CRICKET.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 33, Issue 9356, 13 February 1903, Page 1

CRICKET.

PATEAhOA V. WAI PI ATA. (Br Oob Pateahoa Cohbespondhxt). The Waipiata cricketers are toughgrained and full of pluck. In this I their first season they have gone head I first into match; playing from the start, ! and although they have, not more or less the- worst of it -in each of their games so far, the "weight of depression undrr which'thcy-should" naturally be suffering has no existence at all. .Under a succession of disasters that ~would tend to despondency in most clubs in the bud stage, the Waipi&ta boys, from popular Captain Dowle to Dick the Demon Longstop, wear on their smiling features expressions of the greatest cheerfulness, with an added look of the determined to-do-better-next-time sort. And there can he no doubt that tbey will do better. You | will find that in the course of a season or so Waipiata will have to be reckwith when the championship of Maniototo is being contested. Thuy ,have youth on their side ; they have enthusiasm, gam en ess, hnuch undeveloped natural ability, and that determination to succeed which tramples under foot all obstacles.. One point about them I admire : | they do not, like some clubs, make | careful selection of their opponents. It is all one to the Waipiata fellows whether their next match is to be with Weddcrburn, or Rough Ridge, or Naseby, or JMiddleiuarch, or Ida Valley, or Ranfurly, Jor Patearoa, or Macraes. " One down, the • other i come on," is their motto. "Without any ill-feeling to Ida Valley, I trust, to hear that Waipiata walks into them in a victorious way on the 13th inst.

The second match between Patearoa and Waipiata came off on Saturday last on the latter's ground, where a first-class .pitch had .been prepared at the back of the railway station. In the temporary absence of Captain Dowle, ■ R. Blair took command of the home team, and the toss-up resulted in Waipiata facing the bowling of Ghirnaide and M'-Lean. Without a doubt the bowling was good, and although L. Pearce and others shaped well, the score didn't rise above the modest level of 15. The fair number of spectators were thfn treated to some lively batting by Patearoa, Chirnsido, Wilson,. M'Lean and Johnston hitting up their runs quickly by good cricket. Chirnsido was in whilst some 140 runs were being made, and sheer fatigue alone prevented him from increasing his score indefinitely. Capt. Wilson showed tl.e form of a few seasons back and I believe he intends to slick to it. Crer.ir also tells me that he felt as if he could have made a few if they hadn't run him out, but I should advise him to get up a little speed between the wickets. He is too slow for a funeral, arid he did wrong in not accepting Llr Mathias's kind offer to come out and run for him. Patearoa beat their record by putting up 158, but the capital bowling of Dowle, H. Pearce and .Nicol was to a great extent nullified by loose fielding. Dowl'e's bowling average was much distended by this cause, and he confided to-the umpire; his .unswerving kelief that if some of the fieldsmen didn't look out- they would be getting in the way of the ball some o r these times, and stopping it. All the same, there were some good bits done, and some good catches were made. A special word of praise is due to Blair j for the cheerful way be performed his i numerous gallops after the ball into the i long-field A distinct handicap'to the home team was the absence of two of their best bowlt:rs in Dyke and W. Pearce. Chirnsido hit hard, and the square leg umpire's funny bono stopped one hard smack; "Mow's that?" yelled a delighted spectator, . as the j unfortunate umpire hopped around on i ope leg, rubbing his :arni. " Very jßore," replied the umpire. "Serves | you -.well right," said square'.eg; j "you had no businss there Which | was neither correct nor polite, but

possibly consoling. In Waipiata's second innings, Chira-.-ide and M'Le&n were given a spell, the change bowlers havinga shot. H. - Penrce and Marshall arc destined to make names for themselves as bitters, each of them batting in a free way ; Marshall- especially - making the ball whiz all over, the -paddock. If the latter had got someone to stay with him, .he was In" a fair way to pat a ; record innings. These two batsmen showed their comrades, what,determination, muscle and a good eye can'do. The . innings closed for' 47,* leaving Patearoa victors by an innings and 96 runs. ' Patearoa were treated to a good tea at Malcolm's hotel. Waimata.—Pint Innings. H. Pearce, r«a out ... ... 0 J. Nicol, b Chiruside ... ... O L. Pearce, c Johnston, b M'Lean .« 6 F. Mathias, b Chiruside ... ... 0 A. Clarke, b Chirnsuie ... ... 0 L. Tregooning, run oat ... ... 0 Jolin Blair c and b M'Lean 1 R. Deaker, l« Chiruside ... ... 0 H. IWIe (laj.tain). not out ... 1 J. Marshall, c Keely, b M Lfan ... 4 6. Miithinx, o Keely, b Chirn»ide ... 0 Extras ... ... ... 3 Total ... 15 Second Innings. L Pearce, b Cambridge ~.. .. 4. H P«arce, b Cambridge _* ... ...10 Nicol, b Kee'.y... ... '• ... 0 Bowie, c Cambridge, b Keely ... O F Matiiins. b Cambridge .... ... 1 Clarke; b Cambridge ... ... 1 L Tregonmng c Chiruside. b Schrick... 4 Biair, c Wilson, b Chiruside ~ ... 2 Deaker, bfirey ...; ... 0 G: Mathias, c Schrick,. b Chirnsida ... 1 Marshall," aot out ; ... ... 23 Extras ... ... ... 1 Total ... ... 47 Pataboa. W Chirnside, c H Pearce, b Dowle ... 51 .0 Cambridge, b Dowle ... . ... 7 W. M'Lean, c and b Dowle - ... 34 F. Schrick, c Tregonning, b Dowle ... 4 J. A. (irey; o Jficol," b H. Pearce - 1 J. Wilson, not out ... " 31 T. Cambridge, b N'col ... 0 E. Griffiths cF- Mathias, b Dowle ... f J. Keely, c li. Pearce, b Dowle .- - ... 0 J. Crerar; run out" ..." ... 3 T. Johniton, b Nicol ... 10 .Extras ... ... 12 Total 158 Bowltsg Analysis. - Patearoa—W . Chirnside, 7 wickets for 8 runs ; W M'Lean, 3 "wickets fcr 8 runs: J. Keely, 2 wicketd for 9 runs ; O Cambridge, 4 wickets For 12 runs;.- F. Schrick, 1 wicket for 16 runs; J. A. Grey, 1 wicket for 5 rnns. Waipiata.—H. Dowle, 6 wickets for 84 runs ; H. Pearce, 1 wicket for 28 runs ; J. Nicol, 2 wickets for 34 runs.