Cricket.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 85, 24 February 1876, Page 5

Cricket.

cLtrmA. fTtapanui. A match between representatives of these Clubs was played at Balcluthii on Friday last, when the visitors *score,<i a signal victory, which they fully' deserved. It was previously agreed .that only one match should be played, this season, which, as our readers are aware, took place at Clinton a few weeks, since, when the Tapanui team were t b,eaten. At 10.45,01^1 ton took the field,' Strath and Campbell going in to the bowling of Barlow and Moore. The batting does not call forth any special remark, Mooney and Hare being the only ones who made any. stand. The fielding 6$ the Balclutha team was anything biit . up to the mark — M'K«y at point,' M'Girr cover, and Hawson long-stop being the only ones who acquitted, themselves creditably. Clutha sent in Renner and. Loudon, Bucuahan- com- , mencing th 9 attack, and his fifth ball proved fatal to Lou don. Renner was the only one who made double figures. M'Girr played a careful not-but innings of 7. The remainder of tjjfo team were . very easily dismissed, the. ' bowlings of Buchanan and the fielding of the Tapanui team being excellent — the whole field appeared to work together, like a clock. Mooney at point distinguished himself by making a. sppidid righfchanded catch high in the air. Tapaini j* second innings resulted in the cr'edlifc'a-^ ble total oi' 78 being scored. It was in this innings that the Clutha fielding, ' with the exception of M'Kay and M'Girr, was so miserable, giving their opponents tvery opportunity to procure runs. Strath and Hare played well for 6 and 7 respectively. Smith made 22 in a very free style,, and parried out his bat The ground was certainly in very bad order, which will account in a great* measure for the, large number of byes obtained by Tapanui. We think the bowling should have been changed, especially as. there were two or three : changes in the team. From, what we have seen of Smith's bowling we quite believe it would been more telling /; on such ground, and it is a great mistake that he was notput.on. . Clutha .] only scored 38 in their second innings. , M'Kay, who was wrongly given' out, playing splendidly for 11.

TAPANTtt.

FIKST INNINGS • ' Campbell, b Barlow .... ... 1 ; ' Strath, b Moore ... ... ;.."" .2 :, Buchanan, b Moore... / .... . ' „..■: 1 M'Jannet,. c Moore, b Barlow ... 1 , Hewit, run pat ... -*•...' ... ; 3 - : : Mooney; :<j M^Girr, b ßarlow -„ ;7. - Hare, c Hawson*- j> Moore.. ■ ..'; 7; M"Kellar; I b#K ffi|^;,, , ... 0 f Smith, b Moore ...%."■.." ... O ; -. ".:.'* M*Dunyrarioujfe ■; r,.-^ ... :. 6. Telford, nofc>6ut ... ; , *.„ . , ... 0' ; '' Byes:'''- h . ■ -..'■' ■'- : r 9 - -'- Leg byes . ••"■■<- -,-fi ■■- "| t v'/ .-, Wide;] ,-,.;: -. " ( , ;.; . r „ 'l" Si - ~ ■ : '. \''- v Tofefl :; I"".", ■■■••• ■'Js:i"i',»\ , ' ■ ''■ > BEcokD';iNNii«ss. ; "■'■'■ ; ii^i'iri'f Modney, bßarlbVi. ..? ! "■■'■'.^'-' f "% { :£ •M'Duff, b-Mobre-/-.i. > .; -.;r r; -i'.-^I? ;0--*=1.1,-> Strath, b Barjow .v „ ; •.., t . f ; 6 ; ? Buchapan,4-b fr b'^oore.. 1 ; " "'■ ; ;;, "'* '-5 U , ;? 'I M'Jannet^b Barlow! I- <".}J- ; ■>^'■•i.iolf&o^ i-J.j "Smith, r nbt 'out- ' ■'-•£;-! - : ; v/.-^ J5 W^-VlS^^ife^ •Campbell, -^ jTatterafteld, ,bt VLMik^kiif^l^ '.. ■ " • '" '* ■/ Total '^hir/X j v »^^pj|

