CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2505, 19 May 1909, Page 3

CRICKET.

THE AUSTRALIANS IN ENGLAND. SURREY V. AUSTRALIA. United Press Association—Copyright LONDON, May 17. Rain delayed the play. Tlje weather was cold, hut cleared up. There were 5000 people present. Laver, Hopkins, Gregory, Carkeek, and O’Connor were omitted from tho team. Spring and Rushby replaced Leveson-Gower and Ducat. Crawford won the toss. The wicket was firm. The scores were : SURREY (Ist innings). Hayward, b Noble ... 27 Hobbs, b Armstrong 44 Hayes, b Armstrong 33 Marshall, c Armstrong, b Whitty 37 Crawford, c Macalister, b Macartney 29 Cunven, b Whitty o Spring, c Trumper, b Whitty ... 5 Hitch (not out) : ... 5 Lees, c Cotter, b Macartney 0 Strudwick, b Whitty 4 Rushby, b Whitty ... 0 Sundries ... 1. 7 Total ... 191 Bowling analysis: Whitty five for 36, Macartney two for 44, Cotter nit for 27, Noble one for 32, Armstrong two for 45. Hayward played a very quiet innings, lasting 105 minutes. Hobbs gave an exhibition of neat and varied play, his score including six tourers. Hayes’ play was free and stylish. The first wicket foil for 101, and the third for 09. Marshall’s play was uneven, though he made some good drives. Crawford made a wretched start. He was missed before scoring by Cotter, off Noble. His partnership with Marshall lasted 40 minutes. Thq fourth wicket went down for 176. Crawford improved, indulging in powerful driving, but the wickets fell fast. Whitty secured his five wickets with the last nineteen balls, off which two fourers were scored. When stumps were drawn Australia had lost four wickets for 75 runs, the scores being: Trumper, b Lees 2 Bardsley, not out 36 Noble, b Rushby 26 Armstrong, c Strudwick, b Rushby 3 Ransford, c Strudwick, b Rushby 2 Macalister, not out 0 (Received May 18, 5 p.m.) LONDON, May IS.

Trumper’s middle stump fell to a yorker from Lees. Bardsley was good all round the wicket. Rushly’s first three overs proved disastrous to the visitors. In the first he secured Noble, who had batted soundly for fifty minutes. In the second over Strudwick took Armstrong low on the ofF side and repeated the same catch brilliantly oil Hansford in Rushly’s third over. The light was bad. A NEW ZEALANDER’S BIG SCORES LONDON, May 17. D. C. Collins, a New Zealander, scored 113 and 13S in the Cambridge seniors’ match. a t a