CRICKET.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1662, 2 December 1873, Page 2

CR ICK ET.

HOKITIKA V. GREYMOUTH.

; The annual cricket match 'between ' the first elevens of the Hokitika and Greyraouth Clubs took place on the Camp Reserve here yesterday. .The weather was very favorable, and ; the ground was iv good condition, and as the day was a proclaimed public holiday, the attendance of male, female, and juvenije visitors was larger than it otherwise would have been. The Hokitika representatives arrived on the previous day, and came on ( to the field in fine form, all fine strapping fellows, looking pyery inch cricketers, and fit for their work. Looking at the two elevens who were' to try their prowess, there was a wonderful apparent difference in stamina between them— the Hokitika men being strong, wejl-builfc, and vigorous looking men j while the Grreymouthtes.ni: were, generally speaking, small, spare, and youthful in appearance ; but there were advantages attached to these qualities that should have been made more of than they were in the fielding. With regard to the, fielding throughout th,e.day,all that can be said is that on both sides it

was very indifferent, and more especially so on the Greymouth side. The bowling on both sides was very good, the wkles being comparatively few. On the Hokitika side the bowlers were Messrs Glasgow, Daly, and Bowen, and on the Greymouth side, Messrs ¥. W. Paul, Dan Twohill, Joe Heaphy, and T. Woods. Mr H. Mace acted in the double capacity of captain of the Hokitika men, and wicket-keeper • and Mr A. R. G-uinnesa was captain for the Greymonth team. Hokitika won the toss, and sent Greymouth to the wickets. Dan Twohill and F. W. Paul went to the, wickets to the bowling of Glasgow and; Bowen. Dan Twohill was quickly disposed of for 2,, being cleverly caught by; Bonar, and Poole followed,- bowled by Bowen, for 5, after he and Paul had made a very good stand. Tamer then joined Paul at the wickets, and af tar some fine play and hard hitting by Paul, the latter was bowled and caught out by Glasgow. Fraser Martin succeeded him, and shortly afterwards Turner was bowled out by Daly. A. R. Guinness then joined Martin, and it was expected that the twowould make a good stand and score, and| there was much disappointment when; Guinness was very smartly caught out by Glasgow, for 3. Five out for 40. Staite \ followed, and was soon disposed of by ; Glasgow for a duck's egg. Cresswell then went in, and along with Martin made a very good stand, hitting hard at everything, the pair making up the top scores on their side, 10 each. The others were quickly disposed of, the first innings for the Greymouth men totting up 69, which included a very large number of byes. The Hokitika men then sent in Croft: and Gale, to the bowling of Paul and Heaphy, which was very awift and steadily delivered. Gale was disposed of by. Heaphy for nothing. Tennant then went; to the wickets, and it was at once seen that he , was all at home, as hesent the! balls flying in all directions. He ran up; a score of 15 very rapidly and prettily, : when Heaphy sent his stumps flying by a, beautifully directed ball. Two out for; 26. After luncheon, Bowen joined Croft, j but the latter was speedily run oub for a: score of 7. Three out for 30; Glasgow; then went, in, and Bowen's wicket soon fell to the bowling of Paul for 2. Four out for 35. H. Mace then joined Glasgow, and commenced 1 hard slogging, but after; two hits- for 2 each, he was very cleverly! caught out by Guinness. Five out for 40. j Daly then went in with Glasgow, and; the feature of the game comoaenced, as these men made the score that won for their side the game. Glasgow's play wa3 really splendid, including hits and drives for 2, 3, and 4 in rapid succession, while Daly warmly seconded him, running up a score pf 11 very quickly, before he was caught out by Statte; Glasgow was not disposed of until he had run up the handsome score of 36, when he was both bowled and caught out by Dan Twohill. For the remainder, Wade was run out for 2, Cozens was caught out by Woods for nothing, and Bonar was not out. Total of the flokitika first innings, 89. It is impossible to attempt any description of the play in the second innings, and for many reasons. In the first place those who had charge of making arrangements, if there were any such persons, had either a small conception of their duty or hal utterly neglected it. A piece of an old sail was tied to a fence, blowing about in the wind, and open on all sides to the constant intrusions of hundreds of impudent small children and many more large children, both male and female, who ought to have known better, which was supposed to be accommodation for the scorers and reporters, who are supposed to give an authentic report of the progress of the game. Outside this old sail or fly was a something that did duty as a table, but its surface was entirely covered by the book of the ; Greymouth scorer, and the Hokitika scorer had to be content with resting his book as he best could. Tho reporters had to fetch their own chairs, and use their own knees a3 tables. These drawbacks would have been en-, dured, although there never should have been, any occ?ision for them, if the Town Band had not been placed right in front of the scorers' fly, so as to attract the whole of the small and tall children to the spot, and effectually put a stop to any further seeing or hearing what was going on of the game. For the remaining totals we must refer our readers to the score published below, but for its correctness we will not vouch, as when last seen the scorers' fly and s,eats were occupied by a number, of women and children, and about 200 urchins were romping around the thing that was dignified by the name of a table.

