CRICKET.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume I, Issue 38, 18 April 1891, Page 2

CRICKET.

The final match of the season was completed on Saturday, when the Lancaster Park eleven defeated the same club’s fifteen, and thus won the senior cup for the season. The weather was extremely unpleasant during the whole of the afternoon, and consequently spectators were not numerous. With seven wickets down for 110 the eleven continued their first innings which closed with the score at 152. The bowling of the fifteen was fairly good. Cuff 34, Wilding 30, and North 35 not out, being the only ones to play it with any confidence. Being 73 runs behind the first innings, the fifteen again went in but were not as succesful as in their first attempt, as the last wicket fell with the score at 65. The juniors cannot be complimented on the interest they took in the match as only nine of them put in an appearance, and this probably accounts for their one innings defeat. The Park eleven who now take the senior cup have gone through the season without a single defeat. At a committee meeting of the Cricket Association, it was decided not to go on with the junior cup matches. This gives the cup to the Lancaster Park team, but had the matches been played out it is generally thought that Midland must have won A. Harman 41 of the United heads the list of senior cup batting averages, followed by Cohen 35, Cottrill 27, McDonald 27. In the Bowling averages, Labatt comes out best with an average of 6.60, then comes De Mans 7.22, Jones 7.42, Cant ’ 8.20. It is remarkable that the six highest bowling averages are all Lancaster Park men.