CRICKET MATCH.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1190, 9 February 1880, Page 2

CRICKET MATCH.

A match was played on Saturday between the second elevens of the Oamaru and Excelsior Clubs, and resulted in a victory for the junior club. Some very fair play was shown during the match, more particularly by Spence, whose score of 27 in the.Excelsior's second innings was compiled :by very good cricket. In the Oamaru Club's first innings Ham secured seven wickets for six runs, his analysis showing seven overs, five maidens, six runs, and seven wickets. The following ares the scores : Excelsior —first innings. Church, run out... ... ... ... 6 Robertson, b H. Moore ... ... 0 Bannerman, run out ... ... ... 7 Thomson, b H. Moore... ... ... 0 Ham, b H. Moore ... ... ... 11 J..Hartley, b H. Moore ... ... 14 C. Moore, b H. Moore ... ... 21 Spence, b A. E. Hardy ... ... 1 A. Or Hardy, b A. E. Hardy 9 W. Cook, c Hardy, b H. Moore ;.. 1 Henderson, not out ... ... ... 0 Extras ... ... 10 Total ... ... ... ... 61 SECOND INNINGS. Henderson, b Moore ... ... ... 5 Tho'msoh, b Moore ... ... ... 0 Church, b Hardy ... ... ... 2 Barinetman, b Moore ... , 0 Hartley, c Ferens, b Hardy ... ... 0 Hani, b Hardy ... .... ... ... 7 Moore, c Balmer, b Hardy ... .... 5 Hardy, b. Hardy ... ... ... 15 Cook, b Hardy ... . ... 0 Spence, not out ... 27: Robinson, b Moore ... ... ... 3 Extras ... ... ... ... 6 Total ... ... ... ... 70 Oamaru—first innings. Coate's, b Bannerman ... ... ... 3 Balmer, b;Ham... ... ... ... 3 Hardy, b/Ham ,i. ... ... ... 4 Moore, b Ham ... ... 1 Lintott, b Ham... ... 3 B.orton, b Ham... ... ... ... 0 Bull; b Hardy ... ... ... ... 6 Anderson, b Ham ... ... ... 0 Ferensj'b Ham... ... 3 M'lLeod; not ont ... ... ... 1 Jones, hit wicket ... .... ... 12 Extras G . , , Total ... ... ... 42 SECOND INNINGS. M'Leod, run out ... 0 Hardy, c Church, b Robinson... ... 5 Coates, b Robinson ... 10, Moore, not out 2 Extras 5 wicheta ... 22

NGAPARA. 1 ■ ♦' . (from our own cokrespondent.) There lias btsen"little-to record lately in the way of news fro.ni hero, so I ha,ve not troubled you by writing." The principal topic 011 which everyone talks is of course the harvest, and I may as well have my say among the rest. Nearly all our farmers are -in the thifck of it, and the weather is" everything that can be desired. The only thiiig that seems to annoy a fewis that there is not sufficient crop for the quantity of men that are hanging about, arid I am rather inclined to believe it is so when I am told that altnough nearly all our farmers have commenced cutting, as many as 50 men looking for work slept in Mr. Campbell's stable loft on Thursday night last, besides a quantity in the coachliousej and the stable itself, to say nothing of those wlio ruralised on the grass, with the star-studded canopy for a coverlet. I think by this that we are rather overdone, but they seem in no hurry to shift to other quarters. One thing surprises me much, and that is they all seem to have a supply of the necessary current coin, and, taking into consideration the hard times we have just passed through, I think this is nothing moro nor less than simply wonderful. To give you an idea of .our oat crops, I may just mention that a gentleman resident not a hundred miles from here left his horse and cart outside an hotel while he went- in to refresh the inner, man. When he came out again the.horse arid cart were nowhere to be seen, but, being a good hand'at tracking, lie determined to follow up and bring back the erring ones. The cart was tractecl to a field of oats, but could not,.be seen anywhero. However, after wanctering about all over the field ho eventually found the horse quietlj grazing under the shelter of the friendly crop and the cart standing literally buried by it. It is reported that two men who went out to assist in the search have not returned, and it is feared they have lost their way, but they are sure to be found when the reaper is. at work, if tliey do not turn up before. , . You have already heard that tlie meeting for the elrct'ion of a ■ new School Committee fell through on account of the paucity of attendance, but I am,told that the Board have fixed the 6th of March for the next meeting, and. no doubt "a local Committee will be elected as the feeling among the residents is pretty general that they would like to govern their own school instead of leaving it to the tender mercies of the Education Board. The Farmers' Club held a meeting on Saturday, 31st January, last, but I did not forward a report as I was unavoidably called away in the middle, of it. The Secretary promised to let me | passed, but I had not an opportunity of seeing him till Friday last, when he told me that little or nothing of any consequence took place, and the meeting waß adjourned till Saturday, the 21st inst.. The Caledonian Sports Committee met on Friday evening last to reconsider what was to be done to meet their liabilities, when it was finally decided that a' conSort and dance should be held ori Friday/the •27th inst., to raise the necessary wherewith to satisfy their creditors.