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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9020, 6 January 1908, Page 7

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OTAGO v. AUCKLAND. BY TELEGRAPH —FKESS ASSOCIATION. AUCKLAND, January 4. The contest for the Plunkett Cricket Shield, between Auckland and Otago, was concluded to-day, when Auckland had an easy win by 315 runs. The play was of an uninteresting character, and Auckland was easily superior. Scores:— AUCKLAND. First Innings 267 Second Innings. Hemus, c and b Austin 29 Smith, cA. Adams, b Mackersey 0 Sale, b Eckhoff 25 . Prime, c and b Eckhoff 0 ' Cummings, c and b Mackersey 34 Haddon, c and b Austin 9 Relf, b Austin 83 Olliff, b Austin 8 liobinson, not out 7 Kerr, c Siedeberg, 0 White, b Mackersey u • 2 Extras 14 Total 211 In bowling Mackersey got 4 wickets for 66 runs, Austin 4 for 40, Eckhoff 2 for 48, Torrance 0 for 35 and Watson 0 for 8. OTAGO. First Innings 81 Second Innings. * Austin, b Relf 0 Siedeberg, b W. B, White 37 A. Adams, b Relf ' 1? J* Eckhoff, b Kerr 9 > Mackersey, b Relf 0 Watson, lbw, b Olliff 7 Kilgour, not out 10 T. Adams, b Relf 1 Torrance, lbw, b Relf 0 Eckhoff, c Sale, b Relf 0 Williams, run out 0 Extras 4 Total . In bowling, Relf secured 6 wickets for 25 runs, Kerr 1 for 23, White I for 20, and Olliff 1 for 10, j I By Telegraph—Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, January 4. The fifth round of the first grade matches was concluded to-day. Re- t suits:—East Christchurch beat St. , aAlban's by one run on the first inn- j ings. Scores:—East Christchurch,; first innings, 156; second, 223 for 6 wickets, innings declared closed, (T. j Egglestone 63, F. Fraser 88). St. j Alban's, first innings,. 155; second, 110 for 5 wickets. Linwood defeated Riccarton by 42 runs on the first innings. Scores: —Linwood, first in-j nings, 231; second innings 137 (H. I C. Ridley 49 not out). Riccarton, ! first innings, 189; second innings, 54 j for 4 wickets. West Christchurch ue- • feated Sydenham by an innings and 116 runs. West Christchurch, first innings 346; Sydenham, first innings, 129; second, 101. j

(By Cover Point). j BOROUGH STAFF v. FIRE BRIGADE. * ] A match was played on the Park 1 Oval on Saturday last between teams representing the Masterton Municipal Fire Brigade and the Borough staff, 1 and resulted in a win for the latter , by 22 runs. Scores: — BOROUGH STAFF.—Ist Innings. | E. Braggins b Warner 3 j A. Pond, b Warner 8 j B. Walker, b Duggan 22 ; Jorgensen, b Warner 0 Knovvles, b Duggan 4 Hooper, b Duggan 6 Cook, c Kivell, b Duggan 0 TV Jackson, not out 4o Sowman, b Duggan 1 ! Scott, b Duggan 0 Olberg, b Duggan 1 1 Etxras 4 j Total 92 FIRE BRIGADE.—Ist Innings. j T. Jenkins, b Walker 4 E run out 6 Duggan, c Hooper, b Pond 17 j E. Jenkins, b Pond 6 . E. Warner, c and b Pond 8 Kivell, b Pond 0 ! Fielding, c Jackson, b Pond 39 i F. Jackson, b Walker 5 j Matthews, b Walker 0 , Selby, b Walker 5 Elder, not out 2 Extra 1 Total 93 BOROUGH STAFF.—2nd Innings. E. Braggins, b Jenkins 0 Olberg, b Duggan 2 Hooper, b Duggan 1 Jorgensen, b Duggan 5 Cook, c and b Warner 5 D. Jackson, b Duggan 40 Sowman, b Duggan 7 Scott, b Duggan 6 Walker, b E. Jenkins 20 Pond, run out 3 Ivnowles, not out 7 Etxras 1 Total 103 FIRE BRIGADE.—2nd Innings. Duggan, b Walker 41 Kivell, b Pond 5 Fielding, b Pond 20 T. Jenkins, c Jackson, b Pond 0 Warner, b Pond 0 Ewington, b Pond 1 Jackson, c Walker, b Pond 3 E. Jenkins, b Pond 3 Selby, b Walker 0 Elder, b Walker 0 Matthews, not out o Extras 2 Total 80