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THE- CAN,TEBBFBr OBIOKET- ,:, . - •. INGt TOUR. -Ti CANTBSKURTvT MELpOUiNBj (BY eUBHASltfrf CABLB.) r {JFBOJI OUB BPECIAi CQEHESPOKDKNtJ Meibouehe, January 4. I The Canterbury-team, commenced* the match against the Melboorco Clab to-day. The weather -was fine, but the heat intense. Canterbury loaf; tlio toss, and the Melbourne ■men took the wickets. Alexander, who made Bfrenty-seven fta the Melbourne pUyffre, batted in Sue form. Lee and W. Frith bowled excellently-for £a&te?bury r bet the fielding of the team ra scarcely so it might have been t a oircuaitance vfhich is in some meunre to be aoconated fox by the unusual heat which they were .colled upon to bear. The following ia the'score, co far as the match hoe jet, proceeded ;— "" " let Innings. ' Alexander, ran ont... ... — 77 Gibson, c Ashby, bW. Fntli .. 12 MoDoimeil, run ont ... ••• 13 ' Tenuaut, bW. Fnth ... ~<2- - McEvery, c Fowler, b ... 13 Kenny, biea ..., , ... »„— f McCrunon, run out ; j> McKinnon, run oafc *' «• " '•« "* Mcbhane, uoi out . •■» 0, Coalthard, b Lee ../- «." «• 1' KeadaJl, b Lee , ... 0 Extras' .. ... "10 Total ' ~.. liT CANTBBBUEY. Ist Inningß. Ollivier, b Kendall ? Watson, not out ... . 24 Httt&a&dj aofroui ." ... 4 „- ~ Extra* , 5

ELEVEN-v. EIGHTEEN — The march between Kievcn intcrnnv;,, •. players and Eighteen other member. If Ab< ouUwn was coi.Unwd on Saturday stopped by the rain. Tho bowli„ B of r Eleven was very w,Hk, and wa ß %evc r Z punished. The following is the score of first inmngs of the Eighteen so far as it • played:— •* THE KIOHTEKN. First Inuings. R. D. rTarmnn, b Corfo Gi A. Turner b Dickiuson ... " t '" J F. H. Morico, ran out ... "' '" ®* E. J. Cotter>!. b Fairhur.-t ... ~, '" *| A. Boaumont, b Sectetau ... ..] "" W. 'i'tiompson, c Fowler, b Lickenson ' , — Hislop, run out ... '" * C. Ibw, b Fowler \" • A. Lougdcn, b Fowler '■'.'. xi 'J. Homer, c Fowler, b Monck ... I W. Be ad, not out "" '.' — VVhitiup, not out [" ' Byes 2, leg-bye 1, wides 2 ... ... *" J - Total for ten wickets V i_ BOWLING ANALTBIS. '" Ovrs. Mdns. Bus. Wkts. Wi3„ CaCorfe ... 7 1 13 1 J G: Dickinson... 1_ 1 -10 _ n J. Fowler ..i 21 5 33 3 ft J. S. Monck ... H (J 23 1 o J. Fairhurst... 6 1 20 l v H. H. Becretan 16 4 26 1 v RICHMOND v AVONYILLE. A ' match was played between the aW clubs on Saturday, and resulted in a match in favor of the former. The goo*! Jwere:—Richmond, first innings 43; Avoa. ville, first innings 43, second innings, soyta wickets for 8 runs. For the'-fpwiifr Cavanagh 13, and for the latter, Shaodia (not out) were the only double figures. i TU bowling of Marjc and lldridge proved yerr destructive; the.former taking eight wicitetj, arid the latter nine. Shand was tho only','_s worthy of notice on the Avonville side. ','?