screen for 4, bringing of Billing the score to the century after 1 hour and 40 first over
In the course of the afternoon the band of the 22nd Bombay Infantry played selections of music. There was a large number of spectators, among them being H.E. the Governor.
In splendid weather, play was resumed on Friday, the Straits continuing their game with Shanghai. In the first innings the Shanghai team had scored 227. When stumps were drawn at 445 in the evening, the Straits had scored 61 for 6 wickets, Barkshire and Whitley being in occupancy. Potter opened the bowling from the lower end against Barkshire, who secured a square-leg boundary hit in the first over. When a change of ends took place, Mann kept up his fine record by clean-bowling Whit ley with his first. Score, 66-7-4. Mactaggarting over from McEuen's end, Sharp had another went next to the wicket. He survived the remainder of Mann's over. In the ensuing 5 he lost his partner, Barkshire being clean bowled by a swift ball from Potter's end. Score, 68-8-6. So far the match had gone most disastrously for the Straits; only 10 minutes gone and 2 down. Wright joined Mactaggart and them they carried the score to 75-the ibuting, a well-hit 4 to the leg Mactaggart, returned a swift er's end right into the bowler's augh t with only 1 run to Dane, who happily was able to spite of the accident which was last man Wright the riving Mann and to on for 4 yo fine drives.off reen for Mann
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