CRICKET.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5210, 20 December 1895, Page 2

CRICKET.

The Park Oval presented an exceedingly lively appearance yester- * day afternoon, twocup matches bein^ qf piiiyprs included in Mefqur teams being no less than fifty-eight.' Witfy sucl) a crowd of fielders scattered al| oyer the ground, it was rather marvel t||at no accident happened, but the players seomed tq dodge the balls Hyipg hithep and thither, witlj rnqro luck thai) good judgment. The ' Midlands i|gain showed their superiority in the cricketing arena by defeating a strong tea® of the Car. terton tradesmen by 45 runs, the scores being Midlands 70, Carterton 25. The match between the-JAnl-sior Juniors and FireßrigadeWas fought lo a close - and interesting finish, the former just drawing tho match out of tho firo by four runs, \ JIIM.ANDS V. CARTERTON, The visitors wero sent to the wickets first, but the bowling of D'Arcy and Broad was very disastrous, and the innihgs closed for !}5 iiiiik D'Arcy' secured' an average'' 6f 8 wickets for 15 'fifiii, and' Broad fj? r 5' T!|e Midlands 'responds with 70 riirisj I]'Arcy playing a ftnq innipgs fq'r 2D, Cargill cotqing 'next with teij. ' < EXCEf,SIOK JjflKIpRS V. FIRB BRIGAPI.

The match betweei) thp aboye twips wis exceedingly interesting, the winners playing with lg men, and the losers with 15. The Jnniors made 57, tho two first men, G, Green and N, Williams, trotting up 32 runs between them. The innings closed for 57.: The Fire Brigade • also made a good start, Hai'lawLT. Hawke and 0. Ewington makWal ' runs each, With six wickets mail and eight runs to make, the game looked n certainty for the Brigade. The " tail," however, did not bat up to expectations, and the excellent generalship of the Excejsior skipper, who had the boys in thorough good jwprking order, resulted in-the last wioket falling with four runs to the M.' : . ~,.... f >U. ..."