CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3797, 7 April 1913, Page 7

CRICKET.

MEETING OF ASSOCIATION. The weekly meeting of the Cricket Association will be held at the British Empire Hotel at 7.30 o’clock to-night. A full attendance of members is specially requested. THE WANDERERS’. TOUR. THE CONCLUDING MATCH. HASTINGS DECISIVELY BEATEN. (By Our Own Reporter.) Quite a stir was caused in cricketing circles in Hastings bv the arrival of the Gisborne Wanderers on Fritlav. The Hastings District Cricket Association is only in its infancy, and the match with the Wanderers was the first opportunity which had presented itself of measuring strength with an outside team. The eleven which took the field for Hastings was drawn from six clubs— Paki Paki, Fire Service, Premier, Y.M.C.A., Tomoana, and Frimley—and the captains of each of these clubs was included in the team.

The match was placed on the fine borough reserve, Cornwall Park, which consists of about 26 acres of splendid turf, surrounded by a belt of oak trees. The outfield was in good order, but the tvicket had hardly received sufficient preparation to make it first-class. The Gisborne men envied the Hastings players such a fine "round, and would gladly have smuggled it into their cricket bags for transportation to Gisborne had not the Mayor of Hastings (Mr J. Garnett) been present to soe the game. The chief magistrate of the Christchurch of Hawke’s Bay is a great believer in all manner of healthy outdoor exercises, and to this end lends his support in providing adequate breathing spaces for tho town. It is not surprising, therefore, that Hastings is well off in the way of reservesIt possesses no less than four, and only a few weeks ago the Council, with an eye to the future, purchased the freehold of a fine stretch of 30 acres.- -

THE PLAY. There was a good crowd of spectators present when the game commenced at 10 a.m. That public interest in the game was keen was proved by the close attention with which even the preliminaries were followed. Salisbury, an ex-Harrow man, captained the local forces, and lost the toss to McMahon, who thus had his first win of the tour. Young and Ellis opened to the howling of Geake (left-hander) and McIvor. Young opened confidently and , ran into double figures by swinging Melvor to the leg in fine style. Ellis was going quietly, but with 13 up put his leg in front to Melvor, who was flighting the new ball. Gibson filled the vacancy and hung up an end while Young piled on the runs by aggres- , sive strokes all round the wicket. j With his score at 18, Young had a streak of luck. He attempted to cut one from Geake which came in from j the off, and went off the bat straight i to Melvor at first slip, biit an easy chance was declined. This mistake j cost the Hastings men dear, as Young | thereafter settled down and gave a ; fine exhibition of dashing hitting. He ! was particularly good on the hook j stroke, and repeatedly sent the ball j Hashing over tho on boundary with i shots which had a deal of power be- I hind them. Cohen and Salisbury had a turn at the howling crease, hut failed to slacken the rate of scoring. After the partnership had added 106, Gibson, who had quietly totted up 23, was bowled bv an off-break from Richardson, who "had relieved Cohen. Moore, the hero of the Dannevirke match, followed, hut with eight runs added' Young’d long innings came to an end. He patted one that kicked to Harboard at point. His 90 was a capital display of aggressive cricket, and was thoroughly enjoyed by the crowd. Moore, after scoring half-a-dozen, put his leg in front to Richardson, who was howling round the wicket. From one for 121 the record had thus dropped to four, for 129. McMahon and McConnell were now associated, hut with the total at 148 the latter was beaten by a vorker from Geake. Wilson joined his captain, and tho pair cemented a prolific partnership. McMahon, who had not been at his best on the tour, struck form in this match, and gave a taste of his true quality. Wilson at onee started to hit in characteristic fashion, but early skied Geake to Colthart, at midon, and an easy chance was declined. Both batsmen then openod out on the howling, and runs came fast. McMahon got several over-tossed ones away finely to the long-leg boundary and also brought off some pretty cuts. Wilson hit out confidently, a.nd the tens commenced to go up rapidly. The 200 was applauded, and the score was taken smartly to 224 before Wilson was clean bowled by Ted Colthart, the ox-Waingako player.* Wilson was all at sea to Colthart’s opening over, every hall of which whipped across from" tho off, the last one finding tho sticks. Tho departing batsman’s 38 was a valuable effort. Crannoy, Maude, and Muldoon did not last long, hut Fuflett, the last man, lent McMahon good assistance, the last wicket adding 18. Fuflett hit three fourers before driving Colthart into Spencer’s hands at long-on. McMahon carried out his hat for a finely-played 61, which was put together by capital cricket. The total reached 266, or 14 ahead of tho total scored at Dannevirke. Colthart, the ox-Gishornc man, was tho most successful of the six howlers tried. He secured throe for 21 off 48 balls, and employed a dangerous off-break. He might witli advantage have been nr-da-more ue of. •Geake put in a heavy clay’s work at the howling crease, in all sending along 192 halls, and bagging four for 90. Richardson also howled steadily, and

did good service in, getting rid of Gibsoil and Moore at a cost of 26 runs.

