Southland Cricket Association.

Southland Times, Issue 12490, 5 January 1893, Page 2

Southland Cricket Association.

TOWN v. COUNTRY. The first match played under the rules of the above association took place on Monday on the I.C.C. ground. The interest taken in the game was proved by the country members representing Queenstown, Lumsden, Riverton, Bluff, Wyndham and Mataura Clubs rolling up to a man. They were reckoned a strong bowling and fair batting team, whilst the “ townies ” were thought weak in the former department. However, victory was with the local men, the Country boys only making|4s and 37, whilst the Town made 123 in their first innings thus winning by an innings and 31 runs. Raymond captained the Country and Burnes the Town men. Subjoined are the scores: Town—lst Innings. Brown, I’C., c Boyne b Reed 12 Smith, 1.C.. b Reed ... 14 Kingsland, 1.C., b Reed ... ... 0 Lillicrap, Star C. c Gibson b Reed ... 3 Burnes, 1.C., cand b Reed ... ...” 3 Watson, 1.C.,1 bwßeed ... ... 2 Twemlow, Star C., b Penny ... ... 15 Borne, Star C., b Raymond . 26 Wann, Star C., o Wilson, b Raymond ... 20 Currie, 1.C., b Raymond 0 Dalrymple, 1.C., not out 7 Extras ... ... 11 Total ... 123 Country—lst Innings. Penny, Mataura, c Brown, b Dalrymple 6 Reed, Bluff, b Dalrymple 0 Gibson, Wyndham, b Dalrymple ... 19 Owens, Riverton, c Currie, b Dalrymple 0 Honey wood, Lumsden, b Dalrymple ...‘ 0 Morris, Wyndham, b Dalrymple ... 0 Raymond, Wyndham, b Kingsland ... 2 Wilson, Bluff, b Dalrymple ... ... 0 Clark, Riverton, not out... ... .... 6 Watson, Lumsden, o Dalrymple, b Kingsland ... ... ... 5 Boyne, Queenstown, b Kingsland ... 0 Extras 7 Total ... : ... ... ... 45 Country—2nd Innings, Clark, b Twemlow ..., 2 Raymond, c Brown, b Twemlow ... 10 Penny, b Currie ... 1 Gibson, c and b Twemlow ... ... 1 Honeywood, c sub., b Currie 0 Morris, b Currie ... 5 Wilson, stumped Lillicrap, b Twemlow 8 Reed, c Watson, b Currie ... ... 0 Owens, b Twemlow ... ... ... 2 Watson, o Wann, b Twemlow ... ... 0 Boyne, not out ... ... 1 Extras... ... ... 7 ■ . Total ‘ ... ... w. 37 Town Bowling Averages. Balls. Wkts. Mdns. Runs.

The Country tried eight bowlers, Reed, 6 wickets and Haymond, 3, being the ' most successful. Their fielding was poor and contrasted greatly with that of the City boys. The batting of Borne (Star), Wann (Star), Smith (1.C.) and Twemlow (Star) is worthy of mention. Borne playecj a nice innings, opening his shoulders aud pitting'force into his work; he takes the. bat precepted by Messrs gargood, Son , and Ewen for the highest score in the match. The visitors were entertained at luncheon by the “ townies ” at the Stag’s Head hotel where a nice luncheon was laid for 30 in'an admirable manner, Messrs Cross and Harraway carried out their duties as umpires in tlipir usual. satisfactory manner. ,The proceeds from the gate exceeded , the expectations of 'the S.C.A., and will help to pay the expenses attached to floating the Association ■MessrsA spray, Coates, Watson, Currie, axd Northcote (officers of the Association) worked

hard to make the gathering a success and could not ba disappointed in their efforts. On Tuesday a scratch match was played on the Star ground Town .v. Country, but the Bluff was too great an attraction to the countrymen and they were poorly sen ted. The scores were—Country 46, andTown 246, to which T. Kingsland (78 retired) and Brown (61), Smith (33) were the largest contributors.

Dalrymple .. . 65 7 6 16 Kingsland .. . 36 3 4 5 Burns . 30 0 2 17 Currie . 70 4 4 22 Xwemlow .. . 67 6 9 8