CRICKET.
EASY VVIX FOR XEAV ZEALAND. (Australia & X.Z. Cable Association.] SYDNEY, Dec. 10. The X.Z. cricket team defeated Wagga to-day by an innings and 153 runs. The visitors made 150 for 7 wickets in llieir lir-t innings and declared. In the second innings VVagga made 235. The scores were: - XKVV ZEALAND Ist. innings. Blunt, c. and b. Cusick 30 Worker. I.b.w. b. Brunskill il Dowry, b. Glazier 10 Crawford, e. Birch. I>. Higgins ... 50 Daere. b. Drown o‘2 Oliver (not out 1 132 Patrick, c. Cusick, b. Glazier K Alleott, I.b.w, b. Higgins 72 Extras 21 Total lor seven wickets 150 Dowling; Drown ! for 00. Cusick 1 for 102. (Hazier 2 for 51. K. Glazier i) for 00. Brunskill I for 70. Higgins •_> for 38. VVagga—Fir- 1 Innings 153 VVAGGA ■■Second Innings-. Hamilton, 1.b.w.. I>. Alleott .... . 30 Mc-Giynn. 1.b.w.. b. Oliver 2 Gilchrist, c. Ah-Ticnth. I>. Daere ... 11 Higgins. I). C'linninglmni 22 F.. Glazier, b. Dliint 7 Cusick. li. Mi-Heath 10 E. Glazier. Pairiek. b. MeDoalli 21 Brim-kill. run out 32 Dircb. li. Alleott. I Brown (not out) 7 Extras 10
Total 235 Dowling: Cunningham 2 for (13. Oliver I for 15. Dliint 1 for 11. Daere I for 1. Alli-oU 2 for 13. Patrick 0 for .’il. McDeatli 2 for 52. New Zealand won by mt innings and 53 runs. Oliver and Alleott, liil out freely and sixes and fours were fre<|iiont. The fourth century quickly appeared. The s oriiig was at the rate of two per minute. Bowling changes were I reiiueut. lint proved ineffective till Higgins came on. and got Alleott leg liefore. The innings was then declared closed. The partnership yielded 19tj runs in 72 minutes. Oliver Lit seventeen fours and two sixes. Alleott Lit nine fours and two s i xcs. VVagga Vs strike opened as disastrously as in Hie fir.-t innings, the score being only fifteen when the first wicket fell. Tile New Zealanders fielded brilliantly in a blazing sun. Alleott was bowling magnificently. Of his first three overs, two were maidens, two runs were scored, and he got lone wicket. VVagga fought: gamely, but the visitors were too good. Owing to a shower over-night, the wicket was slower than on (be previous daw
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 December 1925, Page 1
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