CRICKET FIJIANS’ OUTRIGHT VICTORY IN AUCKLAND MATCH
(PA.) AUCKLAND, April 6. The Fijian cricket team gained a splendid outright victory over Auckland by 115 runs in the final maten of the tour, which finished today. At the end of the second day Fiji, alter making 129 in the first innings, had made a good recovery by scoring 205 in the second innings for the loss oi two wickets. Fiji declared the second innings closed at the luncheon adjournment toda.y after adding another 146 runs in two hours for five more wickets. ' Auckland, which declared its first inning's closed with 181 for eight wickets, was left with three and a half hours in which to score 300 for an outright win. The team was all out in 160 minutes for 184, the last five wickets adding only three funs. The outstanding feature ot the dav’s play was an excellent innings by B. Sutcliffe, who made 97 m Auckland’s second innings. M. J. Fenn was again the most successful Fijian bowler, in taking six wickets for 94 runs, and he bowled unchanged throughout both of Auck land's innings. He secured his Hundredth wicket for the tour._
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Greymouth Evening Star, 7 April 1948, Page 7
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