The morning call., 1892-04-11
CRICKET AT ALAMEDA.

A Splendid Game, In Which the VIctors
Won on Their Merits.
A four-handed game. if such thing can
be used In connection with cricket match,
was played yesterday on the Webster-street
grounds at Alameda between picked teams
of the Alameda and Pacific clubs on one
side and the CALIFORNIA; and Oaklands on
the other. The weather was all that could
be desired, and, although the honors of the
match went all one way. the vanquished
bore no malice following the good old
presidents Of cricket. The Alameda PacificS
were badl y beaten, as the score will show,
but they did all that men could do to avert
the verdict.
The stumps were pitched at IL 80 o'clock.
The Alamedas and Pacfies went first to bat,
sending in Hogue and McLaren to oppose
the bowling OF Reynolds and Robertson.
Both bowlers were dead on the wicket"
and the batsmen found it hard 10 get the
ball away: Hogue succumbed to a good
one from Reynolds and McLaren fell to
snap catch at the wicket, two other batsmen
sharing the latter fate before the inning
closed.
Hood, Cookson, DenzelI and Lees did not
trouble the scorers, and the only stand was
made by johnson, who compiled % before
yielding to yorker" from Robertson
His score included three As. Sloman's 10
included hit over the boundary for 8.
RObertson's bowling analysis was Very
good, and showed maidens-5 wickets and
IL runs in 90 balls. The inning closed in
an hour and half for "a runs.
A SPLENDID INNING.
After lunch the CALIFORNIA; and Oaklands
went to the bat. sending In Webster and
Arson to face the deliveries of McLaren
and Lees. The latter bowled somewhat
wildly, but secured three wickets before
giving place to DenZell. Two other changes
were made. Bennett and Hogue taking the
ball. but still the rms came.
Reynolds and Robertson proved as apt in
the batting as in the bowling department,
and by cuts. drives. slips, draws and sew
eral boundary hits raised the score to so
before 4 o'clock. Bennett went on at the
upper end. but Robertson hoisted his sec
ond ball over the boundary for five, and
Cookson, fast left hand, was substituted.
At 4:l5 o'clock the century was an
nOunced, and the prospects of the Alamedas
looked as bad IS the chances Of finding bed
rock on the Mission-street Postoffice site.
Their name was "mud," and they knew 1t.
At last Robertson was we'll caught by How
ell at "long-on" from a hit which would
have scored i've If the catch had been
missed
Robertson's % included a FIVE and four
twos. Gadesden followed, but was soon
clean BOWED by Bennett. Lees resumed at
the upper end. Reynolds was next easily
caught at point" for splendidly played
40, in which he did not give chance up to
the moment Of the fatal tip.
sLoMAN's GREAT CATCH
Eight wiekets were down for 100. Wicks
was bowled by Lees without scoring Then
came q bye for which should not have
passed the ''long stop" Reed got the ball
away to leg for 3 and Hogue resumed bowl
ing at the lower end. Hudson and Reed
stayed together for awhile, till the former
was magnifcently caught by Sloman, who
rolled three times over on the ground and
dislocated his shoulder in accomplishing
the feat. He had to be taken away for
surgical aid. Reed was directly after caught
at point" and the inning closed for $50,
leaving the Oaklands aud CALIFORNIA; Is to
the good.
There was little hope that a second inning
would alter the verdict, nevertheless the
Alameda-Paciics once more went to the
bat, and when the stumps were drawn at 6