THE CRICKETING SEASON.

Manawatu Times, Volume IV, Issue 91, 24 November 1880, Page 2

THE CRICKETING SEASON.

The Palmerston men played the -fourth, match of the season on Saturday, oa their, own ground, arid for tha fourth time were, the viciors. The visitors, under the com* „ comahd" of Paptain^Sh^rwill, arriTe.d m a t FoM--hors,e dra*, about; half ; past ten, and! after a short stay at Batchelar's proceeded to the ground. Although play was called' ; for eleven sharp, it- w^s fully, half an hour. , later before, the. game commenced., and even ( then half of the Palmerstonians were' absent.' Llojd, who captained the local men, won," : the toss, and elected to sendjhis opponents, to the field, opening the battle with Stake! and. Benson at: the wickets; S her will 'and Fred Roe bowling. The Feilding Captain^ : took the first over, and the,:P ; alm.erstoniant were horrified to see. StaiteS hates shoot, skyward at the third ball delivered to him. Benson, managed \o secure 3 when^hf-shared' a similar fate at SJierwill'a hßnds, Mason.^ being immediately Afterwards caught* out by' : Wrightson, for tli& sauiie. -number. A», might have been expected, there /was' joy! and jubilation m the' Feildang camp, when it wa9 seen that there were 2_ wickets down' for 3 runs, and the jaws of the 'Paknerstb-* nians dropped accordingly. Watspn| v^ho., had taken Benson's pj'ace,- ha!d- hgw^ypr,* . bees taken into the. graces ofithe.fiekie.god** dess, and caused considerable leather-hunt-ing, but Thompson run -himself .out m the. most silly manner, barely escaping a cypher. ; When,'how'eTer, Charles' faced \y~-afspnj the^ .fallen hopes; of Palmerston revived, and, when a shooter from' Hoe. tooi the. latter! ' he had put 13 to his name, atiol Ijhe.: Mih^ wicket fell for 35.' Samp3onifoliow.ed.v7at-; : son, and evidently went m f or. a. slog, inak-! ' ing a alap at every thing, -which 'came m hia way. Although but a few minutes at the] : wickets he put 6 together m an incredibly, short tim.e, and ">wajs getting, oja so nicely,"> , when Fred, Boe spoiled his little game, and : he made w t ay for JJeere. As the new-eomerl was known to be a terrible hard • hitter, great things were expected of him m that" lin^e. was not altogether dis-" app.6iatf.d, as after biding ''bw i^iroe "he got. one lift at the: ball which sent it clean out of the ground, thus scoring (;&£ only 4 ot the day. Before, however, he had- a chance, of repeating the operation,. Boe found a weak place m his wicket, and he made way^" for Pirani. He contributed' nothing to the. score, as Roe sent him back tp the, Pavilion, m the first over,. Lloyd and. Mariner «gre. then the two last men, when tße latter v|ba, caught by Bartholomew off Boe, the, innings! closing for a total of '4fl\ feeldiiig of," the visitors was excellent, the long stopping, of Or. Bartholomew being Bimply' ! grand.* An idea of the service which he did to his^ side may be gleaned from the fact that there! were only two bjes m the inning*, . while it it also due to the excellency of the fielding^ mention that there was not another extra.* After a short spell Dermer and Gh Bar-' tholomew faced Thompson, and Lloyd, but* the former had a very short life indeed, as! Thompson brought him to grief before ha! had time to score. Bartholomew, warned, by the fate of his companion played very! cautiously, coquetting with every messenger, yrhich Thompson sent to* him.