INVERCARGILL C.C. v MATAURA AND DISTRICT.

Southland Times, Issue 4494, 5 December 1882, Page 2

INVERCARGILL C.C. v MATAURA AND DISTRICT.

[By Long Stop]. On Saturday afternoon an eleven of the. local club played against a combined team representing Mataura, Gore, and Wyndham. and secttred a victory on the first innings by 6'J runs ; the totals being respectively 115 and 4G. The visiting team was much weakened by the absence of two leading players, whose places had to he taken by others of less skill or experience. Tarlton captained the combined team, and Mi haffey a* ted as skipper of the I. C.C. players. Tho former won the toss, nnd elected to send his opponents to Ihe wickets. Howorth and Mehaffey accordingly donned the pads, and Dewar and Mullaly began the bowling, De war's first over proved fatal to Howarth, wli" made wav for Kingsland. When tlie score stood at 14, a bumpy ball touched Mehaffey 's glove and lodged in Mullaly's hands in slip. On Galbraith's appeaiance the stand of the innings was made, he and King'Slapd playing with unusual stenduieeß,

When the latter had added 17 to the score ' he was given out leg before wicket. Ham only secured 2, when he was taken in slip by J&ullaly. Morison showed good form for his 12. Galbraith's innings of 54 was the feature of the game. The defence was good ,- a return to the style of a few seasons ago, and the, hitting was both clean aud well-timed. It was not till 113 bad been obtained that this batsnvan was got rid of. KingswfeJ], with 0 ; Bennett, with 1 - Gurr, with 2, not out ; and Morgan, with 0, concluded the inning.-*. Mitchell being absent at the fall of the ninth wicket, had no opportunity of batting. The bowling of the visitors was at times very good — the most successful trundler being Mahoney, who secured 4 wickets for 3 runs. Dewar obtained 3 wickets for 33, Raymond 1 for 21, and Mullaly 1 for 38. At the conclusion of the innings the rain, which had been threatening for gome time, began to fall steadily, and play was for a while stopped. It seemed as if it would not be possible to finish the match, but the visitors expressing willingnes to bat in the rain, Me haff oy put his men in the field, and the combined team com menced their innings. Wickets fell rapidly, none of the batsmen getting into double figures. Tail ton was unlucky enough to be run out when he was well set. The highest score was made by Raymond with 9 ; Lapthorne came next witb 8, obtained by two hits out of the ground, and Tarlton third with 7. Of the I. C.C. bowlers, Kingsland got five wickets for 15 runs, Mehaffey three for 5, and Howorth one for 19. The visitors beiny more than sixty behind their opponents, had to follow OD,and had made 57 for six wicket**, when the stumps were drawn. Tarlton played very finely for 30 not out. He wa«, however, caught at the wickets, off Mehaffey, when h* had made 17, but the umpire did not observe that the ball had struck tho bat and decided accordingly that the batsman was not out. Mai tin with 9 and Dewar with G were the only others who could do anything with the bowling. Howorth proved more successful in his second effort, getting three wickets for 18 rims. Moiison bowled well also. Owing to the wetness of the ground it was no easy matter for the bowlers to hold the ball. The fielding* on both sides was very creditable. Tarlton at point was particularly good, and Mitchell at the wickets displayed his customary skill. M'-ssrs Sebo and Cameron kindly acted as umpires, not the rosiest of billets, when ruin is steadily falling. SOUTHLAND NEWS V. TIMES. That the pursuit of field sports is not inconsistent with sedentary occupations, was evinced by the readines* with which a challenge to a cricket match, emanating from the staff of tins journal, was accept 3d liy tlr-it of the Southland News. The friendly spirit of rivalry sub-sifting between the " companionships" culminated for the first time on Saturday last, in a match played by eleven from each office, on the Western Reserve. That both were ea<j;er for the fray was sliown by the fact that it was only on Monday last that the nutter was first definitely arranger!. Practice was immediately and assiduously entered upon by both teams, and for the time being, cricketing assumed a preeminent position in the discussions usual amongst the " comps." -The in itch was int''i*estin°r, not so much on account of the skill disp'ayed, but because of its being the first ot what, arc expected by many to bo periodical contests. The outcome of tli3 present game i.s expect-. d to be a return match, when the result may be be reversed. The weather was abominable, and the ground in extremely had condition. Play was carried on under almost incessant rain, which made matters particularly unpleasant, for the fielders especiallv. Play commenced at four o'clock, Miller, captain of the News team, winning the toss, and electing to go to the wickets ; Joyce, who occupied the same position in the TIMES eleven, putting on McKillop and Stirling to howl. The batting proved by uo means formidable, the different players coming and going in mournful procession, until the eleven were disposed of for 16 runs. The only player of the team who made anything like a stand was Cavenagh, who obtained 8. Seven of the team made the dreaJed " duck's eggs ; '' McKillop's bowl ing proving altogether too deadly, while Stirling was also well on. The Times commenced their first innings to the trundling of Miller and Pettigrew. It appeared something like a certainty that they would heat 16 easily enough, but when the first three retired as quickly as they came for "duck's eggs," things began to assume a different aspect. Stirling and McKillop, however, who had done good service in bowling, were equally to the fore with tho bat, making the only stand throughout the innings — the former scoring 10, aud the latter 5, before being disposed of. E. Thomson also made 5 ; Ward and Morrison, 3 each. The remaining six batsmen having the round "0" recorded against them. The innings closed for 32. of which 6 were extra I*.1 *. The second innings of the News was a little more fortunate than the first, the total reached being 20 runs. To McKillop's howling most of the credit is due, he having secured 8 wickets for 9 runs. A. Feldwick was the highest noorei' with 6 ; five of the team this time recording the fatal figure. The Tunes requiring only 5 runs to win, McKillop and Stirling went in and succeeded Mn obtaining them without the loss of a wicket, thus scoring a victory for the morning paper by 10 wickets. Throughout the game Stevenson, and Cavenagh kept wickets in a creditable manner, and Messrs George Allen and J. Keen umpired, for the TIMES aud News, respectively. At the conclusion of the play Mr G. li. Joyce called for three cheers for the News staff, which was heartily given, and responded to by a similar camplum nt from Mr Miller. A fair muster of spectatois was on the ground, but we opine thc-y must have been friends "f the r-ontestiints to have faced the weather. r de I hanks of the players are due to the committee of the I.C.U. for the loan of a portion of their crick*, ting plant.