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New Zealand Mail, Issue 931, 3 January 1890, Page 12

CRICKET.

VICTORIA v. NEW SOUTH WALES. (per press association. ) The intercolonial cricket match, \ iotoria v. New South YYales, was won by the former by eight wickets. LANCASTER PARK v. THE WANDERERS. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Christchurch, December 26. The Wanderers yesterday played the Lancaster Park Club. The visitors’ team included several interprovincial players, who will take part in the match to-morrow. They were not in form, several having suffered considerably from sea sickness. This will probably account for the local Club’s victory. Scores : Lancaster. Park. Marshall, c Moorhouse, b Roberts ... 51 DeMaua, b Moorhouse ... ... 6 Willis, b McGirr IS Ridley, c Gore, b Moorhouse ... ... 47 Jones, c Roberts, bGore... ... ... 19 Stevens, c Go’e, b Ogier ... 34 Panite, c and b Moorhouse 7 Ridley, b Moorhouse ... ... ••• 0 Eldridge, run out ... ... •• 9 Brooke, c Ogier, b McGirr ... 26 Moss, notout ... ••• ••• -••• 2 Extras ... ... ••• ••• *9 Total ... ... -238 Wanderers. Nicholls, c and b Moss .. ... ••• 7 Benbow, c and b '-Villis ... ... ... 7 Ogier, b Moss ... ... ••• ••• 9 Moorhouse, c Brook, bDeMaua... ... 42 Brooke, sen., c and b DeMaua ... ... 42 Brooke, c and b DeMaus... ... ••• 17 Gore, b Moss ... ••• ••• 1 Sanderson, b Moss ... ••• ••• 17 Reese, at O. Ridley, b DeMaus 2 McGirr, c Marshall, b Moss ... ... 2 Roberts, not out ... ... ••• ••• 11 Extras... ... ••• ••• 4 Total 152

CHRISTCHURCH MIDLAND v. WELLINGTON MIDLAND CLUB. Christchurch, December SO. The annual matoh between the Midland Club (Wellington) and the Midland Club (Canterbury) began at Hagley Park to-day. The weather was fine and the wicket good. The Wellington batting all round was superior to that of Canterbury, but their fielding was hardly so good. At the end of the day's play the Wellington team were 59 runs to the good, with Gillon to bat. The following are the scores and bowling analysis : Canterbury Midlands —First innings, Barnes, c Eyre b Gillon ... ... ... Rees, b Fitzsimmons ... ... ••• 26 Garrard, b Gillon ... ... ... ••• 2 Wheatley, b Fitzsimmons ... 5o Rayner, b Lawson ... ••• 4 Trewick, c Eyre b Lawson ... ... 0 Philpott, b Fitzsimmons... ... ... 2 Richards, cA. Blacklock b Fitzsimmons L Hill, c Fitzsimmons, b Lawson ... 10 Cohen, b Lawson ... ... H. Rvan, not out... ... ••• ••• 13 Extras... ... ... ••• ••• 7

Total -I, 25 Bo.wling analysis —Fitzsimmons, 144 halls, 55 runs, 3 maidens. 4 wickets ; McGirr, 12 balls, 10 runs ; Gillon, 60 balls, 27 runs, 2 maidens, 2 wickets ; Lawson, 102 balls, 26 runs, 7 maidens, 4 wickets. Wellington Midland —First innings. Salmon, c Garrard, b Trewick ... 6 A. Blacklock, c Barnes, b Rayner ... 39 R, Blacklock, b Trewick... ... .. 3 E. Brook, c Barnes, b Trewiok ... 16 Cox, b Garrard ... ... > ... ... 27 McGirr, q G. Rayner, b Wheatley ... 38 Tucker, c Richards, b Rees ...... .. 30 Eyre, b Rco3 ... r. ...... .... ” 2 Fitzsimmons, b Wheatley ... ... 2 Lawson, notout - -... ~. 9 Gillon,t,not out ~, ~, ••• 9 r ■ 1 Extras..i! ... .... ... ... 10 Total ... ... ... ... ... I§ 4 Bowling analysis.—Garrard, 78 balls, 35

