CRICKET.

Evening Star, Issue 4261, 23 October 1876, Page 2

CRICKET.

The match on the Dunedin Cricket CluVs ground on Saturday was a first eleven v. sixteen others, the respective teams being captained by M'Donnell Johnston.) ground was in capital order, bnt the wind was too strong to admit of a proper displayof cricket. Play was to have oonuaencedat two o clock, bnt it was fully half-an-hour later bofore the first ball was delivered, and consequently there was not time to play out the match. The cricketing season this year will be an unusually interesting one, and as the senior club will have ids work cut out it is to be hoped that its members will display a little punctuality. On Saturday afternoons only is there a full field, and advantage should be taken of the present fine weatherTThe eleven took the field, and it included some new faces. Bouch is a good bat, and a fair change bowler, though on Saturday he was taken off before he had an opportunity of getting fairly on to the wicket; and Kingsford is invaluable behind the B S™E S ' 9 f ft 6 81lto «n Glen made 85 (principally off Einjsford's slowb), but he should We teen caught before he had contributed half that number With the exception of | Puller, who got 10, the mainder of the team made a poor stand, Kingsford's slows proving destructive with "the tail." The innings closed for 97. The sixteen then took the }£I d V Gle v "* W. Mwrißoa being entrusted with the bowling. Sutchff and Tait were the first to don the pads, the latter making 19 before he was disposed of. When time was called five wickets e^- for . B 0 ? 011 carrying out his bat tor i». Morrison did good execution, securing four wickets at a cpst of 24 runs. Thehon.treasurer wisely refused to allow members of the Club who had not paid their subscriptions to take part in the match, and this should have the effect of makimr cricketers " stump up." "^P 4.JQ Saturday afternoon the St. Matthew's Choriiters" Club renewed operations on the Montecillo ground. The club was formed last year with a view of fostering a love of the game, and it will doubtless prove a valuable assistance in developing an esprit de corps and feeling of fellowship amongst the l&ys 7&>aZP go far to ensure a Wtytaterest£ Mr i. b. Smith and Mr Bichardson, the youngsters shaped well aud a mateh will shortly be played against the juniors of the Carisbrook Club, of whom two or three of the most promising will play with the choir, to which they belong. \ matchfs idso S?^^ D iL ed^weenaneleTell of the adults of Carisbr k and the seoond 'eleven of the The Citizens were victorious over P. Hayman and Co. s establishment, who put together 44 agamstthe,Club'sl(k. StoVswlSsTidttwiS 20, Wilson with 17, and Haskell with liwere"the only ones who got into double figures? vh*vJr% M F Clnb pkyed at North Dnnedin. ESTft 1 \? eve £ we ™ victorious over a team selected by the Vice-President by 25 runs.