CRICKET.

Press, Volume XVIII, Issue 2695, 19 December 1871, Page 2

CRICKET.

OLD CHUMS V. NEW CHUMS. For some years it has been a matter of considerable' difficulty to arrange a, match ior the Anniversary of the Province, but we are ,glad to say that on Saturday last, notvntfl« standing the attractions of the sports in Latimer square, the men mustered well tor the annual match between the older sua more recent representatives of cricket in too province. Twebty years before the am match in the province was played, not very far from the spot-where the game tooK P» c * on Saturday. On that occasion Mr George Dickinson was tbe principal howler Jot W Working Men's Eleven ; and it is with very great pleasure that we are able to chronica the fact, that after an intervalof p&W a century, he again appears as p one whit inferior but rather superior tp«°, he was in 1851, and as one of thepnncip« scorers in a match in which be represents one of the " old identity." 1 , jj» The Old Chums, who were captained, »/ Cotterill, won the toss, and of course took vr innings. Ollivier and Mainwaring were ... firet men to appear at the wickets. J Be lio3t ter gave a rather hard chance in the sup* but was let off. He then con-men ceo to hit very freely, and hit twice, ruooing for. 4 and 5. At «wj two Ollivier was. bowled by ; *£* one irom Loughnan. CottpHU | next man, but retired "after scoring one; * 23. Stevens, who was in pretty good, WB3 well oanght at long *

1 a» meantime having done tbe principal 1 S5: Pierce was I :- PrZiai by a peculiar ball from L.ughnan. I tvi, inst grazed his leg stump, and cnriI' displaced °his off bail. No » *Ktion to the score was made by Donald, I iJI was splendidly caught at the wicket; I 7at aud five for 58. Dickinson and Main-. I Z,Ln e now made the stand of the innings, A when the latter was bowled by Williams, who had been put on in ioagbnan's place, the score stood at .9. His 15 included a fine on drive from Fowler for which 5 were run, and three 2's. iliß&to'n made no sign; but H. Cotterill kept llbis wicket for a long time, and 112 was reached when Lambert displaced his stumps. lL made an excellent square-leg hit for 4 off Fowler's slows - -Nicholls did not add to the Ijor&and as Wood, the eleventh man, did Mainwaring brought out his bat for 64 in tae course o£ which he made one s f o ur 4's, six S's, seven 2's, and singles. He mjvealto-rether three chances, all of which were !tf* difficult ones. Wontner and Loughnan the first two men on the side of the New Chums, were got rid of for 7 runs, but Savile and Corfe brought the score to 32 before the former was caught behind the wicket. He Slaved well forhis 13, but let off a good many leg balls, and was once missed for a rather difficult, chance also behind the wicket. Fowler was the next man, and appeared to be inbetter form than at any time previously *his season. He made three off drives for 4 east but eventually got out by batting rather ■wildly at a 6hort one from Dickinson ; four for 5b Maples continued the hitting, off drives' for 4..from Pierce being the order of the day. At 71, however, Maples put up one to Cotterill, and retired for a welltjlayed 13- Corfe, who had been hitting well all round, now put up one to cover noiat. H> s was composed of one 4, one 3 six 2's» *"<* singles. The next four tickets only brought the score up to 88, but East and Reader made some little stand, and 103 was reached, when tie former (who was playing very steadily) in backing up too eagerly was put out by the bowler. In the secoud innings of the Old Chums, Ollivier and Mainwaring, as before, commenced the batting at 20 ; the latter drove one very hard back to the bowler, and was splendidly caught. Four more wickets fell very quickly, but Dickinson and Ollivier entirely changed the fortunes of the Old Chums, no less than 63 being scored before Ollivier was taken at point off Lambert's first over. His 41, a very defensive innings, included a magnificent square-leg hit for 6, ODe 4, three S's, and three 2's. Dickinson retired short.y afterwards, having played a good but somewhat fortunate innings of 36. Among his hits were three 4's, four 3's, four 2's, &c.; seven for 104. Aliugton made 11, composed of a 4, a 5 (a splendid square-leg hit), aud a 2 ; and at the time fixed for drawing the stumps, brought out his bat with Nicholls, tbe score standing at 116 with eight wickets down. The Old Chums thus won on the first innings by 9 runs. The following is the score:— OLD CHUMS. Ist Innings. 2nd Innings. A. Ollivier, b Loughnan 5 c Maples, b Lambert ... 41 R. Mainwaring, not out 64 c and b Fowler 7 A. J. Cotterill, b Fowler 1 b Corfe ... 2 E. C J. Stevens, c Wontner, b Lough.- . ..can... ... ... 8 b Corfe ... 0 W." Pierce, b Lough--.8an... ......;■. ... 3bCorfe : ...-5 E. S. Donald, c. Savile, b Loughnan 0 b Fowler ... 0 G. Dickinson, b Williams . ... ... 15 b Lambert ... 36 C. S. Alington, c Loughnan, b Fowler 0 not out ... 11 H, Cotterill, b Lambert ... ... 7 b Lambert ... 1 R. Nicholls, c and b Fowler ... ... 0 not out '"."." ... 0 Byes, 2 ; leg-byes, 2 ; • Wides, 5 ... ... 9 byes, 3; legbyes, 2 ; wides, 8 ... 13 112 116 NEW CHUMS. •G. Savile, c Cotterill, b Pierce ... .... 13 Q. Wontner, b Dickinson ... ... ... 2 C. C. Corfe. c Ollivier, b Pierce ... "... 29 E. Fowler, b Dickinson ... ... ... 14 H. H. Loughnan, b Pierce... ... ... 1 E. P. Maples, c Cotterill, b Dickinson ... 13 C. F. Williams, b Pierce ... ... ' ... 0 G. Lambert, c Pierce, b Dickinson ... 2 Ay E.Williams, b Dickinson ... ... 0 .R. East, run out ... ... " 17 F.J. Reader, not out ... 7 ' Byes 3, leg-bye 1, wide 1 ... ' .... 6