runs, 2 maidens, 1 wicket ; Trewick, 102 balls, 52 runs, 1 maiden, 4 wickets ; G. Rayner, 60 balls, 16 runs, 5 maidens, 1 wicket ; Barnes, 24 balls, 20 runs ; Richards, 24 balls, 12 runs, 1 maiden ; H. Rayner, 18 balls, 9 runs: Wheatley, 32 balls, 16 runs, 1 maiden, 2 wickets, 1 noball; Rees, 24 balls, 14 runs, 1 maiden, 2 wickets. Christchurch, December 31. The match between the Midland (Wellington) and Midland (Canterbury) waß coneluded to-day, and resulted in favour of the former by six wickets. The following are the scores : Midland (Canterbury) —Second Innings. Philpott, b Fitzsimmons... ... ... 5 Rees, st Eyre, b Lawson... ... ... 10 Wheatley, run out ... ... ••• 6 Tre week, c Eyre, b Lawson .• ... 31 Richard, c and b Lawson ... ... 0 Barnes, b Fitzsimmons ... ... ... 0 Garrard, b Fitzsimmons ... ... ... 0 G. Rainer, b Fitzsimmons ... ... 0 H, Rayner, c Fitzsimmons, b Lawson ... 10 Hill, lbw, bFitzsimmons ... ... 8 Cohen, notout ... ... ... ••• 1 Extras... ... ... ... 9 Total 107 Bowling Analysis—Fitzsimmons, 153 balls, 44 runs, 5 wickets ; Gilion, 60 balls, 27 runs; Dawson, 90 ballß 27 runs, 4 wickets. Wellington Midland—Second innings. Salmon, o Rees, b Garrard ... ... 0 Lawson, b Garrard 7 Gillon, b Trewick... ... ‘ 5 A. Blacklock,b Garrard ... ... ... 0 Brooke, not out ... ... ... ... 22 R. Blacklock, not out ... ... ... 6 Extras... ... ... ... 3 Total for four wicketa ... ... 49 Bowling Analysis—Garrard, 60 balls, 24 runs, 3 wickets ; Treweek, 57 balls, 22 runs, 1 wicket. [Gillon’s score in the first Innings has been omitted by the Press Association,]

WELLINGTON v. CANTERBURY. Christchurch, December 27. The Wellington v, Canterbury match commenced this morning at Hagley Park. The heavy rain whfch fell the night before made the wicket rather dead, but the sky was clearing when Wellington (having lost the toss) took the field at a few minutes before 11 o’clock. E. J. Cottrell sent Marshall and DeMaus to face the bowling of Dryden and McGirr. Marshall sent Dryden s third ball to leg for three, but McGirr’s first over was a maiden, and Dryden followed suit. With the score at 8, McGirr bowled DeMaus off his pads. Labatt filled his olubmate’s place. He gave a very difficult chance to W. Ogier at midwicket, which was not accepted. Shortly afterward Marshall made a miss hit to leg, which nearly went into the wicket keeper’s hands, but Moorhouse could not quite reach it, and 20 went up. Immediately afterward Labatt gave another hard chance to Ogier off McGirr’s bowling, but followed it up by cutting a long Lop of Dryden’a beautifully for 3. Marshall opened his shoulders later on, and getting fairly on to one of McGirr’s sent it away to leg for 4. Directly after 40 had gone up Marshall hit one |hard back to Dryden, which he accepted, and the Lancaster Park man W6nt back to the pavilion, having played very carefully. A. Harman joined Labatt, and scoredoneoff the second ball, but immediately afterward was sent back, well stumped by Moorhouse off MoGirr, and Garrard fol* lowed. At this stage McGirr had to retire owing to having broken a sinew in one of his legs. Lawson went on in his place. A nice cut for 3 by Garrard brought 50 up.

