Next Sixteen" was played on Monday and Tuesday last, the Eleven winning in gue innings with 134 runs to spare. The play on the first day resulted enormously in favour of the Eleven, The batting of the Sixteen was feeble, and their bowling, when they got their antagonists in, could not be characterized as strong; while only the large number composing the field " could have stained them in the trying pursuit of leather-hunting which the Eleven seemed prepared to to an unlimited extent.
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