CRICKET.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 285, 18 November 1862, Page 5

CRICKET.

{To the Editor of the Datlv Times.)

Sir,—lt was with feelings of yreat pleasure that I heard of the existence of a cricket club in this place, and that the ground—which 1 am sorry to j-ay is at pivsentin a nio^r, dilapidated state—w.-is going to be improved. These is no reason why this Province should be behind the neighboring colonies in the advancement ot this nobie game. i\ew fciouth Wales an nually plays a match with Victoria; Mobart Town is about to do the same, only sending eighteen men. A united eleven has visited both Anieruvt and Austialia for the purpose ot playing a friendly game, and I trust that, ere long, Duuedin will send a challenge to play eighteen against the Victorian eleven. But a great deal has yet t-j be done, before we could accomplish ihis.

The g ound must have immediate attention. At present, th re hno pleasure in pl.iying upon it. Not only are the approach, s bad, but tun ground itf-e-f is nothing but a swamp. 'i he season it fast advancing, and some steps ought at once to be taken to render It fie for a mati.'li. A pavilion ought <t once to bs erected on it, and 1 am sure that' a subscription for this purpose, would meet with a hearty response from a'l lovtrs of cricket. -

So much for tin: ground. Now for the players. To arrive til anything like perfection, two regular field-Jays in the week (if only for a couple of hours) ougiit tv be appointed—each man having his regular place in the iield, and a record ot the runs maue by each player ought to bo kept, in order to select for matches the best placers, and not the most influential. I hope, ,Bir, you wi 1 :ay a few wor.is on b-lialf of cricket, which, by the prtS3 everywhere, has b«en so well and deservedly Mipported and encouraged. I am de r Sir, "Sours truly, A Victorian Cricketer. Dunedin, loth Nov., 186 1.