Both men now began to liven up, and 60 went up almost directly. The Wellington fielding was very good, Nicholls especially being notioeable. The bowl ng, however, was beginning to tire, and Moorhouse went on instead of Dryden, only to have his first ball hit to leg by Labatt for 4. and Garrard performed the same operation on Lawson ;70 up. Both men repeatedly cut Moorhouse very hard, but the fieldsmen were packed pretty closely, and not many runs resulted, However, by dint of a fow singles and some byes, 80 went up, More byes and a fine leg hit by Labatt took the score on to 90, Dryden went on in place of Moorhouse, the latter taking Lawson's place. Dryden missed an easy one off his own bowling from Garrard. Labatt was not destined to see the “ hundred ’ | he had woyked so -hard for go qp, as he was beautifully caught by A. Blacklock in the slips off Moarhoqse ; Labatt, in spite of giving a chance when he had made four, played a fine innings, He “laid on the wood well,’’ and allowed very few chances of scoring to escape, W. J. Cotterell followed, but iimqediately retarned to the pavilion well caught by Salmon off Dryden, Reese joined Garrard and snicked Dryden through the slips, bringing 100 up, Reese did not seem at all happy, and in Dryden’s next over he put a rather soft one into Ogier’s hands ; 102—6 —3. Rayner followed, but in letting out wildly at Dryden, was caught in the slips by Moorhouse. The Canterbury captain, who filled the vacancy, began quickly, as he drove Dryden’s second ball to the on for 2. An

adjournment was then made for lunch. On resuming, Garrard hit his first ball from Dryden to leg for 1. Cotterell hit his next into Brooke’s hands at long.on, where it rested ; 108—8 3. Barnes faced the bowling, and hit Dryden to the off for 1, giving Garrard an opportunity of making a fine leg hit for 4. He himself did likewise during Moorhouse’s next over, and 110 went up, which was quickly followed by 120, principally gained through Garrard. Barnes apparently relished Moorhouse’s fast deliveries, as he drove him hard several.timep.. With the acore at 138, let out wildly at Dryden, and ; was clean bowled,. Garrard played very patiently, qnd although he did| not score very fast, hq was of great assistanpe to his,‘side. Moss,, the last man, hit b,b third bull fiom Dryden into Lawson's .leaving Barnes to .carry out his ,bat for a w.ell-. played 19. Perlapsthe less said about the Wellington first innings the better. >, With the exception of McGirr’ and Littlejohn not one man played avMl up to forml Moss no doubt bowled wal, but he cannot have been

nearly as difficult as would be supposed by the play of those opposed to him. However, he got all ten wickets, which must be considered a great performance in a,first-class match. The Canterbury field with one or two exceptions was very good, the catchei made by Barnes and Garrard being espe. cially noticeable. A. Blacklock and Salmon went in to face the bowling of Moss and G. Garrard. In Moss’ second over Salmon snicked one into Marshall’s hand at short-stop, where it remained. R. Blacklock joined his brother, but lie sent his first ball into Garrard’s hands. Moorhouse who followed, succeeded in driving Moss’ first ball for 2. A. Blacklock hie a ball from Garrard np to Rayner at long-leg, but the Midland man fell just as it reached him. After a series of maidens relieved by an occasional run, Moorhouse retired, caught in a similar manner to Salmon. Dryden filled the vacancy. Blacklock made the first big hit for his side, as he got Garrard away to long leg for 3, bringing 10 up. Dryden shortly followed his example by sending Moss in the same direction for 4. Dryden became the third of Marshall’s victims. Brook went in and brought 20 up by hitting Garrard to the off for 2 and driving Moss for 3. Blacklock wa3 then clean bowled by Moss. The next to go in was;McG;rr, who had a man to run for him. He made one and then lost his partner, who skied a ball from Moss to Cotterill. Littlejohn joined McGirr, who brought 30 up by hitting Garrard twice to leg for 2. Labatt went on instead of Garrard, but hail 7 scored off his first over, and McGirr brought 50 up by driving Moss beautifully for 4, but in his next over Barnes made a gallery catch in the slips, and the lame man retire! after playing a very use* ful innings for 20. Nicholls came next and went next, as Moss caught him first ball off his own bowling. Ogier joined Littlejohn, and 60 went np. Immediately after Ogier had made 5 Moss found his way into his stumps. Lawson, the last man, hit Moss to the on for 4, but the’ latter had his revenge by clean bowling him soon afterward. The innings closed for 71, leaving Littlejohn not out for 13. Canterbury’s second innings began even more disastrously than Wellington’s first. With the score at 3 A. Harman and Marshall were both out, but Barnes and Labatt did much better. The score once started soon began to mount up. Garrard played much better than he did in the first innings, and Barnes shone to advantage. De Maus played with great care and showed very good cricket, but none of the others call for much comment. As there should be no more rain to-night, Wellington will have a good wicket to play od, and will make a fight of it. The attend, anee was not good, the bicycle races proving a strong counter attraction. The following were the scores : Canterbury. —First innings.

