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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5337, 22 March 1879, Page 2

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. j?ORT AHURIRI, V. WAIPAWA COTOTft -The ab'ote matoh was played at Hastings ,on Moriday la^t. Liddlei was cfidaeri {.Cfaptaiii of the Port Ahdriri eleven, ; a,hd ; Cook held that ;posit|on in 'tHelptinty eleven.. The. tojss having been tfiftibj the' " Spit team, they'aent their^bpj^hents to 1 the' wickets. The ground, as might have been expected, was very hard, but notwithstanding this drawback, the bowling,as will be seen by reference to 1 the scoringwas very effective. Both Liddle and " liuke. bowled exceedingly well, taking deveii tvldke'fcs between them, out of ten 1 . O' f oonnor'-made one slashing drive for sixj ■ but his career was soon afterwards cut short by a tfell pitched' ball from Liddle. ' The first innings of the County team, closed for 23 runs. The Port Ahuririi ; eleven then! took the wickets. Kendall's/ was the best innings ; he oolite mastered the bdwlfng and carried his bat through the innings with a score of 39 runs. ' Luke and W. H. Smith made 12 and 10 runs respectively. The score stood at 88---runs when the last wicket, was put down. ( ' Baker's fielding on the side of the County was very noticeable. Cook and Newton* delivered some very, dangerous balls, and „' had the pitch been less hard a greater ,",i amount of execution would have rewarded ,< \ their skill, their best pitched balls in,r ; many instances flying over the wicket. In the second innings of the, Waipawa C©unty 84 runs were obtained ; Cook by careful play contributing 33 runs. .The-. Port Ahuriri eleven had only 20 rims io''\ make to win, and this they did with s' '' fall of only 3 wickets. The Waipawa team arrived on the ground with three men short, and consequently had to play with three substitutes/but they were good men, one of them, Beauchamp, expelling ..." as a longstop, and reducing their opponents by an excellent display of fielding. The scores are as under : — : ' PORT ABURIRI. T , Ist1 st I ? nin^ s - v v 2nd Innings. Luke, b and c Newton .'. 12 riot out . '■ r Dewes, bCooke .. .. l b Newton .. "5 Smith, F. G., c Baker, b Cooke 3 bCooke 0 Liddle, b Newton.. ..0 " Smith, W. H., c Hanvood, b Newton .. .. 10 notout .. 3 Kendall, not out .. ..89 c Baker, b Newton 0 Ellison, b Cooke .. ..0 / Scarfe, c Baker, b Cooke 0 / v Young, b Newton :. ...,2; . ' ■ • " Gibbons, Herb., b Newton 2 " " Duncan, W.,b Newton... 0 ../ : •• ' • Extras .. ..19 Extras, .. .'. 0 Total 88 Total.. .. 20 ■ ' • ''- "•' 88 Grand total .. .. 108 WAIPAWA COUNTY. Ist Innines. 2nd Innings. -;, O'Connor, b Liddle ..7 b Luke .. .. 0 Ewen.bLuke : .. 2 cP. G. Snu'tn,' b . Liddle.'. '..-5 i ' < Rhodes, J., b Luke „ 3 b Luke .. .. 0 Cooke, b Liddle .. .. 0 runout .. ..33 Newton, b Liddle.- ... 1 b Luke .. .. 9 , Baker, c Smith, b Luke . . 0 c Luke, b Liddle * ' 2 Harwood, b Liddle ..0 c Smith, b Ellison 3 Beauchamp, b Liddle ..~ 0 b Liddle .. : .. 4 Gibbons, Hope, notout.. 2 not out .. ..3 Sidey, J., run oat.. .. 1 c Luke, b Liddle „ 3 Extras .. ..7 Extras *.. ..22 Total .. ..23 Total.. '.. si - .23 Grand total .. .. 107 ;