CRICKET.

Press, Volume XII, Issue 1582, 2 December 1867, Page 3

CRICKET.

U.C.C.C. v. Albion,

Saturday last, being a Bank holiday, was taken advantage of by the- "cricketing, interest," and matches were arranged between ♦lie second elevens and five representatives from each of the above clubs. The U.C.C.C. had some difficulty in getting a team to play in the second eleven game, and several members failing at the last moment left them with only A finer day for crioket could scarcely be wiehedfor; the weather was warm without bein" oppressive, and there was no wind to interfere with the game until late in the afterHMD, when a pretty stiff nor'-wester gave the bowlers a deal of trouble. The new ground wee better patronised than it has yet been, and it ie calculated that there were upwards of two hundred visitors present during the afternoon. A brass band was in attendance, and enlivened the proceedings by the number and variety of their selections. Several of the ladies amused themselves by playing the fashionable game of croquet, while others took gulcient interest in the single-wicket match to induce them to stay until the stumps were drawn at a late hour. The eecond eleven were the first to get to wprk, on a wicket laid out for them on the fiu-thereide of the ground, the U.C.s going to the stumps to the bowling of Souter and Banks. Their totals only amounted to 35 and 17, and the Albions obtained an easy victory by six wickets, the game having been remarkable only for the rapidity with which the players on either side were disposed of. The scores were as follows : — &:f . ;.. U.C.C.C. let Innings. 2nd Innings. Heapsj b Souter ... 8 b Banks . ... 3 Beauford, b Banks ... 0 b Banks ... 0 Speechly, b Banks ... 8 c Morgan, b ;.;>■• Banks ... 0 Blakiston, b Banks ... 0 b Banks ... 8 Pycroft.b Souter ... 2 b Banks J. 0 "Winter, b Souter ... 3 c and b Banks 0 Rutherford, b Souter 3 b Souter ... 0 Bethune, b Banks ... 7 not out ... 0 Neall, not out ... 0 b Souter ... 0 Holmes, b Souter ... Ob Souter ... 5 A. Miscreant, absent ,—absent ... — Bye, 1 } widea, 3... 4 wide ... 1 35 17 35 Total ... 5& Axbion Club. latlnnings. 2nd Innings. Hodge».b Kutherford 2 Taeon,: o Neall, b Bjakistotf 1 ... 0 bßlakiston ... 5 "Woods, b Rutherford 0 Mqrgan.lbwjbßlakiston ... 0 J.Wood.bßutberford 4 Softer, b Blakieton... 0 Death, 3> Biakieton ... 2 not out ... 7 Banks, bßlakiston... 2 run out ... 1 Aehbolt, b Blakiston 5 st Speechly ... 0 Basis, b Blakiston ... 9 not out ... 8 Jameson, not out ... 4 b Blakiaton ... 0 Wide ... 4 wide ... 1 '.', 82 22 32 T Total ... 54 !ft Wft§ not until jiearly half-past eleven that the eingle-wieket match was begun, as the general feeling seemed to be that it would not occupy much time. A very good wicket was pi*pared by the umpires, Messrs Young and 0. M.Ollivier, and the U.C.'e having won the to** mtuis match also, judiciously selected Mr SteVens to represent them at the "sticks," Taylor, operating on the part of the Albions,, *!Mefield was placed as follows: Dickenson, Kjua»4eg; Hobbe, long-on; Calvert, longoff ; and Bent, cover-point. After a very fcra innings, in which free hitting and good defence. were combined, Mr Stevens eoceumbed~to a splendid "bailer" from T&ylofy who had been bowling remarkably well.: MrCotterill followed, and having "got &» eye in," soon gave the field, plenty to do, beating the spectators to come V pretty . a»d ultimately retiring with 6 to his oedijtr~.no. ■ mean performance . when it is ranetaibered that the field are placed to " save thb' two's," ]. and that all the bite have to be made in front of the bounds. Mr F. Ollivier Waeundoubtedly "weak," and didn't trouble vie field. Messrs Moore and Powye exhibited considerable knowledge of defence, but Taylor proved too- much for each of them, and they fetUrned to the pavilion without having increased the score, except by being the means of adding wmdry wides to the already large Binnber of extras. Before the conclusion of the innings an adjournment was made to the pavilion, where the players partook of an excellent lunch, prodded by .Mr Oram. Beufc was the first who appeared to do fcaStle for the Albions. Mooce bowled admirably throughout the innings, the field being PJaced in the following position .— Cotterill, equare-leg 5 p. Ollivier, long-on ; Stevens, fc g -* off; and Pow JBt cover-point. After an w»Unate defence for come time, during which *»eat declined the most tempting balls, Moore round his wa y into the wicket without any ! "*ae having been obtained. Calvert took bis | place, and showed more spirit than bis predeSesaoj, getting a couple of singles to the off * good drive over the bowler's head for he gave cover-point a chance, which ?*» accepted with thanks. Hobbs folSγ!? , but did nothing, and Taylor, who .gja the vacancy, did lees, if possible. •*«**Reon, from whom little was expected, ~* tte Jl 'emarkably well for three singles. Hβ T* 1 w off twice—once in running a very mss P run, and again when he retained the

ball too smartly to be pleasant to the bowler, who declined to hare anything to do with it, and allowed it to pass. Cover-point again proved useful, and the last winkefc fell for a total of 7, leaving thf U.C.CO. 12 to the good.

The U.C.s resumed the batting after a short interval, Mr Powys making up for his previous b.-id fortune by a steady innings of 4. F. Ollivier followed, but made way directly for Cotterill, who went in fur hitting and soon ran up a score of 8, including a fine squareleg for two. Hobbs missed him once at longon, but long-ofT disposed of him. Mr Stevens agnin appeared on the ecene, and though he hnd done a good deal in the first innings he did still more in the 8f cond, for lie pub 9 together in excellent style, one na-igniScent on-drive for three exciting the admiration of every one on the ground. Moore made two singles without giving a chance, anil ou the fill of the last wicket the score stood at 29 including six extras, making the grand total of the U.C.C.C. 48, and consequently leaving the Albious 42 to get to win, but as it was nearly seven o'clock the stumps were drawn at once.

This is the first time that a single-wicket match has taken place between two Canterbury clubs, and it is to be hoped thnt it will not be the last. Some very fine play was shown throughout the day, the fielding being, with one or two exceptions, remarkably good. The defence of the majority of the players was not so could have been wished, but this is a fault which this kind of practice is eminently calculated to remedy.

The following are the scores : — u.c.c.o. let Innings. 2nd Innings. E. C.Stevens, b Taylor 4 c Taylor, b Dickenson ... 9 A. J. Cotter ill, b Diekenson ... 6 c Taylor, b Dickenson ... 8 F. Ollivier, b Dickenson ... 0 b Taylor ... 0 T. Moore, b Taylor... 0 b Taylor ... 2 A.L. Powye, b Taylor 0 b Taylor ... 4 Wides ' ... 9 Wides ... 6 19 29 AIOBION CIiTTB. Bent, b Moore 0 Calvert, c Powys, h Moore... ... ... 4 Hobbs, b Moore ... ... ... ... 0 Taylor, b Moore ... ... ... ... 0 Dickenson, c Powys, b Moore ... ... 3 7 Analysis of the Bowling-.—For the Albion Club, Taylor bowled 384 balls, 10 widee, 2L runs, and 6 wickets ; Dickenson bowled 156 balls, 5 wides, 7 runs, and 4 wicketp; Calvert bowled 43 balls, and 5 rune. For the U.0.C.0. Moore bowled 230 balls, 7 runs, and 5 wickets.