Marshall, c and b Dryden ... .. 23 De Maus, b McGirr ... .. ... 1 Labatt, c A. Blacklock, b Moorhouse... 47 A. Harman, st Moorhouse, b McGirr ... 1 Garrard, b D-yden ... ... ... 32 W. J. Cotterell, c Salmon, b Dryden ... 1 Reese, c Ogier, b Dryden ... ... 3 Rayner, c Moorhouse, b Dryden ... 0 E. J. Cotterill, c Brooke, b Dryden ... 3 Barnes, not out ... ... 19 Moss, c Lawson, b Dryden ... ... 0 Extras .J 8 Total 138 Bowling analysis—Dryden, 190 balls, 50 runs, 5 maidens, 7 wickets ; MoGirr, 90 balls, 21 runs, 4 maiden*', 2 wickets ; Lawson, 4S balls, 24 runs, 1 maiden ; Moorhouse, 97 balls, 27 runs, 4 maidens, 1 wicket. [lt will be noticed that the bowling analysis does not agree with tho total of the innings. We, however, publish the figures as received.]

Canterbury.—Second Innings. Marshall, b Moorhouse ... ... 0 Harman, c and b Dryden ... ... 0 Barnes, cB. Blacklock, b Dryden ... 18 Labatt, o Moorhouse, b Dryden ... 14 Garrard, b McGirr ~. ... ... 23 De Maus, not out,., ... 19 W, J. Cotterill, o R, Blacklock, b Dryden ... ~, ... 3 Reese, not out ... ... ... 5 Extras... ... ... ... 12 Total for six wickets ~, ... 94 Wellington,—-.First Innings. A- Blacklock, b Moss ... ~, 9 Salmon, o Marshall, b Moss ~, ••• 1 R. Blacklock, c Qarrard, b Moss ... 0 Moorhoqse, c M ars hall, b Mqss... ... 2 Drydep, p M ars b ft U, b Moss .. -4 Brooke, c Cotterill, b Moss ... .8 McGirr, c Barnes, b Moss ~, 20 Littlejohn, not out ... ~, 13 Nicholls, q and b Moss ... ... 0 Qgier, b Mos 3 ... ~, ~, ~. 5 Lawson, b M9S3 ... ~, 4 Extras,,. ... ~, ~. 5 Total 71 Bowling analysis—Moss, 129 balls, 28 runs, 10 wickets ; Garrard, 84 balls, 22 runs ; Labatt, 42 balls, 16 runs. Christchurch, December 28.

