WELLINGTON PLAYS OTAKI
At the invitation of Jlr. F. W. Christian, of Otaki, a Wellington-team, under the--captaincy-of- Mr.- B; J. Tuckwfell; journeyed to, that township- on Wednesday,'and a very enjoyable day's cricket and outing resulted. - Wellington . won the toss, and-went-first to the wickets, piling up.' a ' score of .279-, the leading scorers being Tuckwell 75, Buxton 51,> -Windley-30-jiot-out-,--Macintosh 2\, and JTufchings ■ 23. Christian- and Spiers bowled' best for. Otaki. The local team, 'butting twenty-two, made; a c:roditable showing,.building-up a-total of 151 runs. The- best - performances were those of •Claridge' 43, de Lautour 25, Spiers . 18, Mahima" 16,- and Jamteson . 12. Nine oi. tho- visitors- tried...their hands at the 'tk»ylin{;.crease* and-nil get wickets, Barker: with eight wickets (including, the ."hat. trick"),, proving most successful. •Wellington went hf again at 5.30,- and compiled"77 for-the.los? of three wickets before• stumps were drawn.. The .game resulted in a win for Wellington on the first: innings by 128. runs.
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 70, 22 March 1918, Page 2
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154WELLINGTON PLAYS OTAKI Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 70, 22 March 1918, Page 2
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