KAWHIA.

Waikato Times, Volume LV, Issue 6278, 19 November 1903, Page 3

KAWHIA.

J-K".n ''l'll ii\YN Co!;iiEM'ONI>KNT On Saturday, thy lUi iust, on the Kawhia ground, tho h.--t cricket mutch of the season was played bet ween teams representing iv?i v\ ii .;l on th" one side, and a combination >'t oparau. Awaroaatid Kinohaku on the other. Mi I'. C. Crookes captained tho town players, aud .Mr F. Hirst the combined team. The utmost good feeling prevailed throughout the match, which resulted in i win for the combined team by 1/ run.> on ihb first innings, tho scores being s;t and 1-2 respectively. Kain prevented the match trim beii'g iinuhed. During the tir-t innings Orookos took 7 wickets for 25 runs. Newton one for six, Jourdain one tor 13, and Buckeridge one for ten, while L. Armitage by some lucky and hard hitting ran up 2S, not out. The Kawhia players' first innings was very unlucky, three good men being unfortunately run out. The innings clo-ed for 12, Wightmann with 8 making top score. Derecourt and Arinitage divided tho bowling honours, while Hirst also put up some good work. During the second innings of the combined team L. Armitage, with IS, again made top score for the country placers, while Moke, a Kawhia man, made ten, not nut. Buckeridge took three wickets for 17, Jourdain oue for none, aud Cr-okes four for 2.1, the latter performing the " hat trick," imJJ! lately after which the Kawhia players subscribed the usual i s tid tor the captain. The inuings closed for -it, thus leaving the town players 59 to get in half an hour to win ; but as the batsmen went in to hit at everything, eight wickets fell for 38, when

tinib was called, Hirst and L. Armit :ge, sharing the bowlir.LT honours. The usual cheers were given iea:ns, skippers ami umpires. During ui* afternoon a very nice tea was pre. i ieu tor both teams by Mesdames Newtou and Symons, who, at the close of the game, were accorded three hearty cheers by all on the ground. The bowling analysis of the town team was: Crookes, 11 for 50 ; Buckeridge, 4 for 27 ; Jourdain, 2 for 13 ; Newton, 1 for 0. In the evening the visitors and their friends indulged in a very enjoyable "smoke concert" in Rosamond House. On November 28th, a combined Harbour team will visit Raglan to try conclusions with the local players, who are considered very strong this year. It is now understood that the Minister of Lands has resolved to abide by Mr Mueller's decision to hold the sale of the To Maika town sections in Auckland. Mr George Henry Buckeridge is announced as a candidate for the Board of Education, and, it is said, is promised a great amount of support. The weather here during the last ten days seems completely broken, rain having fallen almost continuously for over a week, but as it is also very warm, the grass and fruit trees are looking particularly well. Kegatta affairs are progressing very favourably, and the annual carnival promises to be a great success. (Jeneral regret is being expressed throughout this district on account of the indisposition of Mr and Mrs W. W. McCardle, who have both for some time been confined to bed with severe illness. It is sincerely to be hoped that they will soon be convalescent. Mrs Bell, on behalf of the Te Maika and Taharoa settlers, is applying to the Board of Education to establish a school somewhere in ttiat vicinity, and as there are now about 50 children, natives and European, and very soon more to follow, the request should, ere long, be granted. It is generally reported here that tho directors of the Northern S. S. Co. have had the (juestion of improved shipping facilities between Onehunga, Raglan, Kawhia and Waitara under consideration for some months past, and that arrangements are nearly completed for a really up-to-date service, details of which are not yet to hand.