The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-25
CRICKET.
Columbia Oval Tr0unces Kings County
Eleven international Players.

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Yesterday was rather an OF day in local
cricket, few games being scheduled and some
Of these being prevented owing TO the con-
dition Of the ground after the morning rain.
The Brooklyn Club was unable to play its
scheduled contest with Montclair at Branch
Brook Park, Newark. as the park authorities
would not allow the game to commence, a
fate which also overtook the New Jersey
State League games between o. N. T. and
Essex County and Bound Brook and Eliza
beth y. NJ. G. A..
The principal game Of the day In the Metro
politan District Cricket League series was
decided at Prospect Park, where the Column
bia Oval team easily defeated the Kings
fore with good batting scores. the former
sponded With ~. +. j.. Prendergast con-
tributed u before being caught, and the
|, visitors, with the total Of ieo. declared their
innings closed for four wickets down. The
Kings County eleven. which was shorthanded.
could only total 3s runs among nine. men.
on N the side SeU witS II, The two CoiumSis oval
stars followed up their fine batting display
by splendid fesis with the ball; Kortiane
tsT,ns 1 = ~ ) for TO- DOT Mcc sSas; a" did H the best
bowling on the losing side.
The Bensonhurst Thistles B team scored
a well earned victory over Manhattan second
eleven in a second section league game at
Prospect Park. winning by q margin OF 81
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all around excellence of c. \, Somers and
b. +. McCullsm with bat and ball SomeIs
was not out with 20 10 his credit, while cCul-
lam ran up II, and curiously enough each
for 20 runs, o. waithe was the only other
team, j.. Dixon bowled c~apitally and was
rewarded with 8 wickets for 81 runs, while
r. 3; I Is e fSe T scfsi the M sSR sSS.ss II H.. an S. inn ssS.
s' Tss Kings 'S.'' County p 3 ) eleven travelled to
F.Il~...k.(l.a I'D 80. a tkA TAl,.,,hsa
oval os,,iH z ssa% is an second s%fs section mi es HD's% oon.
test. beating them handsomely, by 9 margin
of .so 4 sn Was 81 shown q sa BY nearly ,e Ts' sfi On oa't sSe s Tisii
total Of, al: of which number 6: Pearson con:
followed with ~ and 81 respectively and
j.. c. X. Jordan added IL. The best work
With the ball on the winning SIDE was done by
and 7; \. Clarke. who secured for ~ The
Columblas responded with a total Of 49, 20
II Gin just got into double figures. Phillips
and McAllister took most of the visitors
S StCSss, between oct g sp tes%a; ~ Cassh Fl in M ". ssiS'
which disposed Of Pearson.
Fne scoring was seen in the exhibition
Prospect Park Club and the Castle Gould
Estate eleven. which goes on record as a
draw as the former r.. team a, ,,m had Gnly seven seven
a f%sultiess innings Of iii. He made his runs
! more QUICKLY Indn 10 Dtb WOtts uuu utu Wy .
the major part Of the scoring while he was at
the wickets.. J. Wills ran up 80 in really
excellent style and q. Wright contributed. 10.
For Prospect Park M. r.. Sousa played .
capital not out innings Of IS. while A. Brown
and Z. Cleworth contributed - and IS re-
spectively. The totals: Gould Estate. iso'
Prospect Park, III for seven wickets.
Another century was scored or. Friday
the occasion being the meeting OF the staten
Island and 8. 3. Minnetonka teams at Living
ston. G. p. Hurditch was the hero OF tbs
occasion, signalling what will probably be
his last game In New York by q splendid
innings OF lbs, in which his all round hittins
evoked considerable applause from the
spectators. n. Harding. was not out 81;
Radford came next. with 90. and j. G.. l.
Bohemian added IS. In the innings which
totalled $40, declared for 8 wickets, c. Sig
gers contributed Is out Of q total OF 70 made
by the Minnetonka team.
Considerable interest has beer. aroused
among local cricketers In the selection OF the
New York eleventh oppose the famous Maryte'
bone g. G. team In the approaching interna-
tional game TO be played on the grounds OF thu
Staten Island Cricket Club at Livingston
Staten Island, on september II and le. Tit
match will be under the auspices OF the Stat en-
Island club, as the Observation-Disclosures Cricket
League, which usually governs such contests
decide some time ago to turn over the gam
TO the leading cricket club In this vicinity
While it has been found impossib le TO gathei
together the strongest eleven. yet the team
as selected will bear favorable comparison
with any eleven which has repre- sented New
York in an international game b eretof ore.