CRICKET.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 372, 21 April 1876, Page 2

CRICKET.

A. j good matcli wus olast betw.eea .theTmarriedr aad single r men. The pitch was in. pretty: ~"* : ' to the rain early in.ths; : week;/ "Beyond the pitch, <nofehing could-be at,tempjfc j ed_ex; r • flept: a little smoothing of" Jfeharp spades. Play commenced about |..3oj—M'Hutch;eson,.and i JN^ ; ewinan gojng-. to the i wickets:ffor ;; the.- married, .Milticol, Ash, and.-S,' Baxter ; bowiedyery' 'fairly for the single men^%.ibrmer,Hi. rc ~ an over hand style,■-nfrith..-epnsideraHe'.j,,-and well on to the "wickets .as.a^~. : ruH 'Ash was "not' 'so steady, but: JEiis ;: 0 £ balls could not be. scored off. ; Baxter,'

when straigKt," pitched a "good.-: eourse all needed considerable '-'■ practiced :>.:/2 Newman, after, a little stea.dy^play,'^was-. : ::L" unfortunately ..iu-h,ppu t vrhsir ti.e : -liaufouv and M'Hutchesonfopkvalot of separ&tih'gi -■r-jii The former at last was "bowled by' 7 AWb.i-- : ''-;* and M'Hutcheson shortly after ! s£ot one of M'Nicol's leg "Wicket : The few. remaining^married 'men, "nine ' :? only going "to the' wicKets,' wer,e : quickly disposed of. . A- number-:; of 'Byes were ; '"-A run, in spite of the capital of |W. Currie, and longstoppihg: r by "K >: - : !'- Blair. The total score was S-i. Cuirrie went to the wickets for .the single'' [.''; mejn, and played very steadily. length had to go to good. ; ballsrffofli.^-/-M'Hutcheson. M'Nicol ,"and Si Bastes" " looked as if they meant to inake'a score, ~. but Newman's slows were toVmucli'- fbr,' ; ji: fchemV'- None of the remaining^men stppgV'';'," at ;all, the side being out for 57. ' Sffiiit-" ' l cheson and Newman again went to.' : €}& 6 ,<rr wickets, for the married. men,-,but New- * x man was again unfortunate,; playing •straight rising ball into S. Baxter'sihands atjpoint. de Lautour and M'Hutcheson again got together, and ranajj the;score,, ,-j M'Hutcheson was the first tprleaye, to good ball of M'Nicol'sj and de LautojarrJs'.Tr wicket' fell after tor- S. • Baxter..- Of, the : re^';.' mainder/ Sam Tnder .' substitute for Pyle) shewed some good play,l scoring '7i!ho"t-but. ;: By this time£M the ,suii..tras 'consid'ering: the lateness,of the.. second laTge additiqns/tp^he, mamed ; im : J tp;tlie wickefs. The following is \~he score'sheet ;— • > ) - Marktrti.,,, , f i ttrsfr-lkning&. M'Hutcheson, 'I bM'Nicol ... ..... -'r-cai'^Y'lCri Newman, 211. run out ... ... *"*" T.»„ fi-vr Wade, 11, candbM'Nicol ... , de Lautour, 111111112213, b Agbg -Clarke, run out ... ... _ r .r. * ... Pyle,,,b.M'JJicol.-..\ n .f''-^f.?- ti f-.. _., 0 Wiisoi^^uii-buf 1 }~': iJ * h ..:>*>& *° %*2 .LawerihotoW^:!';-■^«^«Bj ! aio?.-Jiov7 df-ti.i'& Martih, T i,,b-Bast'4r :SS! r s'nwjiL'.iO .bninlt