CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 March 1922, Page 3

CRICKET.

SATURDAY FIXTURES POSTPONED. The cricket fixtures for Saturday next have been postponed for a week on account of the motor cycle sports at New Plymouth. AN INGLEWOOD MATCH. (From Our Own Correspondent.) On Friday, St. Patrick’s Day, a cricket match was played on the local ground between teams representing those that have been representing Inglewood in the Thursday and Saturday competitions for Taranaki during this season, the result of a sort of feeling Which obtains amongst cricketers here, th,at both having so signally failed in the competitions, they wanted to see whose fault it was, and at the same time to decide who pay for a dinner to celebrate the season’s efforts. The game was a lively one throughout, chaff and laughter prevailing, in spite of weather conditions more suitable for football than cricket. The Saturday team took the first innings. The scores were:— Saturday team.—T. s Nicholls, e U. Sutherland, b Cutfield, 6; T. Hamerton, c Nicholls, b Cutfield, 0; R. Coutts, b L. Sutherland, 3; N. Street, c and b Sutherland, 10; C. Nicholls, b Cutfield. 2;, R. Darlow,' c Bullot, b L. Sutherland. 7; J. Thomas, c Clegg, bL. Sutherland, 0; W. Starkey, b L. Sutherland, 0; Chapman, b Cutfield, 0; P. O’Carroll, c and b Sutherland, 1; “Snowy” Clegg, not out, 1; extras, s.—Total, 35.

Thursday team.—L. Sutherland, c Street, b Coutts, 6; D. Clegg, c Thomas, b Coutts, 0; Bullot, lbw, b Coutts, 12; Carmihe, b Coutts, 0; Cutfield, b Coutts, 0; Wiley, b Coutts, 6; G. Gibson, run out. 4; J. Sutherland, b Coutts, 1; SI. Sutherland, not out, 7; J. Evans, c Thomas, b Darlow, 4; A. Teeling, b Coutts, 0; extras, 3. —Total, 43. Thus it was decided, so far this match could, that the season’s failure was to be debited very nearly equally to each team. ' One noticeable feature of the game was that the bowling on each side was tbo good for the batsmen, and lesson to be learned: That a great deal more practice is needed by all the players before any reasonable hope of success can be entertained in -future competitions.

In the evening the losing team entertained their victorious opponents to dinner at Host Fairweather’s Railway Hotel, Mr. J. Sutherland presiding, when a very enjoyable time was passed. Compliments and criticisms were freely interchanged amongst the members of the teams. An early break up was effected with many assurances for better luck next season.