CRICKET.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3040, 29 October 1888, Page 2

CRICKET.

; •:■'.' ; the - \ resulted in favor of the former by runs on the first winnings; Messrs X i Pownall and Leeks -captained; the; . Skipper and Born} : officiated W ■■:umpire's." i matting pitoh was uied,;.but-ie hard : j, clayunderneath'.' atl-play'; very y ; : badly.and;-frequeniilmQoksj^sultedr ' Carterton i but no stand was.-made> against 'tbe - ; ; ! - trundling? of' IgguldenV showing the Bplendid..'ayewgß':bf.fflftt : !-i' ! moketßifbr. seven, i trick' aud one oyer,"with • li;slliaßt ibar ■:. ! the,total of theinhmgr - at 28,.and;batting;,;being,;oo^K3d;.' ; light'task was apparently befoire them,:; ; but'tbe uncertainty of,tHe ; gSme was' ■■ ~ shown; ; ;: yery;,: Nine' i wiokets down and.-thej.eiibre, under half the.; number to top the - ; total of the hoine team,' thejprospebt • tof a ■ win-'for the Masterton men -.'-■ ; looked gloomy and their .opponents became jubilant. ;' : Hdwever, the last '■'. ; man managed to keep bis wioket up ; and Perry opening his'shoulders, the''; score- wasrun" upto 41" before, 'the latter, was taken from a'bumpy one off;; , the. shoulder;of.his' bat.? 'Beeobey-i'; and,Connell. divided; the'' bowling.. honors, jlntheirtsecondiinnings the ; local team fared- little better-arid the-: , last wioketfbll for 86. ? This left '•"'■■ Masterton 25; to get to wini-but the ■- rain coping down',' heavily, they did , not bat; and .the game. wis. decided oh.:'; the_fii'at inning's in Masterton, : Owing to the roughness of tbojjjfiund the fielding was very.uricertaf^hut, Igguldeamado a fine catoh in the" long field. Ono incident of the gajge : was that, seven wiokets fell itfstto®■■:"'■; sion: wilhout' a' 'single' run being "_. scored, viz,, the last four of the Car- ' tciton team and the first throo of Mastciton. The following aie tho scoies : ' Carterton—lst Innings. T. A. Acocka, b Porry 1 T. Rathbono, b Iggulden „,' „. I J. M, Becchoy, b „ 4 E. Rutherfiud, run out ..." ... 0 E, L, Leeks, not out 6 F. ff. Counal, b Igguldon 1 T E. Baigent, b 3 J. Stevens, b , 0 W.Enslo.b , 0 H.B. Bunny, b „ 0 T, Warren, 0 Porry, blggulden ~. 0 Extras... , 8 Total ~.- v 28 MABKRION--15T INMNOS. Connal, b Bcechey ,„ 0 Smith, 0 Acocks, b Connal „, ' „, 0 Haieh, b Connal" 0 Matnias, b Connal , 1 Bowlatt, b Connal Porry, 0 Connal, bEuthorfurd ... 21 Moore.'b Beeohey l „. ' , \ Pownall, 0 Rathbone, by Connal .„ 0 Bremner, 0 leeks, b Becchey .'.. 3 Iggulden, 0 and b Boochoy 0 MoKenzio, not out ,- ,„ g Extras .5 Total ... ~. *,„ | Jfl CARTKRIO»-2hD iNNIhOS, Bathbonc,bMathias " ,„ 0 Leeks, b Igguldon „'j 2 Baigent, run out ",„ „, tll 7 Connal,oPerry,blggulden.,, ','„ 7 fiuthbfurd, l c Iggulden, b Perry ... 9 Acookß,runout 1 ",.,'"'„;-' ,„ 8 Beechey.bPerry " 4 , Wanen, oand b Mathias ... ." 0 Stevena.c Iggnlden, bPerry... '"„ 0 Eagle, not out.', q Bumiy, 0 Mathias,|'b Perry ... ' 0 \;.}i : [ 4

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r?fo'i^iiii)li»ii>itfiM» = 60 to get the Masterton team returned ■ ; 'tb tbo wioketSi" and averted a one iJinnirigaldefeiit I>y putting together 76, >M HMackbnrhe Obtaining .82; The IpFielding on both Bides was very weak 'but particularly, so in the Masterton ' eleven.. Mr ii. Hare nrapired'for the ■ ldSers/ftiidM'r Bussell for tho Stars. The latter 'gentleman biseonsented ':', 'to act in that capacity during the present season.

'We understand it wis the intention of the Masterton Club, to have visited Greytown next Saturday, but as a number of the team cannot get away, the game has been postponed. \ ;.

' •, The return match between: the , ■ second eleven of the.Masterton aud ' thb first of the Star Club will bo played on Saturday, the 10th Novoin; ':■. ber. : ■ '■"'•''.'

: !■ A match was played at Eketahuna on Saturday between that township and Mauricoville, and ended in favor the former by eight wickets. .The ;mitals were: MauricovilK4l and 20; Eketahuna, 47 and 15 (for two wiokets). After the match the visitors were entertained at a dinner, aud a most enjoyable evening was spent.