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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12868, 2 January 1906, Page 5

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United Press Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. MELBOURNE, January 1. South Australia's first - innings - totalled 181 (Claxton 68). Victoria in their first innings have lost 9 wickets for 166—Carkeek' 52, Honcn. (not out) 42. -AN EAST COAST MATCH. Association, , . NAPIER, 1. A cricket match, Poverty Bay V. Hawke'a Baj-, was commenced hereto-day. Hawlce's Aay batted first,. and', scoiifcd 251 —Reader ' 50, Penton 47, Hawhe 14. "being the principal ecorers. Poverty. Bav knocked tip 116 in their first innings—Sharp 52, and Gibson 21- Th'eir score in tlie second follow-on innings stands at 10, "with no wickets dowi. CAXTERBIfey V. WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON, January 1. i The "howling continued to be <so superior . to Tb-'batiincr in the match between Wdlingto* anil Canterbury although the wicket remained in good order that, the game , was almost finished to-day. i Canterbury at one stage liad praclially lost the match, six wickets being down H in the second innings,. while they still required 17 to save a one innings' defeat. : out they made so good a recovery trith bat and ball that now thev \vill probably win. " Wellington's firet innings was; fiaishsd b ofl^|^i^^J^Bla^lo<jl^3o^jlon«gh3a

1 P®' oa 42 for the last wicket, and but foi this the.game would be all over now. Cal laway took 4 wickets for 67 and Bennett 5 for 52. 1 Going in again, Canterbury lost" wickets for 65; Ollivier 18, Orcbard l 5 but Lawrence and Patrick put on 63, thi former being eventually out for 38 ane the colt for 33. Tho innings closed al o ' „ vin S Wellington 86 to get to -win. s>o well did Callaway and Bennett bowl that six wickets have fallen for 29. Th« former at one stage sent down eight maid eat for three wickets. Wellington stiD have 57-to get, with all their best batsmei out.