The annual cricket match between the Bombay Presidency and the Parsees was played at Poona on August 26, 27, and 28, the Parsees winning by six wickets. probably the finest game in the Jong series of these annual matches. 'The Presidency scored 311 in the first innings, Major J. G. Greig making 142, and Col. R. M. Poore 76, and 177 in the second innings, Major Greig again heading the scores with 66. The Parsees' total for the first innings was 276, and 215 for four wickets in the second. Thirty-six matches have now been played, the Parsees having won seventeen games, and the Presidency thirteen, while six have been drawn.
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