BY FOUR RUNS.
MELBOURNE LEAD CANTERBURY. POOR LOCIL FIELDING. CHRISTCHURCH, March 5. When the match with the Melbourne Cricket Club had progressed two hours to'-dayi, it appeared that Canterbury had a chance to lead on the first innings, but this chance was missed by bad fielding. A factor which gave Melbourne the chance to lead was the partnership'of R. G. Johnston and B. A. Onyons, which added 184 runs, carrying the score from 133 for five wickets to 317 for six. Onyons made a century, but he gave four distinct chances. Following are the detailed scores: — CANTERBURY. First Innings x 348 Second Innings. Gregory, not out .29 Hamilton, not out 20 Extra 1 Total for no wickets 50 MELBOURNE. First Innings. Jewel], b Read 3 Campbell, b Read 20 Rodgerson, b Merritt 22 Hendry, run out 64 Sandford, st Boon, b Evans .... 21 i Onyons, c.Merritt, b Cunningham . 112 Johnston, c Patrick, b Cunningham 83 Wood, c Boon, b Road .... .. 2 Ransford, b Cunningham 9 T. Armstrong, not out 3 Ebeling, c Hamilton, b Cunningham 1 Extras 10 Total 350 Bowling.— Cunningham 4/70, ' Read 3/81, Merritt 1/80, Nixon 0/34, Evans 1/62, Patrick 0/13.—(P.A.)
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Wairarapa Age, 7 March 1927, Page 2
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193BY FOUR RUNS. Wairarapa Age, 7 March 1927, Page 2
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