Cricket Match.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1947, 30 December 1884, Page 2

Cricket Match.

A cricket match came off a£ To Aroha on gafc'urfjay, "between" members of fcho }oca\ club and an eleven from Cambridge.. The Aroba players were Pavitt (captain), Parker, Hawkins, Hogan, Lawless, Hunt, Hornibroolc, Smith, Burgess, Verity and Mercer. The visiting team comprised - Steele (captain), N. Hunt, F. Forrest, Fitzgerald, Longbottom, A. F. Forrest, Billing, Stubbing, ft^qqre, Hitpbroan and Simms. The mdtch was. a,nesceHenfc qn.e, and resulted in favour of Te Aroha. In the first innings the scores were : Te Aroha, 81 ; Cambridge 60, the highest figures for the local players being Pavitt 33, and Hawkins 17, and for the visitors, Longbottom 15, and Simms 12. In'the second innings it geeinefi fqr a f inje as if the Cambridge men raoant'j.o tn.a)fB shm? f wo'c^ of j(i, a^g the, first three wickets of, their oppnnents fell rapidly and without scdre, but Hogan succeaded in making a capital stand, and bf judicious play succeeded in putting together an excellent 54. The remainder of the Aroha men were disposed .of ' for 30, qr ft Mja} of $$, ' ; Ta^Q wiw called. ijeforQ tl^e

Visitors had completed their second innings, but when the stumps were drawn they wanted 18 runs to win, and had three wickets to fall. If the match ccmld have been played out it is probable they would have carried off the laurels, but to that extent fortune did not favour them. It is to be hoped, however, that the two teams will again have the pleasure of tiying conclusions before the Bsason is over, as they are foemen worthy of each others steel, and the second match, when it does take place, is certain to be a keenly contested one. — (Own Correspondent. ).