WALKED CRICKET ASSOCIATION

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2946, 2 June 1891, Page 4

WALKED CRICKET ASSOCIATION

iii r;i:; i-.m im:. ,-v::. 'Pi • I! n. .-'.--. ~[ i!,.(■•i •!;••!. Club, m hi. 1, ifr lot'. a !>:>■: .red in yniir p-io.-r ..ii ;-:.. Mill .v i.nt. ■■ on-- '" tlnnk tli.it in. eiini .'i.h in.-.-i iii.i.v r.. -ii • ! iiy Hiu U\.i';.' , i',;,j:: ! A ■;".'. Till:;!;.,. til l, : '.'\>> 1.-'.l" I:',, ll'i' i", , I ! 'ii' plaV, ~:. tii"y are at i.ia-i-'ii! h.tii w ; tli I' i' 'i,m,'i, al'.it.eraiii,'i «'"ii tlu.'.i ni.itele:: .hi I 10-a two, aiiil4'i.i,|.-,r,ii,--i «• .ii tin-.'.! an I ln,t ,„,-, an I -;, ■ -1i i In..' ;.i i.ye.i lii ■ L.t.i mi ne in >i -a ~ u;ii a-* ii- i:li •!• !."..ui w k wil.iiii: L-. in -■! 'Ii -:n liiev (.- .ii!:l In- ehi'iii-il h ,:li in.l !:-.. tin ln.n.r .-'. i. i why i.Y'.y had Hut pi. veil nut Uie i i-t UVu lu-itelie,-., lie: 11-.n. S-.:. ..I the Ohaupo Cricket Chit. ■*■.;■,■,• a lM ll.il tr-t tug-.ther :i -.tr-::: ' t-'iu, in I tin . it. ,vnu.-I Inve aiiiMHiitc! T.i giviiutheTuliilcr..,,..-! Chi!, Lie: ,Miue if t-ii'-v' I. el play I. 'i'ne !|.,n. S.-;:. ..f thu I'iterau-i Club al-i is ,i I tint thev had n-.t. h:i;li a if.">d chanc: nf wiiiuintr a-i they w .nil! lui' hid early in the .iea< .n, and it wn mi thisaec.iiint tint I in -.-.oil that the medals. aliMiikl nut be awaided llm se.isin, iii the Tuliiiiuramea Club had u<< w\A\ tn claim Ihem without playuii; for tliuiii, ami certaiuiy l'ater.uiKi was nut entitled t-i tii-iii. Mr Riuhdale was present, at the mecLiii,,', and in no way objected to the res lliitmn that was carrier! uti mimously ; in fact, from some »f the rein-irk-i in the lattor part_ of his letter, it I had not been a-t the moet.intf, f sh-uild have found it very ditticult to believe that tho writer liar! been present, a-4 lie altogether misrepresented what was done at the meeline;. Tuliikaramea at no time gave up their chance to tun match played on January 3rd, and linked iipuri it as Patorangi's place to prove that the stumps .should he drawn at li p.m., winch they |~,vu tailed to do, and also when we olferud to agrun to their terms, ii/.., to play another match to decide it, utter pnttinf; uh olf for two Saturdays, they refused to play. In the first match, Pater.uigi v. Tuhikarainea, played mi November IsL, tliuro wab a dilference in the score Ii ink-, and as it was impossible to prove which side was right, both teams agreed n 'I to count it. as one of tile matches for th ' medals. 1 iM.iy mention that the runs in the bowling analy-is in the Pateiangi leuv. hook did not tally with thu score, thereby showing that it waa not correctly K-i-t. The second m itch was nlayud on .1 nin-.iy 3rd, and as the lion. Sec. of thTnhikarnmuii Cricket Club admits, was claimed by Tuhikaramoa. As this match ended ill a way that, I. am glad to say, 1 have never seen before in Waikato, 1 will ask you to allow me to give the particulars. The match started at 2 p.m. Tiihikaramoa w.u ready to start before, but the Paterangi men had not all rolled up. The day very wet and windy, and wo should have i-Mpped play during tho afternoon ; but as we were then playing what appeared to bo a losing game, we did not like to ask J' itci-.mgi to draw the stumps. However, when Paterangi had finished their second innings, Tnhikaramoa had only 23 runs to iii.ika to win ; time, 5.-18 p.m. The wind had dropped, and h was thou better wn-ither than it had been all day. TuhiIr ireniea wern then greatly surprised to hear that Mr McFirlano refused to place hi i men in the field on the ground that Ii p.m. was the time fixed bv the Waikato Cricket Association for drawing the stumps, m tho members of the Association from 'Tuhikarainea C.C. had never heard of such a regulation. I told Mr McFarlane that X should s.jnd my men to the wickets, and if he did not send out his men in ten mimi!-.s thuTuhikaraniea C.C. would claim the in itch. l_ have spoken to many cricketers in Waikato, and none know anything aboiik a fixed time for drawing slump.:. It has usually been the custom tn allow thu vi-iting team to fix the time, and in the cam of no time being fixed to play as |..ng as there is a good light. It seems a ridiculous thing to start playing at 2 p.m. and to draw tho stumps at ii, and in midlaiiuiiier (3rd January) when the sun does not set until 7.3"> p.m. Wn plaved Taupiri on 21st I'ebruary (sun set li.oo p.m)., and did not draw the stumps until 0.30, and there was then a sood light, thus showing tint the I'alei'angi C.C. had no excuse for heir cowardly and unsportsmanlike action in drawing the stumps after only four hoars' play.—l am, &c, I'. \\\ Lanc, Hon. Secretary Tuhikarainea C.C.