WAIKATO CRICKET.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 33, 9 February 1892, Page 3

WAIKATO CRICKET.

(iT.OM OUll OWN CORr.KSrONDEKT.) Hamilton, this day. Tkk (lr?fc mnteUes in tho s , coml round of tt o Wiiik:it(i A;'3cc:ation vvenj played on jsiiiuriiay, wiii'ii Tuhiknrnmoimci Hamilton at, H.iuiilfco:i,i«»ii LVajbriuyu mm. l'at(jnni;;i. I have no |in»ti<julftrs of llio hitler matcli to tinm' yef. bufi llsc formor was won by {{ntiislt-Mii by '<'-><'> I'tuiv, the four innings !ioiii<j pljiyiid our. il'iiuiltor: vvetifc v, thn vvi;:!ic!;.ij firttt-am! ivmdo .">_', iho Roy. Fuilior 0"{.!;u» bciiii , : LJ i'' storor wit!; 1.1. Tuhikbrmnt.'ft put n[> only 30 in ru.»piiii:=R. lfnuiiiton in tiioi:' second iiiiiinrrs Minrod only ■'!■!, of vvhicli Brownlmt made 16, and Steven* IS, tho rest; oi tliu \wwn fcoti.tiiji up Ll>o liuiumflc'aiit "Mital of seven. ("Your own " was not (ilnyin , .: on l'ih oi-i:nsian. 1 TiiliikArainnn Wan Uml' < to *'n, f'-'«t' like duirr.;- tlio t-iiolc, as they li.hJ un 'tout , and Lliii t.y-livt iriiniJuOn to accomplish it- i>'. but i !:<• y wero all |mfc down for Jl- run? in about tifty minutes. Barton and Fielder bowling all through. Thp was tho uooi'esit nt t.iio season, but i!iu ctato of the t' r(:,,; " u ' .acciounis for tiuifc, u. H we have had »c nan in IlamMtDn fur many weeks, and the whole cou a uy is paictied iipvory considerably. As usual, TuhiUaranjoa fielded wei!, liufc ilifir battihj; id not up to tiip mark. For t!iu Ciji tFαmilf.ori now stands very well, they having; been iicnton oniy once! by Taupiri, w.'io. to say, «x-ro in burn beaten by Tuiiikiirnaica in fclio round. Hamilton now !i«ve iiliiynd 5 matches- 5 -won 4, lost ] : Tuhikarauioa — played 5, woo 3, lost 2 ; P.iteran^i—pluved 4, woti 2. lost; 2 ; C'amtn'idire—pinyed 'I, losh 4. Patei'iinui played 4. won |, lost 3. Whilst, writing of criokefe, I would jii»fc like io sny a few words on tho seUvtion of the rep. tuam chiton to pluy ~ Vi:!liiiyf'"n. Browning was uhofcn io pritiMi.-o for ih«? mat oil. aiiil asked to jro Io Ancklnnd i-> "»bnw !ii-! form" tv l.ho Uoir.milfi'i\ Now. I tiiini: bhnt Mm Cowmitieo inisjhti w.ii have «elec:e'' him witluniß !ii-i ir.nvn to "slioa- his fiinn," as mo iim-y to»vn > crickolorirkuow :d! nbonfc him, I ;un vrv cerliiin thflt >io i- ;i better bit-than fully half tho teum .-o'.ccted, and a> h roi.'i li;----i;< very fair. Hif" record in foin this Boa'flciii i- , SI (not i»n») I'nliitnrainort, 70 (nob out) I'iitorunjri, (bowled) Cnmbridijo, 2 and 16 agai'ifih Tiduknrumsa, nr an avpr.iuo '■? 8060 for the lot ; and thiwo wen; pot H'i'iintiu the bc-t bort'liuir vu- lifivo u'Ot, tho Huino Ih'it a /ir-t-clwu AnckUxud icmi iirn't: ICG nnd GO iiir:iin>«l> ul 1 ift Ntnv \'t-:.r. Ii iii;;-> riii in i».iij:iy llmi. country ii'ayor« j.'t t, p<.) lif.ilo show in iutoi'pi<)vim:;;d <.■ ,w----ibiiii, and ih is very disheartoninjf to i;is*:y of iho younir | piayovi», boili /it ri'U-iieb' sin fojtbiili, i<> liri-1 ihit tlioy »o Reldtni ">•' n shiiw * bi-.c miiidiei-." i hupathatii Waik>il.o ■•ond.i rJtnvii it Loam of cricketers tn Au' lilunU i--f' the eii.s »if tho sei-i-tni thuy %v '>' sln.w them that vv.: luivo somo iitilc takint i:i tho (lielriui wcclii lookiiijj tiitor i.nd eii«uiir;<}j-