CRICKET.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 29, Issue 1523, 6 January 1899, Page 3

CRICKET.

NASEBY v. PATEAROA

(Br OUK OWX COKKESPONDEXT.)

The return match betwren the above teams proved to be a regular table-turner. The game was played on the local ground on Saturday last, and on the arrival of the Naseby boys about 10 o'clock it was apparent that the absence of such stump-disturbers as Malcolm and Horswell from their team would leave the issue of the tussle a fairly open one. However, a couple of very warm members had to be reckoned with in brawny Jack Marslin and the Naseby Trumble, Dave Marshall. With a blazing hot sun overhead and numerous buffaloes underfoot the local lads took tbe field, but somehow or another the visiting batsmen showed none of that '■ dead bird " confidence which has hitherto marked their play when opposed to our fellows, and with the exception of Browne, who boldly faced the bcwling and mowed it down for 11, no batsman staved long enough to show his true form, and Patearoa had the unaccustomed pleasure, when they went in, of facing the small score of 23. The home team started to make runs right off. In a short time Owen Cambridge put on a confident and wristy 20, and Fred Schnck a thoroughly correct 10, while the colt. W. Chirnside, lost an almost certain double through indulging in mental retrospection in the middle of the pitch during a run. At 1 o'clock the score stood at 81 for nine wickets and when an adjournment was proposed for dinner a desperate effort was made by tbe visitors to seperate Captain Wilson, and the local Bannerman, Davy Chirnside, who bad been batting for over an hour, like two Morocco bound books. Several additional overs convincing the bowlers that the width of each bat couldn't be less than a foot, recourse was had to Host Grieves, where a vigour giving and first class dinner wps partaken of. On play, being resumed Jack removed a few more in bis forcible way to leg until, with a highly creditable 28. he was out lbw to his fellow skipper, Marshall, The last man failed to score, and the innings closed for lffi. The defence of both Wilson and Chirnside was almost impenetrable, while the former was extremely hard on anything soft.

Naseby'a second innings fell far short of requirements, and their total of 40 gave Patearoa the game by an innings and 44 runs. Jack Hore sailed into the bowling at a great rate, and took 16 oil it in half as many minutes by the Cornish hook to the onside. Captain Marshall kept himself back too long, his score of 4 not out merely putting him in trim for more. As pretty a hit as you would wish to see was White's solitary effort in the second innings, a skimming foarer to longon. Remarkable sprinting powers for one so strongly built were shown by Jack Marslin while running between wickets, one of his 20 yard spins being accomplished, according , to the umpire's Waterbnry, in the excellent time of Isec, which, multipb'ed by five, ought to land hira pretty well ahead in the 100 yds at your annual sports. One man remarked that Jack didn't *• loll" by the way, a remark which, in Bay opinion, was superfluous. The fielding of both teams was keen and good, every offer of a catch, with one exception, beuuf accepted. Behind the wickets King, for Patearoa. stopped all sorts of bowling with Marslin-like certainty, while hard knocks failed to knock the gameness out of Guffie, who acted in a similar capacity for Naseby. After the first few overs the Naseby bowling was not of the sort to take liberties with, while all through the trio of ! Patearoa trundlers needed careful watching, an aggregate of 50 runs off the bat for 21 wickets telling its own tale of precision and good length. Owing to an extra Nasebv man turning up 12 men aside were played I in the second innings. The sportsmanlike spirit in which the game was played reflects the highest credit on each and every player engaged, and the brotherly feeling shown throughout has had the effect of adding an extra strand to the cord of friendship which has hitherto bound the two clubs together. Scores:— Naskbt—lst Innings. John Marslin, b M'Lean o Healy. b M'Lean .. !! 1 Deehan, o Schrick, b Johnston • " i Lennanf, b M'Lean . ii I I Guffie, o Wilson, b Johnston . '. "3 j Browne, c Crerar, b Schrick .. .'.' 11 I John Hore, 1> Johnston .. " j ' D. Marshall (capt.) h Johnston 0 i W. White, b Schrick .. ..2 M'K. Marshall, c and b Schrick 0 ' Donaldson, not ont.. .. .. 0 I Extras .. .'. "] 3 : 23 „ ... Pa«aroa—lst Innings. Cambridge, c Healy, b Marslin .. 20 J. Johnston, b Marslin .. .. u F. Schrick, b Deehan .. " j u Win. Chirnside, run out .. 6 Johrj Wilsorl (capt,) Lb.w., b D. Marshall 28 W. King, b D. Marshall .. ..7 Crerar, b M'K. Mrrshall .. 1 W. Johnston, c Guffie, b M'K. Marshall " 0 M'Lean, b Marslin .. "5 D. Chirnside, not out "5 Ledingham, b D. Marshall "0 Extras .. " 05 IC7 BOWLtSO AKAITSIB. .. „ . „ Overs Runs Wkts D. Marshall .. .. 25 ->7 S Marslin .. .. I B 3 0 3 Deehan ..5 u x M'K. Marshall ■ 6 10 2 P«»iy - ..390 Lennane ..1 0 0 Nassbt—Second Innings. Guffie, b M'Lean .. 0 E. King, b M'Lean . .. "0 M'K. Marshall, o and b Johnston 1 J. Marslin, b Johnston .. '.'. i Deehan, li M'Lean .. .. 0 Browne, b M'Lean .. .'. '.', 0 Lennane. b Johnston ~ ..0 Hore, c Cambridge, b M'Lean '. . ltf Healey, b Johnston . '.'. S D Marshall, not out .. 4 White, c, and h Sfhrick " 4 Donaldson, 0 Crerar, b M'Lean '. 1 Extras ."in 411 BOVUK* AHALTSIS. . . . t Overs Rung Wkts John Johnston .. .20 is 8 W. M'Lean 17 27 9 F. Scbriok 6 ~& 4

The Canterbury cricketer* have, ou their own ground at Lancaster Park, very completely turned the tables on the Wellington team. It will be remembered that Wellington last year won by over an innings. Going in first Canterbury compiled 377 before the last wicket fell, eight of the 11 reaching double figures (Cobcroft 59, D. Reese 48, \\ igley 13, Sim 27. J. Phillips (not out) 100, Uloxshall 31, \V. Pearce 38 F. S. Frankish 27, Ridley 4. R. \V. Barry 1, J. W. R«ese 9, extras 16. Wellington m the first venture scored only 83 (Holdship 10. Hioksou 21, C. A. Richardson 21, Gore 12) and had to follow on in consequence. In the second innings 167 was the score (Stephenson 34, Holdship 65, Hickson 18, Robertson 10, Tucker 14. Canterbury thus won by an innings and 127 ruua. Mr Ashbok has l>eeii authorised by tho secretary of the New Z. aland Cricket Council to annouuee that the following is tho official selection of 12 members of the New Zealand team to visit Australia :

G. Mills, Auckland Lusk, Hawke's Buy A. R. Holdship, Wellington C Richnrds<>ii, Wellington A. B. Williams, Wellington Ashbolt, Wellington L. T. CoLcroft, Canterbury 1) Reese, CuutcTUurv W. (.'. Pcarcc. Canterbury J. Baker. Ougn A. H. Fi.slur, (Jingo A. Ilownes, Otiigu. Tlio thirteenth will in all probability be a Caiilerbmy man.

(By U'irk). PINKDIN. J ,111. 6th. Fniiikish. of Christchurch, has been selected an the thirteenth man for the New Zealand tnck.-t Ham ti» vi-u Australia.