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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2513, 28 May 1909, Page 3

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THE AUSTRALIANS IN ENGLAND.

OXFORD MATCH DRAWN

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LONDON, May 26. Oxofrd, in their first innings' scored 132, the additional scores being:— Leese.. b Macartney ... "9 Cartwright, b Macartney o Robinson, c and'Tj Macartney ... 0 Sundries ... ••• ••• ■*- £ ’

Bowling analysis: Macartney 5 wickets for 26, Whitty 3 for 32, Armstrong 2 for 36, Hopkins 0 for 26. The weather, was unsettled and the pitch soft. The attendance was poor. When play was resumed the tail of the home team completely collapsed, the remaining four wickets only adding 14 runs. Leese, who batted for 85 minutes, added eleven to the overnight score, and then Macartney got to work, four wickets falling for two runs, lhe seventh and eighth wickets fell at 129, and the ninth wicket at 132, tlio innings occupying 155 minutes. The match was drawn. The Australians in their second Linings had three' wickets down for 167, the scores being:— Hartigan, b Gilbert ... ... 0 Bardsley, b Lowe 34 Ransford, c substitute, b Hurst ... 58 Armstrong, .not out 42 Gregory, not out '... ... -A Sundries ... ••• ••• ••• 5

Total ... 167 Bowling analysis: Gilbert, one wicket for 51; Lowe, one for 33; Hurst, one for 22; Evans, nil for 25; Cartwright, nil for 15. (Received May 27, 5.20 p.m.) The Australian’s innings was marred by rain. Play was not resumed after luncheon till *3.45 p.m. Showers fell at intervals afterwards. Hartigan’s wicket fell for nil, the second for 73, and the third for 105. Play was slow and uninteresting. Bardsley played Low on, after batting for 50 minutes.

THE FIRST TEST MATCH

BAD WEATHER. PROSPECTS

LONDON, May 27. Rhodes had been , added to the cligibles in the test team to represent All England. . Hayward, who strained his knee in the Surrey-Australian match, is sufficiently recovered to go to Birmingham in connection with the Tost match. (Received May 27, 11.50 p.m.)

Gilbert, the Oxford bowler, is going to Birmingham. (Received May 28, 1.10 a.m.) It has been arranged to play to-day from 11.30 to 6.30, and on Saturday froVn 11 to 6.30. Heavy ram just before 11 o’clock saturated the wicket, and play is impossible for a consideiable time. The rain has now cleared and the sun is shining. The teams have not yet been finally chosen.

In the first test game, which began at Birmingham yesterday, England is reiving on her tried and trusted warriors, on the principle, doubtless, of an old dog for a hard road. Of the eleven, A. 0. Jones is the only survivor of the English team which lost lhe Ashes” in Australia recently. C. m Fry A. E. Rolf, and J. G. Thompson are’a trio who, figured in the recent M.C.C. match. Relf played in two test matches in Australia in 1903-4, and the present struggle will be liis first appearance .in a big game m England. He bowls a medium pace ball with an accurate length and certain whip. J- y• Thompson also makes his debut m tests and after his recent bowling performances he has fairly earned Ins cap. W. Brearlev, A. C. Maclaren, and I. J. Tyldesley represent Lancashire. Brearly got *in some fast bowling on the last Australian Eleven in Eng,and, and he can he depended on to trouble the Australians The Lancashire howler has not played in Australia where McLaren and Tyldesley have delighted thousands by their superior handling of Urn 'bat. Brearley last season took 153 tuckets in first-class matches at an average -cost of 16.17. He is fast all the way, and can bowl all day. It is a good fast ball, with no “fizz” in it, such as Lockwood and Richardson had. Left-hander C Blythe, easily the best slow bow lei in England last year, always proves a bin source of annoyance on Ins native heath, though in the last tests m Aim-, tralia he got but one wicket at a cost •of 88 runs. In all matches-lie was more ■successful, his average reading at 20.12 for 48 wickets. Hayward can be relied on to open the innings tor England with Mae La ren. Evergreen George Hurst is Yorkshire’s only representative. Hurst had a big season frith bat and ball last year, and a dazz mg ■performance of his was on bth Ji ntagainst Worcestershire, when, bowling magnificently, lie captured six tor 34 on a plumb wicket. His consistent success against Australia, is ,°° Y p known to need repetition. That ball of his pitching on the off-stump and going away is a coercive and dangerous thing. Jessop is a batsman of the sk rocket order, but it is in- the field that he has made hie many ndmireis wonder how he is able to return tin ball to the wicket m one action A A. Lillev, the wicketkeeper, is not only a first-class player hut keeps y keen oxc on the howling of his own side and us advice is frequently sought by his skipper. In all tost matches the Warwickshire professional in consulted when a change of howling is required.