CRICKET.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 5, 6 January 1910, Page 3

CRICKET.

The Zlngari touring team had a most enjoyable ontlng during the Mew Year -Leaving town dj- the Ham Trunk? express on. Friuay night, they reacuedFrankton at 12.15 a.m. Althong n the hour was early, the drive to Caiauridge was greatly enjoyed, ana alter a lew hours' rest, they-were on the road to .iiataniaiu, some £> miles away. Thanks to tne rain, that fell the previous afternoon, Uie road was in splendid condition, and the drive was greauy .appreciated. At 3tlata.imua, notwithstanding that tee settlement is sa young, great .entnusiasm was smnvn, ani eveiy Lhing passible was dene to make. the visit suecdssiul. The game -was played oui ground surrounded i>y churches, owing to the nature of the outlield and the ■bowling of Brindle, the scaring was not very heavy. It required a great deal of power behind the stroke to notch mere than, singles. Another important factor was the good nelding of the estate holders. Topr ucore was a baker's dozen by Browne. Graham followed with just one less, campiled in real good style. Lepine just ran.-.,. into double figures, ilataimata's batting coiv lapsed against the bowling of Speight and . ■ilcilath, and naturally both trußdlers secured excellent averages, unfortunately the analysis got mixed owing to the scorer being uuable to identify the bowlers. Zingarl over-scored the century la their second venture. Lepine C--i) heading the list.-, ©rowne knocked up 19, after having a narrow shave early in the innings. BelTs 14 included the only sixer of the side. Matamata had to face lli, and were not very hopeful, especially as two wickets fell immediately. However, Aitken scored K3 by forcefuL cricket, and several of lie side managed abont a dozen a-piece. The respectable total of 95 was registered on the. slate.

Shortly alter the match, the visitors left for Cambridge which was reached after a rather strenuous day, the team haviujj covered no les;- than seventy miles, spending 10 hours in the coach. The tourists were agcin successful in their .mateli against Hamilton. Speight (40), after start- s lug rather leisurely, played freely. Graham (31) was in capital form. F. S. Gouidin;; (20) and Leplne (17) also added materially * to the score. Rev. Blamires, of Hamilton, eight for 39, trundled in good- style. Patterson (33) batted very steadily, picking out the loose ones to hit. Speight (11 not out) pasted the bowling from the jump. McM-ath, six for 21, bowled splendidly. Zlngari declared in the second innings, bat • failed to get Hamilton out before time. In the evening the team were the guests of Messrs Davey and Speight, who spared no pains to make their short stay at Hamilton a pleasant one.