The Canterbury v. Wellington match was continued to-day in beautiful weather, and a nice wicket left little to be desired from a batsman’s point of view. Canterbury made no stand as all, the remaining wickets falling for 17 runs. Wellington, on the other hand, played up with the utmost pluck, fielding and bowling well, and the batting of Salmon, McGirr, and Nicholls is deserving of great praise. At a quarter past 12 De Maus and Reese, the two “not out” men of the previous day, faced the howling of Dryden and MoGirr. After each had madaa single, Reese hit a ball from McGirr into Nicholls hands at point, and madojway in.favburof E. J. Cotterill j. 96-n-7—6.’ The Canterbury paptain, after; hitting M c Gfe* r toileg for 3, lost his partner, clean bowled by McGirr. I?eMaus played a careful innings, but did not make the most of the opportunities of scoring. Rayner, who came next, was soon to work, and his hits, which included a “ fiver,” soon brought 110 up. No sooner had this happened than Cotterill put his leg in front, with fatal results. Moss, the last rpan, joined Rayner, only to see him immediatelyj stumped by Mqorhouse,' and->the Cantetburv'ionihgs closed for ’lll, leavirfg Wellington 179 to get to win, Witlv vybat appeared to bo an impossibility before them.

The Welliugconrnen commenced their second innings with Salmon and Littlejohn. Garrard and Moss were deputed to overthrow them if possible. With tho score at 7, Moss cleau bowled Littlejohn, who retired in favour of A. Blacklock. The latter took the score to 10 directly by hitting Moss to leg for 3. Both men now began to score faster, and 20, followed by 30, quickly went up. Blacklock left immediately after, bowled Moss, and Moorhouse followed. Meanwhile Cotterill sent A. Harman on to relieve Garrard at the west end. This had tho desired effect, as, in Harman’s secon l over, Moorhouse skied one into W. G. Cotterill’a hmss at mid-off, and made way for Blacklock. The scoring continued at a good pace, Salmon being particularly hard on ths bowling, hitting Moss for 4. The latter, however, revenged himself, bowl’ng him the next ball ; 49—4 —32. Salmon played a really good innings, which was of the greatest assistance to his side. Brooke, who took Salmon’s place, put 50 on the board at once. Runs came Blowly, and with 60 up Harman bowled Blacklock, and Dryden went in. Brooke signalised Dryden b advent by driving Harman hard to the off for i, a really good hit ; he did not last much longer, however, as he hit Harman hard into DeMaus’ hands at mid-on. giving the Lancastrian an opportunity of making a tine oatch. McGirr same in and brought 70 up by hitting Harman to leg for 3. Dryden, in trying to do the same, sent the ball into E. J. Cot'.erill s hands at long-leg, but the Canterbury cap. tain dropped it. It did not make much difference, however, as a few minutes later Harmau knocked his stumps in a heap ; 79 7 —4, Ogier was the next rain, and hit up 8 before he retired, caught by W. J. Cotterill off Harman. Nicholls followed Ogier, and Labatt took up the bowling at the east end in place of Moss. This did not prevent the century going up, and as 110 very quiokly followed, DeMaus supplanted Harman. This change also did not prevent the runs coming, as 7 was scored off DeMaus’ first over. In his next McGirr skied one to E. J. Cotterill at mid on, but Cotterill let it drop, and 120 went up. McGirr, as if determined to make the mo t of the let-off, drove Labatt for 4 and followed it up by hitting him to leg for a like number— 130 up. This brought Moss on again, and 8 runs later Garrard caught McGirr off DeMaus ; 138—9—31. McGirr played a useful and plucky innings, and was loudly applauded on his return to the pavilion. It now looked any odds on Canterbury, and so it proved, as Lawson, the last,man, was caught immediately by W. J. Cotterill, off DeMaus, leaving Canterbury winners by 39 runs. Nicholls, who was not out with 29 to

