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VICTORIOUS WELLAND
Merritton Cricketers Succumb to the Great Play of the Home Team
[Welland Telegraph, 29 May 1891]
By far the most exciting game of cricket seen in Welland for many a year was played between Merritton and the home team on Monday last. Merritton were first to bat and succeeded in running up 54, of which 26 came came from the doughty willow of Dr. Vanderburgh. Lunch was then partaken of, after which the visitors went to the field. The batting talent of the home team seemed to be decidedly off, as the innings was only productive of 34, nobody getting double figures. Merritton stock went up, and kept going up with her score until at the close of the innings it was about 97 per cent, above par, for Welland must make 88 to tie. The whisper went abroad that for once in the annuls of cricket the men from the railway centres were to prevail, and the crowd looked intently at the thistles on the ground. Wicket after wicket of the home team’s crack bats went down. The score was not is sight, and the crowd began to leave. At last McCaw and Cohoe joined ranks and a 6 from the latter shed the first ray of hope. A 4 to the boundary from the former increased the gleam. Over followed over, and run followed run, and still the two were not separated. People began to get excited; ye reporter to calculate, and a well-known sport wanted to bet. At last McCaw was brought down by Vanderburgh with the score of 19 to his credit, and only 17 were left to make and the bowling was broken. Hellems joined Cohoe and the game was won without the loss of any more wickets. Enthusiastic admirers carried Cohoe off the field and well they might for Ed had put up a remarkably fine game, playing in excellent form, and scoring 25 not out with never a chance given. To him and McCaw the local team is indebted for the greatest victory in the present generation of players. In bowling Dr. Vanderburgh was dead on the wicket the whole game, while Crow, Tuckey and Boultbee all did well.
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