CRICKET.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1333, 28 April 1885, Page 2

CRICKET.

GERALDINE CRICKET CLUB.

The Season 1884-85. [By “ Cover Point.”] Taking it altogether, the career of the Club through the season just closed has not bean attended by the success of former years. This cannot be put down to the inability of the members to uphold the honor previously gained. The players are mostly the same as have takeh the field for the last few seasons, the younger ones, naturally, improving with each year’s praciice. The main cause can be traced to the lack of interest displayed in the welfare of the Club. When we remember how many times matches have been arranged, and fallen through for want of a sufficient number of players turning up to form a team, this indifference is palpable. To say the least of it, it is shewing a discourtesy to the Clubs who have visited Geraldine in not making a better effort than has been made to return the visits, The number of matches to have been played away from home was not so numerous as to be a serious tax upon the time at the disposal of the members, and the expense is but a small item individually when a full team leave home; but when only six or seven men turn up to return the visit of an outside Club, their expense is proportionally greater. This, i regret to say, is a light in which few look upon the question of travelling expenses. If anyone will look up the reports of matches played away from home he will find the names of the same few who always manfully came fonv ard and did their beat to uphold the honor of the Club. It has

generally been found that players have mustered in good force whena'match was to be played on the home ground, so that the plea of want of time will not hold good—a day being taken up whether playing at home or abroad. I hope that in another year members will look at the matter of expense in the light I have put it, and not leave a few to bear the brunt of travelling expenses. It is a matter for regret that more matches have not taken place among the members of the Club, In past seasons the match Married v. Single was the most important one on the programme. Only one match was played, this year between these two sides, and the result was a victory for the bachelors —the first, I believe, for many years past. In the foreign matches the Club has been victorious only on one or two occasions. Several, however, were decided on the first innings, would, I have reason to believe, have ended in favor of the Club bad they been played out. Below are given the batting and bowling averages. There has not been a remarkable display of batting power shown by our players ; but little fault could be found with the bowling of several. To this latter feature of the game has the Club been indebted for having made the contests of the season more equal than they would have been had the bowling been on a par with the batting. Financially the Club should be in a better position next season than it has been for some time past. During tha current years over £4O has been expended, nearly two-thirds of which was for old debts. With the sum raised by the Ist* concert and a subscription from the members, nearly the whole of the present indebtedness of the Club will be cleared off. The following are the batting end bowling averages for the past season ;

Batting. m So So a CD .s g 43 9 O Name, p fl • M P 94 a 43 O 0 i CM o o 4? m 9 SP o ft d ft o sr B s 1 Geo. Ward ,,, 16 158 36 2 11.4 F. Bethuna ... 6 68 25 0 11*2 W. H. Lodge ... 7 64 19 0 9.1 F.H. Fish 15 104 31* 3 8.8 W. M. Moore ... 8 70 20 0 8.6 E. H. Pearpoint ... 9 65 26 1 8.1 B. H. Templar ... 7 42 11# 1 7 A. L. Temple 7 38 19 1 6.2 W. K. Macdonald... 6 35 10 0 6.6 W. F. Hargreaves... 9 47 29 0 6.2 Fred. Pish 9 46 14 0 6.1 A. H, Briscoe ,,, 4 16 11 0 4 B. Macdonald 5 17 7 0 3.2 A. Erskine 13 33 6 0 2.7 Geo. Slack 7 17 5 1 2.6 0, Poster ... . ... 8 11 4 2 1.5 * Signifies not oat. ' Bowmng. « CD P © s to M Name. 'o5 •o fl o u <0 a o • H * d «M CM cm 0 o ft 0 d ft O O fi fc (I ■5 E. H. Templar ... 60 16 2 6 2.4 P. Bethune ... 462 150 17 36 4.8 Fred. Fish 682 201 39 47 4 IS W. M. Moore 230 60 15 10 6 A, Erskine 138 27 6 4 6.3 P-. H. Fish 539 175 28 28 617 Geo. Ward.., ... 200 59 13 8 7.3 W. J. Hughes ... 115 59 4 8 7.8 A. H. Brifcoe 20 9 2 1 9 W. F. Hargreaves... 125 36 8 4 9 S. H. Pearpoint ... 381 167 16 13 12.11 W. H. Lodge ... 81 36 3 2 18