CRICKET.
— + — OTAGO-AUOKJLAiSID AIAj^H A DKAVVAUCKLAND bIILL HOLDS THE SHIELD. The Otago team had hard luck in not winning the match for the i'lunKet shield. In tlieir second innings they scorel 159, leaving Auckland 302 runs to get to win. The latter team adopted stone-wailing tactics to play out time, and had scored ltiO tor hve wickete when the match terminated. Ji'or Utago, the highest scorers were: Williams 35, Wilson 2s, and Hopkins 18. Auckland's best batsmen vrmo: Kali S7, Oummings nab out 44, Hemus 19, and Sale ltf. The Otago team leit Auckland by the Main Trunk Express last night, and passed through i<eilling at 1 o'clock to-day. The Canterbury team arrived at Auckland yesterday.
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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 766, 31 December 1908, Page 1
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115CRICKET. Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 766, 31 December 1908, Page 1
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