CRICKET.

OUR Eleven played a game at Salem with the Alphas on Saturday, May 17. The first inning was close and well played, and resulted in a tie, each side scoring 45. The fielding of our Eleven was very sharp; the noticeable points being Spinney's wicket-keeping, Warner's play at long-stop, and Green's at point. The batting was fair. Sullivan was not out for 16, and Rives scored his nine by a succession of very brilliant hits. In the second inning, when the Alphas were seven out for 66, they hit their wickets, hoping to put out the Harvards before dark. The Harvards went to the bat, and it seemed as if they would have the option of hitting their wickets also; for only three wickets were down for thirty runs when darkness ended the game. The following is the score: -

First Inning.

ALPHA. HARVARD.

Putnam, b. Tilden, 3 King, b. H. S. Perkins, 1

H. S. Perkins, run out, 9 Buffum, run out, 2

Linder, c. Rives, b. King, 3 Sullivan, not out, 16

Mixer, c. King, b. Tilden, 3 Wilby, run out, 3

H. F. Perkins, b. King, 10 Tilden, st. Hodges, b.

Hodges, b. King, 7 H. S. Perkins, 5

"Ingalls," run out, 1 Green, run out, 1

S. Wright, c. Spinney, b. Spinney, c. Hodges, b.

King, 1 H. S. Perkins, 3

Emilio, b. King 0 Estabrooks, run out, 0

Mills, not out, 0 Rives, c. Mixer, b. Mixer, 9

Byes, 2 Warner, c. Linder, b. 1

Leg byes, 2 H. S. Perkins, 1

Wides, 4 Grant, st. Hodges, b. Mixer, 0

--- Byes, 2

Total, 45 Wides, 2

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Total, 45

Second Innings.

ALPHA. HARVARD.

Putnam, b. Tilden, 0 Sullivan, not out, 16

Mills, b. Tilden, 4 Estabrooks, b.

Wright, c. Spinney, b. King, 3 kins, 6

Hodges, b. Sullivan, 3 Wilby, b. H. S. Perkins, 0

Linder, c. Estabrooks, b. Rives, c. Wright, b. C.

Sullivan, 4 W. Perkins, 2

Mixer, hit wicket, b. King, 15 King, not out, 1

H. F. Perkins, b. Sullivan 0 Byes, 1

H. S. Perkins, hit wicket, Wides, 4

b. King, 9 ---

C. W. Perkins, not out, 0 Total, 30

"Ingalls," run out, 0

Byes, 10

Leg byes 7

Wides, 11

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Total, 66

Another game was played at East Cambridge, on Saturday, May 24, with the Walthams. As in the case with the previous game, the first inning was very finely played, and the second very loosely. The following is the score : -

First Inning.

WALTHAM. HARVARD.

Goodnow, run out, 6 James, b. Eastwood. 4

Harrington, run out, 16 Sullivan, c. Howarth, b.

Gorse, b. King, 0 Gorse, 10

Wemyss, run out, 0 Tilden, run out, 4

Howarth, b. Tilden, 2 King, c. Harrington, b.

Eastwood, b. King, 0 Eastwood, 2

Tinker, b. King, 1 Wilby, b. Gorse, 1

Hadley, c. Sullivan, b. Green, l. b. w., b. Gorse, 1

Tilden, 0 Lee, b. Eastwood, 10

McCullar, not out, 8 Spinney, b. Eastwood, 4

Potter, b. King, 1 Rives, b. Eastwood, 3

Kingsbury, b. Tilden, 2 Buffum, c. Harrington, b.

Byes, 4 Eastwood, 1

Leg byes, 2 Warner, not out, 0

Wides, 5 Byes, 3

--- Leg byes, 2

Total, 47 ---

45

Second Inning.

WALTHAM. HARVARD.

McCullar, run out, 1 James, b. Howarth, 0

Howarth,c. Wilby, b. Sullivan, run out, 6

Tilden, 21 Tilden, c. & b. Eastwood, 3

Hadley, b. Sullivan, 8 King, b. Gorse, 2

Gorse, c. Wilby, b. Wilby, b. Gorse, 2

Tilden, 24 Green, c. McCullar, b.

Eastwood, b. Sullivan, 1 Eastwood, 0

Tinker, b. Tilden, 0 Lee, b. Howarth, 0

Harrington, c.Green, b. Spinney, b. Howarth, 5

Tilden, 0 Rives, run out, 5

Goodnow, b. Sullivan, 1 Buffum c. Tinker, b.

Wemyss, c. Lee, b. Tilden, 14 Howarth, 0

Potter, c. Wilby, b. Warner, not out, 0

Sullivan, 2 Byes, 4

Kingsbury, not out, 2 Leg bye, 1

Byes, 6 Wides, 3

Leg byes, 3 ---

Wides, 15 31

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Total, 98

The scores of the Walthams were 47 and 98. On the Harvard side Sullivan and Lee scored double figures in batting, and Warner, Sullivan, and Wilby did some very fine fielding. On the second inning the Harvards seemed completely disheartened, batting weakly, and allowing the Walthams to score 98, 24 of which were on byes and wides.

Although the result of the second game was a bitter disappointment, it does not seem as if the Cricket Club need feel at all disheartened; for they have shown some remarkably good play, considering their resources and opportunities. Their bowling is very effective before the men become exhausted; their batting is good, and their fielding splendid. The one point in which they fail is in running the wickets. This has at times been fearfully slack and hesitating, and has given them many a needless out. The only way in which this can be remedied is to persuade enough men to practise on Jarvis to play a regular game, and to keep scores. It is to be hoped that this will be done at once, that our cricketers may be seconded in their efforts to make the game a popular one here.