WELLINGTON v. WAIRARAPA SCHOOLS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10580, 11 March 1912, Page 3

WELLINGTON v. WAIRARAPA SCHOOLS.

The annual , representative cricket match between the Wellington and Wairarapa Schools took place on the Park Oval on Saturday aftornon, and resulted in a win for the visitors by three wickets. An outstanding feature of the match was the splendid fielding of the Wellington boys, ..which would not suffer in comparison with that of some of the best senior teams in the Dominion, and this undoubtedly gave them the victory. Otherwise the two teams were very evenly matched, and a. closely contested game was the result. The scores were:—Wellington 67 and 46 for 7 wickets (Macauley 21, France 11 not out, Owens 10 and 15), and Wairarapa 59 and 52 (Miller

13, Feast IS not out, Mason 16. The" best Wellington -bowler was France 5 for 13 and 5 for 15 runs, and Mason and Cummins the best on the j Wairarapa side. In the evening the visitors were entertained at a di.i'jer at the Club Cafe, and if the Wellington boys excelled themselves in the afternoon, Host and Hostess Douglas put up a similar performance- in the evening in the manner in which they catered for the boys. Mr W. H. Jackson, the chairman, referred to "the good tone infused into the life of those schools whore the self-sacriiice I of tlie assistant masters made school sport a happy feature. Contact w.ih one another on the spouts field mar.v for the happy co-operation of ir.astv'r and pupil in the class-room. Mr A. W. Hogg, as a member of the tion Board, spoke in a similar strain, and urged the hoys never to forget J the efforts put forth .by their teach--1 ers on their 'behalf, for next to their parents their teachers were the-r best friends. Mr G. E, Sykes, M.J'., sinpressed the boys with the necessity of making sport part and parcc-i of their education, for the happy, ble-ui b-5 of) the functions of brain and body were' tile esse- tials to making a good man. M.- Pi. Brown also i wor-i v.' ' vLe.ii they w?.-> at tn>rl<, tiiid ;.!.iv \,et. when they wor* n 1 ; 'ay. Messrs Perry and Collinge, the umpires, paid a high tribute to the boys for the sportsmanlike way in which they had played the game that day. Mr C. N. Haslam, as manager of the Wairarapa team, congratulated the winners on their victory, and extended a hearty welcome to the visitors. Mr L. H. Arctis, the Wellington manager, thanked the Mastertqn people, masters and boys for the splendid reception given to them. With cheers for the-host and hostess, and for the masters, who controlled the school sport, the gathering terminated.