Cricket.

Manawatu Herald, 6 March 1900, Page 2

Cricket.

PALME RSTON C.A. v. FOXTON

C.C.

This match was played on the Pal- . merston Association Grounds oil Satur* day last and resulted in a win for the Palmerston team on the first innings by 71 to 61 runs. Foxton having won the toss, their captain elected to send Palmerston . to the wickets. Either want of practice or awful bad luck told heavily against Palmerston in their r irst innings, no less than six of their men being dismissed with the unhappy .. 1A1; and only two reached double, 'figures, Pickering 32 and Eyre 23 making up most of the score (71), between them. In the first innings of Foxton, which closed for the poor total of 61, only three reached double figures, Furrie 18, Kruse 10, Betty 10. The fowling of both teams was distinctly far and away better than the batting, Eyre's 7 wickets for 33 rons^ being a notable performance, while Jp Stansell's 6 for 11 was, brilliant. The '•.«« swift underhand bowling of Bowater for Foxton was puzzling as well as dangerous, and Pickering's lightning deliveries, although sometimes erratic, could not be trifled with safely. In the second innings the bowling of Foxtpn went all to pieces, collared, cowed, pul- 4^ verized by the masterly batting of ''■"" Eyre, who ran up his century with the greatest ease, and was good lor 500 more apparently, s badtvthey been needed... Whtep Palmeraton with sk wickets down had reached 160, their captain (Warden), declared the innings closed, and Foxton again went to the. wickets. Not with any great succf^i' however, the main feature of the...,; nings being the conspicuous batting ability developed by Furrie, who comoiled 46 in very good style, and who has in him plainly the making of a first-class cricketer. The fielding of both teams was on the whole fairly good, and some of the work was dialtinctly clean and smart ; bubthere wa» manifest room for improvement. I'd the name of patience, why will men not go in for steady decent practice ? Is it conceit, or laziness ?

j The visitors were hospitably enter* ttertained by the Palnaerston players, I who provided lunch and afternoon tea in the pavilion, and did their best all round to make the day enjoyable. Th» return match will be played early in April. Appended are thf scores : — PAisr&BSToir— W. Anderson, b Bowater, 1 ; W. D^Luen, 1.b.w.. 0; T. Eyre, not oat, 23; J. Picke'iug. b Stan eU, 32; C. H. War ten (oapt.). 0 Bowe, b Rtawell, 2 ; Part, bStins'H.O; Hewitt, 0 Penny, b Fnrrie, 9: P. Matheson, c Fame b St&nsell, 0; Batters, c Lyall b Fume, 0 ; J. W. Barclay, b Stansell, 0; T. S übbs, b StanselLgO; extras, 4. Total, 71. Becond inhin§&Pickoring, 1 b.w., b Penny, 12; Byre, not nut. 102; Hewitt, b Martin, 19; Warden, c Martin, b Betty, 9 ; De Iroen, b Bowatar, ! 6 ; Farr, b Bowater, 7 ; Anderson, 0 Fnrrie,