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Evening Post, Volume LXVI, Issue 151, 23 December 1903, Page 5

CRICKET.

+ . . AUSTRALIAN GAMES. FPBESS ASSOCIATION.! MELBOURNE, 22nd December. The eighteen juniors playing against tho Englishmen made 193 in their second inning*—Delves 52, Grace 54. Tho visitors won by an innings and 99 runs. ADELAIDE. 22nd December. The South Australian team playing against New South Wales made 338 in their first innings—Gehrs 35, Hill 89, Now'land 77, Recs 45. Being in a minority of 286 Uioy followed on, and have lost two wickets for 62. HAWKES BAY v. WELLINGTON. NAPIER, 22nd December. Tho W«llington-Hawkes Bay cricket miitch was concluded to-day, the local team winning by 96 runs. The Wellington men in their second innings were disposed of for 160 runs, Staples flaying a Hteady chanceless innings, and Kirkcaldio showing good free cricket. Brice and Mowatt hit out strongly. The fielding of tlio iiawkes Bay* team was on the whole very good, Hallamore behind the wickets doing capital work. Four batsmen were caught and one stumped, dcores: — ' WELLINGTON.—Second Innings. Redgrave, o Ryan, b Fcnton ... 9 J. H. Latham, b Fenton 15 K. Kirkcaldie, c Fulton, b vJato ... 31 .R. Moss, lbw, b Lusk ... ... 10 W. S. Brice, c Macassey, b Ryan ... 24 A. Staples, not out 31 W. Quee, b Fulton 15 W' Mowatt, o Williams, b Cotterill 20 K. F. Upham, b Cotterill 1 Q. Day, st Hallainoro, b Cotterill ... 1 C. K. Hickey, b Cotterill 0 Extras ... „» f* *■• 3 Total ... ».< »•« ►•♦ 160 First innings „« »•< i— 263 Abrogate ... *.. v 423 Jiowling: Fenton, 39 runs, two wickets ; Cotterill, 23 runs, four wickets; Lusk, 32 runs, ono wicket; Cato, 29 runs, ono wicket -, Ryan, 14 runs, one wicket; Macassoy, 2 runs, no wickets; Fulton, 18 runs, one wicket. Four members of tho Wellington team left for Auckland this evening to tako part in the Wellington-Auckland match. In tho match to be played on the Basin Resorve on Christmas Day between teams from the offices of * tho JS'ew Zealand Times and the Evening Post the following players will represent the morning paper: Geo. Brown, Cooko, Curry, H. O. Browne, Claxton, France, Kelly\ MTarlane, Minetti, Parsons, Smith, Jackson; emergencies, Johnston and Ivor. Tho following will represent tho Midland Cricket Club in its match with tha Rivals' Club, of Chmtchurch, on Boxing Day at tho Basins W. J. Robinson, \V. Gosling, J. Robinson, 0. Atkinson, J. M'Alnhon, J). Wighton, A. Thomas, L. Godber, G. Williams, F. Plimmer, and J. Mason; emergencies, H. Mitchell, W. 0. Bock, R. Carthy.