-; but it was" ■a'U no use. Either the bowling was too good, or his defence was not quite good" enough, for h> retired after scoring l^cleatf bowled 'by Thompson. Wrightson, Who* kad stepped into the breach made by Dei>* mer, yras'*mea.n.vrhile. hitting out bravely and putting twos 'and threes together m rapid* succession, when.after scoring 14 m splendid! style— the highest;, nuthber obtained hy! Feildingr m either (nnings-^-he'was cleverly, caught by Watson. ' was looked upon a leaning staff, but fiie^es -iyere against" him and he run himself qu^'befJM'e he had time to aeore, wh.ile R^wley, next man/ was caught by Reeve for a! duck/s egg. This' made five wickets down for 3s. end, the vis- % age« of the Feildjngites bore^an amre'hue * However, Captain and Jacksongot to.' gether and-~the seetis waschanged. Even Thompson's, powOT, failed him, the'bowling became demoralis^df, the field disgusted; when Sherwill sent a d,r{ve right imto Reero'*' hands, and the spell was i broken.' Although! Jackson stuck in 'until the. last picket fell, tliat evenjk-was "pt lonp is airivihg, as Nix: Roe, J. Bartholomew, and Macarthur, all' succumbed to Thompson for* runs, and th« innings closed for 38 c* nine r lea» thtti ik» iocaltwm,. ■••/- **" **-.■'"' ' '- ••■**-*■»

: The Palmenton Captain, who was not out m thefirst innings, irent m along with Benion m the second, and notwithstanding thai he received a rap o» the ankle which caused if to •well up.U a^ttemencous size pluckily defended Mb wicket, defied the bowling, arid put 16 together m the most scientific man ncr before he was disposed of by J. Bar-, tjholomew. Benson, who has hitherto always been safe for double 'figures, was ■ singularly, 6rturia< e throughout , the paatch, Dermer scattering'his stumps for 4, Charles and Sampson got together, and the score rapidly increased by twos, until the latter was made the victim jot misplaced confidence, and ia trying to steal a run was stumped, Charles following sh6rtly afterwards, caught by Jackson, aftef getting 1? by righfc dqwn slogging. Thompson, although: pretty successful m the bowling, had much the lack of Benson, for he had Rarely succeeded m .putting five to his credit, when' Bartholomew prostrated his leg stump. Mason was run out for 3, and as the book showed six wickets down for 55, the hopes of the respective sides, changed position. By this time Watson and Staite faced each other, and the real play of the day commenced, Staite let drive at every ball played him, adding twos and threes to his lot; while Watson m a.really scientific manner made a good 22. When the punishment pf the bowling was becoming monotonous, Staite drove the ball cjos.e to Nix, but it ■hot up into the air, and down again, when he made another grab, but m doing so it went into the air for the third time, with every' prospect of kissing mother earth, but Dermer came to the rescue, and saved it just as " all was loat." Watson did not long succeed his partner, but they did not part " company until- they had brought the figures: from 55 to 96. As there were two wickets to fall; the batting was then 1000 bo 1 that Palraeraton would reach three figures, but although such a thing did eventuate, it is somewhat singular that the 4 were obtained, by .extras, Reeve being caught out by Dermer, and Marriner. bowled ty Wrightson, without •coring. JfThis left the visitors 110 to win, a«d as Wwwill and Jackson scared 20 between them, and m a very short time, before they were separated, no one seemed to care to •.pot the. winner., Sherwill was. the first to succumb, he for the second time-falling a. ; victim to' the size of itaite's hands and their powers of cohesion. Jackson made il, by bold, dashing play when one of Thompson's left twisters brought him to grief; Wrightsbh being • shortly afterwards caught by. Benson -fpr 5. ; When Burns ; went :to the wickeis. it was augured that he would cause pome trou.bio, wh^ch he did before being etumped by B^ensop. There appeared to be ' some, doujbt upon the minds of the visitors " ia to the correctness of the umpire's decision, but with good taste no exception was $aken to the ruling. . Rowley made