CRICKET.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2434, 25 October 1886, Page 2

CRICKET.

MASiERTONV.Oi'AKI,

TnE match between the above Cluba was played on the Park Oval'on Saturday, and resulted |n a rather hollow defeat of the bpaki teain v Sir P. 0. Moore captained tho hiJnie team, Mr W. E. Welch officiating in;like. capacity for the Messrs Brom'ner and E, Minifie acted ai umpires, f Moore won the 'toss and elected to Bat. The. matting, p'itah was used, and-played splohdidly, and consequently a deoent total was run up, the last wicket" falling for 120; 0, Perry played grand cricket for hiß score of 48 (not out)..''.'VVilliaraß played steadily, and deserved, the runs he got, McKenzieand Howell also got into double figures, The latter waijld, no doqbt, havo given the bowlers a \l>i more Jrbublo if he had pot been unfortunate enough to be run. eiut, R. Welch's pderhaiid bawling Qajna.off. very well, He 'aecured five, wickets for: 28 runs. The Opaki team then went in,

but a mournful procession tookjiade. The trundling" of ; Perry and MeKenaie, proved too good for them, and the .wlwle; team retired .for the immente total'<if 12, four of which were extras. Bektg 108 behind their opponents they followed on, and at the call of time had' nine, wickets' down for a total of 25.. The game thui ended in favor of Masterton by 107 runs on the first innings. At the conclusion of tlio match cheers were oxchauged by tho teams. The following are the scores :- Mastemos. A. LitfcJejohn, c Boulcott, bR. Welch 3 W. McKenzie, b R, Welch 13 H. W. Howell, run out ... ' ... 11 J. Williams, c A. Welch, b R. Welch 17 II Robinson, oF. Welch, bMcLachlau 3 0. Perry, not out » •'.,., 48 J. Wickenß,c and b W.Welch " ... 3' J. H. Kibblowhite, bW. Welch ... 1 F. 6. Moore, bE. Welch ... ... 5 W. (1. Beard, bF. Welch ... ... 5 Booth, bR. Welch ...' 1. Extras ...' 10 Total ' 120 Bowling Analysis: R. R. Welch 106 balls, 28 runs, 5 wickots; A..'Boulcott 72 balls, 29 runs, Q wickots; F. Welch, 48 balls, 18runs, 1 wicket; W. Welch 36 balls, 20 ruiiß, 2 wickets, Opaki, Ist innings. D. McLachlan, b McKenzie 1 F, Hare bO. Porry • ... 0 F. Welch, bW. McKenzie ... ... 4 W. Day, c Moore, b C Perry 1 R. Welch, b Perry 0 J. Welch, cC.PuiTy.bW. McKenzie 0 W. Welch, not out 1 G. Harvey, cC. Perry, bW. McKenzie 1 A. Welch, b W. McKenzie 0 H. Welch, b Perry 0 A. Boulcott, b McKonzic ... ... 0 Extras ■ ... 4 Total ■ ... 12 Bowling Analysis—W. McKenzio 32 balls, 5 runs, 6 wickets; C. Perry 36 balls, 4 runs, 4 wickets, Oaki—2no Inninqs. W. W«lch, 1.b.w., bW. McKenzie... 0 P. Welch, c Howell bW. McKenzie 8 A. Woleh, b McKenzie 3 W, Day, c Robinson, bW. McKenzie 1 G. Harvey, c McKenzie, b C, Porry 0 F. Hare, c and bW. McKonzio ... 0 J. Welch, c Howell, b W, McKenzie 3 R. Welch, c Board, bC. Porry ... 3 D. Mckchlan, not out 1 H. Welch, c Howoll, bO. Perry ... 2 Extras ... 4 Total for 9 wickets 25 Bowling.Analysis-W. McKenzie 42 balls, 11 runs, 6 wickets; C. Perry 38 balls, 10 runs, 3 wickets.

A practice match was played by the Tradosmon's Cricket Club on' Saturday aftornoon, aides being pickod by Messrs Jackson and Wiokerson. Tho latter's team scored 43 and 32, and the former's 22and 36. ~. Tho Ogakiand tho Tradesmen's Clubs play a jrfatch on Saturday. next on tho ground of the former. • (tREYIOWN V KORATAWHIXI, A match Greytown v Kuratawhiti was played on the Reserve on Saturday, and rosulted after a aood match in a win for Kuratawhiti by eight wickets. Greytown went first to the wickets, and only made 39 against the bowling of the two Judds. Kuratawhiti then went hi and only succeeded in making 31, or one moro than their oppononts, tho bowling of Ruthorford and Cuff being dead on the wickot. Greytown in the second inninip only got 17, and Kuratawhiti got the required numbor to win with the losb of two wickets. Tho Groytown Club havo challenged tho Mastorton Club to a match next Saturday.