A CRICKETER'S WEDDING

Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1384, 30 December 1884, Page 4

A CRICKETER'S WEDDING

The wedding of Murdoch., the veil known cricketer, was as sensa* tibnal as his biggest score. On the day two hansom cabs drove up to the residence of Mr "N. Kinsman, from the first descended Murdoch and a lady, \vhile from the second* the tall form of Bonnor (who acted as best man) and Alexander (who gave the lady away) -were visible. Kinsman's marriages are the near* est approach m Australia to those of Gretna Green. On Sundays he preaches without payment to a congregation known as the Free Church of England, and on the rest of the week knocks down lots to the high* est bidder. He has performed m that back parlor of his more Hhan two thousand five hundred mar* riageß, and of course, his terms are lower than those of regular clergymen. To his credii,ifc must be said he generally advertises the wedding next day, and thus, probably, Mr "Watson, one, if not the wealthiest mining man m Australia, and the holder of many blocks of central Mel*, bourne properties, purchased at so "xoauy hundred pounds per foot, learned of his daughter's choice. It was "en elopement, and by the time the wedding, announcement was m print, the pair were well on their ■way to Adelaide; jk here Murdoch captained the Australians against the Englishmen, The genial •' Billy" las got a ".duck," and iJ is m be hoped that the s'eru narenr v^lll relent and not bowl both over, "and that they may return to the paternal •wicket as well as pavilion shortly — forgiven .- /