Cricket.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1899, 8 November 1886, Page 2

Cricket.

Sides were picked on Saturday on the Cireytown Reserve and the game was even and interesting Some good batting was shown but the fielding wes very bad on both sides : we might, however, bestow a small meeu d ptaiw <?n young Blaguire who really fielded very well. H. Hawke, |he left band

captain, played very good cricket for hie rone, which included a H;)li''idid tq'iiiu Lit for 5 off Cox ; whilst A. Wtkelin, K. ItuinetL-id end Lucent tleo did well. Cox tbe hand otptaio heeded the score for bisel <, bnt when well set was unfortunately run o-t. W. Judd played well, and Leeks, Caff, Kuell and Maguire did their part famously. Appended is the score. T. A. Cox’s side—Cox 28. W Judd 18, Cuff 8, Leeks 9, Knell 7, Turner 8, O Jackson 3, Maguire, not out, 6, F Hawke 0, F Merson 1, P Rutherford 0, extras 18. Total 90. H. Hawke’s side-H Hawke 84. Rutherford 10, C Beard 0, Webster 0, EooletonS. Lucent 7,0 Hawke 8. Wakelin 9. Smith3.T Merson, uot out 1, Hobman 0, extias 21. Total 98. The match, Oreytown v Lower Butt will commence at 12 o’clock to-morrow, when every player is requested to appear in his colors.