CRICKET.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 9283, 7 December 1895, Page 8

CRICKET.

The President's Cup match between tha Lancaster Park No. 1 team and the High School Second, which was commenced at Lancaster Park on Saturday, will ba continued at 3.30 p.m. ab Hagley Park to-day, Mr A. M. Ollivier, bhe Selector, will < to-day reduce the number of those praotli'. ing for the New South Wales match, am)' the final selection will be made early next .. week. ' . The return matoh between the Junk. Clubs of Dunstable House and Victoria ;. House was played,on Thursday, and resulted iv a win for tbe latter by three wickets.' A match was played at Swannanoa on Thursday between Swannanoa and Kaiapoi Thursday players, and resulted in a win-tor the home team by 23 runß. Scores—Sw»„« nanoa 84 (W. Shepherd 23, A. Atkinson 22); Kaiapoi 61 (J. Alporn 15, D. Parkw . 20 nob oub). For the winners W. Shepherd took five wickets for 27 runs, and W. Winter four wickets for 21 runs; and four the losers F. Burrows six wiokets for 8 runs, and J. Merrin two for 18. A matoh was played on Thursday after. noon between Messrs Strange and Co.. ani the D.1.C., resulting in a win for the lattei by 12 runs. The scores were 92 aud 104) For the D.1.0. Turner 45, Morgan 26 aM " Thompson 10, and for Strange aud Co. Blamires 43, Berry 16 and Jewiss 10 wen the chief soorers, while Thompson and Turner for the winners, and Blamires and Billens for the losers were moat succettfo! with the ball.

(PRESS ASSOCIATION TILE-RAM.) ' WELLINGTON, December 6. The following Wellington players fc»W been nominated for the New Zealand team: —B&tomon, Holdship and R. BlaCkl-ok.; bowlers, Ashbolt and Upham; wiokrt keeper, Niven. A. Blacklock, who it»i« understood would have been safe for a place iv the team, is not nominated because be has retired from crioket for the estsol owing to ill-health.