several attempts to. lift the' ball to the other end of . the field, but after, scoring one Thompson collared his stump. G.Bartholomew made pix when' he was cleverly caught, and when Nix and Dermer got together it was said they were good for 20 between them. ' This,' how- . ever, proved a fallacy as $he former ' was magnifl- ' centiy caught by Sampson^' and the latter fowled by Thompson without having obtained half that number. Boe was caught by Staite for 1 : J. Bar- . tholomew by Benson for another : and Maearthur, the eleventh man, carried out his bat for o.' The innings closed for 66, leaving the Pahnerstpn^ans victors by 48 runs, _ There Q*n be no doubt that the two teams were very evenly matched, for although the amount by .which the men were beaten may seem large, it cannot be denied that several of their best bats were m bad luck. Batting is a part of the game that is more than- any other dependent upon chance: This is seen m the cases of Benson and Thompion, aad Lloyd, Staite, and Watson. Ia aU the matches of the season the two first have "made nigh scores: while the three latter, al- - though really good cricketers, have not "come Oft" this Benson until Saturday. The way m which a team exhibits its efficiency is by its smartness m the 'field, and there can be no doubt that although Palmerstoh won the victory at the wickets, the visitors, were, immeasureably their . superiors m the field.' We cannot conclude withont paying tributes to both Sampson and Staite for their smartness when out. Staite made three catches, and beside being here, there, and every? - where. Sampson made the catch of ■ the' day. The following are the scores :— BALMBBSTOIf. -.•---• - .' west nranjas.' Staite, bowled Sherrall.O ... : 0 Benson, bowled'Sher^ill, 2,1 ... 3 Mason; caught Wrightson, 1:1,1' ..". ... 8-1 Watson, bowled Boe, 1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,2 .„ 13 - Thompson, run out, I ..','■ '\..1 .', 1 bowled Bartholomew, 1,1,1,1,1,1,3... 9 * Sampson, bowled Boe, 1,2,1*2 ...' ' ... 6 Tteeve, bowled Boe, 1,4 ... ... ... 5 I Pirani, bowled Boe, 0 ... ... ... 0 liloyd, nQfrowt,l,l... ... ... ... 2 marriner, caught Bartholomew, 2.1 ... 3 Byes • „. „. , M ... 2 47 skcojtd nramros. — Lloyd, bowled J. Bartholomew, 2,2,1,3,2,1,1, i ,■■ 2,1,11.., v, ... 16 Benson, bowled Dermer, 2,1,1 |... ... 4 Sampson, ran out, 1,1,2,2,1 ... ... ... 7 Charles, caught Jackson, 1,1,2,2,2,1,3 .i. 12 Thompson, bowled Bartholomew, 2,1,1,1 :. 5 3ff»son, rnn out, 1,1,1 ... ... . 3 Watson, bowled Bartholomew, 1,1,3,2,1,1,2,2, ■ 3,1,1,2,1,1 ... ......... 22 Staite, caught Dermer, 1,1,1,2,2,2,1,3,2,1,1,1,1 19 Beeve, caught Dermer, 0 ... ... 0 Marsiner, bowled Wrightson, 0 .., ... 0 Pirani, not out, 0 ... ... ... 0 Byes^ ... 6 Leg Byes ... ... ... . s Wides 3 la J. P.EILDING. ~~ ■^PIEST IHHIHGS. G. Bartholomew,!). Thompson, 1 ... 1 Wrightson. caught li£atson, 2,1,2,3,1,2,1,1,1,1 14 Burns, run out, 0... ' ... • ... ... 0 Bowley, caught Beeve, 0 ... ... ... 0 Sherwxll, caught Staite, 1,2,1 ..; ... 4 Jackson; not out, 1,1,1,2,2 ... ..; „. 7 •: Nix, bowled Thompson,' 1,1,1 ... ... 3 •• Boe, bowled Thompson,! ... ..: ... 1 3. Jttartholomew, caught and bowled Thomp- _ son, 0... ... ... ... ... 0 Maearthur, bowled Thompson, 0 ...° • 0 fßyes 7 Leg Byes „. ... ... ... 1 38 ' ' bkcoitd iNNiHaa.: — Sherwjll.cau'jhf Staite, 1,1,2,2,2 8 Jackson.'bowled Thompson, 2,1,3,1,2,2 ... II Wrightson, caught Benson, 1,3,1 ;.. ... 5 Burns, stumped Benson, 2,1,1,2 ... ... 6 Bowley, bowled Thompson', I ' ..; ... I G. Bartholomew, caught Doyle, 2,2,2 ... C Dermer, caught Sampson, 2,1 • "... ... 3 Nix, bowled Mason, 1,3,1 ..; ... ... 5 Boe, caught Staite, I - ... ... ... I 3. Bartholomew, caught Benson, 1... ... I Byes 7 lie? Byes ..; ... ... ... 4 Wfies ... ... ... ... 7