CRICKET NOTES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4263, 7 November 1892, Page 3

CRICKET NOTES.

Oriental Cricket Club has received «challengo from the Eketahuna Club to play a match at tho latter place on -the Prince of Wales' Birthday. Owing to the Orientals not having sufficient practice, tho offer was declined. The W.F.C.A. Cricket Club will commence the season on Wednesday afternoon next, when a pi actice match will bo held on tho Park Oval, The Excelsior Cricket Club are arranging a concert for the 2Cth inst., in aid of funds for the Club, and tickets aro going off rapidly, < The Oriental Club have a subscription list on tho warpath, and enthusiasts in criekot have an opportunity of assisting a new Club. Several pounds have already beon collected. It is a great pity the old vetrans about Maeterton do not take more interest in the game, A challenge Jfcas accepted lrom the second eleven %ttfo Wellington Midland Club to play a scratch team in Masterton, but the arrangement has been allowed to collapse, through the luke-warmness of some of thoso choseu to play for Masterton. The following toam will represent Qreytown Ist in a match to be played against the Pheenix Club, of Wellington, at the Greytown Kecreation Reserve on Wednesday next, Prince of Wales' Birthday, :-S. Nicolls (capt), H.Hawke,M. J. Knell, T.J. Borne, W. Judd, B. Udj, J. Judd, A, Udv, W. A. Tate, A. A. Elder and A, L. Webster; emergencies, G. Jackson and B. Judd,

Tho following toam has been selected to represent the Pheenix Club in their annual match against tho Greytown Cricket Club on the. 9th inst (Prince of Wales' Birthday);—Niven, Angus, Waters, Morise, Ellison, Webb, Millward, Miller, Hueston, /tock, Arden and Stevens, Tho team by the 7.15 train on Wednesday morning. H, Edser, who was one of the best players in Canterbury a few years ago, had decided to play again, and and he will make a start next Saturday with the Midlands (Wellington).