CRICKET.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 29, Issue 1478, 25 February 1898, Page 3

CRICKET.

The return match, Married v. Single, came off last Saturday, in the presence of a large number of spectators, and now can the single men be seen walking erect with a look of victory and self-respect plainly depicted on every lineament of their countenances. Leonard was the.hero who won the game for his side, and it has-been remarked that he always plays well when the ladies grace the eround with their presence. In this case he fairly excelled himself. A word is due-to J. Marslin for his excellent bowling arid catching, while the fielding of 51'Kenzie.Marshall was particulary sure and clever. Both Malcolm and Gossage were well on the spot with, the ball, but the former secured' the largest share of the wickets.

i As showing the uncertainty of cricket, it may be pointed out that Dr Church, Gossage, .Malcolm, Joe Hore, and E. Horswell, who should have made 100 runs between them, only made five. In fielding the single men were superior to the married men, several of whom either lacked condition or had too much. "This does not apply to Sneeston who fielded with his usual brilliance and agility. The third test match will-be played on Saturday, sth prox., when each side will put in its fuLl strength to see who will win the rubber. Sikgle MenJ. Hore, c Gossage, b Malcolm 0 Fleming, b Malcolm ... 5 Leonard, b Malcolm ... ... 33 - Horswell, b Malcolm... ... 1 - -J. Marslin, c Church, b Malcolm 4 b Malcolm ... ... 2 M - K. Marshall, run out ... 5 A. Wilson, c and b Gossage ... 0 E. Deehan, b Christian ... 3 T. Lennane, b Malcolm ... 0 L. Hore, not out ... ... 1 ' Gray, b Malcolm ... ... 0 Extras ... ... ... 10 ■-■''•■" 64 Maeried Men. Rev. Christian, c and b Marslin 9 Gossage, b Fisher ... ... 3 Malcolm, run out ... ... 0 Church, b Marelin ... ... 1 Brown, b Horswell ... ... 4 Moss, c and b Marslin .... 6 Kcele, b Fleming ... ... 7 Marslin. b Horswell ... ... 12 Botting, c Marshall, b Marslin 1 Sneeston, c and b Marslin. ... 0 Jones, b Horswell ... ... 0 •C. Hore, b Horswell ... .... 0 Davis, not out .., ... \ Extras ... ... ... 12 , : " - . ' -' ' 56 PATEAROA.Y; WAIPIATA WANDERERS. (By omt Pateboa Cokbesposdext). Our boys had a visit from a Wa'piata team on Saturday last, and a ver'v pleasant game was played. The visitors were captained by Mr Mcrley, who, judging by the familiar way in which he handled both bat and ball, had evidently been a capital cr:cketer while the present generation of players were still in embryo. The way in which the tail of the.team shaped with the bat may be described as amorohous, but thar is not to be wondered at when their sole cricketing experience has been a few evennigs' police with » pick handle and a rag ball with a redpine heart. Captain Morley. however, with the brothers Fraser, and Messrs Greenfield, Doull, and Churchill would form the nucleus of a strong upcountry side. Churchill, especially, is a very capable all-round player. He is a most graceful batsman ; bin late cuts and his manner of whipping the ball off hi 3 toes to leg, being pretty to watch. Ho also bowls and fields well. Greenfield was top scorer for his side, and he sbowjd that be is possessed of a capital eye and any amount of muscle. At a computation, the ball usiinlly travelled from hi 3 bat at about a thousand miles a minute. A. Fraser bowled very well indeed, and bagged most wickets. J. Fraser is a tall young, chap who sends down a ball that is very hard to put away, and :is several of his good ones grazed the varoish without shifting the bails, his rnutely- ; athetic and wide-eyed looks of astonishment nearly moved the umpire to unacus*nmed t-ars Had the visiting bowlers been properly hacked up by the field there can be no doubt that they would have had a much hotter show of making a good game of it; is it was, however, their chance of winning was literally tnrown away by the fieldsmen, overthrows being of constant occurrence. Their ground fielding was with a few exception*, not of a winning description, while their atmospherical attempts were even less >». Doull and Cambridge kept wickets for their respective sides with that utter contempt for bruises which is so nccessarv to success iu a stumper. The two brightest ■<tars in the local galuxy of talent were Johnston and \V. Chirnside. Johnston s! owed that he can hat all ripht when he pleases, and as for his bowling, well there eren't nny of those short-pitched ones that n-ed to mar his average against Naseby ■""is. His analysis of 11 for 21 tells its own *-'e. Y>mng Cliirnside—6 for 25—;dso • ■wled well, and, for smartness, certainty, •d agility in the field he easily takes the i.ke. no less than five awkward. catches l-cing snapped by biro. Young Jas. Wilson, f»avy CbiniMdc and F. Ledinghara formed a Kangaroo-like tail to the team, ana ea.-h ei

