Cricket.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2540, 26 February 1877, Page 3

Cricket.

Two matches having-' been played this season b^een jShortlan^, -J* Grahamstown, and each- having won one, wliat.SwaVilftf tiave^e'en^th%: de-

ciding match was played on Sat.^r-j day '■ ai 1' P,ara wait I 'Shbrtland'; werVijgaJta. unforfuii^tjijfli .not being ,a i ble : ,to ; pl,ay 4 tAew, Btrengt6p ; Plfliiitthis time tbeing^elabsenyi tee/tWlirfS Orahaffistowii^besides l being; able§?Paf fth^a^&ncpf: W.lPhila^iwhp wajunj&kingia-shortistay/ at tl«a^hatoe«/' tosi^in:dt^^t!^ppjb»^,^y gjg, taiCwdSarßre^ils/MJflF?i^ b4W\n)g ; of l Whitford^tfr^forA Mm*m**V**> soon .bp.wlejl, $$ a^ooter/i and who followed, having made two,,: got underoclithx^^^libamriycone^anAwas caught by the wicket keeper. Curtis joinethsßobiifcbn, i*b&*K luce; lime^the Shortland men had of it, jßobinsotf*lading Straight wdQ Well] "a^iGttHiSv fairly obliging bowierif^a^^im" s*&#> v ;ifcist::aß EpbinrelieyedjOrajefbrd,^:% aa^ver. or, two ■ :ffiO*fr&. <r*&mft? «^pting, was, checfeed>Jut o ncit ..fqr ;or! long^ ,fpr,^ as soon^'jte, fb#|*n»n [jjftt »> good-, sight of the ball #ey s *gl»nir^cQminenced hitting,; and had, made(3O*eiri4o; each rwhea * Mac^ donaldessay'ediacpai'i them'atSpencer .*' end^o^Thwpßiriweretoo^well'mV'andaftei?' bowling*fewwei>*'Kiaienderwent?ofi^ plabefbf OtfAcdotiJild the latter sqoftaftrt-* ward^b^f lingua Plaf^^^d who; wm^fewM^nir^ing t*i|a^hii hanaSwithm^^i^N^nt^n^g^^ ahortll Ilft'er- 'wlficji VKallender .clean Ter^i^ne,,hw o drije iß ,bjing ; the mos^ noticefbfe-feA^e, Aiid quitp; tw.a ; thirdsof, his runs Were n»d#l»yithese hits. riSteed< maataafle;afi»uaßleiaiid was ,then: caught > at snort^lipv'i iPhilson-kep^uphiswicket for some iime,«wliile /Hobitison hit away in e*rne«t,*6tl W)^Wbntettt?irith the 1 ntfnW ber'btlhalf.^Wevs'boMed^^him^ f &ade,a; few^ffiore^brifmtelf by 11^ toiiit % to dS!Kim ;jirstiße' ilh6 the ; bpw^ ling with 4 strict .impartiality. ?; Kalleidfer> bowid'f^s^^n^'mmpson^w^, maa^ j^wasM^l^ca^anißar^ rett ; eac^» cpntr]fl>™ iW*r *^ CPMW% scoopjed^a JijUl^•back.tp; thelibqwler,, leav^ipif; Bobio^oa^P'had becnoyer; t threei hours., at f an4fsbb.adv; run,-;no less thanb 9? 2OQ;s funs«i ito& : brings out; his bat for' the largest innings ever made at the Thame^fESidtf in the Pro, rince, viz^^lj«nbt The inning^ was W'g&od one froml first "to Ifist^some o f the leg-hit*-! be^ih^ vTery nclean,;And he punished 5 the long 1! hops'to-sbme purpbse; hitting them forward in, front pf coyer v poin^ sßike^Gufti«i''liowever, ''he made; driving, thjß prominent feature of his play*, andjtimedf; the balls .^a.nice.tyj^Taken as a whole Jt. is i: tb^rbelti .^iningavtWe have useen him play, ariAi-eertainly the best '■) the,>';tphames.wM- Min oxu, memory.' A woriyof praise is dnei-^ol keeping up his end so ".wellawhetClthe; bowling was' complet"elyiin^ikribt,iand also to-Nodder for his long-stopping. During the long' inningihe worked hard; and many of:thebyes' 'werfe^aitribtitißle'^to^faults' of the ground and not of the longistop.. Palleine, Showed^ /:^aa"?!nps3iorgotfeir fii&J to, thrbw/^t sbme^qf Ahe Shortland .men, one gelded .^ery. slov^Mf Nan*^made; ;tbe ;rwprk of ;jbhe : bowled aiytEing biife easy.. ;,;pere<~be.ing ; but fiJ jilj(OTb^inse4eft ,to: playi; about; half the left the, field, why.we, don^lino^s^t^Sjbuttlitile, more than halfrpM,t.fif» w;i OFtthose who stayed Mac-... donali and; Buttiweut in-to the-iaowling.of: Steedman andiiHargreaveaV: Hewitt'kepti wicket, rf'aodi- 'iThompson&.wfcsfi loBg^BtopJ: Macddnaiaoafter.^alKng-ttwp^waa^ell* caufehtfyJ^hriw off^gddd bit,^aiad BulU sho*tly%fle> w|is badly rutfouSjbyMs^art^ ner; i!JThe:*etnfiind;e^ \qf '* thfe^nningl'Was chieflr^lntaWabTeWffiS npfb^it inn,ing4' of Sp4^^fia^enm find KiTUf slblsj When time-was called Shetland had lost, five wickets for 41 runs r , i The following is the scor^rgff-i^sjj^b.. . ■'■■■''■■.■■

Hargfe>feKF:W LHTffoTa rrrvlv" ''~.;." 0 Hewitt, cCramp^bJSrhitfori, .... -2 Curtis/frEatfenderiW^ /;*& !•;; Steedman, c W hitfprd^b Jtallender... 1 Philson, b Kallender... ... ... 4 Thompson, tan <$a!&.%.P"^~< vi> f '«*tii^ 5' Lucas,,b Whit(prclT>c.>f v « s :.n; s rr».. 1 Barrett, c West, b "WWtford ... 1 ColfidMoeiaTidbjK&H^dgrSUßiaa^l ft "Byes ... ... ... ... 13 Bull?iin<yat'^^'lod^ O •?.?"IJifc^: Macdoplld,Te^rtis^b Stctecbflan ,^; oj>B "West, b Jffiar^ee«Tßi^iw:-s';,^? :;o .i-.>-,o 8.: Spettcer,"n6t put „;:>v; . -.> •••.. ,&■<?/.;, A" Tjwlteyi st Hewitt, I(Steedman "... 3 W 3jea . •"■■■ I Leg Byesr;^.^ ' ■■■...'% ■...,, ; % li-y; ■ ::.;>■. ■; -TQtalV:. v :'v:;Hi|- \;;, »• £$$ Crump, Wfijtfora, t^^ ford aw^^^tog^rv_2 ;i:^;^ ; g