The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-04-21
CRICKET.
Account of a Game Played I'm Homo
lulu Thirty-siX Years Ago.

lished in one of the numbers of "Be1l's
Life" in London, and we give the follow
ing extracts:
CRICKET IN THE PACIFIC.
The following is the account of a
match played between eleven gentle
men of Honolulu and the officers of H.
M. S. Amphitrite, and trust that it may
not prove altogether uninteresting. The
match was hurriedly got no, but in spite
of all difficulties arising from that cir
cumstance, it came off with great eclat
on the plains of Waikiki, at Little
Britain, the seat of General Miller, III.
| M. Consul for these Islands. The morn
| ing broke unpropitiously, but about 10
it cleared up, the sun shone out, and We
| had one of those lovely days only to be
met with in these sunny isles; just
enough rain having fallen to temper the
atmosphere and bring the ground into
proper order The wickets being pitched,
the gromnd was soon thronged with all
the beauty and fashion of Oahu, both
native and foreign. His Hawaiian Maj
esty, with several members of the ROYAL
family, honored the ground with their
presence, besides large suit of power
full chieftains.
The Amphitrites, having won the toss,
took the bat; two wickets went down
without run (2.to 1 on Honoulu-the
tars out of favor.) Lieutenant Stani-
forth and Mr.. Wright-Amphitrite best
men-were now in, and soon put some
thing to the score; but Mr. Wright's
career was soon closed by beautiful
catch by Macfarlane. Mr.. Bourne then
went in, and made some beautiful hit
ting, but an unlucky wipe again put the
ball into Macs hands. Lieuts. Jackson
and Staniforth now made runs fast, when
a catch from Ogden put an end to that
Lieut.. Walker followed, and few more
were soon added to the score, accom-
panied by uproarious applause from the
natives.
Lieut.. Staniforth next became a vic
tim to Macs fsh-hooks, and then came
a remOrseles ball from Sea, which made
both "Hookey" and his wicket scarce
the natives loudly expressing their re-
greet and coincidence in piebald sort of
language-half-E English, alf-Hawaiian.
Mr.. Frederick soon followed, Mr. Fair
fax bringing out his bat with a total for
the tars of 70. Betting even now for the
Honolulus. Messrs. st. John and Mac
farlane went in, the latter making some
beautiful hitting-threes and tours ga
lore-but he F'swiped" once too often,
and was beautifully caught by Jackson.
Hawaiians were somewhat damped by
seeing their best men caught out-a ire
mendous straightforward hit, caught |
with one hand by Staniforth, the bowler. |
Natives astounded! Two more wickets |
followed with only one run; however,
Messrs. Heap and Ogden kept the field |
at bay for some time, until the wearied |
Amphitrites were obliged to heave to to |
fsmiles,' which, translated from the |
Amphitrite's metaphorical language into |
the vernacular, means to beer or bouse.
That ceremonial ended, at it we went |
again. The Honolulus kept the tars, by |
steady hitting and hard play, in full en-
ployment. At length Mr. Jackson
caught Mr.. Ogden. Still, however, Mr..
Moltano kept the game alive. Mr..
Heaps wicket afterwards fell to Mr..
Walker, and the innings shortly closed
with total of go runs. Amphitrites at
a premium. Amphitrite, second innings:
Three wickets fell for half-a-dozen runs
the blue jackets looking as blue as those
'noted outer garments Messrs. Grey
and Walker were now in; one three, a
fourier and several twos helped the
score. Mr.. Bourne followed, then Mr..
Parry, with but five runs. Nothing
could stand Mr.. Rye's bowling, and any
hit a foot from the ground went inconti-
nently into Macs clutches, but they
were continent with vengeance. Mr..
Everbury being caught out, Mr.. Walkers
wicket fell to Mr.. Rye. Three more,
and the innings closed with 45 runs.
Then went in the gentlemen, highly
elated. Betting now in their favor.
Messrs. Macfarlane and Heap took the
pat, the latter making runs fast. The
soul of the club, however, was bowled
out without run. Mr. Ogden added
1ut five; Messrs. Sea and Rye, however,
made some good play, but the Amphi-
rites were playing better than at first,
md the roundhand bowling of Mr. Grey
the Islanders. Messrs. Sea
nd Rye kept up their spirits for some
ime, but the tars were ''too many" for
hem, and although there was no great |
Inference in the batting. the latter were
most expert on their pins, and won by
heir fielding.
En-hnu,. Gr..s1r.oa nr.