CRICKET.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1734, 13 December 1887, Page 3

CRICKET.

ASHBURTON 0 o'. VlB ASHBCRTON £ WOOLLEN FAOTORY CO. f * Tho above match was commenced on s Saturday, resulting so for, slightly In J favor ol the Aihbnit m Woollen Faotory. l The Ashburton Club winning the toos, ' elected to bat. With the exception of J James m and Donahue, who reachad c .1....U1,. (',,v,,™r> tha i-nnh nt iVia Oinlt'a C

wicketa made but a poor show, and .tho ' Inning 3 closed for tho small acoro of 45. J; SawJe' performing tho rare foat of * capturing 4 wicketa m one over. For the * Woollen Factory, Walmesley 23, and < Chapman 22, nndo a good stand and hit tho Club's boilers merrily about before r they wore disposed of. Tl\a remaining ' batsmen did not glvo much trouble, and J, enccumbed easily for the total score of < 69, being thus 24 ahead of their opponents. J The Ashbcrton Club entered npon their J Eocond inninga and lost 5 wloketo for 49 ' runs whei tlmo was up. I Subjoined are tho scores : — ° Auhburton 0.0. — First Innings. l Simpson, b Walmealoy ... ... 1 j Maiuwaring. b Waimeßloy 4 ' Jsnrsou, o Foaroo b Hiwio ... ... 15 r liar^i-oavpfl, b Walmoßljy ... ... 0 ' IVTo^ro, b Sawlo ... 0 •. Donshiro, o Atkinson, b Savvlo ... 10 Fooka, A., b VValmesley ... ... 6 Fookr, J., b 0. Atkinam 2 Strftn^o, b Sawlo ' ... 0 | Merewether, not out ... ... ... 4 Andrews, G. W. , o Walmoa'ey b Sawlo 0 Howaon, b "Wnilmoßloy 0 Byoa ... ... .. ... 4 Total ... 45 Aahburton Woollen Factory — lat Innings, i Atkinson, 0., b Andrews ... „. 1 Sawle, run out 5 Ibei, b Jameson 0 1 Walmeßley, o Androwß, b Simpson ... 23 Atkinson, EL, b Jameson , 0 , Chapman, b Simpson ... 22 Burnlp, oA, Fooks, b Simpicn ... 1 Rogers, b Strange ... ..« ... 6 Pearoo, b Simpson 4 ' Murgatroyd, b Strange 0 Broadley, A., b Strange ... ... 1 ' Broadley, 0., b Strange 3 ' Pennlngton, b Simps jn 0 1 Steelo, b Stran<::o 0 f B.\rrow, b Strangn 1 Ohoatr, c and b Simpson 0 I Graham, b Strango ... 1 ] Smith, not out... ..- 0 Byes 1 Toial CO Aohburton 0 C, —Second Innings Dpnohlro, b Rawlo ... ... ... 5 Oaygili, (sub) b Ibel 8 Mainwarlng, b Walraesley 7 ' Simpson, b Ouchanan ... „, 15 Fooks, J , b Buchanan 0 Strange, not oat 12 „ Byoa , 2 £ Total for 5 wickets ... ... 49

7ho TimaruJO.O. aro journlng up on tho lGth to play the Aehbucton, and the cricketing committee aro very anxious that tho wild oata and grata which now actually stands over 4ft high surrounding the nore or ho they have cleared away j should bo cut. This, they understood, would bavo been mowod lo»g ago. In consequence of thio a great deal of time was lost on Saturday In hunting about for balls lost theroin, nil much troublo was caused to • tho gamo, and crickotora freely oxpreEßed their annoyance and indignation that the public recreation ground, tho town's cricket ground " par cxctillouco '■' to all intcnlo and purpoaon, ( should over had been allowed to bo lot for ] out cropping as it lr s lately been. What an outcry there- would have boon if this ( had occurred m any other town, siy Chrlatchurch foe instance*, If the H^gloy Park ftrounda were put into crop. Orickotorß feel very eoro on tho subject that tho ground should bo rendered unfit for tho purpooe it was dosigoed for, — viz, a public ground for promoting the people's health and recreation.