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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2523, 9 June 1909, Page 3

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THE AUSTRALIANS IN ENGLAND

AUSTRALIA V. HAMPSHIRE. United Press Association —Copyright LONDON, June 7. The Australians commenced a match against Hampshire to-day. Ransford, Hopkins, O’Connor, Cotter, and Carkeck, were omitted from the Australian team . A downpour of rain yesterday caused the wicket to be sodden, and tike start was delayed till 2.15 p.m. The weather at the opening Avas dull and the wicket soft. The attendance was 1000. The county made an unpropitious start. Boavcll succumbed to the second ball of the first over, Gregory at cover point ,taking an easy catch off Laver. One for 1. Mead and White steadied things. White knocked three fours off one over of Laver’s. The second wicket Avent for 26. Mead, starting cautiously, soon developed strong driving. LleAvellyn gave aj>oor display. He took 40 minutes to make 9. The third wicket Averit down for 62, the fourth for 80, the fifth for 85. Evans lost his wicket AA-hilst playing back to Laver. Lee folloAved. and played the first ball he received into Bardsloy’s hands at mid-on. This left the total unaltered. Mead ended a fine steady innings lasting two hours, sending a skyer back to Wliitty. Seven for 96. A well-judged catch by Hartigan at long-on, off Laver, disposed of Brown at 100, and at the same total. Laver captured the ninth Avicket. The innings lasted 170 minutes. The Australians, when stumps were draAvn, had lost two Avickets for 34 runs. HAMPSHIRE (Ist Innings). Boaa'gll. c Gregory, bf Laver ... 0 Mead, c and b Wliitty 39 White c and b La\mr 21 LleAvellyn, c and b: Laver ... 9 Evans, b Laver 7 Hill, on played Wliitty 7 Lee, c Bardsley, b Wliitty 0 Stone, b LaA r er ... 10 Brown, c Hartigan, b Laver ... 7 Remnant, Wh out ... 11 Newman, hit wicket, b Macartney 11 Sundries 9 Total , ... lot Bowling analysis: Laver six for 53; Whittv three for 26; Macartney one for 17; Noble nil for 20; Armstrong nil for 6. AUSTRALIANS.—Ist Innings. Trumper, played on, b Newman... 9 Bardsley, not out 21 Noble, run out. 0 Wliitty, not out 0 Total for two Avickets 34 (Received June 8, 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, Juno 8. Trumper, after batting 20 minutes, had the misfortune to play Newman cn, the first Avicket falling for 32. Bardsley added a couple, and then, trying to steal a run next over, Noble Avas run out without scoring. Bad light stopped the play at 5.50 p.m.

The following aro the batting and bonding averages of the Australian team up to the conclusion of the last match with Cambridge : Batting.

THE CENTURY LIST. Australia. Name. Score. Notts W. W. Armstrong 106* Essex W. Bardsley ... 219 Essex V. Ransford ... 174 Oxford Uni. M. A. Noble ... 107 Cmbridge ” V. Trumper ... 133 England. Notts A. O. Jones ... 125* Essex F. L. Fane ... 115 *Not out. THE “DUCKS.” The- folloAving have scored “duck’s eggs’ ’:—Wliitty 2, Carter 3, Hartigan and Noble 2, Trumper, Ransford, Carkeek, Gregory, and ’ Armstrong one each. ! RESULT'S OF THE TOUR. The following are the results of the tour,, so far, from the ' Austral inns point of A'ieAv: — Notts —Won by an innings and ,6 runs. Northampton—Won by 9 Avickets. Essex — DraAvn in favor of Australians. Surrey—Lost by 5 runs. Al.C.C.—Lost'bv 3 Avickets. Oxford University—Drawn. First Test .Match (Birmingham)—Lost by 10 wickets. Leicester —Drawn. Cambridge University—Drawn. Matches played' 9, Avon 2, lost J, drawn 4. [The recent game between Cambridge University and the Australians resulted, as is known, in a draw. Tho Australian 1905 team beat Cambridge University by 169 runs. Scores: Australians,'2s6 and 196; Cambridge, 168 and 115. Hopkins Avas top scorer for the visitors in each innings—7s (not out) and 41. McLeod, iiw the ’Varsity’s second venture, had the splendid record of five Avickets for 13 runs, the last five Avickets only putting on 20 runs. The Cambridge team Avere not a formidable combination last season, ' for in firstclas« matches they only Avon two. whilst .thev lest eight, one game—with Jvont—being draAvn. They beat the Gentlemen of England and a* weak M.C.C. and Ground Eleven, whilst they lost to Yorkshire, Lancashire, M.C.C. and Ground, Sussex (2), Surrey, Gentlemen, and Oxford.]

Inning s. N.O. Runs. "Avg. Armstrong ... 11 3 459 57.37 Bardsley > 13' 1 642 53.60 Trumper ... 13 1 479 39.90 Ransford ... 13 0 395 30.38 Noble. ... 11 1 263 26.30 Gregory 8 1 152 21.75 McAlister ... 6 1 129 21.15 Macartney Cotter ... H 2 161 16.10 ... 8 0 123 15.37 Hartigan ... 32 1' 160 14.55 O'Connor ... 8 1 81 11.55 Wliitty ... 10 6 45 10.25 Hopkins ... 2 0 20 10.0 Carter ... 7 0 67 9.55 Laver ... 3 0 26 8.66 Oarkeek .. 4 0 15 3.75 Bowling. ' Wikis. Runs. Avg. Laver 17 215 12.64 Armstrong 37 561 15.16 Macartney 25 ' 407 16.28 Whitty 30 543 18.30 O’Connor 13 348 26.77 Cotter U 392 28.0 Hopkins Noble ... 3 5 102 213 34.0 42.6