CRICKET.

Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 27, 14 December 1894, Page 8

CRICKET.

AB AT A PUT y. TATARARIKI. The first meeting of these two Clubs this season took place on Saturday afternoon at Te Kopuru. It rained heavily for some time before the game started, and some delay took place, but it was eventually decided to make a start in the rain as it had eased somewhat and would probably not last very long; it rained a little for about an hour and then ceased. Aratapu won the toss and took the field and Elliott and Smith faced the bowling. Elliott soon settled down to steady work and carried his bat right through the innings for 30 runs, made up of 4 twos and the rest singles. Six wickets were down for 12 runs when C. Matthews came in and played good cricket for 14, Seven wickets for 44 and then the end came with the total at 61. Bain had eeased when Aratapu sent French and Slater to the wickets to face Miller and Elliott. French played a careful innings and had broken the bowling pretty much before he was bowled. Marcroft made a good stand for his 19, and with the assistance of Butland, who played very free cricket and scored rapidly, further checked the bowlers. Four wickets for 24, five for 62 and six for 69 and then time was called Araf.apu winning by 8 runs and four wickets. TATABABIKI O. C. Elliott T. not out 30 Smith W. l.b.w. Webster. 0 Matthews F* b French 1 Bassett T. ct. Graham b French.... 2 I Odium C. b Webster. 1 Tidmarsh H. b Webster 0 Campbell F. l.b.w. Webster 0 Matthews C. b Graham 14 Stuart G. ct. Slater b Walker..... 3 Legge A. W. b Walker 3 Miller W. ct. French b G. Nield.. 1 Byes 7 Tot 1 61 ARATAPU C. C. Slater T. l.b.W. Elliott 2 French T. b Elliott 11 Webster D. b Elliott 2 Marcroft W. b Elliott 19 Graham J. b Elliott 0 Butland F. not out 29 ' Walker T. ct. Bassett b Miller.... 1 Nield G. \ Stallworthy J. f to bat Lowrie G. ( Morgan A. J Byes 5 Total 69 BOWLING ANALYSIS. TATARARIKI C.O. Runs wkts. mdns. balls. Miller T. 15 1 1 58 Elliott T. 27 5 5 78 Legge A. W. 17 Odium C. 5 ARATAPU C.C. Webster 15 4 1 42 French 10 2 —■ 30 Stallworthy 6 Walker 11 2 4 54 Graham 9 1 1 42 Nield G. 1 1 The first of the Second Elevens’ fixtures is to be played tomorrow afternoon on the Aratapu ground, There are to bo five rounds between the Tatarariki and Aratapu Juniors, the only teams entered for the Junior Cup, The teams chosen for tomorrow’s game are

■ Tatarariki IX, —Messrs R. Brassingtcn, G. Stewart, J. bfoian, A. Johnston, C. Allen, H. W. Williams, E. Bell, W. Chambers, W. Lowrie, J. Brown and G. French. Aratapu 11. Messrs Cunningham, C Nield, G. Nield, Braithwaite, W. Nield, F Brown, F. Walker, B. Lendrum, S. Edmonds. W' Harrison and A. Webb. Emergency, S Barker. The Port Albert C.C. have asked th :V tapu Club to play them at Aratpu on I January 4th ; both first and second t * of each Club are to meet. The A Club are unable to accept date name are willing to meet Port Albert on Sat . 12th January. The Manakau C. Association have signified •their willingness to meet the Wairoa representatives in Auckland on first Friday or Saturday in New Year. Local cricketers are however, so unenthusiastic that it looks at present as if the Auckland trip will have to be abandoned. Those who do not wish to see it drop had better communicate with local Secretary without delay. The Wellington-Canterbury match produced some good scoring. The scores were Wellington 1 82, Canterbury 346 in the first innings, the latter are specially strong in batting. The second innings of the former produced 192, and Canterbury won the match by nine wickets. ■*