MATCHES AT STOKE.

Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13613, 3 January 1913, Page 6

MATCHES AT STOKE.

A pricket match lof considerable lo6a\ interest was played at Stoke on the 21st December between the old residents and the boys of tho Industrial School. On paper the old residents appeared (to bo too strong iqx their opponents, but tho boys, rose to tho occasion and won by 29 runs. In the afternoon tea was dispensed by the Stoke ladies. It was a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon's sport, and tho 'gam© and its return match wall in.all probability be regarded as an annual fixture in the'future. Messrs. faablin and Ching were, the umpires. Jho following are the scores: — OLD RESIDENTS. "Andrew 6 Brown Bushby " Allport . ■ o • Saxton . o7 Izard 34 Wood • «.. . 11. Smith 0 Edwards ' ' . ■ A. Smith 3 Morris ® Sundries . ' Total 87 BOYS' TEAM. McEvoy 4* O'Brien 0 Pctorsen U Gee 6 Wilson I Fenwick 7 Curry 1 Malloy . S Pointon 10 McGregor 0 Sundries 36 ' . Total , 116 Brown, 4 wic/kets, and Wood, 3 wickets, wero tho best bowlers for the old residents, and Curry, 6 for 31, for j the school. A cricket match was playet? on Christmas Day between the Stoke Industrial School and a scratch Stoke. team. The school won by 75 runs, scoring 121 to 46. For tho school McEvoy 53, Pointon 18, and Ormond 12 were the best scorers, and M. Giblin 13 for Stoke. Cuxry, 9 for 12, for the school, and M. Giblin and Taylor i were tho best bowlers.