NOTES ON CRICKET.

Patea Mail, Volume IV, Issue 397, 5 February 1879, Page 2

NOTES ON CRICKET.

A match was arranged to ho played on Saturday last between the Hawera Cricket Club and a Combined Team from Norman by and Waihi, on the ground of the former, and in spite of the very unfavorable weather, the-e was a very strong muster. Unfortunately, however, at 2 p.m. the weather was so unmistakeably bad that the match was postponed, and the chance of winning the two hats so kindly offered by Mr Barrington to the two highest scorers was del erred till that day week. For all that, a scratch match was at once got up, and Mr Borosford on one side, and Mr G. Bayly .on the other, chose their elevens, and set to work, though all hands got a thorough drenching. Messrs Bercsford and Farrington were the first to go to the wickets, and each made a very good fight—the first named going out lor 34, and the hitter for 40, and the remainder fetching the score up to 3 35. The other side were prevented by the increasing rain from playing for more than an hour, in which time, however, Mr G. Bayly made a very good and sharply run 19. The ground, I am glad to say, showed considerable signs of improvement, though , care and attention are still required, for I need hardly remind lovers of the game how essential good ground is to all, but particularly to young and inexperienced players—for if rough and uncertain, it will destroy the confidence of the most practised performers.

It is a matter for congratulation that we have acquired some really good new players, such as Messrs Farrington, Foley, and Galbraith, and I can also say that Mr Knight’s bowling shows a very marked improvement. A subscription list, which is in the very able hands of Mr Riddiford, to raise a sum to defray the cost of the new pavillion and other expenses, has reached nearly £4O, which is most satisfactory. I also hear that Mr Ollivier, to whoso care and skill the present state of the Hawera ground is due, will be presented with a bat, suitably inscribed, as a token from his brother cricketers of their appreciation of his labors. It is to be regretted that the ground at Waihi is too much out of order to be serviceable.

Hoping to see a good attendance and better weather on Saturday—l am, &c., ROUND ARM.