THE FOOTBALL MATCH.
CANTERBURY V. WELLINGTON. (BY OUR SPECIAL REPORTKB.) HUTT. 7th September. The ground is in very fair order, but very uneven, and covered with Scotch thistles. Very good attendance. The Governor was not on the ground at 3 p.m. Christchurch won tho toss, and played with the wind. The ball was kicked oft' at 2.46 by Smith.
The writer of Home Talk remarks :— Tho Derby of 1876 and many former Derbies have produced no more extraordinary bet than one just won by two gentlemen, one of them a well-known artist. By risking one sovereign they have netted £800, punctually paid on settling-day. They got 800 to lon A' " triple event"— Thunder for the City and Suburban, Petrarch for tlie Two Thousand, and Mineral Colt for the Derby. AIJ these events came off, but the winners ought to have won more. Thunder was at 40 to 1, Petrarch 10 to 1, and Mineral Colt 6to 1 ; and the proceeds of these bets, put on' at the current odds after each "event," would have realised £2400 for a sqvereign.
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Evening Post, Volume XIV, Issue 59, 7 September 1876, Page 2
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179THE FOOTBALL MATCH. Evening Post, Volume XIV, Issue 59, 7 September 1876, Page 2
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