ALL-ENGLAND CRICKET MATCH.
[fk.o:j our special co!irtsspo,ndj:nt.] " Cheistchuhoh, Februjiry Sip, The All-England Cricket Match meneed to-day. The weather is bAifUtii-Jj and the'ground is in splendid condition. 1 ' ;: oiie : thousand persons Avere pres'e'n't, hut number was considerably increased towards the end of the. match. The o<apiTS&tn'<f \y,as erected .to ac.c.Qinmouate' 800; persons, 1 and ..is ..largely,- patronised. . little betting. Two to one on tJjejEngiistir men was the longest odds offered, Twq to one on Canterbury n n t being defeated in one innings was' freely ' offered", but rarely accepted. ; "■ Lilly white won 'the 1 toss, anc} went in at 12.45. app&aredhn the Held,'atid wsi's with loud applause, Charlwood'aiid Jupp, vyhq were: warnily -■'cljeereuj ■ were- t-lio' firgt to appear: at-th-e l ' wickets.' • Frith : opened the proceedings,by delivering to Jupp who, pfi'the secbiid' tjall, drew "the first blood b'y : a drive %6 Ibg/' ; 'Stfeete "'t6ok' tli§ bail : 'a,t-thd'btHe'r ' 'find"a bye' was run off the first ball, CRarl'vrood brolce his'duclv by one-to leg off Sweete-. The last ball was followed up by two and one off Frith, After, ,this ; ...the bowling.. iinprpyedi At one o'clock the first ten .appeared, o.n;.the telegraph. The bowling was good, the fielding capital, and singles came slowly till ten minutes past "one, when Charlwbod' was clean bowled by Frith, 'amidst loud cheers.' Score : 14—1 —7. '
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 264, 26 February 1877, Page 2
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216ALL-ENGLAND CRICKET MATCH. Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 264, 26 February 1877, Page 2
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