THE DIXON FAMILY CRICKET MATCH.
(From the NewZeuhmlTmm.) \ ' | The (fathering of tho Dixon family took place on the Basin Reserve. The presence' of some of tho family from the country caused Mr Edward Dixon to revive the gathering, which has not taken place sinco 1877. The chief .event was a cricket match, and while we cannot say that there was an immense display of cricket, wo may say this—it was a novelty; Tho following are the scores : E. Dixon's Side. Pirst Inning. Second Innings, W. Lambert bE. Dixon 16 b Williams 10 E. Godber ,cC Godber 4 ruuout.. 9 .T.Cotton, b W. Dixon G E, Dixou, 1) W. Dixon 0 cC. Godber 1 T. Godber, b \V. Dixon 0 run out .. 3 Joe Dixon, lbw 4 b Williams 2 W. Tustin bW.Dixon.. G cC.Godber 1 S. Waters run out .. ic W. Dixon 3 P. Dixon, b Wiiliams .. 14 bW. Dixon 0 E. Bull, bW. Dixon .. 2 bE. Dixon 5 K, Free, not out ... .. 0 not out .. 4 W.Meek ~ ~0 bW.Dixon 0 Earnest Dixon .. ... 0 b W.Dixon 0 Byes itc 3 ~.,-".'.■-■.&. 57 40 Total-103nms. W. Dixon's Side. First Innings. Second Innings, Kitchen, c E. Godber 1 not out ... 0 E. Godber, run out ..Ob E. Dixon 0 11, G.Williams bE Dixon 5 bE. Dixon- 1 W. Dixon bE. Dixon. .■ 22 run out ... 3 E. Dixon,'c T. Godber 11 c Tustin, jun 4 C. Godber, b E. Dixon 19 b E. Dixon 0 W. Tustin, c Lambert 1 c Lambert 0 L. Dixon, run out ..lb Lambert 12 E. Tiller, not out ... 3 c Lambert 1 W. E. Fuller, run out 1 b Lambert 0 (i. Dixon sen,, bE. Dixon 0 c Lambert 0 • Byes, &e. ..■ .18 ... i; 77 27 Totol-104runs. The match was thus won by one run only. -Between the innings a lunch was provided for tho family, at which the health of the ciders and the umpires was drunk with musical honors; and at the close of the match the oldest male member of the family, Mr Edward Dixon, was hoisted shoulder high and carried to the grand-stand, Wo may mention that at least eighty members of the family were present, and besides there there not less than fifty in tho Wairarapa and-twenty in Wanganui, A dance took, place in tho Princess Theatre in the evening, which was attended by the members of the family and their friends,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 88, 20 February 1879, Page 2
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399THE DIXON FAMILY CRICKET MATCH. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 88, 20 February 1879, Page 2
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