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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 61, 14 March 1927, Page 11

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MELBOURNE TOUR OTAGO AT THE WICKETS (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DOTSTEDIN, This Day. Heavy rain fell early this morning, but the weather'was "perfect when the Otago-Melbourne game was resumed. On Saturday Otago made 56 for, three wickets, this nbt-out men being M'Mullan (10) and Cecil Alloo (0). Dakin and Onyons opened the attack on an easy wicket, Alloo. sending the latter twice to the boundary off the first over.. Both batsmen scored \ steadily, and the. century was hoisted in 89 minutes. Johnstone replaced Dakin. At 105'Alloo clipped the fourth ball into Onyons's hands.at first slip. 105—4— 24.i M'MuUan skied.one from Onyons into the wicketke'eper's hands. 105— '■ 5—34. Dickinson hoisted one high into deep field, but Eogersoh failed to reach it. At the luncheon adjournment there were fiy'e wickets down for 105. Scores: ■ >•-. V, , MELBOITBNE. :--' :'. r First Innings . .■.:..:. ■.'/..: .-. .-.;■..■' 396 •'. '."-.■;. .. otago. ; . ' First Innings ■ v.-...-.-;;-.; 127 ■ ■'..'. Spcondlnnings. Blunt^ b ...... .5...../.. 3 Shepherd, bEahsford ij; ., .fi Knight, c and b Eogerson ....... 37 M'Mullan, c Jewell, b Onyons .... 34 H. C. Alloo, c Onyons,'b Johnstone 24 A. Wi -AHoo, not out „ i...... 10 Dickinson, not out .........."....; 6 i Extras 2 Total for wickets ...;.'. 105 P. and T. Stores'j 146 (Bull 44, Carr 26, Player 18 not outj Malm .16, Dawe 13, Adams -10);; Whitcombe and Tombs, 136 (Milford 47, -A. Douglas 27, Chant 14, Ferriß 14, Mason. 11). Bowling: For P. and ; -T.,r Carr fiv,e fpr 54, Crund:. well four, for, 54, Player ono for, 4; for Whitcombe and .Tombs, Mason sey^n for 42, Ferris two: for 50,-Doug-las one for 22. .