The match was won by the Hokitika Eleven, owing to the understanding that if both innings were not concluded before 7 p.m, the first innings should decide it. But there is no doubt that if it had been played out the Hokitika men would have won, as when the stumps were drawn they had only five runs to make and"five ; wickets to go down. ■ , : The following is the score as officially, taken ; — ...,...,, ..... Greymouth. first innings. F. W. Paul, c Glasgow, b Glasgow ..; 9 Dan. Twohill, c Bonar, b Glasgow ... ... .. ■ ... 2 Sam. Poole, b Bowen ... ... 5 G. H. Tnrner, b" Daley... , ... .1 F. Martin, b Daley ... ... 10 ; A. R- G.ujnness, c Glasgow b 'Daley.,... "... ..f '..'. 3 ' W.S. Staite, h Glasgow. ... ,,.. Q . A. E. Cress well, 6 Glasgow .1. 10 David Twohill, b Glasgow ... 1 Joe Heaphy; b Bowen... ... 2.^ > T. Woods, not out 0 Byes ..: : •;;. : ... 16 ■-....-. Leg byes : , ...- ... , 2 ■* " : Wides... ... ... ';,.8-.',.,- --■ ■•■•■' : ■■; ■ ■ ■ 69 - [ . SECOND INNINGS. ■'■■ ■■■ :: ; ' ; F. Martin, run out ..,'•■'■■ ;,. '•" -'-8 '-''■ '■'' T. Woods, c Bonar, b Bowen..'. 1 G. H. Turner, c Tennant,. b Daley ... ... ... .. 2- I Sam. Poole, c Mace, b Glasgow 0 F. W. Paul, c Mace, b Tennant 19 Dan. Two.^il', c Bowen. b Riwm ']■ ' ' : A. R. Guinness, c Glasgow, b ' -Bowen .Y. ... ... 5 ' ; W. S. Staite, c Gajle, b Wade;;; }7 A. E. Cresswell, riot but ... l t Joe. : JH eaphy, - c B, o wen, b Ten- - : Lnant „_; ..: ... ... .0 Davjd Twohill, run out '.... Q Byes ......... ... 10 - Leg byes 1 ' : f.v'- ... J Wides ... ,'„ '.]', 8 ... ... ...... ...,., .... .-j.,,. First Innings ; ,„ 69 ; _„. v .. .TotttL..., ; h^ : . ..^..142: ,V

