THE MARLBOKOUGH MATCH.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 19, 24 January 1903, Page 2

THE MARLBOKOUGH MATCH.

BLENHEIM, Yesterday. The cricket match commenced shortly before mid-day in drizzline rain, which lasted all the day, and at a later stage of the proeedings deSSPSi? to « howers ' and Interfered with play. There was a good attendance of spectators. The Englishmen won the toss, and went to the Tickets, eighteen of the local twenty. .twogn>ing into the field. The weather conditions were to the advantage of the batsmen, the ball being very ■ESS* Dd £ ohDSO *»^& Pr«Kw g to the J>°wluig of Watty and Prebble, and the proceedings opened Wign^K of .toe Visitors beinpr out at WatS I being the |uceessful trundled SS the two made things more merry. Changes QI bowling were tried, and eventually liosanquefc was prettily caught by Bathgate ofF GreenHeld— l3Jr-^r-s£ Warner, was in but&a few irifbu fees. being caught after making 2, anl Taylor had a similar experience— lM ~!r 3 W Whatm " n was associate with Dowson for some time y anS ; after making 8 was caught bOp Burnup filled ■; the last gapf butlml made only a single wheniheredouSlv >ii £^°. rton «ter compiline 94^ T^ fieimng^of th^^oc^^oy^p:: weak, and charactgrifiea^^M^ % f P u Wnai in accounV o^ rain, stumps ;ysrere /drawn at 4.45§ Q .^9f : scores were as follows g ; Nea^ i^.v Thbmpgqn^bMat^, tiSgf: Bpw»p; c Heir%, BCG^^l^JJjx Bpsahquetj cßathgatei b Green««M^ r 22; Wawier, c ColenW b fc^Sflfe Buwtip,lPPt bburl;t r l; extra^^fe&l Godfrey," |[ic(r^ " ; ' P ??. 'F^^l -i- ?| Lue^ ;b Thompson, 0; bSS|S^ ■ •

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