CRICKET.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume I, Issue 19, 6 December 1890, Page 6

CRICKET.

The Cup matches were continued last Saturday, and some interesting cricket was shown. The wickets were in good run-getting order, but the grass in the outfield being rather long made the scoring slower than it otherwise would have been. Gordon v. United.—-The former, winning the toss, batted all the afternoon for the large score of 193 for two wickets. Lusk played a splendid innings, and is now 98 not out. He was badly missed by Lynch when he had made about half-a-dozen, this mistake thus costing them dearly. Moresby made 42 in good style, but was unfortunate in being run out when well set. Goulstone' also played fine cricket, and is not out with 36. Williams made u, and was dismissed by a splendid catch in the outfield by Miller. Should next Saturday be

y fine, and the wicket be in good order, Gordon should put up a record score. Auckland v. Parnell. —Auckland took the wickets, and batting* short as usual, made 99Howlett, Richards, T. Neill and R. Neill made nearly all the runs. Howlett got his ruus (27 not out) in fine free style, and when the wickets get faster he should make a lot of runs. Parnell have lost five wickets for 50, of which Walker got 22 and Mills 14. Gardiner had the bad luck to be run out, through a smart piece of fielding on Howlett’s part. Alpha v. St. Mary’s.—The former, batting first, could do very little with Stone’s bowling, and were all dismissed for 54. St. Mary s have lost five wickets for 43, of which Stichbury made 13 3nd Moran 12 not out. Gordon 11. Y- Wanderers. —Gordon no (Ball 36 and Gilfillan 34); Wanderers 31 for seven wickets (Clark 19). Victoria v. Mount Roskill.i —The former scored 106 (R«'Laver-46) a 'S a -i ns t the latter s 36* • Belmont v. Star.—Belmont, first innings, 27, second, 78; Star, first innings, 58 (Brookes 14, Speight 20). . Educational Chambers v. Queen s Col-lege.l—-The former scored 74, of which Harris got 29 not out, W. Howard 18, and Kelly 10, against the latter’s 62 for eight wickets (Bell 30 not out).

The match between Donald Ross and Harry Dunn for the Championship ended in a draw. Each had obtained two falls in the different styles. The finish was collar and elbow. After a protracted struggle neither of them could get a fall when time was up. The Steam Yacht Imogene, recently launched by Messrs. Fleming and Ferguson, Shipbuilders, Paisley, was tried on the Clyde measured mile, on September 12th, and attained 14 knots per hour, the engines working without hitch or stoppage of any kind. The Imogene is a 410 tons yacht measurement, her dimensions being 157 feet by 24 feet by 15 feet 6 inches. She has been built for Mr. J. R. Wood of New South Wales, and is schooner rigged. The deck-houses and all deck fittings are of teak with bulwarks of steel panelled with teak;' 7 * The : dining saloon is on the deck forward, panelled in oak. ,A staircase leads from the saloon to the drawing room. Forward there are three state rooms fitted up in handsome style; also dark room for photographic purposes, stewards, servants, and cooks room, bath, etc. The engines are the builders’ patent quadruple expansion type to indicate 1000 horse-power, and it is claimed for them that they are especially adapted for yachts, owing to the absence of vibration in working, and to the comparatively small space they occupy, being no more than that of any ordinary two-cylinder compound engine.