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This account of a cricket match between the Wellington Hero Cricket Club and Wellington appeared in the Wellington Independent the day after the game. The full description and lyrical writing were typical of the coverage of local cricket games at the time.
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Reference: Wellington Independent, 10 January 1860, p. 3
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