CRICKET.

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1302, 2 November 1880, Page 2

CRICKET.

A chicket match was played between Tanpiri and Hokonui on Saturday last, in Mr Primrose's paddock, which resulted in an easy victory for the former with one innings and four runs to spare. About a hundred spectators were present, amrn<2>t whom were a. few ladies. Ellison bowled well for the Hokonui team, taking six wickets. Soper, Dickson, and Ralph played well for Taupiri, Soper making 18 in a very short time; his bowling was also very good. A scratch match was <?ot up in the evening, in which Mr Field, who acted us umpire for the Hokonui Cricket Cub, made 39, not out. Abundance of refreshments were provided, and all seemed well pleased with the day's sport. The following are the scores :—: —

A Serious Charge,— -In the Chemical Science Section of the British Association the other week, Mr J. M. Cameron, of London, read a paper on * The Position of Agricultural Education in this Country, as compared with that on the Continent of Europe.' The Avriter pointed out, amongst other things, that in Great Britain there were, he calculated, 225 farmers' societies j but these, with the exception of the Royal Society of Scotland, had done nothing for agricultural education, and our farmers could not tell the difference between solub c and insoluble phosphates, or between nitrate of soda and ammonia ; nor could they give an intelligent opinion as to the origin and composition of the soil which they tilled. — 7T. X, Agriculturist,