From THE "NortH-Curva Dary News" oF May 22, 1871
The first cricket match of the season was commenced on Saturday, between Eleven and Sixteen of the club. The Sixteen went first tø the wickets, but were rapidly disposed of for small average scores, running up a total of 57. The eleven then went in and justified its selection as the representative field of the club by doubling the score of its numerically stronger adversary. The play of the Eleven showed some brilliant batting and great promptness in taking advantage of every opportunity for making a run, Manson (28) and Turnbull (2%) alone contributed nearly half the number. to which Somer added 21. The Eleven yielded a total nf 110 the Sixteen again going to bat and when dusk stopped play had reached 25, with a loss of five wickets. The Sarly part of the afternoon was hot. but a steady south breeze blowing across the ground made the temperature endurable till towards evening, when it became more enjoyable.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.