his credit, played a hard hitting, free innings, and well deserved hia runs. Scores:— Canterbury.—Second innings. Marshall, b Moorhouse ... 0 Harman, c and b Dryden ... ... 0 Barnes, cR. Blacklock, b Dryden ... 18 Labatt, c Moorhouse, b Dryden... ... 14 Garrard, b McGirr ... ... ... 23 W. J. Cotterill, c B. Blacklock, b Dryden ... ... ... 3 DeMaus, b McGirr ... ... ... 20 Reese, c Nicholls, b McGirr .. ... 6 E. J. Cotterill, lbw, b McGirr ... ... 6 Rayner, st Moorhouse, b Dryden ... 8 Moss, not out ••• 9 Extras... ... ••• 13 Total ... ••• HI Bowling analysis—Dryden, 164 s balls, 35 runs, 5 wickets; Moorhouse, 66 balls, 25 runs, 1 wioket; McGirr, 96 balls, 38 runs, 4 wickets. Wellington.—Second innings. Littlejohn, b Moss ... ... ... 1 Salmon, b Moss ... ... ... 32 A. Blacklock, b Moss ... ... ... 12 Moorhouse, cW. J. Cotterill, b Harman 0 R. Blacklock, b Harman... ... ... 9 Brooke, «i DeMaqs, b Hainan .. ... IQ DrydeD, b Harman ... ... 4 McGirr, c Garrard, h DeMaua ... ... 31 Ogier, c W. J. Cotterill, b Harman S Nicholls, notout ... ... ... 29 Lawson, cW. J, Cotterill, b DeMaus.., 1 Ex ras... .., 2 Total 139 Bowling analysis. —Moss, 150 balls, 44 rqns, 3 wickets ; Garrard, 54 balls, 15 runs ; Harmau, 90 balls, 43 runs, 5 wiokefes j Labatt, 24 balls, l? rqns ; DeMaq9, 30 balls, 18 runs, 2 wickets.

RIVALS Y-. MOTUEKA, Nelson, December 27. A cricket match was played at Motueka to-day between the Wellington Rivals and a Motuoka eleven, the latter defeating the Rivals by nine wickets. Scores :—Rivals, 4S and 40 j Motueka, 55 and 34, with the loss of two wiokets. AUCKLAND y. DUNEDIN. Dunedin, December 27. Contrary to all expectations the toterpro. vincial cricket match, Auckland v. Otago, was completed in one day. Except in the second innings of Auckland, when Kissling showed good hitting power and good defence, the display of batting was about the poorest seen in interprovincial cricket. The Caledonian ground was in fine order, but the wicket having been damped favoured the bowlers at first, but rapidly became a batsman’s. The game resulted in a victory for Auckland by eight wickets. Scores—Otago, first innings, 62 ; second, 6S. Auckland;, first innings, 48 ; second, two wicketa-for--83. • • ’> ’ v ’ ‘ ”

AUCKLAND vrCANTERBURY. : *i Crt CHHisTcffUßciH, Deosmbfß^R i The following .have selected to raj present Canterbury' in tno cricket match j against Auckland s— —E. J. Barnes, W. J. Cotterill, H. DeMaus, C. Garrard, R. Halley, A. Harman, A. Labatt, G. Marshall, W. Moss, H. Ogier, A. Ridley. Christchurch, January 1.

The Auckland v. Cant rbury long-looked-for match was started at Lancaster Park today, but owing to the extremely unfavourable, weather, waa not. advanped .much. Barnes,*.the. Canterbury skipper, ’won the . toss frorri' and elected to 1 send hlis‘ men" in. A south-west gale was blowing, with Bteady rain. It was raining when Ltfbatt and Marshall faced