HOKT IIKA. FIRST IXNINGS. Tom. Croft, run out, b Heaphy 7 T. Gale, b Heaphy 0 A. E Tennant. b Heaphy ... 15 B. Bowen, b Paul ... ... 2 J. M. Glasgow, c Bowen, b Twohill 36 H. Mace, c Guinuess, b Heaphy i T. Daley, c Staite, b Twohill ... 1 1 .. -. , J. Ca.rew, c Turner, b Paul .. 0 J. A. Bonar, c Tamer, bPaul 0 F. W. Wade, runout, b Two- ... hill , ;-„„•-. 2- :■:■■:. ' G-. Cozens, c Woods, b Twohill 0 Byes !:yl:: ';... ... 5 _ Leg byes ... ... 2 . . : ■ Wides... v • ..■..; ; - : ..V j-5.'7->3' ' '4 : .' . . . :;.,,-.., ;. ;, ■ .-:,.,:.1 : -»9/.-v" i '' "^ SECOND INNINGS. J. A. Bonar, b Twohill ... 3 R. Bowen, b Paul .;■ ... 18 H. Mace, c Woods, b Twohill- . 6 • Tom. Oroft,c Turner, b Twohill :Ji;_ ; A. E. Tennant, run out ..... .2f ■, ; /. M. Glasgow, not out : ..." 4-; T.Daley, not out 1 • ■ : . . Byes ... -.■■ ... :.V - 6 Leg byes 2 : Wides ;„:.:. r ... 6 ■ First Innings.. ... 89 : r .; , Total :.. j.. ..:a3B \ At Gilmer's Hotel, at half-past nine o'clock, at a long table in the long diningroom, the representative twenty-two took seats, and , there sat with them umpires, : scorers, club presidents, and citizens. They partook of supper— a very excellent supper, .provided, of course, by the proprietors of the hotel, for whose capabilities in hotel-keeping and supper-laying see advertisement. Mr.. Masters, who is president of the Greymouth Cricket Club, : sat at one end of the table, and Mr Guinness, the captain of. the Greymouth Eleven, sat at the other. And at Mr Masters'^ right band sat Mr Harry Mace, captain of the Hokitika Eleven, -and on his left Mr James -Bonar,. president of the Hokitika Club, : The '-first business of the evening was in eat,; and when. it was I coucluded the Chairman proposed to a loyal company the health of the Queen, and other toasts> appropriate- to the occasion,: followed. . ■'■ ;•;-:;: The Chairman, in proposing the toast of- :the. evening, "The Hokitika Eleven,;' said thatf: although there had -bee"h ! little ; preliminary practice on either side,; the match had 1 been a closely contested one j and in that contest the Greymouth Eleven had . been" beaten— beaten by really -good play, such as all must have admired. Not only had the Hokitika . Eleven .given them good lessens in play, but by their presence had contributed, to "\thej pleasures. 6i~. a holiday, and to the fraternisation between the population of the two places which was most worthy of being encouraged. To the captain of the Hokitika Eleven, was due the credit of having brought-.jto Greymouth the best team that had been seen on fhe same ground, arid a team which would compare well with the best team in New Zealand. In fact, from ; the two teams might be selected a team which, with some, more practice, might , safely challenge any eleven in the Colony. Mr Maoe, as the Captain of the Hokitika Eleven, responded, and endorsed the sentiments of the chairman. The Hokitika cricketers were at a disadvantage by possessing no suitable ground ; for practice, and the Greymouth cricketers ; with such ground as they had, only required energy and practice to make them worthy competitors with any club in the Colony. ' '■".'■ / ■ Mr Bonau responded for the Hokitika Club. He believed , the annual cricket match contributed as much as any other circumstance to the affinity between the two townships, and that , Westland, by union between the.twb clubs, was capable of taking a prominent place in cricket in the Colony, as . well •as in other matters. ' He would even recommend, from what he > had "seen in the field that; day,^that if other parts of the Qolqny did hot challenge 'Westland, Westland was justified ; in : challenging the Colony. ; aodj if it did, he I had faith that it would not come worst I off. He concluded by proposing the ; Greymouth Eleven, with the name of the !(3aptain, Mr.Guinness. 1 ?^ 'ill Mr GxriNNEgs, in responding, acknow- ; ledged the kindneas of the Hokitika : players in coming to Greymouth. ' They ■ jail knew the difficulties of doink so, with" j the present defective facilities pf cpra- | municatipn, and recognised the cQurteay, jas they recogo ised the superipr . play •shown. 41though .excelled, th.ey : were jpjPQud pf having, with such player^ done, las much as they had done, knowing!, as : ; j they did that the Hokitika team inclnde'd .five of the best players in New Zealand, or, at least, five whom it would be very difficult ,to beat. As to challenging the players of other places, one of their number 'had communicated ■ with the iAuckland Eleven, and although they had not received a reply, hevhad some, confidence that, if a match could be arranged, there would be found in.Westlanda team' with which the cricketers of any part of ■the Colony would be proud of playing. . ; Mi WQo^ppcK proposed, the health of the umpires, Messrs Gibson and Grut:; ; 'and -, .■ . '.; .-. -.- . • •'. ,:,.;. ■ ;.-' '.■ : ;. ; .: ; ' : . Mr Gbut, in the. absence, of his col- ; leng-ue, responded for Both, doing so with humorous reference: to the - duties of umpire, . and to his experience^as a cricket. 1 He thoroughly believed Ih'tbe possibility of organising an pleven "iti Westland in whom his old friends^' the Auckland players,, would ifiridl a'/; veryi Jjyorthy match, and he hoped that, if a meeting 'ooijld? not how be arranged, Wostland; would in ; futurje^ be,; "as if | deserved, included in.the series of annual interprovincial matches..! ,.; .. > I -„ ■,-. ■u-i-.i'-l. , Mr Sxaite proposed the health of the j scorers, 1 Messrs : Lichfield and Hall; and there were several dthei\ toasts proposed, J3ong3 sung, and. jokes and puns perpetirted uiitil the end of ;the r evening <?f s a ple¥saht' : da'y|- pleasatitly 'passed 1 ;ib "the. enjoyment of invigorating sport and social' intercourse, t .: -~"' ; \ .. , .