CRICKET.

Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 274, 14 April 1898, Page 2

CRICKET.

o , THE WAITERAURI CRICKETERS. SMOKE CONCERT. On Tuesday evening at the Royal Hotel, Hamilton, the Hamilton Cricket Club and friends entertained the team of Waitekauri Cricketers to a smoke concert. There were between fifty and sixty present. His Worship the xMayor (Mr Win. Dey) presided, and was supported on his rif>ht by Mr Fenn, captain of the Waitekauri team and Mr Draftiu, President. He had on his left Mr Macassey, vice-captain of the Hamilton Cricket Cub.—His Worship proposed the toast of Her Majesty the Queeu, whose health was drunk with much enthusiain, the whole company singinp the National Anthem.—Mr Fenn then bang " True to the Last," and in re sponse to a well-merited encore, gave " Mona." This gentleman has a fine, powerful baritone voice, and his rendering of the above songs left nothing to be desired.—The next toast, that of " Our Guests," was in the hands of Mr Macassey, and in proposing their health in a neat speech, he complimented the Waitekauri team on their play, and admitted that the Hamilton team were beaten in all departments of the game. He hoped that on some future occasion Hamilton would pay them a visit and briug back with them the laurels that Waitekauri had so easily gained. He coupled with the toast, which was drunk with musical honours, the names of Messrs Fenn and Draffin. — Mr Fenn, in thanking the Hamilton Club for the enthusiastic manner in which his team's health was drunk, referred to the very pleasant time they had spent in Hamilton, and said that though his team had come off victorious in their match with Hamilton, he thought the Hamilton team had had a great deal of bad luck. He sincerely hoped that the match would become an annual fixture, and assured the Hamilton Club that the Waitekauri cricketers would give them a very warm welcome when they paid the goldfields a visit. Mr Draffin also replied and endorsed the remarks of the previous speaker. Mr Feun then proposed the health of the Hamilton Cricket Club, and in glowing terms spoke of the mr.uy natural advantages the Hamilton Club possessed. The Mayor (President of the Club), rc-spoucied. Mr Benge cieated roars of iaughter with his readings from " Three Men in a Boat," in fact this gentleman was a host iu himself. Mr Palmer sang " Paradise Alley," for which he was encored. Mr D. Ross proposed "Kindred Sports,"coupled with the names of Messrs Manning and Quick, ai.d iu an admirable speech said he hoped that more attention would be paid in our schools to manly sports. He eulogised the noble game of cricket, aud remarked that John Bull owed a great deal of his success to his undoubted superiority in athletics. Messrs Quick and Manning replied Mr C. Speight proposed the toast of "The Ladies" in a very happy manner, aud Mr Myers lesponded on behalf of the fair sex. Mr Ross gave a recitation in his well-known style, and had to respond to an encore. Mr Manning proposed the toast of "The Press," and in doing so referred in complimentary terms to the great assistance in the way of publicity the press of the district accorded sport of all kind. Messrs Quick and Castleton responded. The harmony of the evening was further added to with songs by Messrs Hope, Walsh, Speight, Macassey and others. After the chairman's health had been diuuk, a very pleasant evening ended by the company singing " Auld Lang Syne." At an early hour yesterday morning the Waitekauri players left by coach for Te Awamutu to fulfil their engagement with the eleven of that town.

The visitors are a fine manly set of fellows, and they made themselves exceedingly popular during their stay in Hamilton. They appear to be enjoying themselves immensely and cannot speak too highly of the treatment they have received throughout the tour. The visitors leave for Taupiri by train this morning, and they will play the Taupiri team to-day THE TB AWAMUTU MATCH. OurTe Awamutu correspondent wired as follows last evening ; The Waitekauri cricket team arrived lore at 10 o'clock this morning. The visitors registered 73 runs in their first innings, and Te Awamutu responded with 63. The second innings of Waitekauri closed for 93, and when the telegraph office closed the local players had put up 38 runs with the loss of two wickets.

On Good Friday the Taupiri District Cricket Club sent a team to Te Aroha by the excursion train. As neither Mr E. B. Cox, captain of the team, nor Mr C. Gleescn, captain of the Huntly branch, were present, grave fears were expressed for the success of the side, but the result upset all calculation, Taupiri winning au easy victory by six runs and all their wickets in hand. The following were the scores :

Te Ahojia.—Lewis, b W. Gleeson, 0 ; Smale, c W. Gleeson, b 0. Lovell, 2 ; Bygravc, b \V. Gleesou, 0; Dalston, thrown out C. Lovell, 4 ; Bivilace, b W. Gleeson, 2 ; Hirst, c Ellison, b VV. Gleesou, 1 ; Eggar, bW. Gleeson, 5 ; F. C. Pavitt, I) (J Lovell, 3 ; Cummings, not out, 7 ; F. Pavitt, run out, 0 ; Lipsey, c Lovell, b W. Gleeson, 0 ; extras, 1 Total, 25.Taupiri.—W. Gle?son, not out, 19 ; VV. Bailey, not out, 6 ; extras, G—Total, 31. No wickets down.