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Taranaki Daily News, 24 February 1920, Page 7

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OTAOO v. CANTERBURY. CANTERBURY'S EASY WIN. By Telegraph Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. In the Canterbury-Otago match, when the time came for play to be resumed this afternoon In suimy weather and on a good wicket, it was found Otago had had bad luck. Hutchison, who had scored 19 not out on Saturday, had fallen iU with tonsilitls. Alloo and McMullen, whoso Innings had been completed, were also 111. Hutchison being an absentee, there was only one wicket to fall, and this added two runs. The innings closed for 145. Canterbury had thus to get only 40 to win, which was secured without the loss of a wicket (Blunt not out 21, Worker not out 20), winning by ten wickets. THE HAWKE CUP. WAIRARAI'A v. POVERTY BAY. Glebor-ne, Last Night. Tho Hawke. Cup match, Walrarapa versus Poverty Bay, commenced In find weather and on a splendid wicket. The local team won the toss and batted first and made 244 (Miller 02, Pere 45. Reeves (10, Scholium 21 not out). Collins, for Wairarapll,, took six wickets for 50 runs. Wairarapa scored 80 (Henderson 2", Barr 14 not out). Scholium took five wickets for 32, McLachlan two for 33, Oates ono for 10. WAVERLEY V. PATEA. Wavcrley scored another victory over Patca at Waverloy on Saturday, mainly owing to the sterling batting of Bradmore (75). Turner (30), and Cave (22), tlic-so three making 127 out of 147 scored by Waverley. Patea responded with but. 88, of which ibe veteran Campbell was responsible for 27 and Martin 20. Pataa, it is only fair to state, were without tho services of Harding, Tinney, Weir and Hemingway, who were laid aside through the prevailing epidemic—Press.