CRICKET.

Evening Star, Issue 4072, 15 March 1876, Page 2

CRICKET.

The return match—Citizens*. Palmerston—is to be played on ;theoval on the 22nd, and'tbfftaJlew. mg mil be the contending teams Palmewfcah— Moote,Cath6art, Cobden,Wllßon; Fagan, Bavin, Bellett, Thompson, Min ter, Eett, Dickenson, tad Glass ford - (twelfth pmn), with ntr>pife, • Citizens—Morrison, Cooke, Haskell, telth. Peake, Stokes, P. Fagan, Mills, H.M*NeiUi,A. M'Nelll, and BTEenzie, WithM‘Mlltaa aifll MazeA match "between the Baldntha and Praoe Olnbe was played on the Staton ground on Saturday last, *• and resulted in a victory for the Cluthateom -with eight wickets tojspaxe. > Benner, twin Bolciutha team, won the toss and sent the opposing team to the wickets. Brace’s first innings olobea for; 24; of -which number ' T. Hess Knot ;«ut) contributed 11, tend ' 'seven ' were credited to extras. Six of the ceazn-were credited with ” dnok*a eggs." In the spoond iipdng<*hey,Wßre still more unfortunate sjx oE.the number .failing to score, while thelotiu iujr SmounteatUliJ, bfwnioh John Grant make 7,.wd'l> Were^extxaa., BalcXatba’a first innings terminated for 30, £ionden (uototft) making 11; and in the second innings they sooted the required 15 at an expense of two. wickets. —- The cricket match—Single v. Mamed—-now being Stayed in Christchurch, promises to prove a v&y ollowttffiair. 1 'J he first innings of the BmgleiclOifed for.the targe total bf 240,!0t whiohnumber.Nßilaoh contributed 4 6; Moore,Sßisßargor, JTi and J. Fowler, SO. Ihe Mamba only put together 29 in their, first innings, G.-(Frith .being .credited With six ★ickera, ‘ at an Sm'ensc bftakpiM:'tidEto and Dickinson" (both with J “ dick's’ Fowler and Bwent: being among the number. >■, utat second innings they were more fortunate, .having lost two wickets for 42, when the stamps were drawn. ■ v. 1: f ~'UAr. ’'Rif. ST