CRICKET.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 27 February 1914, Page 3

CRICKET.

Patearoa versus Hyde. (By--Our Patearoa Correspondent.) T Hyde cricketers undertook a3s hours' journey to play us a match here on the 21st inst. They arrived before midday, and, after a very satisfactory dinner at Mr Dagg's hotel, play was begun about 1.30. The visitors were unable to bring their strongest team, two of their regular players being absent. Capt. Wilson and Macalpine could not play for Patearoa. The day was very hot and amokey. W. Pearce, our dep. cap., not having arrived, Taylor tooK charge, won the toss, and Bent Hyde in. Our cement pitch was very fast, and the ball hastened off the matting at a speed with which the visitors professed themselves quite unacquainted Some of the batsmen were possessed of an unnecessary nervousness, and consequently did not .do as well as they should have done. Green at once showed himself to be a J batsman of skill and experience, his fine style being clearly the outcome of many successes at the batting crease. Bruhns hit out in good style, and quickly ran up a dozen. Fran'": M'Brirfe who wua highest scorer for Hyde against us last season, has discarded his former vigorous cricket for a method which can only be described as pokey, and the exchange is all to the benefit of bis opponents. The innines totalled 39.

H. and L. Pearce opened for us. Harold had hiß timbers shivered by M'Bride at onc:e ;Louis should havejbeen had in the slips if Green had moved to the ball a bit sooner, and some of us suddenly remembered that Hyde had beaten ' Ranfurly a week before. W. Pearce (8) got wrecked among gome breakers from Green, but Taylor (55) and L. Pearce (31) played steadily and well, and the score mounted in spite of the keen efforts of the fieldsmen. These two batsmen retired, and Carr (23) and M'Skimming (37 not out) brought th& score to 160, when the innings was declared closed. Bruhns kept wickets excellently, and allowed only three byea. When afternoon tea had put fresh life into the players, Hyde went in again. Bruhns led off aggressively, but M'Lean curtailed his score by a fine running catch in the longfield. Dowling (22) ancf Green (23) then put up a profitable partnership, and White (21), showing good form, left the score at 60 for three wickets when he departed. Yoi.ng Ramsay (8) was the most successful of the others, and the innings closed for 94. leaving Patearoa winners by an innings and 27 runs. Our best bowling figures throughout were got by M'Skimimng (4 for 6), H. Pearce (4 for 14), and W. Pearce (5 for 17 ). The various umpires were Messrß Crerar, M'Skimming, sen., and Greer. The game was played in the most friendly spirit, andjthe visitors proved themselves as fine a lot of sportsmen as we have ever played against. A social and danco was held in the evening, and the chairman (Mr Crerar) expressed the pleasure of the Patearoa men at meeting such good fellows, and also the hope that a Patearoa team would drive down to Hyde for a return match before the end of the season. Mr T. Dowling, in a most effective speech, was good enough to say, among other things, that the Hyde men had thoroughly enjoyed the game, and that they appreciated very much the efEorts we had made to entertain them. He tendered the hearty thanks of the visitors to the ladies who had so kindly provided an abundant supply of refreshments both in the afternoon and the evening. He said that the Hyde team had come hare expecting to be beaten, but they did not intend to remain in that frame of mind permanently. He hoped that the day would come when, through practice and experience against better players than themselves, they would be able to give a beating as well as take one (loud cheers from both sides). Hyde. —First Innings. Carvalho, c Taylor, bW. Chirnside 2 Green, c Schrick, b M'Skimming 16 White, b Chirnside .. .. 3

Orlwoski, b H. Pearce .. 0 M'Bride, b H. Pearce .. 0 Brubns, c W. Chirnside, b W. Pearce .. . , .. 12 Matheson (eapt.), c W. Chirnside, b W. Pearce .. 2 Dowling, b M* Skimming .. 0 D. Reid, c Schrick, b W. Pearce 1 Keegan (sub.), b W. Pearce .. 0 A. Ramsay, not out .. 1 Byes .. .. 2 Total .. .. 39 j Bowling Figures.— W. Chirnside, j 2 wickets for 16 runs; H. j Pearce, 2 for 7; M'Skimming, 2 for 5; W. Pearce, 4 for 7. Patea^oa. L. Pearce, retired .. 31 H. Pearce, b M'Bride .. .! ' 0 W. Pearce, b Green .. .. 8 I%\°- (capt ') retired •• •• 65 M Skimming, not out .. .. 37 R. Carr, b Dowling ~ , 23 W. Chirnside, not out " 1 M' Lean \ • •• D. Chirnside ] Scbrick J dld «»ot bat. M'Atamney J Byes o Wides g Total for five wickets (innings declared closed) „ jqq Bowling Figures. —Green, 1 W j c . Ket for 23 runs; M'Bride 1 for '4l; White, 0 for 34; Reid' 0 for 36; Dowling, 1 for 15; Matheßon 0 for B.' Hyde.—Second Innings. Bruhns, c M'Lean, b Schrick.. 1 Dcwling, b D. Chirnside .. 22 Green, b H. Pearce 23 Whito, b Taylor .. 21 Matheson, b W. Pearce .. 1 Orlowski, c Schrick, b H. Pearce 3 M'Bride, run out . . .. 0 Carvalho, c Taylor, b M'Skimming 3 Ramsay, b W. Chirnside .. 8 Reid, not out .. .. 0 Keegan, c and b M'Skimming 0 Byes 10, l.b. 1, wide 1 12 Total 94

Bowling Figures.— L. Pearce, 0 wickets for 17 runs; Schrick 1 for 8; D. Chirnside, 1 far 10; M Lean, 0 for 15; W. Pearce, 1 for 10; W. Chirnside, 1 for 7; hj! Pearce, 2 for 7. Taylor, 1 for 7; M'Skimming, 2 for 1. '