CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2508, 22 May 1909, Page 3

CRICKET.

THE AUSTRALIANS IN ENGLAND.

MATCH AGAINST MARYLEBONE

United Press Association —Copyright LONDON, May 20. The weather was hue. The attendance numbered 8000. MacLaren and Mignon were omitted from the Alaryleboue team. Noble won the toss. The wicket was fast. The scores wore: AUSTRALIA (first innings,)

Hartigari, c Gillingham, b Fielder 2 {Jardsley, c Fane, b Buckingham 42 Noble, b Fielder }' Ransford, b A. Relf Armstrong, b Thompson ... ••• 42 Trumper, b Buckingham y Macartney, b Thompson 34 Macalister, not out ... ••• Corkeek, c Huish, b Thompson ... J O’Connor, lbw, b Thompson ... 9 Whitty, b Thompson ” Sundries • JJ

Total • 210 Bowling analvsis: Fielder 2 for -65, Buckenliam 2 for 50, Thompson 5 lor 26, Relf 1 for 26, Tarrant 0 for 28. Hartigan was caught in the first oyer, Gillingham running from mid-on behind the bowler to effect the catch. Bardsley. o-avc n chance at the wickets when he had scored four. Noble played Fielder on in an unlucky manner, after trying some capital strokes. Two wickets fell for t; 9 Bardslev’s defence was uncertain at the start, but improving lie indulged in cutting and leg hitting. He batted for 100 minutes before being dismissed. Ransford gave a. short but bright display of fine cutting, the third wicket fell for 73 and the fourth for 10S. Armstrong was missed in the slips by Itci , off Fielder, when he had scored a dozen Buckingham, in the next over, bowle Trumper with a- yorker for a duck. Five wickets for 108. . , After lunch 'Armstrong was missed by 'Relf off Tarrant’s first over, trie Victorian scored 30, principally by offdriving. Macartney, who .-joined him, playing judiciously; hit five fourers and pair in 45 minutes. He added 40, and then the Sydneyite, who - lent cricket, was bowled by Thompson. The score included eight fourers, Armstrong batted for 100 when hooking a, short ball he son oil t<o tlie Th icket. Tile •> ~ * ket fell for 175, and -the seventh for an additional run. Macalister, .before scoring, bad two appeals for catches at wicket off Buckingham, On the second occasion the batsman was walking aw ay . The Victorian batted for half an horn before scoring. Thompson had the hats, men beaten. He resumed at 1 ‘4; anc f scored five wickets for an additional lO nms to his reckoning. Marylebone has lost two wickets foi 86 Frv. c Hartigan, b Whitty —• Warner, c and b Macartney ... Fane, not out - [There has evidently been a mutilation in the transmission of the figures, unless the difference, is made up by sundries not recorded.]

(Received May 21, 5 p.m.)

LONDON, May 21. When the Englishmen went to the wickets the weather was gloomy. YY itb the score at 25, Fry was caught by Hartigan. Warner, when nine, t,ave a difficult chance at the wickets. He compiled his score by cutting and leg glancing, and then put a iul. pi c i 1 back to tlie bowler. Marylebone entertained the Australians at dinner rit Lords.

Once again has Warren Bardsley headed the scores on the Australian side. This player has made the most sensational debut of any colonial i keter, outrivalling all the giants of the past. Scores of 63, 76, and 63 not out, and 219, 41, and 42 make the Sydney left-hander almost a marvel. Last season Bardsley, with a best score of 21 1 not out against North Sydney, in intei State ipateheg averaged <1.66 lor seven

imiingSv , Vernon Hansford, who gave il '» gl't display in tlio M.C.C, match yesterday, is n towbr of strength to his team. -Keto Hansford, “Half-Volley,” » the Wellington “Post,” says: Of an altogether different type of bat to Clem Hill, he is just as finished. His wristv cutting and on-driving are not exce u by any. while his timing was uncqim led in Australian cricket last season, when in Sheffield shield games ho compiled the extensive average oi 120 runs P<i innings for seven knocks, and once no out. Tn the match at Sydney against New South Wales the Melbournian did no otl.or Virforinn had ovor^ono

before, by compiling and llu consecutive innings, of tile one game. For a mere' bov these figures are exC<? G lo j al 'Thompson, who captured five Australian wickets yesterday at a. cost

of onlv 26 runs, was born at INortnanipton on October 27, 1877. While Jus county (Northamptonshire) wore stall classed among the ‘ minors, in 1900 he appeared for the Players' agains the Gentlemen at Scarborough, and made his mark bv scoring '2o. In tlie veal- 1902 he was included in torn Hawke’s eleven (under the leadership of P F. "Warner) which paid a visit to Now Zealand, in the course of which lie captured 177 wickets at a cost ot b* runs apiece. In 1905 he represented the Players against the Gentk'mon at the Oval, and came off with the ball m the second innings, taking C wickets for 59 runs. The following season lie secured a ‘ ‘double-first —■compiling 1014 runs and taking 136 wickets an firstclass matches. In 1908 he put up .his finest bowling performance of his career ; —notablv his 7 for 29 against Derbyshire. Ho bowls well above medium in . pace, and sends down a hall with plenty ' of fir© and sting, and on «• worn wicket . his bowling rises m -sconcertng fashion to the timid batsman. In batting r he has good defensive powers, is at- , tractive in style, and hits hard all round the wicket.