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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8351, 6 February 1907, Page 6

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CANTERBURY v. M.C.C. EASY WIN FOR THE VISITORS. ' By Telegraph—Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, February 5. The match between Canterbury and the M.C C. team was concluded at Lancaster Park, to-day, when the Englishmen won by 237 runs. The weather was fine and calm and the wicket was good, and the outfield fast. Branston, who was 15 not out, on the previous evening, his innings, and was accompanied to the wickets by Curwen. Branston had made 46 before he was caught by Boxshall off Bennett. At half-past twelve the score was 260, and the innings was declared closed with nine wickets down. The Canterbury fielding was not as good as it might have been, the picking up and returning being faulty at times. Canterbury, requiring 345 runs to win, • commenced their second innings at 12.50 p.m. The innings lasted for two hours and ten minutes, and produced a Jscore of 108, Patrick 32 and Bennett 23 (not out) being the only two to make anything like a stand. The scores are as follow: ENGLAND. First Innings .. .. .. 305 Second Innings. Johnson, c sub., b Ellis .. 24 Douglas, lbw., b Bennett .. 10 Burns, st Boxshall, b Reese .. 48 Page, b Bennett .. .. .. 78 Harrison, b Reese .. .. 5 Simpson-Hayward, b Bennett .. 2 Branston, c Boxshall, b Bennett 46 Curwen, c Olliver, b Lusk .. 18 Fox, not out .. . . 13 May, not out .. .: 4 Extras .. .. 17 Total for nine wickets (innings declared closed) .. .. 2GO

Runs at fall of each wicket:—One for 35, two for 35, three for 117, four for 139, five for 144, six for 187, seven for 187, eight for 235, nine for 243. Bowling analysis. —Bennett 5 for 82, Lawrence 0 for 9, Ellis 1 for 24, Patrick 0 for 25; D. Reese, 2 for 43; Lusk, 1 for 34; Ollivier, 0 for 26. CANTERBURY. First Iniiings .. .. . • 221 Second Innings. Ollivier, b Douglas .. .. 6 Patrick, b May .. • • 32 Anthony, e. Simpson-Hay ward, b Douglas .. • • 12 Lusk, c Simpson-Hayward, b Dougias .. . • •. 0 D. Reese, sfc Fox, b SimpsonHayward .. .. .. 14 | Lawrence, b Douglas .. .. 2 Orchard, b Simpson-Hayward .. 3 Ellis, b Burns .. 8 IT. W. Reese, lbw., b SimpsonHayward .. .. • • 1 Bennett, not out .. .. 23 C. Boxshall, b May .. .. 0 Extras <7 Total 108 Runs at the fall of each wicket: — One for 10, two for 34, three for 34, four fc?r 59, five for 62, six for 69, seven for 77, eight for 78, nine for 108, ten for 108. Bowling analysis. —Douglas, 4 for 38; Branston, 0 for 4, Simpson-Hay-ward, 3 for 32, May 3 for 27. The following are the batting and bowling averages of the members of the English team up to the conclusion of the Auckland match last week: —

Major Wynward played three innings, scoring 11, 48 and ' 27. being not out each time. BOWLING. to "... fcuo C V Pi > < Harrison .. 106 13 8.15 Douglas .. 391 43 9.09 Torrens .. 61 6 10.16 SimpsonHay ward. 556 48 11.58 May .. 503 34 14.79 Branston' .. 502 31 16.19 Curwen .. 166 7 23.71 Burns 78 2 39.00 Page, 2 overs for 8 runs, also bowled. The Henderson Cup fixtures will be continued to-morrow. The W.F.C.A. team will commence their match against Carterton, at Carterton, and the Carlton B and Star A teams will continue their match on the Park Oval. In the competition for the Junior Championship the Y.M.C.A. and Star B teams will continue their match on the Park Oval.

BATTING. 01 be c to a> 2 o G 3 bfl cj u 'p a> c i—i 1 EH < W. P. Harrison 10 1 349 38.77 J. W. H. T, Dougla^ 11 4 226 32.28 W. B. Burns .. 11 0 278 25.27 G. H. SimpsonHayward .. 15 1 328 23.42 C. C. Page .. 12 0 271 22.58 P. R. Johnson.. 13 1 226 18.83 R. H. Fox .. 11 2 155 17.22 N. C. Tufnell .. 12 3 133 14.77 A. A. Torrens.. 8 1 96 13.71 C. de Trafford.. 14 0 185 13.21 P. R. May .. 14 2 158 13.16 W. J. H. Curwen 13 0 170 13.07 P. F. Williams 4 0 32 8.00