W : - ■'■ •- '-■ • CLUTHA. ' ' ' '""^ '''"' rff--~:f *'^-C^iipißsr INNINGS. -'i.-.-'-f ". . --<. „*• ?i/ Eetiher, ! 1 b w b SmitH ;=..,; nlO l^. ■'. LoTyd6n,Jb'Bu*chatian .;. ..;•■■•...-.•■- 1 ; ; # Moorte/c Hewitt, b Smith* :-. -.. 3 ■■■■■ fl':_ Smith,' 'lbTv ; VBnebanan- i-u.s ; 0 ---': Barlow, bßuchanan .. ...... , 1-, „ If. M^irr, .not out ■-....... •;;'., ■■c; 7-. {.;,- '1 Welct, c Hare, b Smith ... 0 ...... ;.].. Hawairi^riinoufc ;> .. * ; .... ■•■: 0 "f Tatietafield, .<j Mooney, b Buchanan , 0 ; . . y~-. M'Kay,'- ; i)Bnchat)an .. -'^ ... „ .'l , : jj Mason, b ßuchanan: -■•;-. - = '..i: 0 .-•-.-... 3-' Byes ... f ... .... 6j r ;? "■ Leg byfes ;•.-'• ' ; •.; -•' ■-•: ..; ,• 1 ■-, j. • Wides ... -....:".■-..: 10 .. i; ;: :i . ■:■-•: T6tal -: : .-:'. .":'.-, 40 ' ■ f- ''■' . - SECOND INNINGS. • -■■■.'■' : . '. £ Mason, b, Hewitt •:'..■-'-.:... 1 „ , i. Smith, b -Buchanan^ 1...-V- *'•. • .-' O t .. Uenner, c (Campbell, b Buchanan... 3 M'KayV'c Qanipbeti/ b Buchanan../ ' 11 M'Girri cßubhatoan, b Hewit ... 1. , '51? Barlow, b Bnchanan ... ... I \- Mdore, ran out ' ... : ... 0 ■Weleb'i-b-Bachanan - .... . . . .= 4< -,-■ Loudon, c M'Jannet, b Smith ... 5 • Hawson; hot out .. ... ■ 2.. * Tattersfield, b Smith .. ... 0Byes ... ... ... 1 . % Wides ... ... ... 7 I ; ' Total '■ ■■ ' .36 '',- I ' "Grand Total . 176. . ? • . ;^A/BANQTJET. I Wss ! g'iven in the evening in tbe Grown \ hotel by the members of tbe Balchitha ! club to their victors from Tapanui. Mr ': Henrier, Gaptain-oftbeß.C.C. occupied. the Chair, and Mr. Hewit, Captain of ; the T.C.O.j occupied tbe Vice-Chair.- ... . Seeing -that Mr S tanbrook was the caterer, it. is needless"' to . say L that tbe. spread was every thing: that could be. desired, and was laid 'out in an elegant [ and tasteful manner, - £ After the cloth had been removed^-; t; The: Chairman proposed the usual [" loyal and patriotic toasts, which were ? : ; :^dulylion6red. . i The Chairman then proposed success : and prosperity to the Tapanui Cricket , ■ Club. r In doing so he said the two ; Clubs had now played two matches.' j - The Balclutha Club had. won the first at Clinton, and now the Tapanui Club ! : had won the second, al Balclutha. The : losing- of the first had no doubt.been the ! ; means* of rousing the energies of the ' Tapanui Club tso as to ena-ble'tliem to ; . beat their opponentsin anotKer ! trial, ; and he hoped the result of 'the contest that day would-have a similar effect on the members ; of the B;C- Siich matches were sometimes "won -by afliike, "but but in the' long' run the best men were sure' to ; have the best of the games. - From what they now knew and had experienced of the Tapauui men/ they would ; l a'll agree that they were not only cric&eier^ but 'gentlemen in the highest ... sensfe bf-the term. From the play both < Clubs had shown he thought a combined.", eleven put' of the two Clubs might challjßnge.'a'tDunedin eleven, and give • theni' the " beating they so highly deserved^ seeing, the miserable stand" they had' made against Canterbury. He conlude'd by - proposing the Tapanui . .Club,'.and expressed the hope 'that they might win Qvery match they played, except when playing I ' against the Balclutha Club: ;• ; /' ••". '■'

Tne. toast v/as drunk with applause and musical honors. "

The" Vice- Chairman briefly replied," saying that; the Tapanui' teani.had not practised since they played : the match at piintoh. He was proud to think they liad gained . the victory, amd' { liadj gained it so cheaply in the second' inningSidnd, that too on their opponents' ground. ' He hoped the Balclutha' Club -would now ! gp to Tapanui ' this seasonand beat them upon their ground. The matcli pf "the day could, scarcely. . be calle.d a return match from'.Tapaiiui', ais the 1 fijsi; had , been played' at CHntbii; halfway. The return match ndw fell to oe played at Tapanui. He concluded by proposing the toas^of the "Balclutha Club" \vhich was drunk in an equally enthusiastic manner. "" • .

The in returning thanks said. he believed had they played with the same eleven they • had at Clinton, they, "would have been successful; but they could not get the same a second time. He did not think it would he poss 1 ' sible. for the Balclutha- team to visit Tapanui this season, butthey might do so Bes;t." At the same time he :: said the original agreement between' the two Clubs was to play but one match. That agreement had been carried out by the mdich at Clinton which Balclutha won, and he contended they therefore held theiaiirels for the season^ the 'game of that day not counting. ( laughter ) He referred 'to the part Mr. Buchanan had acted, as securing the victory for Tapanuij and besides, Balclutha did not like to be so discourteous as to beat their visitors after coming all < the way from Tapanui (laughter). .. . '_,< _.'..' -„ \ . Mr! M 'Janet, proposed- the health of the highest scorer^ to' which Mr Mackay responded j and proposed the health; of Mr John M'Kellar, to whiich that gentleman responded. „.-.. The Chairman proposed- the umpires, and .to 'which Messrs Raines and M'lntyre responded.

" The Ladies," " The Press," . and v The Host and Hostess," were also proposed and duly acknowledged. During, the evening a , large, number of excellent songs were sung, .the: Tapanui team proving jhat they were' not on ly * cricketers and gentlemen, but also excellent vocalists. - Altogether, a very pleasant, harmonious, and '■enthusiastic sociabevening was spent, : and- ithelproceedip gs terminated shortly •; before d 2 o'clock by .the company joining; in'sing;iig £Auld Lang Syne," : '->.^ -■/■.■'■ ;- Tlnslis the first time a Tapanui* eleven has Visited Balclutha. : We hope; the visit; will be ott repeated, and prove^ equally pleasant to all parties as that of Priday last did.