100 WICKETS
[Feb Unitep ‘Press Association.] WELLINGTON, January 9. By taking five wickets in the recent Canterbury-Welington match at the Basin Reserve W. S. Brice, the Wellington captain, achieved a notable distinction for Blanket Shield cricket. At tho end of last season his bag of wickets for Shield games totalled 95, so. that he has now reached the 100 mark, a feat which has been performed by only one other player—S. G. Smith (Auckland). Brice’s figures for the match with Canterbury were ono for 45 and four for 44, giving him the grand total of 100 wickets for 2,166 runs.
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Evening Star, Issue 19760, 10 January 1928, Page 4
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