THE HOKITIKA AND GREYMOUTH CRICKET MATCH.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 634, 10 February 1870, Page 2

THE HOKITIKA AND GREYMOUTH CRICKET MATCH.

—* ■ Yesterday morning opened up with a somewhat, doubtful promise for the cricketers return matgh with the Hokir tika eleven, but as the d"y wore on fortune seemed to smile upon the game, and glorious weather- was the result. The rain clouds that hovered ground, a.nd which now and then discharged a few drops as if to warn the competitors of what might happen, took their departure about 10 o'clock, and then the respective Captains set about the task of choosing the ground and fixing slumps, &c. During the match a considerable numbqr of spectators were present, and the bursts of applause that greeted each well-played or well-caught ball, rnqst have been very pleasing to die fortunate player. It appeared, however, to any unprejudiced person possessing a knowledge of the game that the bowling and fielding was much too good for the batting. In the former, especially in the first innings of the Greymouth eleven, it was exceptionally good, and the shout of "well played," or " well stopped," was often raised. The ground was in capital order, having been carefully prepared by the club for this match, and constantly attended to for the last fortnight by parties hired for that purpose. As the day wore on the number of spectators were greatly augmented, and several ladies graced the field with their presence. The betting at first was greatly in favor of the local team, but when the result, 23, was known as the total score of their first innings, a change came over the spirit of the dream, and Hokitika went to the front, as much as 4 and 5 to 1 being ta.ken on them. As in war, so in cricket, the glorious uncertainty is always on the cards, and the lugubrious countenances of the Greyraouth eleven showed again wonderfully bright and exhilerant when their opponents succumbed with a bare total of 10 for their first innings. There is no doubt that the strong breeze, whils it was cooling to the heated players, also brought clouds of dust that seriously affected the vision, but otherwise there was nothing to mar the day. It will be seen that the Greymouth team is victorious for the first' time in a long series of encounters, and as that veteran of the game, and prince of wicket keepers, Harry Mace, observed—" They have won it pluckily, and I think they will keep it." Let us hope so. Subjoined are the scores : — . GREYMOUraUsT Lvnings. Barnett, 2, c Osborne, b Daly 2 Horton, 0, run out... 0 Pople, 0, c Bloxain, b Dunn 0 Dalton, 0, run out 0 Thomas,. 2, b Daly ... 2 Guinness, 0. c Bloxam, b Daly 0 Hurst, 1, b Dunn 1 Wright.-1,3,1, b Daly, lbw .'.'. '.'.'. 5 Ollivier, (), c Smith, b Dunn 0 Corcoran, 0, h Daly ... ... . 0 Turner, 2j2,2,2.,1, not out... ... ..." 9 Leg byes, 1, wides, 3 4 23 2nd Innings. Dalton, ],2;2,1, b Daly 6 Wright, 1,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,5tMace, b Daly ... 10 Thomas, 1.3,2,3,2,4,2,1, b Daly ... '.. 18 Horton, 2,1,1,1,1,1, bDaly, 7 Guinness, 1,1, b Daly ... 2 Poole, 0, b Daly ... o Hursb, 1,1,2, c and b Daly... ... ... 4 Barnett, 1,1, c Upham, b Daly 2 Turner, 1, run out .. ... ... ... 1 Ollivier, 2, not 0ut.... ... ... ... 2 Corcoran, 2, c Dunn, b Dunn 2 Byes, 3, wides, 7 ... 10 64 Total... •.. 87 HOKITIKA— Ist Innings. Bloxam, 2. c Ollivier, b Guinness ... 2 Buckingham, 0, c Horton, b Guinness .. 0 Dunn, 1, sfc out ... i Mace, 1, c Hurst, b Guinness 1 Daly, 1,2,-run out ... 3 Osborn, 0, c Guinness, b Hurst 0 TJpharo, 0, c Wright, b Hurst 0 Horton. 0, run out.. .. Q Frew, 1, b Hursb 1 Smith, 0, not out Q Fitzgerald, 0, b Hurst ... 0 Wides, 1, byes, 1 2 10 2nd Innings. Bloxam, 1,2,2,2,1,1,1, b Wright 10 Mnir, 1,1,1,2, l,b Wright 6 Daly, 0, b.Guinness 0 Osborne, 2,1,1,3, b Guinness 7 Upham, 1, b Wright ... 1 Buckingham, 1,2, c Turner, b Wright ... 3 Dunn, 2, c Hurst, b Wright 2 Horton, 0, b Wright ... 0 Smith, 2,2,2,3, c Wright, b Guinness ... 9 Frew, 0, c and b Wright ... ... ... 0 JTitzGeraM, not out o Wides, 4, leg byes, 7, byes, 3 ... 14 52 Total... 62

ANALYSTS OF '. Bowling. Barnes. Balls. J?tms. Wides. Wickets. Daly ... )urm ... Jloxam. . Juinuess. lurst ... Vrigbt... 162 ... 44 127 ... 20 30 ... 9 112 .., 15 53 ... 14 64 ... 17 ... 5 .. 8 ... 8 ... 5 ... 2 ... 0 ... 0 ... 5 ... 4 ... 4 ... 1 .. 4