Cricket Notes

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 73, 17 December 1891, Page 2

Cricket Notes

WANGANUI COLLEGIATE SCHOOL V. JFEILDING. The above match was played on the County ground, Feilding, yesterday. Heavy rain fell in the morning, but when the team reached Feilding the .weather, although, a little hot, was all that could be desired. The visitors were met at the station and driven to the ground 7 of the local eleven. The Feilding captain won the toss and sent the school to the wickets. Marshall and Duncan batted first for the school, but Duncan was bowled for two when the score was 7. Parker then joined Marshall but the latter was caught at point for 8. The total score standing _at 19. Hewitt then joined Parker ah<liby dint of hard hitting the score rose to*46 before Parker was caught for 20. Bennett followed Parker, but -was caught for I, the score being 54 for four wickets. E. G. Atkinson then joined Hewitt, who played a dashing innings for 26. Montgonaerie followed Hewitt, and at '7o an adjournment was made for luncheon) which was very kindly, provided by Mrs Lethbridge and 'Mrs'Dr Sorley, and to which full justice was done by the two teams. Soon after the start again Monfcgoinerie ■■ received a nasty knock in the face, which forced him to retire. S. Atkinson then went in, but ran himself.oat when the soore had reached 78. Dpwnes stepped to the crease and E;' Atkinson was bowled by Entwisle. The retiring batsman had played very well for 11, his cutting being very good. Hadfjeld was nest in, but -also ran himself out at 82, the ball being very amartjy returned by Entwisle, Willis was bowled fir^st ball by Lance, and Montgomerie yfexit in to continue his innings and ' had * made 5 when Downes was bowled? by Lance and the innings closed for 88. ' On Feilding going in, Wellsman and Pringle faced the bowliug of Hewitt and Montgoinerie, and off the first ball Wellsman was missed in the slips, nnd after the second over a heayy shower drove everyone to the shelter of the trees. After waiting some; time on the chance of its clearing, the captains decided to abandon the game.. The highest individual score on record is that of Mr A. E. Stqddart for Hampstead y. Stoics on August 4, 1886, he scoring 485 out of 813. f ...,'' At Bfontpejier (gardens, WalwgftbViri 1796, eleven Qpeeqwiqh nensiqners vnth r one leg, played eleven with one arm, in the presence of an immense concourse of spectators. Those with one leg had the first innings, and got 93 runs; while those with one arm got only 42. The game caused much amusement to those present — Ecclesfield. On July 1, 1885, at the cricket practice at Loretto, a ball hit hard along the ground by a batsman at one end of the net, hit a large rat as it was coming out of a hole at the edge of the turf and killed it on the spot. On August 12, 1885, in a match between Caius and Trinity Hall Long Vacation Clubs a ball from Mr Cordeaux, who was bowling for the former, hit a swallow flying across the wfcket and killed it. At a one-day jnatcb. in Irsanfl, vrifb five balls to' the 'over, a smart coloursergeaqt of the 56th Begiment was urn: pire. Four balls had been bowled ; the next was a wide. Umpire : " Wide. Over." On being remonstrated with that it could not be over, the last ball being i wide, he exclaimed with true military I eloquence, •' As you were." — L. C. Manchester. ____^^^^^_