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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8745, 20 February 1907, Page 2

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Gregory Benefit Match. Press Association. —Copyright. Sydney, February 19. New South Wales, in their second innings, scored 312—Blaxland 43, W'aldy 129, Garter (not out) 32. ’ Armstrong took 3 wickets for 44, Hazlett 2 for 92, O’Connor 2 for 83, Bowden I for 44. Best of Australia lost 2 wickets for 25, Cotter securing Gregory brothers.’ wickets for 12. . Best of Australia thus won by 8 wickets. Gregory nets over £6OO from the match. ffLC-C. v. Masterton. Masterton, February 19. The match, M.C.C. v. .Wairarapa, was played on tho Park Oval to-day. Wairaraps. went in first, and made 120 runs. Waters 28, McGurk 25, and Beechey 24 batted well for their runs. The fielding of the Englishmen was splendid. The visitors have made eight runs for the loss oi no wickets. Following are the scores: — Waiiiarapa—First Innings. Maunsell, b Torrens .. 3 Swan, run out 2 Parton, b Curwen 1 Beechey, Ibw, b Douglas ... ... 24 Fish, b Torrens ... ... ... •-• 2 Waters, b Douglas 28 Perry, b Douglas 0 McGurk, Ibw, b Fox ... ... ... 25 Eedmond, b Torrens 13 Esson, c Page, b Curwen ... ... 0 MnoKellar, o Johnson, b Fox 3 Prow, b Fox ~. ... ~. ... 0 Bowley; notout ... 9 Carroll, c Page, b Fox ..; ..» 3 Hoar, o Curwen, b Fox ; 2 Extras .. .. 5 Total 120 Bowling analysis ; Fox 5 for 10, Douglas 3 for 11, Torrens 3 for 35, Curwen 2 for 47, Harrison 0 for 12. M.C.O.—First Innings. Johnson, not out ... 7 Fox, not out ... 1 Total ior no wickets ... ... £ February 20. At the luncheon adjournment five wickets were down for 195 runs.

The following will play for the Marton Cricket Club against Cheltenham at Marton ou Saturday next, play to begin at 10 a.m. sharp :—Pearpoint, Marshall, Arkwright, Hedges, Boss, A. Signal, Wilson, Young, Lawson, Turner, Broad. Emergencies: Fullertou-Smith and B. Signal.