The New York herald., 1868-05-29
CRICKET.
The Opening Day Of the New York Cricket
Club and First Scratch Match Of the

The Opening Day of the New York Cricket
Club and First Scratch Match of the
Season.
Whether cricket was invented in the pre- Adamite
stage and foot ballng speciality Of our forefathers
are questions which the Very Reverend DR.. C0leuso
could determine better, perhaps, than Belrs Lie
If the game has such an ancestral renOwn it GER
tanly has laid quietly by on the shelf for good
many hundred years. for it was only in the last CEN
tury that it began really to be known Since then its
progress has been rapid and emphatic. 1t has be-
come favoriie pursuit with all young men sprung
from the Ango-Saxon race, and both in England and
America, where that race has matured and ramifed,
it s par excellence, the muscular sport Of the day.
Some two or three weeks since slight sketch was
given in the HERALD Of the appearances and pros.
poets of the coming cricket season. Yesterday the
first matci-on the opening day of the New York
Cricket Cub-took place. In the language OF Virgil,
Hi1ic dJCp ldc2fynlR.
Eleven O'Clock was the hour named for the club to
gather on the old grounds at the foot OF Nnh street.
Hoboken, and it was after twelve O'Clock before the
first conner came and nearly two before there was any
number at all to speak Of Soon after the latter
hour, however, they began to drop in by twos and
threes, and the SCRATCH match which had hitherto
been regarded as doubtful was now looked upon as
certainty The .,trusty" Byron put In an appear
ance brimfu of the regular esprit du corps; the
valiant Higham most portly and Invaluable Of wicket
Keepers, was not wanting; the feetfooted Hayward
wonderful boy Joe" who improves each shining
hour: the heavy-armed Lee, industrious Rogerson
and hard working President, all, all were there,
while Morley, the professional of the st. George
Cricket Club, graced the ground with his presence
After some little delay which employed in the
most praseworthy manner by satisfying the wants
OF the 'fnner man," Messrs Byron and ROgersOn
proceeded to draw for sides from the twenty two
OF the club that were present. The trusty Byron
won the toss for innings, and sent in himself and
Joe Robinson to the wckets to the bowling Of Wells
lslow round around and Kerr fast round). Byron
was ndefatigable as usual displaying his customary
sticking properties, but Joe had to succeed for a. out
OF which he made capital 3. Hayward also dis.
played good force, but Glass, novice in the club,
bore away the ball. coming out with 16, out Of which
he had two 3's and three 2's. Byron made 13 by
some fine play and Hayward IL. The whole eleven
got ont for S. which well put together cOnsid-
ering the ground, which was in no condition for
running.
Mr.. Rogerson's eleven had not such good luck as
the preceding, although they had quite available
STUFF in them Mr. Kerr, one OF the best bats OF the
club was unfortunate, and Higham only managed
20 score 3. ROgerson made the top slate Of IL, and
Wells and Lang came next with each. The bowl
inr of Lee, Kerr Robinson and Wells on either side
was effective and upto the mark, considering it was
the first match practice they had had since last year,
that of Lees especially, the most destructive to
the wicket score OF the innings played on each
eid amended hpiOw.-