Versus Wellington, at Duppa Street.

Another disaster. Who of us will forget the gentle breeze that blew that day! Our bowlers, by aiming about ten yards away from the wicket, sometimes bowled a straight ball. The batsmen had to commenco their strokes before the bowler started to run, owing to the resistance of the wind. Indeed Murray made one hit at the ball which missed, but so strong was the wind that his bat split. In the first innings, batting two men short. Varsity scored 145. Bellhouse, coming from windy Auckland, was naturally in his element, and scored 31 in about 2 overs. The other batsmen who succeeded in hitting the ball were Broad (26), Lusk (22), Joplin (18 not out) and Stainton (15). Wellington replied with the staggering total of 292, for which Anderson (113) and Wilson (74) were chiefly to blame. Bowling for Victoria, Cousins took 6 wickets, Mackay 1 and Lewis 1. In the second innings Victoria did a little better, reaching 220. The star batsmen on this occasion were Broad (67) and Murray, who scored 41 with vigorous cricket. Other scorers were Joplin (33) and Cousins (28).

Although less than half an hour was left for play, Wellington made a desperate effort to secure enough runs to give them a three pointer, but though they secured 67 for 1 wicket, they were 8 runs short at the close of play.