The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1868. CRICKET MATCH.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 21, 25 January 1868, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1868. CRICKET MATCH.

The match between the Nelson Cricket 'Club aud the Motueka Club came off yesterday at the latter place, and ended, as our readers will perceive from the subjoined score, in a decided victory for our fellow-townsmen. The weather was fortunately most propitious, and the L:idy Barkly, which left the wharf at 7 a.m., conveyed a goodly freight of passengers, numbering between 70 and 80, and including several members of the team which had been selected to represent the Nelson club in the first match played since its formation, the rest haviug left and proceeded overland to Motueka on the previous day. The passage to Motueka was accomplished most pleasantly, the water being very calm, and everything conspiring to render the trip altogether enjoyable. The ground selected for the match was a paddock, immediately adjoining Mr Buchholz's property, where the wickets were pitched at 11 o'clock, Mr Greenfield being Captain of the Nelson, and Mr Delany of the Motueka Eleven. The Nelsonians won the toss, and sent in the Motuekans who, although batting very carefully, were unable to make any head •against tbe capital bowling and fielding on the Nelson side, which was far superior to anything they had exhibited during their previous practice, and which, truth to tell, rather surprised many of the Nelsou connoisseurs who were present on the ground, by its evident improvement on 'their former play. Mr Izzard, however, made a good score of 24, and thus contributed in some measure, to redeem the character of the Motueka Club, from whose past achievements a larger result might certainly have been expected, for they only scored 46 iv their first innings. When the Nelsonians went in, probably from want of sufficient practice in encountering the very straight and well pitched slows of the Motueka howlers, Messrs Wise and Askew, their first seven wickets fell for only 8 ruus. The batting then became more steady, Messrs. Greenfield arid Grut playing on the defensive, and the Nelsonians then began to make some headway, for before these two players were parted, the score had run up to nearly that of the Motuekans, Mr Greenfield going out after a cleverly earned innings of 18. In fact, the score on both sides seemed to depend upon the exertions of one or two players in each eleven. The batting continued more steady to the conclusion of the innings, when the Nelsonians retired with a score of 57, Mr Grut, who, it will be seen, made the highest score of the day, having been caught out by the veteran Wise, who, by a species of retributive justice, achieved this feat by the best catch of the day. The Nelson eleven were thus eleven ahead of the Motuekans, who then went in for their second innings, but against far greater odds than in their first innings, the Nelson howling being even better than at the outset, every ball being dead on the wicket, and the score only showed 12 at the conclusion of the innings. The Nelson men then went in again, and one wicket having fallen, they were declared the victors by 9 wickets.

A party of about 40 guests sat down to a most excellent dinner provided by mine host Daly, at the Motueka Hotel, Mr. Sutcliffe presiding, and Mr. Greenfield acting as croupier. At the conclusion of the repast the ball was presented to the victorious Nelson players by Mr. Sutcliffe, accompanied hy many kindly and complimentary expressions, which were duly reciprocated, and the conviviality which prevailed was only interrupted by the departure of the steamer, which left at halfpast 8 o'clock, carrying away most of the Nelson cricketers, .and a large number of her passengers of the morning, all of whom were delighted with the hospitality which they had. experienced at the bauds of their Motueka friends. The following is the score : — Nelsou - — First Innings. Mortimer, run out 2 Clarke, b. P. Askew 0 Lloyd, b. Wise 0 11. Cross, b. Wise 0 Wood, c. Parkes.. ... .. 0 'fay lor, b. P. Askew 5 Dre-'. b. P. Askew 0 Greenfield, b. P. Askew ... 16 Grut, b. and c. Wise 29 Ptalliird, b. Wise 4 J, Cross, not out ... ..1 Second Innings. H. Cross, b. De Laney, c. "Wise 3 Lloyd, not out 2 Grut, not out 1 Bye l . Grand total 64 Motukka — First Innings. Izzard, b. H. Cross 24 Hall. b. 11. Cross 3 M'Nab, b. Wood 0 De Lanpy, b H. Cross ,3 Bu'comb, run out l P. Askew, run out 0 Wise, b. "Wood o Guerin, b. 11. Cross ... ... I T. Lunn, b. Wood 1 J. Lunn, not out 0 - Parkes, b. H. Cross . . . . 0 Byes, 10; 1. byes, 3 13 46 Second Innings. Izzard, run out 5 Hall, b. Wood 2 M'Nab, b. Wood o De Laney, b. Wood l Buseomb, c, Wood, b. 11. Cross 2 P. Askew, not out 0 Wise, b. Wood 0 Guerin, b Wood 0 T. Lunn, b. 11. Cross 2 J. Lunn, c. Taylor, b. H. Cross 0 Parkes, c. Lloyd, b. H. Cross ... 0 12 Grand total 58