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Press, Issue LVII, 4 December 1900, Page 6

CRICKET.

Tho Springston ar.cf Broofcside teams met on the Spring..-j.a ground- on Saturday, when Springstc-ii won by 7.1 runa on the first innings. Scores: —Brook,lf<U}-.!?3 and 75 for three wickct3 (Sciit 32, I£ii___p'lß, Wright 16); tpringstou 97-(J- Keast 32, S. Keast 25, Kimbar 19, Neal 10). For Springsto.i Macdonald took five wickets for 13 runs, and Legg four for 9. Wright bowled best for Brooksicie.

Intcrpro.inci.l practices will ba resumed at Hagley Park at 5 p.m. to-night. lhe roturn match beiewecn W-__.oi.s-Rol.eß--ton Unii__ and United Courtenay v.... played at Wcedoi.s on Saturday, and resulted in a win for the horn- tc_m by 35 runs. Scores: — We__o_s-l.olleston United, 311 ". ud__'l 51, O'Shaughnessy 25 not out); Unite] Courtenay, 61 ..Dixon 20, A. Thomas 15, Sta-.vax. 10) and 92 (Dixcn :.-2, W. Thomas 16, A. Thomas 22, Stewart li). The visitors batted three men short.

The Albion-College game was won by the former by 51 runs on the first innings. Scores: —Albion 137 and 185 fTreloar 55, Joa. Weston 42, Robson 20, Paterson 15, Olgier 14 not out); College 86 and 36 for no wicket (Cotton 20 not out). ARRANGEMENTS FOR INTERPROVINCI AL MATCHES. (rKESS ASSOCIATION-TELKGRAM.) WELLINGTON, December 3. At a meeting of the Cricket Association, a letter was received from the, Canterbury Association, stating that a Canterbury representative team could not play during Christinas week. It was decided to write to Canterbury, suggesting thatr a match should be played on January, 19tlf, *21st, and 22nd. No definite decision was arrived at regarding the Hawke's Bay match, biit Easter was tentatively fixed. A letter .was read from tho Auckland Associction suggesting January 7th Bth, and 9tb as the dates for-'en inteirprovincial match. These dates were considered unsuitable, and it, was decided to approach Auckland with a 5 view of having them altered to December 21st, 22nd, and 24th, cr 22nd, 24th, and 23 th. '

(PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAMS.) WELLINGTON, December 3. In Saturday's Senior -cricljet, the match between Phoenix and Wellington was begun. Phcenix scored 145 in the-ir first innings, and Wellington 10., without the loss of a wicket (Woybourne 58, Richardson 40). In the Old Boys v Midland match, the former made only 62 in the first innings, and the Midlanders 169. In the Junior Cup match, Midland and Old Boys, Bourko and Wey bourne for the Midland established a local record, putting on 222 for the third wicket, and the afternoon's score was 4SB for eight wickets. AUCKLAND, December 3. v The second round of the sonior matches began on Saturday on fast wicket.. Playing for Auckland against North Shore, McCormick, a last year's junior, scored 152 not out, and R. Neill 100, Auckland's total being 433 for four wickets— c, local record. Parnell scored 262 against Ponsonby. and United 149 against Gordons, who mode 95 for seven wickets.