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The above match was begun on Thursday P. evening on the Recreation Ground, the naval team who won the toss electing to bat. Dr. Tuck and Lieutenant Forbes were the first to defend the wickets but Lieutenant Forbes only succeeded in making a four before his wickets fell to a ball from Dew. His successor Poulter however was bowled by Dew before being able to mak un, and Captain Chadwick the next arrival, was bowled by Dew the first ball. Dr. Tuck after compiling 23 was bowled by Sheldon. Shortly afterwards May was struck a little above the left eye by a ball from Dew and had to retire from the field. The remainder made a very weak stand and the innings closed for a total of 55 runs.
This match was resumed on Friday evening, the Light Horse commencing their innings by sending Dew and King to the bat. The former was bowled by Finnighan after making a couple of rans. He was relieved by Bell who ran up a total of 14 before being nicely caught by Chadwick. Sheldon and Dr. Keylock exhibited some excellent batting and gave their opponents some exer-ise in chasing the ball to the boundary on numerous occasions, Keylock was finally caught by Dr. Tuck after having compiled 20 runs. Sheldon ran his score up to 33 0 that coupling his total with that of Dr. Keglock they just equal the total of the naval innings. Appended are the full score and analysis
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