CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2515, 31 May 1909, Page 6

CRICKET.

THE AUSTRALIANS IN ENGLAND.

THE FIRST TE&T AIATCH.

ENGLAND WINS BY TEN WICKETS

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LONDON,

May 28

In-..their first innings the Australians scored 74. The scores were as fullows:—

AUSTRALIA.—-First Innings. Cotter, c Hirst, b Blythe . 2 Bardsley, c bHi ret ... 5 Trumper, c Burst, b Blythe ... 10 •Armstrong, b (Hirst 24 Noble, c Je.s/ov, b Blythe 15 Gregory, c Rhodes, b Blythe ... 0 Macartney.' c Maclaren, b Blythe 10 Ransford, b Hirst 1 Carter, low, b Hirst 0 O’Connor, Ibw, b Blythe 8 AVhitty, not out 0 / Sundries .! 2

/ Total ••• 74 [The total as cabled is 3 runs short of the individual scores.] Bowling analysis: Jlirst 4 w'ickets for 28, Blythe 6 for 44. . After Trumper had been dismissed Noble joined Armstrong. The latter, jumping out to two successive balls from Blythe, drove each for four, his total reaching 24. Hirst, by a good •delivery, removed his leg stump, the fourth wicket falling for 46. Gregory made a short stay. He touched one of Blythe’s off-breaks; Rhodes, running backwards, took an easy catch. The partnership added a single bye. Ransford and Noble carried the score to 52, whereof Noble made 12. Ransford contributed a single and then -niiwt' clean bowled him, The bowling was supei'b. lii rs t was at Ins ty® > though the wicket Was undoubtedly difficult. Six wickets for 52. _ Maw went in next. When Noble bad 1 scored 15 he attempted to hit Blythe, and was easily caught at point by Jcs- j sop, the board showing 7 for Ob. H;' retiring batsman was an hour a £ the wickets and made a strong defence. The first hour’s play yielded 31 runs. Carter retired- log before wicket to Hirst without having added to the score. Eirrht for 59. Macartney had 7 to Ins credit. When he had made four he was missed by Hirst at mid-off. .0 Connoi partnered Macartney. He hit a good four to scpiare log off Blythe, but four runs -later got log before wicket to Blythe. Nine for 71. AVhitty was the last man. Macartney added three before he was smartly caught in the blips. ENGLAND. —First Innings. Ala cl area, b Alacartuey •-> Hobbs, b Aiacartney 9 Tyd-lesloy, b O’Connor 24 Fry, b Alacartuey 9 Jones, c Carter, b Armstrong ... 28 .Jessop, b Armstrong Hirst, lbw, b Armstrong to Rhodes, not out, to Lilley, c Ransford, b Armstrong ... 0 Thompson, run out 6 Blythe, c Alacartuey. b Armstrong 1 Sundries °

Total .121 Bowling analysis—Armstrong 5 wickets for 27, -Alacartuey 3 for 21, O’Connor 1 for 23, Noble 0 for 2, AVhitty 0 for 13. Alaclaron and Hobbs opened for England to the bowling of AVhitty and Aiacartney. The start was disastrous. Before a run was made Hobbs got his leg in front of the first ball of Aiacartney in the second over. Tyldesley came to" tlio assistance of Alaclaron, who, when lie had scored five, was attempting to drive, played Aiacartney on. Two for thirteen. The • third wicket fell for the same total. Aiacartney displacing Fry’s middle stump first ball. The score at the luncheon adjournment was three ioi 17; Tyldesley 10, Jones 2. On resuming the weather was lovely, and the attendance had increased to 10 000. Tyldeslev, batting well, increased the score to 19. Jones was m trouble occasionally. A change of ' bowling was tried. O Connor and Aimstron""displacing AVhitty and Macartnov. Off O’Connor’s first over Jones bit two brilliant fours to square leg. After hitting up 28, Jones, in Armstrong’s second over, was snapped up by Carter behind the wicket. lh° partnership lasted 55 minutes. lne fourth wicket fell for 61. and the fall of the filth left the total unaltered, Tyldesley ending an excellent innings ! 'by playing O'Connor on to the ticket. Hirst and Jessop became partners. Jessop, when he had scored 8 gave a chance to Aiacartney oft Armstrong. He signalled his escape by hitting lime oft one over of O’Connor’s, Forcing the game Jessop put up 21 in 20 minutos, whilst Hirst made j Jessop, trying to pull Armstrong to leg. lost his wicket, and six were out for 90 Rhodes joined Hirst, and the century appeared at the end of 125 minutes nlaV Hirst, after being at the wicket an'hour for 15, got leg before to one from Armstrong the seventh w lcket falling for 103. Lilley was next. The newcomer cried content without scoi- ’ ing, Ransford, at long-off, taking an easy catch. Eight for 107. Rk° de s and Thompson earned the total to 116 Thompson losing his wicket at o, Aiacartney, by a fine return,- throwing it down from leg. Blythe was last man. AVlien he had scored a single he was caught easily by Macartney, at ! mid-off, off Armstrong. The innings lasted 160 minutes. Armstrong gave a fine display of bowling. He kept peril feet length, with sufficient break. Noble took Macartney, with mm to open the second innings. Blythe and Hirst conducting the attack. AVitli the score at 4 and 1 to his credit. Macart-. nev retired leg before wicket to Blythe. Noble contributed 11, and was dismissed bv a wonderful catch by Jones with 3-he 'left band low down, at short lea- off Blythe. Two wickets for 16*?’ Ransford and Gregory gave, a good display of batting. The first change of howling was made when the total had reached 31. Thompson displacing Blvthe. Play stopped for the day at ten past six,' owing to the duskness, the Australians’ score being 67 for two wickets.

