CRICKET.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 36, Issue 9469, 28 April 1905, Page 3

CRICKET.

OTAGO CRICKET ASSOCIATION TEAM V. MANIOTOTO CRICKET ASSOCIATION

(By Our Pateako'a Co-respondent.)

.Outside of Patearoa the clerk of the Marii . ototo branch of the Weather department has little sympathy with cricket, ifere w.e have invariably reserved for us a day of more or lees,suitability for 'the game, while, other playing centres have to take what happens to be going. April 2lst is. certainly a ralher wintry date for .pricket,, but the .bitter cold at Waipiata'on Friday last, "da Which day ihc first match .on record between an Otago Association team and'a Mariiotpto eleven was played, was too cruel altogether.., 'However,' men vvb'o travel ( nearly'ahundred miles to play-'a not to be, aatmted by a low tepperathre'or.'a bTusterip,g,wind, ..and the local meo''bcfhg equally determined to defy the wet—'bla'nket'y efforts of the meteorological 'department, ..the game was started by the plnm-cpmplexioned ! player's -ha soon after the arrival of the long-'delayed train as possible. .... . r,-;.-.., i- , -..- The visiting team, ' which'was, led <by the well-known, Opohp.captaiij, "i\t. A.,M'Lean, had/in,its ranks'two of the Ot^go'eieven. whichlplay.cd Australia last,month., !Tbese were, Messrs,' Williams, the tltflgo .skipper! and expert stumper, and'falgour, a'nn'e bat* and'/firs't-clasß'field. Another 6t 'jihe'"'elnven : '- was \Vebb,'an ex-interprpvincial bowler of, the brainy sort. M aniotjp'fb .suSereid con-, siderably tb'rough'.lbe ;inaoility to .play "of. Messrs.Hilton and W. Chirnsi'de, two of our. best'|tnen..,,. ~ t .-•.,., ■ .'.The''visitors batted['rlrst'.qn,^a good, slow. wicket. Williams and Kenny made a good start. . bwfng to the, excellent l;owling.!pf D Marshall, Pearce and ' Johnston the 'runs, came slowly, but the batting was'safe,, and although neither of these bowlers got a.wicket: 15 overs only produced %o' runs. , 'Kenny eventunlly fell l,b.w.'to M'K.- Marshall for ■a-'-careful 17. ,One wicket 'fpr "51. runs. After that the wickets fell more rapidly, Grant d'oing"splend'fdly with't fie ba11... ,Seye-, rol catches were dropped, but the cold can' safely' be blamed for that "when 'save. Marshall and Jack Johnston were two brthe droppers. "VV Johnston ,"made , two "fine' catches in the long-field, Jand. sprae capital ground-fielding and returning.were dope ,by Pearce, ' the Marshall brothers arid, j others.Williams batted, carefully, with an'occasional : hit of the kind wbich-has"gained, jfp.rbim thesobriquet of " Basher," and Webb and Tim lin played brisk cricke.t'fpr their scores. The innings produced ill runs.. f - , v< ~ ~. .; The only score worth mentioning on the localaide was D MarshaU'stJ.. .?rhis pppu-.. lar player made good use of his height and; reach, and put on uis. scorg'in five hits—; three of I'hera sailing over the ropes for four; each. Webb and .M'Gavjn ,unchanged? the former breaking across thepitch in a way that was rather .startling to ! the majority of'the local men,, .The'innings 1 only came *p 44, and the match was won by! the visitors by 07 ,ru£s. f . The umpires were; MessrsJ (jrerar arid Ahlfeld, and the scorers, W Wni't'e.Wd a Mr-Grant;! of Waipiata,, deserves the tEanks 'of tbe as-' ! sociation for preparing such a gjjqd £ oitch. f "An excellent oy. Hosti Cleland at 7 p.m., and the visiting, team left for.Patearqa and the local players' for their,homes, a"sociWtSle hour and; a halfr was spent with toast, song and speech, Mr H.ABoddington,,captain pf thg loqal team J and presi'dent e'f'tbc M'.C.A. in the chair ; 'O.C A.. Team. ? 'Ke'nny.'l.b.w:, b M'K Marshall „. 17, Williams, b Grant :. ... ..."2'9. Kilgour, run; out. • .'.". ".'.. ... 0' M'uavin, bGrant "J.". , .';. ..... 8

Henderson, l.b.wi, b Grant .., . ... 2 M'Lean (capt.'),c W'Jobnstori, b Grant . V| o Webb, c W Johnston, b 'Boddingtoh ... M'Laren, run put ... ... ... 0 Deans, b Grant '.;. '..; ... 3 Timlin,-not put ... "... ... lit run out ;.. ;., ... *7" Extras ;;. ::. .;. 14' •;.. ... . Total *Jll Bowling Averages.'—D. Marshall, 0. wickets for 17 runs : H, Pearce,, 0 wickets for 6 runs ; J Johnston, 0 wickets for. 7 funs'; Boddin"gibn.,l,wick.etfor 28 runs.; M'K Marshall, 1 wicket t for il runs'; Grant,'is wickets for'29'ruhs, . . ~ Mksibro'rp. \V Johnston, l.b-w,,'b Webb .;. ;,. 0 Joe Hbre, b M'Gavin ... ... 3 M'K Marshall, b fa' 6a vin ... ... 5 HA Boddingtoh'(capt).'c Rl'Larerj; .1. . - . •-?•- .. - .... b Webb : 2 J M'Dowell, c M'Kaj, b x \Vebb '. 4 c B Grant j 0 Henderson, b Webb ... % 0 Carnbrißge, b \Yefjb ;;. ;.. 1 D Marshall, b Webb ... ".. ... 'l7 H Pearce, b M'Gavin *.";. ... 5 E) Bell,'not out- ;.'. '.;. "... l IJ Johnston, b Webb .7. ;;. ... 0

... . v.„: .... . Total .44 Bc-WMNG AvebagV-—tyebb,, 7 wjckets'for 23 runs'; M'Gaviri, '3 wickets for 21 runs.