PALMERSTON V- FEILDING.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 29, 12 February 1879, Page 2

PALMERSTON V- FEILDING.

This much-looked-for cricket matsh came off on Saturday upon the Feilding Ground, and contrary to all expectation proved to be a decided victory for the former. Before the matah the b^tUig^as fr^T two fco one on.Fejildrag, and when' the visitors were all disposed of. in their first innings for 23, backers could not be found for them at any price. The glorious uncertainty of the game however, was shown by the result,: which left Palmewton the winner by thirty-seven run3, that team having made almost five times the amount in their, sesond that they did in their fir*t innings. The. ground was in excellent order, the ' greatest harmony prevailed, .and' the, P.ilmerston men wish most particularly to acknowledge the promptitude with which their opponents went to the wicket3 in the second innings, when by a little shuffling it could have been .so arranged as to be decided in their favor on the^first. The groat features of the day wero theinafitnificent ,catche3 made bv~ Sherwyi for Feilding and Mason. for Palm.e,rs.t<)n: The former was at point, when the ball was being driven past.him high above lm head. ■Ho sprang into tn*e air, stopped it with the tip of his fingers, after which it shot over his heid, but before reaching the groun-1 he had 'it. in his liand r famid, the.^plaudit3 of the whole field. .^Mason's caf^h was at slip, and in order to secure the boll he had to fall flat upon his face. Another b't of sharp fielding was done by Charles, who tried to catch the bail but missed it, Sherwill attempted. ty>' steal a run ;.but quick aslight■ning it was fielded, passed to the wicket keeper,., and the runner Btumps.l. The bowling of Robinson for Feilding -was most trying; but 'thejb'ittling of Mason was quite e<ju>l to itj and' Boine tcTea of the .play of both may be obtained when it is stated that "the lattfer was atthewifket?, for fully. an hottr and a 'half' for "twelve runs, while Robinson bowled eight «raaidem for one run. Th'ere can be no doubt that; Uharjes's batting and Mason's defence won the match, for, although the game was lost' by Teildinqf by'.ju^t exo«tly>tt»e runs made by the. Pal-, merston captain, that by. no means represeteited all the benefit derived bv his side, inftfnnuch as the inability of Robinson ta "taklß.th'e]r wiokots broke the-spirifc of the ba^rlcsrA. Derjher for Feilding pkyed a 51 or an(l P^T B^ to ho whWhe yV 8 ? — one of (She best bate iniiwijeam. He, however, miccumbecl to a 'weiknessefl for going out of his ground, aiirl fell a victim to the wiles of Huff. Sherwill. a most dangerous man, had a life given him through the inattention of the umpires. One of Pirani's pitches struck Mm on the hand, then snigged on to his bit and into the «la=ip of fehft winket-keepor. ' Huff re•fßmyl to the umpires but both declared, him nit out. ;-of : wnwe their rlo-usion was final, and Sherwili whest appealed ,to, by Hxiffi »*1 W «Qvfc^ W3«v« hia $xs!fuio&m

until he had finished his innings. They had not long to wait for the result, as the next ball scattered his stumps, and. he retiro 1, first, however I,*,1 ,* , acknowledging "the umpires had made a mistake as the ball had touched his bat. The captain of the Pal'** iner jton team very wlsefy made some alteration in the placing of his inon, notably putting Turner &s long stop, an^d the result wa» the team played better together than eyeV they did', before. About the middle of tho Feilding's sepo^d jnmhgsV Cjiarles ■went on . ' fcobo#Vand Tils sloW underhand style ap- ; pearei to completely bewilder "the batsmen, as one after another retired discomfited, the ; wickets falling with a regularity that was most confounding to the up-country men. However, notwithstanding the result, we have an impression that the defeated men will reverse the positions next time, for analysing the players individually, they should show far ahead of the visitors. Perhaps, however, the result was somewhat just, for there can be no doubt that they looked upon beating the Palmerston men as a foregone conclusion, and although we believe they played at their best, fortune was against them. At the conclusion of tho first innings, an adjournment was made for lunch, which was laid out in capital style by Host Roe, of the Denbigh Hotel, the victors in expectation toasting " better luck next time " to the down-spirited visitor. FEILDINGk KB3T INNINGS. La«h. 1.b.w., b. Jackson ... 20 Herde, c. Pirani, b. Pirani ... 0 Eustace, c. Turner, b. Pirani. . . 6 Dernier, St., b. Charles ... 13 /" " -Robertson, not out ..• ... 4 ShervriU, run out. b. Jackson 0 Sanderson, b. Charles ... 3 Macarthur, b. Jackson ... 1 Roe, b. Jackson ... ... 0 Callanan, c. Pirani, b. Charles 1 Knvvett, b. Jaokson ... ... 0 Byes 1 Lfisf Byes ... ... 1 Wides... 2 Total ... 52 SKCOND INNINGS. Lash, c. Warburtou, b. Pirani 2 Robertson, c. Mason, b.jPirani 7 Eustace, b. Mason 7 , Sherwill, c. Mason, b. Pirani 9 Hyde, b. Charles 6 Dermer, b. Charies ... ... 11 Snnderson, c. and b. Pirani ... 0 Macarthur, b. Charles ... 0 . Rae, l.b.w:. b. Charles ... 0 Cnllanan, b. Charles 0 Knyvett, not out 0 Bye 1 Total ... 42 PALME RSTOX. FIRST INNING3. Jackson, c. Dermer, b. Hyde 1 Stace, b. RoMnson ... ... 0 Huff, b. Robinson 2 Charles, c". Dermer. b. Hyde 1 Turner, b. Hyde 2 Pirnni, run out ... ... 1 Mason, not out J... .... 12 Warbnrton, run out 0 Podevin, h. Hyde 0 Swift, c. Eustace, b. Robinson 1 Connor, c. Knyvett, b. Hyde 0 Bves 2 Wides 1 Total ... 23 SECOND INNINGS. Masrni, 0. Robin«on, b. Hyde 10 Cfinrle*. b. Rohinson... ... 37 Pirani, c. Dernier, b. Robinson • 9 Stait-e, run out. ... ... 11 Jiiclcson, .:. Rohinson, h. Sherwill 0. Huff, c. Sherwill, b. Rd'oinson 9 -Turner, b. Robinson .j. -... 0 ' Warburlon, c. Robinson, b. ' Robinson ' ... ... G Swift, b. Robinson ... ... 9 Podevin, c. Sherwill, b. Robinson 4 Counor, not out ... .... 8 Bvee ... 12 Lee Bye* 4 Wider ... ... 4 Total ... 109