GORE Y. PUKERAU.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 414, 2 December 1884, Page 2

GORE Y. PUKERAU.

I The first match of the season between j the above clubs was played on the Gore ground last Saturday. The visitors having arrived by the early train, arrangements were made to commence the game at 9 o'clock, but it was fully half an hour later ere the Grorc captain took his men into the field. Douglas captained the home team, and Gazzard the visitors, (fuzziml aud M'Kenzie faced the bowling of Simson and .Do war, and both men boing well on tho spot, the scoring was slow, none making any stand except A. M'lCon/.io and A. J. SVlillard, who ran ftp a. hqovo of i:j aud 12 respectively by pattont^ steady cricket. Tho innings «>lt\Htvl for »*>o l'ltus, including 10 extras. Thy Guru men took fcho willow, fully oousulous ot fchoir being abb to wipo out Mwlp opponents total, but whon throo wiykets luid Mien for as many ruiis,their \\®\m weve nob a. little clnlled, Howovor, Doug-Ins and Jjabatfc i^ofc togethor, and WttUy \>lay was the ovder o£ tbo day, tho torm@v eoulvtlmlmg 1% uucl Labatt in a Cuultk'Ss iiming.s in which ho novor gave w oluuvoc put) together 5)8 boforo ho was b&wlud, TUo innings closed for 90 runs, the otUor principal coutributors being Sf[uii'os (I*2) and Simson and Owning (seron ouch.) I'ukorat^ i^ th^iv- second essay put togpvUQv XXI runs, of wljich J i

Webster and J. W. Eadie made 22 each and W« Eadie 18. The score included no less than 16 extras. This left Crore 78 to get in order to win. This did not look an easy task, T?rhen Simson. and Squires were got o^^t for one and three respectively, but Hende.aon and Douglas • put a different complexion on the game when they got together. The former made 21 and the latter 39 before they were disposed of. .Labatt was caught first ball, and was followed oy Dewar, who made 11. He and Scott were the not outs, and the match was thus won by five wiclcets and two runs. The utmost cordiality prevailed, as is always the case when these clubs meet in peaceful war. The fielding on both sides' was good, and the bowling fair. Those who distinguished themselves were : — For the visitors, Webster, the two Eadie's, and Mil lard ; for the home team, Douglas Labatt, Dewar and Henderson, la the bowling department, J. M'Kenzie and W. Eadio were most prominent, and for the Grore men, Dewar (in the first innings) aai Mart nin the second. The analysis b^low will show the actual averages. Messrs C. Young and J. Souness acted fas umpires, and gave general satisfac-

COMBINED MATAURA TEAM t. INVERCAKGILL. This match was played yesterday at Invercargill, but I have, not space for a detailed report till next issue. The combined team was badly beaten. Inrercargillwentin first, and made 128. The country team made only 35 in their first' innings and 22 in their second, thus losing by an innings and 71 runs. Point, ), -■

1 tion. PUKERA.U IST 2ND, Gazznz'l, b ... ... 3 c 8 A M'lvenzie, b ... 13 b 8 Webster, b 1 b 22 Bowmar. run out ...5 b 3 Daw -on, b Ob 0 J. VV. Jfiadie, c ... 1 run out 22 Millar-i.b 12 c 1 J. M'Kenzie, run out 0 not out 6 Purvis, run out ... 5 c 8 W. Overton, c ... 0 c 9 W. Badie, not oat ... 1 b 18 Jfxtras 10 16 50 117 Gore Ist 2nd Martin, b ... ... 0 Boraman, b ... 0 Henderson, run out... 0 21 Douglas, b 10 b 39 Labatt, b ... ... 38 c 0 Dowar, b 3 not out 11 Scott, b 4 not out 1 ' M'Uulloch, st ... 1 Simson, c ... ...7 c 1 Squires, b 12 l.b.w 3 Canning, not out ... 5 Extras 10 3 90 79 Bowling Analysis. Gore : Balls Maidens ljuns Wkts, Simson ... 85 2 35 4 Dewar ... 102 4 3(> 5 Squires ... IS 0 10 0 Martin .... 57 1 31 7 • Deusylas ... 30 0 10 0 M'Calloch ... 47 2 Id 0 PUKERAU : J. 11'Kcnzi© 68 2 32 1 J. Kadie ... 88 1 28 2 W. Eealie ... 72 1 41 5 Ovarton. ... 72 0 5 0 Gazziru ... 6 0 11 0 Webster ... 30 1 19 1 Davvson ... 18 0 12 2