LADIES AT CRICKET.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 217, 16 March 1897, Page 2

LADIES AT CRICKET.

The Benedicts of Warrnambool have sustained a crushing defeat at the hands of the ladies wbo represent the Forget-me-not Cricket Club. It was on Saturday last that tbe ladies threw down the gage of battle to the sterner sex, and they imposed one condition only — that all should use bats of similar size. The For-get-me nots had first use of the wicketß, and the barometer indicated " breezy " when the first lady was clean bowled by her husband, but the stormy elements disappeared later on, when the injured wife had the extreme satisfaction of catching her lord and master when he waa batting. The ladies made a splendid stand, and the perspiring Benedicts were kept on the field until tbe score stood at 95, of which Miss N. Falahy contributed 18, Miss L. Wilson 13, and Miss E. Dillimore 18. The Benedicts commenced to bat with an expressed determination to maintain the position of their sex ss kings of the national game, but they reckoned without their hostesses. The bowling was deadly the fielding perfect, and as for the wicketkeening, Blackham at his best would have envied the ease with which the lady behind the wickets — or more properly speaking, her skirts — stopped all balls that passed the batsmen. The men had met their masters, and they were forced to admit it when their last wioket fell at 44. Their troubles were not yet over, for the For-get-me-nots started their second innings, and remained at the wickets until the shades of evening were falling. They had then 97 runs to their credit, and the great feature of the innings was the splendid manner in which Miss L. Wilson compiled 34 runs, for she gave the crestfallen Benedicts no quarter. Miss M. Gazzard made 21 and Miss B, Goonan 13 runs. The vanquished were treated to afternoon tea and oceans of sympathy.— Argus. Sent it to his mother in Germany. — Mr Jacob Esbensen, who is in tbe employ of the Chicago Lumber Co., at Des Moines, lowa, says : " I have just sent some medicine back to my mother in the old country, that I know Jjrom personal use to be the best medicine in the world for rheumatism, having used it in my family for several years. It is called Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It always does the work." For sale by -Fvmer'g Co>od AggosiaUo-a -Feildiog.