(Received May 30, 4.30 p.m.)

LONDON, May 29. I The. Australians scored 151 in their | second innings. AUSTRALIA.—Second Innings f Noble, e Hirst ••• 1L ( Macartney. Ibw, h Blythe ' r Ransford, b Blythe ••• •-• ! Gregory, c Thompson, _b Blythe ... 4o Trumner, c Rhodes, b Hirst ... ... 1 I Bardsley, c Thompson, b Blythe ... G ? ; r ; o Tyldesley, b.H.rst ... lg anor, c LiUey, b Hirst Ety, not out . g Sundries

ENGLAND .—Second Innings. j Hobbs, not out 62 Fry not out i 35 Sundries ••• 3 Total for no wickets ... '... 105 Bowling analysis.—Macartney 0 for 15, Armstrong 0 for 27, AVhitty 0 for 18, Armstrong.o for 17. After stumps were drawn last night, rain fell for two hours. The „ morning opened cloudy, and the wicket was wet, but drying nicely. The. attendance was good. The. not out men, batting excellently and steadily, 26 runs were added in- the frst half-hour. Then Gregory was finely caught by Thompson off a skyer, the fieldsman running from mid-on to short leg. The retiring batsman gave a' first-rate exhibition, lasting'7s minutes. Three wickets for 97. Trumper only made a -singio when he w T as smartly caught at shortleg. He had given Hirst a previous chance. Four for 99. Ransford was howled off his pads a few minutes latH© was at the wickets for 105 minutes, and played excellent cricket, but was sometimes in trouble. Five for 103. Armstrong was caught at cover off his first ball in playing forward. Six for 103. Carter was caught at long leg. Seven for 106. Cotter livened matters for a brief space, and hit 11 off one over from Hirst, including a huge on drive for six. Then Bardsley skied an easy one. at midon Eight for 123. O’Connor came in onlv to see Cotter caught at long leg on "the pavilion rails. Nine for 125. O’Connor hit vigorously, but Lilley, standing back, caught him, off Hirst. Before lunch Hobbs and Fry commenced England’s second innings, vry o-ave a chance when ho had scored -Three to O’Connor at mid-oil, off Alacartnev. Hobbs played splendid enckYt. On resuming both batsmen piled up the runs, Hobbs playing superbly. Fry made the winning hit, a fouj-er to ic-g, amidst great jififliusiasm. Hobbs half-century occupied 80 minutes, ne hit nine fourers. He received a great ovation.

The first test of the present tour uas played on the Edgbaston Ground, Bn mingham. The first test of 1902 Vas played on this wicket. Ram interfere ed with the fixture, much to tljo chagrin of the Birmingham authorities, who had made extensive preparations for the first Test match played m that city Last week’s fixture was the second of the fights for ‘ ‘Those Ashes”! m Birmingham. The individual scores ot those of the Test thirteen who figured ill the 1902 Test are:-

Maclaren, run out ■' Fry, c Kelly, b Jones 0 Tyldesley, lbw, b Howell Lilley, e Jones, b Noble ... ••• - Hirst, c Trumper, b Armstrong... 4° Jessop, c Hopkins, b Trumper ... b The following are the averages or the Australian eleven in previous 'lest matches : Batting.

In- Not Avg. Name. nings. out. Runs. Carter Hartigau Trumper Noble Hansford Armstrong Macartney Gregory Hopkins McAlister ... 10 3 300 4 0 170 ;;; 55 3 1783 ... 59 0 1726 10 1 288 . 39 6 1043 .10 0 273 ... 77 6 1S92 25 2 401 12 0 203 42.85 42.50 34.28 32.56 30 31.60 27.30 26.64 17.43 16.91 Cotter Laver Bar dslev ... 13 1 -199 lo.ob .18 4 150 10.71 Carkeek, and Whitty had not previously played m 'lest cricKet. Bowling. Wkts. Runs. Avg. Noble ... Ill 2744 24.72 O’Connor ] 2 300 38 1003 25 26.39 Macartney 10 266 26.60, Hopkins Laver Armstrong 17 459 23 772 34 124-5 33.56 36.61 The following are the batting and bowling averages of tlie Australians, up to and inc ’.uding tlie Test match ]ust played: — Name. Batting. nings. out. Runs. Avg. In- Not 57.37 Armstrong ... 11 3 459 Bardsley Hansford Trumper Gregory Noble McAlister 12 1 609 11 0 402 ..10 0 293 ... 6 1 138 ... 11 1 263 .41 71 55.35 36.54 29.30 27.60 26.30 23.66 Macartney Whitty Laver Cotter . 9 1 lo2 .. 8 6 29 ... 1 0 17 6 0 85 17.0 14-50 17.0 14.16 Hartigan Hopkins Carter O’Connor Carkeek ... 9 0 9o 2 0 20 7 0 64 6 0 43 ... 3 0 13 10.55 10.0 9.14 7.16 4.33 Bowling. Avg. Wkts. Runs. Armstrong Macartney Whitty O’Connor Cotter Hopkins Noble 38 566 20 305 ;;; 21 335 ... 13 305 14 . 392 3 102 5 213 14.97 15.80 15.98 23.46 28.0 34.0 42.6