The morning call., 1894-05-07
BEHIND WICKETS.
The Cricket Season Has
Opened Merrily.
GAMES AT BOTH GROUNDS.
Webster, Robertson, Sheath and
Others to the Fore.
GAMES AT BOTH GROUNDS.
ALAMEDA HAS A NEW BATsMAN
Moriarity Comes Off at the First
Effort-AlamedaS and Bolle-
mians Take the Lead.

Yesterday witnessed the formal opening
of the cricket season of 1894 at the Ala
media and Klinknerville grounds. The
perfect weather and enthusiasm proper to
the occasion had the effect Of bringing out
brave body OF spectators to both places,
and. incidentally. OF melting the various
teams to their best efforts.
Nobody looks for top-notch form on the
seasons birthday. But yesterday, towing
perhaps to the well-attended preliminary
games and to faithful bi-weekly practice,
the rustiness which usually characterizes
the play on such occasions was, as regards
most of the men. hardly perceptible.
Several changes have taken place in the
teams of last year. and one club, the ''San
Francisco" has nominally ceased to exist.
Most of its former members, however. are
enrolled under the brand new colors of
the Bohemian" whose captain is the re-
dou bta BILE Billy Robertson.
The match at Alameda was between
the last years cup-winners, the Alamedas
and the veteran Paci6cs. The former
team have lost, however. Randol. Price
and Brown from their last years team
while the Pacfics are weakened by the re-
tirement of Sheath, COOksOn and Ward.
The Aamedas won the toss and put
ethics everything depends upon the stand
made by the first three bats. and unfor-
tunately for the scarlet and black the first
six wickets fell with alarming rapidly.
At this juncture, with the score al IL, John
Theobald joined Wiseman at the wickets,
and the pair Knocked up the score to AZ
before they were parted by ball from
Ward Jr. which beat Theobald. This was
the beginning of the end, and although
Wiseman managed to put together sixteen
runs before he was dismissed. no other
stand was made and the innings closed
for 80.
After lunch the Alamedas took the
that sharp contest would ensue. Never
did the Paclfics show better form In the
field, and despite their obvious weakness
in bowers they DISPOSED of the four dan
gerous opponents-Hood. Hogue, Sloman
and Ward Jr.-for the small total of 80
runs. The place of the last named was
then taken by the new man, Moriarity,
and new aspect was soon put on the
game. This gentleman proved himself
first-class bat, and played steady, ju-
dicious, even brilliant, inning for 62, which
was terminated by clever throw of HIPS.
Nothing eveDtful occurred after this. and
at the fall of the tenth wicket the tele-
graph regis tered total of Ill.
The second inning of the Pacifics was
very nearly a repetition of their first.
Messrs. j. Theobald and Wiseman again
came to the fore IN respective scores OF IA
and IL. Hill compiled careful 10. but the
rest ur the team were easy game for the
blue and white. This concluded the match,
leaving the old champions vctors by 49 en-
the first inning.
Following are the scores:
PACIFICs-FIRST INNINGS.
c. b. Hill C. Lewis b. Banner r............,.....
George Theobald Moriarity b. SIoman......... S
D. Welse D. Slonan. ......'........-.......... 8
W. N. Grlfiths b. Soman. an........................ o
C. ". Bennett b. Ward Jr Jr....................... 8
George wIseman b. Ward Observation-Disclosures. 16
j. C. johnson b. Sloman an....................-.... u
H. c. Cassidy b, SIoman O
j. j. Theobald b. W ard Jr. 3
e. ID. Sewers b. Ward r........,............. O
I. j. Tiedemann not out.
Toral.,,.....- 81
PACIFICS-SECoND INNINGS.
c. b. Hill b. Ward Sr. ..............lO
w. n. Grfiths b. Banner. Observation-Disclosures. s
T. j. Tiedemann c. Moriarity b. Banner..... o
j. j. Iheobald C. Lewis b. Hogue. ..............l Ia
C. w. Bennett C. Ward Jr. b. Hogue. ............ 3
f. d. Sewers c. Bird b. Hogue e................. /
H. C Cassidy |. b. W. b. Banner. r............... 0
George Wseman not out ut.........................ll
George Theobad not out ut......................... l
II. j. Weise did not bat. ..-.........
Total as
ALAMEDAS.
Hood c. Grfiths b. Cassidy dy.............. 9
r. b. Hogue b. Cassidy. Observation-Disclosures. 10
f. q. Sloman l. b. w. b. Grifiths ........... 8
j. j. Morarity run ut........................ 81
j. II. Halton b. Bennett tt........................
Fl. Ward Sr. C. Hill b. Grifiths .......... 8
e. H. Bryan c. Tiedemauu b. Grifiths 2
b. Banner c. j. Theobald b. Hill. .............
j. Bird not out ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
g. G. Lewis C. j. Theobald b. Griffiths ....... 2
Extras. ...."........... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 8