HASTINGS AT THE WICKETS. To tho disappointment of the large crowd of spectators, who expected the local men to make a good hid for victory, the home eleven collapsed in their first innings. The only men to make a stand were Geake and Salisbury. The former played a lot of good howling well, and* his 33 was soundly strung together. Salisbury made some capital shots past cover off the fast howler, and altogether handled his bat most stylishly. He scored 22 rapidly, when Ellis" lifted his bails with a good leg-break. Richardson and Coggins were the only other batsmen to reach double figures. Young, Ellis and McMahon bowled very ably, and_ kept the batsmen very quiet. The Wanderers fielded well, the catch with which Maude disposed of Cohen at long-on being a capital effort. Tho Wanderers thus run by 170 runs.

The visitors were entertained at luncheon at the Pacific Hotel, and were farewelled at the station in the evening by a large crowd of enthusiasts. Tho stay at Hastings was a very pleasant one, everything possible being done by file home players to look after-the comfort of their guests. The following are the scores:— Wanderers.—First innings. Ellis, lbw, b Melvor 4 Y-oung, e Harboard, b Geake ... 90 Gibson,o. b Richardson *23 Moore, lbw, b Richardson 6 McMahon, not out 61 McConnell, b Geake ’... 9 Wilson, b Colthart 38 Crannev, b Geake 2

Maude," lbw, b Geake 0 Muldoon, c Young, b Colthart ... 4 Puflett, c Spencer, b Colthart ... 13 Extras 16

Total 266 —Bowling Analysis.— o. ‘ m.' r. w. Geake 32 3 90 4 Melvor ... 15 3 59 vl Cohen 6 1 31 0 Salisbury ... 5 0 23 0 Richardson 9 2 26 2 Colthart ... 8 1 21 3 HASTINGS.—First Innings. Cohen, c Maude, b Ellis ... ... 7 Colthart, run out 5 W. Young, b A. Young 1 Geake, c Muldoon, b McMahon... 33 Salisbury, b Ellis 22 Harboard, c Maude, b McMahon 3 Richardson, b Ellis 11 Spencer, b McMahon 1 Coggins, not out 10 Spence, b Ellis 1 M clvor, c Moore, b McMahon ... 1 Extras < 1 Total 96 • —Bowling Analysis.— o. m. r. w. Young ... 11 7 20 1 Ellis 18 2 59 4 McMahon ... 7 2 16 4 SEND-OFF AT NAPIER. PLEASANT WIND-UP TO HTGHLYENJOYABLE TOUR.

On arrival at Napier by the express on Saturday night, the Wanderers’' team were the guests of Mr J. F. Smith at the Working Men’s Club. In proposing the health of the team, Mr Smith said that Napier sportsmen of all kinds had at- different times been so hospitably treated in Gisborne that they felt they could no do enough for them wheii they visited Napier. The Wanderers’ team was unique in the fait that its players were almost all drawn from the employees of Mr. D. J. Barry’s Gisborne Brewery. He felt certain that no other firm in New Zealand could place such a strong eleven in the field, which, as it had proved, could more .than hold its own against teams selected from the pick of outside towns.and districts. Mr E. F. Smyrk, lion, secretary of the Hawke’s Bay Cricket Association, supported Mr Smith’s remarks with reference to Gisborne hospitality. He said he had visited Gisborne frequently with Napier cricket teams, and they had always been treated with the most lavish hospitality. A large number of Napier cricketers assembled at the wharf on Saturday night, and gave the Wanderers a hearty send-off as the Takapuna left the wharf at 10 o’clock. Gisborne was reached at 6.30 yesterday morning,- after a pleasant passage, "and on stepping from .the steamer the members of the team had their first taste of had weather since the tour started. The team were all unanimous that the trip was one of the pleasantest they had ever participated in, and all declared that they would not have missed it on any consideration.