CRICKET MATCH.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 91, 8 January 1879, Page 2

CRICKET MATCH.

PALM BOSTON F. HALCOMB.H. The. above contest took place on Sal mdiiv last, on the ground of the. , \ilmerston iJltjW, and resulted m another ■ irtory for. the. U>cnj team, being the. third it has scored m succession. The match was ha fourth played this season, and ulthougl i hat wit.li Mart on turned out to be n de'ent.it was under such pe.cu.lmr liraunutance i n* cirriecl no disgiwio w;ith it. Tliat with Foxton \\as altoge,vhcr n .very one-sidecl affair, tlio Palnieratouians winning an ensy victor r ; but although such was the remit, we ari? somewhat. »f opinion that the djiftitert team ht\rt had a grait'run. of bud luuk. and wt-ra the two to again try fonulusiqm the result, would he very different • The n«,it. sfnii^le wns v\-ith S.ansoii r ivid .nhlioush t !iat cliib had vanquished Marton, aid I'Onsequontly whs yiewied as v.:»t her dangerous foi?^, the PalinerstonifiHa proved too strong for th.em, amttftey hnd^talower their colors to the visitors." The team p.iiked fey to do b.aMle for Ilalcomb.e was si particularly strong one, and we are} not quite so sure that, it should not have came under the denomination of a combined team, having reprt-ventntives. ('rcji^ Halyouiba Feilding, and Aahhursl,

The visitors, under the command of Captain Lash arrived by the morning's train, and were upon the ground sharp at the appointed time, still half an hour later but seven of the local team had put m an appearance, and Charles, the Qaptain \yho bad won the toss and elected' to • send the strangers to. tUe wickets, was compelled, to. take to the field with four men short, the deficiency being made up by two, volunteers and two. boys. As will be seen by the score while t lie nailing oMSalcambe was . p.ret t j fair, the long stopping was simply wretched, no less than fifteen byes heing scored,. Had the fielding been -of merely. ordinary merit-, victory would, have changed sides, us the actual runs got off the b;it m. the. first innings were — PrtlmeNton, §5 ; Halcomba, 72, o.f which Sherwill and Eustarecontributed 2s and 19 respect ively, or considerably ovec half the amount, they being the only two. of the le:»m who ran into double fttftire.v O,n the Pulmersjon side the. Captain, Charles, carried off the honor o.f beutg top scorer, with \(i j closely followed by Turner with, 14, Staite with 11. After the batting the principal feature of the day was the. magnificent catch made, by Sherwill m, the second innings, which was m.os,t vociferously upplnuded by friend and foa alike, he hating to fairly throw himself upon the "round to seize the ball, which was a skimmer, and m that position secured it. Both Mitfordand Huff also}; made, difficult catches, nartii v* lnrlly the former, at long- field-on. Indeed tlie entira match was conspicu,oU9 for the number of casualties and the paucity "f wicVe. 3 whi.ch, fell to the bowlers. 1$ the llnlnoinbe first innings, two men wer,e out leg before, wicket, three were stumped, on.c was run out., one caught, leaving only three w.ho we-re bowled ; m their second innings, four weve,canglit, one vyn out, and one les bpfore wicket, the remainder being bowlx-d* On the Pnlinerston sida, no least Wan five men were caught out, one leg before wicket, one run out, and( one hit wicket, so. that o.nly two out of the. ten were, bowled. For Pul'rnerst on Huff did good execution, placing n.o less, than 6>e wickets, to his credit, three by stumping and two. by ca ojies. At halfpast two o'clock play was stopped and both teams adjourned to the Royal Hotel, where a capital spread flfas laid m, Ho?l Batchelnr's best style, and at the concluaion of the match the visitors were escorted to the station and treated to three hearty cheers, as. the train moved off.