Rees and Stemson ; the former bowled with « howling gale right behind him, and StemBon had an uphill task of trying to keep the runs down against the wind. Marshall soon left, neatly caught by Kissling at third man, and made way for A. HarmnD, the telegraph showing 0 —l—o. A slight s'and was made, but with nine recorded Labatfc played all across Rees and was bowled. DeMaus came and went, and three good men were out for nine runs when Garrard joined Harman. Rees was not to be denied, however, and bowled Garrard for 0, the telegraph showing 11—4—0 as Ridley wended his way to the wicket. He started by hitted Rees to leg several times, but was soon splendidly caught by O’Brien at longleg; 17 —5—6. Barnes came next, and soon scored a single off Stemson, and continued with a pair of braces off Rees, but was shortly after cleaned Ibowled by Rees. 24—6 —5 was signalled as W. J Cotterill partnered Harman, who had "been batting very carefully all through, but with the total unaltered ; the last named player allowed Stemson to get a good one past him, and 24—-7 —5 appeared. This Bcoro seemed to point to a very poor performance on the part of Canterbury, but Halley’s association with Cotterill produced better things. The weather was getting gradually worse, and all the fieldsmen were soaked through, and the ball ditto, but Kisaling’s men kept at it, and the batsmen in seemed to find the bowling very easy, despite the huge quantities of sawdust that were used to dry the ball. Mainly by drives the score went on, and at lunch time it stood at 61 for seven wickets, Cotterill, not out, .18, and Halley, not out, 19, a decided improvement since the fall of the last wicket. After lunch the two captains, Kissling and Barnes, met, and as the weather was getting, if anything, a trifle worse, it was decided to draw stumps until noon tomorrow. Scores

Canterbury—First Innings. P. Marshall, c Kissling, b Reeß... ... 0 Labatt, b Bees ... ... ... ... 4 A. Harman, b Stemson . ... ... 5 De Mans, b Rees ... ... 0 Garrard, b Rees ... ... ... ... 0 Ridley, c O’Brien, b Rees ... ... 6 Barnes, b Rees ... ... ... ... 5 W. Cotterill, not out ... .. .. 18 Halley, not out ... ... ... ... 19 Byes ... .. ... ... ... 1 Leg-byes ... ... ..., ... 2 Total for seven wickets ... 61 SOUTH CANTERBURY v. PHCENIX (.'JUNE DIN). Dunedin, December 31. Heavy rain fell this afternooo, and put an end to tfce cricket match pbceuix v. South Canterbury. The Phoenix, who went in first, declared the innings closed at 207 for nine wickets, but the rain prevented their opponents going in. The weather has now taken up, and probably a fine day may follow.

The annual match, Wellington Working Men’s Club v. Grey town, took place Wednesday at Greytpwn, and was won by the home team after a well contested game. Judd played well for Greytown, and Messrs Earlaud, WiJlis, Bishop, and Kilsley also did well for the losing team. A cold collation provided by Mr Jones of the Foresters’ Arms, and the train home finished a most enjoyable outing. A one inning’s match was played on the Basin Reserve on Saturday between teams representing the Phceoix and Wellington Clubs, the former winning by 72 runs. The Wellingtons batted first and scored 82— Day 26, Lockienot out 16, and Ronaldson 12, being the principal scorers. Taylor secured six wickets for 30 runs, and Frith three for 47* The PhceDix team made 154. Morice played a capital innings for 64, and the other double figure scorers were—Taylor 26, Frith 11, and Britain 17. Newfcold bowled best for the Wellingtons. No. 2 pitch was occupied by teams from the warehouses of P. Hayman and Co. and J. Duthie and Co., the former proving victorious by nine runs on the first innings, the scores being :—Haymaa and Co., 73 (McKenzie (not out) 30, Weston 12) ; Duthie and Co., 64 (Dixon 15, Waters (not out) 14, Anderson 12). In their second innings the representative of Hayman and Co. put together 131 (Reid 57, McKenzie (not out) 26, O’Driscoll 25', aud when stumps were drawn Duthie s team had lost five wickets for 41, of whioh number Anderson contributed 31. For the winners C. and H. Taylor and Reid did best service with the ball ; Wilson, Anderson and Dyer dividing the hououre on the other side. A return match will be played shortly.