CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2517, 2 June 1909, Page 3

CRICKET.

THE AUSTRALIANS IN ENGLAND. AUSTRALIA v. LEICESTER. United Pkesb AssLciation —Copyuight. I LONDON, May 31. The match between the Australian cricket team and the Leicestershire team commenced to-day at Leicester. Hopkins , Carkeek, Armstrong, Bardsley, and Noble * were omitted from the Australian team. The ■weather was unsettled, but there was a good wicket. There were seven thousand spectators present. Hazelrigg, the Leicester captain, won the toss, and Leicester went to the wickets first, their innings closing for 272. LEICESTER (First innings). Knight, c Garter, b Laver ... 78 Wood, b Whitty ... ••• -JKing, c afid b Cotter ... oO James (hit wicket), b Laver ... 9 Coe, lbw, b Laver •• • 1 Crawford, c Macartney, b Whitty /4 Whitehead, b Laver ... ■ 6 Astill, c Cotter, b Whitty 8 Hazelrigg, c Macalister, b Laver ... 0 O’Dell, c Ransford, b Liare r ... 14 Shields, not out '- 2 Sundries ••• ••• ••• -*-2 Total ... . -.. -. rm Wood made a single and "was then bowled by Whitty, one wicket falling for a total of 11 runs. Knight gave a chance at the wickets off Cotter when he had made 18. King gave a chance to Hartigan in the slips off Whitty whenhe had made 7. Both batsmen gave a display of sound, steady, cricket, with off-driving .and cutting. The first century was reached in 90 minutes. Shortly after luncheon the partnership was dissolved. Cotter breaking King’s stumn and the second»wicket falling for 136. King’s score included 10 fourers. The fourth wicket fell for 160, Crawford joined Knight. The latter, who had played brilliantly to the off-side, was caught by Cotter. He had batted 170 minutes, and made 10 fourers. Five wickets for 186. Oray. - ford scored smartly, hitting 52 up in 50 minutes, and his total occupied 7o minutes. He was brilliantly caught at mid-off. He made 14 fourers. Nine wickets fell for 264, and the innings closed a few minutes later. Bowling analysis: Cotter' 1 for 62, Wliittv 3 for 59, O’Connor 0 for 27, Macartney 0 for 25, Laver 6 for 80. When stumps were ‘drawn for the day Australia had lost one wicket for 46, the scores being:— AUSTRALIA (First innings).

Macartney, not out ... ® Tnunper, run out -rt Ransford, not out ••• J Trumper batted for 30 minutes. He gave' a difficult chance, when he had scored 7. . [lt will be noted that there is a discrepancy between tlie sooie and tlie account of the play as to the liiannei in which King was got out. |

(Received June 2, 1.10 a.m.)

LONDON. June 1. The prospects for the cricket match are not premising, rain falling at 11 o’clock tliis morning.

[A. E. Knight, who topped the Leicestershire score, was born at Leicester on October Bth, 1573. He is a consistently good batsman, slow in developing, and is now one of the most trusted men in the county eleven. In 189/ be topped the century against Essex at Leyton—scoring 110 in two hours and twenty minutes out of 160 from the bat —quite one of the best batting performances of the year—and two seasons later credited himself with three hundreds in county ; matches. In 1900 he played a good Innings of 182 against Sussex and 110 against Lancashire. In 3902 he carried out his bat twice against London County, making 190 not out and 145 not out, while he also exceeded the century twice in county matches. Recognised in 1903 as one of tlie leading professional batsmen, he was selected for the Gentlemen v. Players’ match at Lords, and on Ins first appearance in the big event scored 139 in great style. He was at the top of his form with the bat that season, playing four innings of over a hundred in Leicestershire matches. As a member of P. F. Warner’s “Rubber Team ’ which recaptured the “ashes” in 19034, lie acquitted liimself creditably. Ins highest innings being 104 against New South Wales. In 1904 he scored five hundreds for Leicestershire, including ■a score 'of 203. Two centuries in each of the two following seasons were credited to him, while in 1907 and 1908 he drooped to one each season. He is a self-made cricketer, and is one of the most . scientific batsmen in England, playing a very straight bat and dealing with every ball “according to Cocker. He is especially strong on the off side, and his square cutting is well timed and effective.]