CRICKET.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5017, 23 April 1877, Page 2

CRICKET.

MILLS V. NATHAN AND CO. A cricket match between the employes of the above firms was played on Saturday in Mr. Whitehead's paddock, Ingestre-street, and resulted in auother decisive victory for Joseph Nathan and Co.’s team by 63 runs. The batting of Blacklook, Donnelly, and Williams for the winning side, and that of Carpenter for the losers, was very good. The bowling of Nathan’s team was too much for their opponents. Appended are the scores ;

JOSEPH NATHAN AND CO, First Innings. Second Innings. Blacklock, o Donovan, b Moran 8 not out ~ ~ 28 ■Williams, b Kutchen .. 0 b Head .. ~14 Watty, b Moi an .. ..lb Kutcbcu .. ' .. S Stratford, G., b Moran |.. C b Kutchen.. ... 0 Welsh, run out .. ..3 b Kutchen.. .. 8 Marks, b Kutchen ~ 0 b Kutchen.. ~ 0 Grafton, b Kutchen .. 0 React, b Kutchen 6 Donnelly, not out.. .. 15 c Read, b Kutchen 0 Mann, b Donovan .. 4 c Donovan, b Kutcben .. .. 0 Scroglan, b Donovan ~ lb Kutchen ~ ~ 0 Smith, b Kutchen.. . 1 b Kutchen .. .. 0 Extras 22 Total .. .. 47 CO E. w. MILLS. First Innings, Second Innings. Kutchen, run out,. .. 1 b Welsh .. ..7 Moran, c Watty, b Welsh 1 b Blacklock .. 0 Carpenter, b Welsh .. 9 c and b Welsh .. 0 Marks, b Blacklock .. 2 b Welsh .. .. 0 Donovan, b Welsh .. 0 b Welsh .. .. 0 Grimes, V) Blacklock .. lb Blacklock .. 4 Read, b Welsh ..3 b Blacklock ~ 0 i anc, not out .. ..1 c andbßlacklock.. 2 Mnvch, b Welsh .. ..0 b Welsh ~ 0 Wills, b Blacklock .. 1 not out .. .. 0 Fisk, o Mann, b Blacklock 0 o Mann, b Blacklock .. .. 0 Extras .. .. .. C G Total ~ -.23 .. .. ~19 NEW ZEALAND TIMES. The match between Eleven of the employees and Six of those who played against the combined team at the Hutt, came off on Saturday afternoon on the Basin Reserve. It will perhaps be easily understood by many that the match was interesting and funny, the Eleven having been backed to win, and other bets having been made on the issue, the odds being in favor of the Six men. The following are the names composing the teams:—Eleven—Messrs. Thomson (captain), Kitchen, Jones, Everitt, Mullins, Keatch, Galvin, McKeegan, Jackson, Mason, and Carpenter. Six —Messrs. Bryce captain), Nation, O’Connor, McKenzie, Clements, and Dnnn. Play commenced at about 1 o’clock, the Eleven going in first, and scoring twenty-eight, Thomson making 14 and Mullins 7, off the bowling of Bryce and Nation, the former’s bowling doing considerable damage, whilst the fielding was admirable. The Six scored 121; McKenzie putting together 68, Clements (not out) for 16, and Bryce 14. O’Connor, who was expected to make a good score, succeeded in getting a duck’s egg; Nation made 7, and Dunn 3. The Eleven scored 31 in the second innings, making- the total 59, so that they were beaten in one innings by 62. The highest scorers on the Eleven side in the second innings were Everitt and Kitchen, who scored 13 and 12 respectively; and one of these gentleman also “set off” his side, so to speak, considerably, by the adoption of “ Arofes-iional make-up and boaukful style, yvom -lievc it was his original intention to rebim- his place at the wickets during the evening, but, he didn’t. The Eleven were cheerful unv.Vr defeat, and dignified withal, particularly one, who worked like a Trojan, and produced extraordinary effect by his cat-like agility, which was wonderful to behold. Another would have distinguished himself to an equal extent had ho not been possessed of a disposition to cover too much ground in his movements, and hop past the ball in attempts to arrest its progress. A third’s long acquaintance with the noble game enabled him to smack the ball about in the first innings, but in a moment of abstraction in the second innings, he allowed the ball to pass him, and strike the wickets. Ho scored seven points. It was a remarkable match. TAITA V, JIDNGABOA. A match was played at Taita on Saturday between an eleven from Mungaroa and one from Taita, which resulted in a victory for the former by 35 runs. The Taita men scored 35 in their first innings and 39 in the second, while those from Mungaroa made 42 in their first innings and 67 in their second.