HAVELOCK.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume II, Issue 170, 5 November 1880, Page 3

HAVELOCK.

[from our own correspondent, j November 3rd. The vital statistics for the month ending 31st October, are :—Births S, marriages 2, deaths 5. The five deaths recorded are all cases of drowning, particulars of which have been sent to you. On Sunday, the 31st, Mrs R. Taylor, late of Mahakipawa, and formerly of Motueka, Nelson, died here, after a painful illness. The deceased lady was well known, and may be classed as one of the old settlers. Monday, the first, was a strict holiday, but a more unpropitious day could scarcely have been ; it literally rained in torrents There was to have been a cricket match between the Havelock and Pelorus teams, and in the afternoon a few got together, and made up a match. The subjoined are the the scores, and one innings decided it:— PELORUS. Reader 11., b Mclvor c Empson ... 14 Brown b Adams c Guinness... ... 7 Reader, W., lbw b Adams ... 0 Doreen, W., b Empson ... ••• 0 Blincoe, J., not out ... ••• ® Dalton, W., stumped out Mclvor ... 1 Smith, J. H., bMclvor ... ••• 10 Byes ... ••• 2 Total ... ... 31 HAVELOCK. Parsons, F., lbw b Brown ... ... 8 Adams, A., b Brown ... 1 Mclvor, 11., b Reader stumped out ... 0 Brownlee, J., run out b Reader ... 0 Empson b 11. Reader ... ... 7 Williams, W., not out ... ... 16 Guinness bßeader ... ... 1 Byes 1, wides 2 ... ... 3 Total ... ••• ••• 36 To call the above a game of cricket would be of course incorrect, but it was a thoroughly enjoyable bit of fun. It is rather a novelty to have saw-dust brought on to the field to be spread about so that wicketkeepers and batsmen may not slip down, and to have the game stopped to get a spade to dig a drain to carry off - the water. In one sense it may bo called a game of bat and ball, as frequently the bat when used flew one way and the ball another, and the batsman would measure his length on the ground. Yet, notwithstanding all mishaps, it is questionable whether there was not more real enjoyment than there would have been had the weather been fine. One wrinkle may be gathered, and that was the non-necessity of having any long stop, as the puddles of water were so numerous as to effectually stop the ball, and render that office superfluous. At the termination of the Havelock innings the wind, which had hitherto been playing a kind of accompaniment to the rain, most unceremoniously blew the tent down in which the scorer had been located, and it was then decided by the majority to stay proceedings. At last we have a fine morning, and even if it does not last the change is agreeable, and we must fain be content to get what sunshine we may. The gale on Monday night blew out the front of an unoccupied building adjoining Mills Bros’., in Lucknow street; what portion is standing is all askew and a perfect wreck.