them got his runs in resolute, stylft. The eame ended in a victory r or ihe hone team by an innings and 30 run?. The visitors, in addition to a strictly teetotal lun<-h. were treated to a first-class dinner at Mr Grieve's hotel, and expressed themselves as being highly pleased with the day's outins-.

The number if notable names in the list of Waipiata players is somewhat remarkable. The church is represented by a Newman, literature by a Wevmai). cricket by a Noble, while the House of Commons has worthy representatives in a Morley and a Churchill, not forgetting the emergency man, who is a tall scion of the illustrious house of Fox. Scores are appended : Pateaboa—lst Innings. W. Chirnside, bA. Fraser ... 7 J. Johnston, cNoble.b A.Fraser 24 John Wilson (capt). b Greenfield 3 0. Cambridge, c Morley, b A. Fraser ... ... " ... 9 D. Marshall, b A. Fraser ... 0 F. Schrick, c and b Churchill ... 0 Jas. Wilson, rnn out ... ... 15 D. Chirnside, b A. Fraser :.. 12 F. Ledingham, bJ. Fraser ... 10 J. Cawley. bA. Fraser ... 2 ■ W. M'Lean, not out .., ... 1 Extras ... .., ... 11 94 Waipiata Wanderers—lst Innings. G. Morley (capt.). c and b Churnside ... ... ... o J. Fraser, c Churnside, b Johnston ... ... ... o A. Churchill, b Johnston ... 8 A. Fraser, b Johnston ... 2 H. Greenfield, not out ... 24 H. Doull, c Jas. Wilson, b JohnS * OD - .. ... ... 0 M'Bride, b Johnston... ' [". o Newman, b Marshall... ... o Noble, b Johnston ... !!! o "Simpkins, b Johnston ..." 0 Weyrnan, b Johnston... ... o - Extras ... • ... "■} \q ' 44 2nd Innings. Morley, c Chirnside, b Johnston 0 J. Fraser, b Chirnside ... 0 A. Churchill, run out... ... q A. Fraser, c Chirnside.b Johnston 8 H. Greenfield, b Chirnside ... 0 H. Doull, b Chirnside ... 4 M'Bride,c Schrick, h Johnston'.!! 0 Newman,c Chirnside.b Johnston 0 Noble, not out ... ._. 3 Simpkins, c John Wilson b Cbirn"side ... ... ... 2 Weyman, hit wkt, b Chirnside..." 0 Extras ... ... _. 2 Pateroa, February 21, 1898. NASEBY CRICKET CLUB. The Match Committee (Dr Church and Messrs Horswell and Malcolm) have selected the following to represent the Naseby Natives on Saturday :-F. Blair, G. Botting. D. Francis. Joe Hore, K. Horswell, D. Marshall M'Kenzie Marshall. A. Marslin, J. Marslin' W. Marslin. A. Wilson. Emergency L.' Hore. Some difficulty was experienced in persuading K. Horswell to play, but at last he consented. .