Cricket.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5550, 23 February 1886, Page 3

Cricket.

TONGARIRO v. ARAWA. TO THS EDITOR OF THE STAB. Sir, — Enclosed please find letter from Mr Smith, of the Tongariro, which you will kindly publish, and also decide for me which of the two claimants is entitled to my gift. Mr Warren claimed the bat on Monday night as the highest scorer, but this morning I received the letter enclosed, which has placed me in a dilemma. It i strikes me that, as each team had a sub- ! stitute, the highest scorer wins the bat, | but that I leave for your final decision. — I am, &c., JAMES E. DARNILL. I "ToJ. E. Darnill, Esq. " Dear Sir, — Having had my attention I called to a paragraph in Saturday evening's Star, which stated that you had generously offered to present a bat to the highest

scorer in the match to be played between i the Arawa and Tongariro Elevens, I beg ! to state that I consider I am entitled to the above, scoring 23, being the highest individual score in either ship's company, Mr Warren, who scored 37, being an officer ! of the ship Wellington, therefore only a j substitute in the Arawa's eleven, as wa3 : Captain Owen, who played for the Tongariro, that being understood. " Trusting that you will acknowledge the validity of my claim, " I beg to remain, " Tours respectfully, " H. S. Smith. " N.Z.S. Company's Tongariro." [Unle3s it was expressly stipulated beforehand that substitutes could not compete ! for the bat given by Mr Darnill, we are j decidedly of opinion that the highest I scorer in either eleven, whoever he might I be, is clearly entitled to claim it. — Ed. j Star.]