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1] Overs. Buns. Wkts. McConnell ... 5 2 23 Hood ... 5 2 14 Hodge ... 1 1 5 CITY Y. UNITED. 1 c 1 These clubs were evenly matched, and a good game was anticipated. Each team were represented by nine men, United playing one of the men from H.M.S. Penguin. Cole (City) won the toss, and decided to bat. Macdonald andKretchmer

opened the defence to Porter and Gibson. Both batsmen commenced well, and soon assumed the aggressive. Kretchmer played sound, defensive cricket, while Macdonald laid the wood on and sent anything loose to the boundary. With 40 up Fairlie relieved Gibson, and clean bowled Macdonald with his first ball. The retiring batsman had scored 21 in his usual brilliant style. Hay came and went without alteration' in the score. Zachariah made four and gave Walsh a catch off Gibson. The City skipper now joined Kretchmer, and the pair defied the bowling. They took the score to 64 before a separation was effected. Kretchmer lifted Gibson into the country, where Porter brought off a fine catch. Kretchmer had scored 35. His innings was invaluable to his side. It was an exhibition of patient, confident batting. Neale joined Cole, who was batting in his old form. The score mounted steadily. Neale made 7, aud was bowled by Gibson. Grant followed, and with Colo took the score to 107. Here the City skipper lifted Gibson to Hill, and retired for a dashing innings of 26. With the addition of a single, Grant was bowled by Hill’s first ball, and Sargisson succumbed to the fourth ball of Hill’s second over for 4. Goldsworthy was not out with 4. The innings closed for 116. Hill was the most successsful trundler, taking two wickets for 5 runs ; Fairlie two for 17, and Gibson four for 51. W. and B. Gibson took strike to Neale and Macdonald. The United skipper laid the wood on freely, and 20 soon appeared. At 24 B. Gibson was bowled by Macdonald for 5. Porter joined Gibson, the United veterans forcing the scoring. The City express trundlors were treated with scant courtesy, and Zachariah relieved Neale. With the score at 57 Zachariah clean bowled Porter, who had knocked up 19 by free cricket. Lyttleton played one back to Zachariah without scoring. Fairlie came in to see Gibson caught at leg by Macdonald, off Zachariah. Macdonald threw himself full length and just reached it. Gibson scored 29, and lost his wicket through his usual weak stroke to leg. McCredie was dismissed by Zachariah without scoring, and Wolfe shared a similiar fate at the hands of Neale. Walsh was also bowled by Neale, and Hill, the last man, came in to see Fairlie, who had scored 19, run himself out. Ho scored his runs before the wicket as usual, with hard, clean drives. Hill was not out with 4. United’s innings totalled 88. Zachariah, with 4 wickets for 19 runs, was the most successful bowler. Neale, 2 for 23, and Macdonald, 1 for 24. The following are the scores :

City. Macdonald, b Fairlie ... ... 21 Kretschmer, c Porter, b Gibson ... 35 Hay, b Fairlie ... ... ... 0 Zaehariah, c Walsh, b Gibson ... 4 Cole, c Hill, b Gibson ... • ... 26 Neale, b Gibson ... ... ... 7 Grant, b Hill ... ... ... 9 Goldsworthy, not out ... ... 4 Sargisson, b Hill ... ... ... 4 Extras ... ... ... 6 Total ... ... ...116 Bowling Analysis. Poi'tGl' Gibson Fairlie Lyttelton Hill ... Overs. Wkts. Buns. 10 0 22 15 4 51 8 2 17 5 0 17 22 5 United. W. Gibson, c Macdonald, b Zaehariah 29 B. Gibson, b Macdonald ... ... 5 Porter, b Zaehariah ... ... 19 Lyttelton, c and b Zaehariah ... 0 Fairlie, run out ... ... ... 19 McCredie, b Zaehariah ... ... 0 Wolfe, b Neale ... ... ... 0 Walsh, b Neale ... ... ... 3 Hill, not out ... ... ... 4 Extras ... ... ... 9 Total ... ... ... 88 Bowling Analysis. Macdonald Neale ... Cole ... Zaehariah Overs. Wkts. Buns. 9 1 24 9 2 23 2 13 4 4 19 PLATELAYEBS v. PITMEN. A match between the platelayers and pitmen engaged on the local railway works was played at Ormond on Saturday in Mr Cassidy’s paddock, when the platelayers romped home victorious by an innings and 56 runs. The following are the scores:— Platelayers. Lowndes, b Morris ... ... 10 Boyd, b McMillan ... ... 18 Pattie, b Morris... ... ... 4 Finlayson, b Morris ... ... 72 Williams, b Clay... ... ... 3 Spurdle, lbw, b Boyle ... ... 2 Weston, b McMiilan ... ... 5 Bowzer, b Clay ... ... ... 1 Cassidy, b Morris ... ... 0 Williamson, b McMillan ... ... 2 Wilkinson, not out ... ... 2 Extras ... ... ... 30

149 Total ... Pitmen.— lst innings. McMillan, run out Boyle, b Williams Clay, b Pattie Johnson, b Pattie Morris, b Pattie ... Hallis, b Pattie ... Duval, b Williams Mooney, b Williams Jones, b Williams Fanning, b Pattie O’Connell, not out Extras Total ... Second Innings. Hallis, b Lowndes O’Connell, b Lowndes McKenzie, c Finlayson, b Lowndes McMillan, b Lowndes Boyle, run out ... Fanning, run out Clay, b Williams Jones, b Williams Mooney, b Pattio Morris, b Williams Johnson, not out... Extras Total ... 2 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 17 28 8 6 8 6 5 0 6 4 1 2 6 18 65

Wo do not object so much to Mr Barclay holding the views he does on the merits of the Boer war, for this is a free country to a certain extent, as we do to his unnecessary parade of them at the present time, especially when he shows that he is prepared to take the barest and baldest assumption for gospel truth in a way hardly to be. expected of the most credulous of humanity, Palmerston Standard,