CRICKET.

North Otago Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 703, 13 February 1872, Page 2

CRICKET.

A match— "A to & r. H to Z"— was played on Saturday on the Criqket Ground. The captains of the respective team* tossed up for innings, the result being that H to Z— Mr Sumpter's team — won the choice, and elected to go in first. The following are the scores made by both sides : — H to Z — 1st Innings. Sumpter, o Holdsworth, b Coyer ... 11 Maude, o Holdiworth, b L. Fenwick ... 0 Holmes, o Holds worth, b duff ... ... 7 Julius, b Cover ,, ... 0 Young; o Cuff, b Coyer 12 Hold* worth, c Fenwiok, b Gorer ... 0 MJHer tJ bCuff 7 Webster, bOuff _fi M'Master, not out ... *W/ Substitute (average) 4 Welsh, bCuff ... 4 Byes 16 Widef 2 63 2nd Innings. Sumpter, not out ... 18 Maude, b Cuff fc ... 0 Holmes, b Cuff 0 Julius, o B&deley, b Cuff 2 Young, b Booth O Holdsworth, b Booth 2 Miller, b Booth 1 Webster, o Badely, b Cover 0 M'Master, b Cover ... 1 Substitute (avenge) S Welsh, cCorrigan,b Booth 1 Byes t Wides 2 82 63 Total 95 A to Q — 1st Innings. Cuff, b Maude 0 L. Fenwick, b Sumpter 0 Booth, b Sumpter 0 Bayly, o and b Sumpter ... ... 2 Allan, b Sumpter 0 F. Fenwick, c Sumpter, b Maude ... 13 C. Fenwick, c Booth, b Sumpter ... 10 Corrigan.b Maude O Cover, o Holmes, b Maude 1 Badeley, not out , 0 Cotton, b Sumpter ... ... ... 0 Byes 1 Wides ... ... 0 27 2nd Innings. Cuff, b Maude 85 I*. Fenwick, c Miller, b Sumpter ... 13 Booth, b Maude 10 Bayly, c Webster, b Maude 0 Allan, not out ... O F. Fenwick, 1 b w, b Maud* 2 0. Fenwiok, b Miller ... « Corrigan,ib Sumpter 10 Cover, c Young, b Sumpter 1 Badeley,' b Sumptar 14 Cotton, c and b Sumpter 0 Byes 9 Widos 4 ■•■ 91 27 Total 118 The play during the match was of a widely various character— some very fair and some very bad play being shown. The ground was in bad order, and the want of- punctuality of some of the members of the team was much to be regretted. - The H to Z having, as -Ml be seen, scored 63 as against their opponents' 27, the latter went in again, following their innings. They then run up 91, and H to Zhad to go in again, and towards the dose of the -match it became somewhat exciting, as the time for drawing the stumps was rapidlr approaching. However, H to Z were dispoiod of by A to G-, with half a minute to spare, A to G- scoring a victory by 23 runs. In th« first innings of A to 6 Mr Sumpter's slows were very effective, three wickets falling to hi* first over. In the second innings, however, the bats were more on their guard, and scored freely. Mr Maude and Mr Cuff, on opposite sides, bowled well on the wicket, but owing to the lively nature of the ground, many of the balls rose over the bails. The fielding generally exhibited borne slight improvement, and with steady practice the Ostnarn Club should be able to -give a good account of themselves in succeeding matches. We un» derstand that a match with the D.O.O is oo the tapU, and we hope to tee more interest in future taken by the public in this noble game. ______________