"TRUTH?' v. FULLERS.

NZ Truth, Issue 79, 22 December 1906, Page 3

"TRUTH?' v. FULLERS.

A dozen members ' of the staff of "N.Z. 'liruth" knd -a like number from that; of the Theatre- Royal, accompanied by . quite a 1 host : bf friends, proceeded, to Day's Bay on Sunday, to play a friendly bricket nlatch and a. very enjoyable outing it : proved^ even' if the cricket was riot up to the farm of _c Lnglish" eleven'.: Several ' of the- newspaper men -proved to be quite above the average' 'as trundlers • and ,it was to the bowling that "Truth" owed the victory that crowned the efforts of its team. Messrs Forder and Cropp captained their respective sides and' the spin of the coin resulted m favor of the inksliftger, who- promptly sent Mr Cropp's men into the field, Hurst a.hd'Coburn tak? ing the wickets to the bowling of Apollo Belyidere (fancy being bowled at m a cricket game by a god !•) and Beck. The pitch was a bit rough and _,„-bhe ball had air the best of it till a^d Robertson stopped a 'bad rot. * the former fceepme: his end for ' 6 while the latter hit up 25 m good fetyle. Mr . F;xtras was best man, the fast bowl in;*: being too much fbr the nerves and ''Miners of the men behintl the sticks. He scored -27 I out of k total of 78. Apollo wb 5 wickets ,>nd the Musical Moke had-' the audar -cit-v to bowl "Truth's" skipper for ' a blob-! . ' ■■•'■'■ '.- •■■ •" . For Fullers King, first m, scored 21 and Touchert- 13. Cobum yorked man after mun and set up a reign of : terror, while Flans' slow lobs gave Rv an a chance to distinguish himself * behind the sticks, where he <hiade J. J. Kelly look like a little pile of . ha'pence. The. innings ceased for 63, - of which 12 were extras. In the second venture . "Truth" men put on 62 while Fullers could only respond with '25, leaving the newspaper men victors by 52 runs.. The bowling of •Evans, Coburn and Robertson 1 m •this inninsrs .was even* more deadly : . and Ryan again behind the wickert keDt up a scare.. After the first innings the teams adjourned to the hotel , where large quantities of ham and brawn were consumed. The panty eventually returned to town at 6.30, wind-blown> and sunburned, but b.appy m the recollection of a jojly day's outini*. marked by the most perfect good fellowship. The Wellington Harbor Ferry Company's officials aie to be . thanked for ihaking all necessary arrangements as to transport, .the use of ground, etc. Following aire the scores :—

•'TRUTH.''-First Innings. Hurst, b Apollo Belvidere * „. 3 Coburn, b Apollo B. __..•'..:.' iL' 0 fdcComish, b Beck __, „_, _+ 0 •Evens, b Apollo B_ ___.• __*' „■ am 6 Ryan, b Apollo B. ... __,■ „. 1 Robertson, b Apollo B. ... „ __. 25 ,Pi rani, c Collins, b Beck ___.- 4 Forder, b Musical Moke ___■ m m O Reid. b Musical Moke .w ~ ~ , O. Mor.se,. run out ' . ... ___, J, 3 Williams, b Tauchert L. __,__*. _„ 0 Harris, not out ... ___ \ ___. '_«. $ Extras ,„ _ -_;■«.*. «.. 27 Total .. .... __. _, ___ *_, 78 Second Innings. Robertson, b Apollo B. _■ «, 2 «eid. b Apollo B. ...! ______ __m 0 • Harris, b Apollo B. ..J ___ ___ . 7, fTurst. ( b Apollo B. ...;■ ... ... :___■• 15 Cohurn. st Kin"., b Apbllo B. „ 1 Evans, b G.Apollo ...... _ - 1 McComish, b Gr. Apollo _■__*._ 0 Rvan, b G.. Apollo ...1 _ __. __. 0 IVTorse not out ' ... „.',-*.*. 3 Pirani, bG. Apollo ...!_ - 3 Fovd n r. bG. Apollo ... v o 'Willia-s ,c Hoskins,' b_G. Apollo 2 Extras ... _ !_■ „28 Total ._, «_, mm 62 Grand Total __„ \ .___, „ w 140 FULLERS'. -First; Innings. ' Kin", b Robertson ___ i__. _J __.. 21 Hoskins, b Coburn ___ G — ~" 0 ■■ Beck, b Coburn .... '___ I__.1 __. .__. ___, 3 Tauch rt, b Coburn ... •-. ___' 13 ; A poi Jo Belvidere, st s Ryan, b Evans j... 0 Croi^ b Evans ;... ... ... 0 >■ Musical Moke, st Ryan, lb Coburn 3 '.: G. Anollo, lbw b Evans L .~ _. ' 1 Outram. b Evans ... v ~ — 0 ••■_ O'Sullivan, b Evans ... L — ■ ~ 6 Hamilton, not out .... L. m~- *~ 4 „ Collins., b Evans ..*■„_, i. ~. ~ 0 Extras _....__. ■__.__.__. 12 Total ... J_ ' 63 Second Inningis. Hamilton, b Coburh' ... 4. Le- -«* 0 Beck, st Ryan, b Coburti '_ ; _■ 0 Hoskins, b Coburjf .;. 4, __. O. Cropp, b Evans -.';'. .__. J. w „ 0 Kin", b Evans ... ... .1 _ 2 . O'Sullivan, b Robertson... .••___■ *- 6 Tauchert, c Hjurst, b Coburn 2 G. Apollo, st Ryan, b Evans ___ 1 Musical Moke, b Robertson ... —• 3 'Aoollo Belvidere.r'b Evans ... i_ 7 Collins, b Robertson ... «. «. ( 0 . Outram, not out ...- „. „ „, , r- ° Extras ■'• w _• «^ -^ w. 4 Total _- w ~ ■ m ~ w. 25 Grand Total « 88 Evans took 10 wickets, Coburn 8, and Robertson 4.