CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2531, 18 June 1909, Page 3

CRICKET.

THE AUSTRALIANS IN ENGLAND. THE SECOND TEST MATCH. United Press Association—Coryuicm LONDON, June 16. The English eleven in their second innings scored 121, the scores being: ENGLAND.—2nd Innings. Hobbs, c and b Armstrong 7 Hayward, thrown out ... ... ... 6 Tyldesley, st Carter, b Armstrong 3 Gunn, b Armstrong 0 King, b Armstrong 4 Jones, lbw, b Laver ... 2o Hirst, b Armstrong 1 Maclaren, b Noble- ••• 24 Lilley, not out ... 24 Relf, b Armstrong " Haigh, run out ... o Sundries ... ••• 1,3 Total [The total scores show a slight discrepancy.! . 04 Bowling analysis: Laver 1 io r 24, Cotter 0 for 24, Noble 1 for 1 —>, Aimstrong 24 overs, 5 no-balls, 10 maidens, 6 wickets, 35 runs. ' Australia lost one wicket for 41 runs. ~ AUSTRALIA—2nd Innings. Bards'.ey, c Lilley, b Rclf 0 Macalister, not out ••• Gregory, not out A ~ Sundries ... ••• Total for one wicket ••• *••• 41 Bowling analysis: Relf 1 for 9, Hirst 0 for 28. ■ ■ The weather was dull and the wicket fast. In the fifth over Tyldesley, playing forward, was smartly stumped by Carter. In the same over Gunn Wc dismissed bv the second ball off his pas. Three for 32. Bardsley, from mid-on, threw Hayward out. Four for 23. Kino- - played forward to Armstrong, and retired. Five for 34. Four wickets were taken during the morning within 35.. minutes, Armstrong bowling finely and tlie fielding being brilliant. Jones, when 6, was missed at second slip bv Laver off Cotter. Hirst went forward to Armstrong and lost his wicket. Six for 41. Maclaren partnered Jones and the_pair brought the half-contiii‘3 7 Tip in 85 minutes, .amidst ironical cheering. Mith Hirst s dismissal Armstrong secured 5 wickets for 8. Jones was playing unsteadily, and was missed in the slips when he had scored 17. bv Armstrong off Noble. Then Noble lifted Maclaren’s leg stump out of the ground, dissolving a partnership which lasted 50 minutes. Seven for S2. Jones shortly after got Ins leg in front. Eight for 90. Lilley was getting runs steadily, hut Relf lost Ins wicket playing back to Armstrong. Nine for 101. The making of the century occupied 145 minutes. _ Shortly after llmcli the innings terminated” Haigh being run out. Requiring 41 to. wm Bardsley and Macalister went to the wickets, but in the second over the Sydneyite was caught at tlio wickets without scoimg. Gregory joined Macalister and the paii by “excellent, steady batting for 40 minutes, secured the necessary runs. } The Australians were heartily cheered on their victory. The attendance was 10,000.

The following are the -batting and bowling averages of the Australian eleven at the conclusion of the second Test match: . BATTING.

RESULTS OF THE TOUR. , The following are the results of the tour, so far, from the Australians point of view : Kotts—Won bv an innings and 6 runs. Northampton—Won by 9 wickets. Essex —Draiyn in .favor of Australians. Surrey—Lost by 5 runs. M.C.C.—Lost bv 3 wickets. • - Oxford University—Drawn First Test Match (Birmingham)—Lost by 10 wickets. Leicester —Drawn. Cambridge University—Drawn. Hampshire—Won by 6 wickets. Somerset —Won by 2 wickets. Second Test Match. (Lord’s). —JVon by 9 wickets. ' ~ Matches played 32,, won 5, lost 8, drawn 4. THE CENTURY LIST.

Australia. Name. Score. Notts W. W. Armstrong 106* Essex W. Bardsley 219 Essex V. Ranslbrd ... 174 Oxford Uni, M. A. Noble ~. 107 Cmbridge ” V. Trumpor ... ’133 England V. Hansford ... 143 England. ; Notts A. 0. Jones ... 325* Essex E. L. Fane ... 115 *Not out. r DHE “DUCKS.” The following have scored “duck’s . porgs’ ’:—Carter and Noble 3, Wllitty, Hartigan, and Trumpor 2, B.ansford, 'Carkeek, Gregory, Armstrong,, Laver, Cotter, and Bardsley one each. FIXTURES. June 17, 18, 19— Manager to arrange. June 21, 22, 23. —Yorkshire, at Bradford. Juno 24, 25, 26.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, at Manchester. . June 28, 29, 30'.—Scotland, at Edin- ' burgh. ' " - j , July 1, '2, 3.—THIRD TEST, at Leeds. July 5,6, 7.—Warwick, at Birmingham. ,yuiy 8,9, 10.—Worcestershire, at Wor■coster. July 12, 13, 14.—Gloucestershire,' at , Bristol. July 15, 16, 17.—Surrey, at Oval. July 19, 20, 21. —Yorkshire, at Sheffield. . ‘ • T j|l v 22, 23, 24.—Derbyshire, at'Derby. July. 26, 27, 28-FOURTH TEST, at Manchester. > r July 29, 30, 31.—'Yorkshire and Lan"cuehire, at Hull.

A COUNTY MATCH

IJnitkd Prkss Association—Copyright (Received 1 June 17, 9.55 p.m.) v _ LONDON, June 17. Worcestershire beat 1 ' Kent by 108 1 runs. '

Innings. N.O 11 nns. Avg. Armstrong 16 3 564 43.3 Bardsley ... 19 1 773 42.9 Itansfo'rd ... 14 1 537 41.3 Trumper ... 18 1 518 30.4 McAlister .... 12 3 250 27.7 Gregory Noble ... 14 ... 16 3 1 239 312 21.7 20.8 Macartney Cotter ... 15 9 4 0 201 123 18.2 13.6 Hartigan ... 15 1 168 12 O’Connor ... 9 2 81 11.57 Hopkins Whitty Carter Laver 2 11 ... 11 ,.... 7 0 6 1 1 20 46 S4 49 10 9.2 8.4 8, i~ Carkeek ... 4 0 15 3.75 BOWLING. Witts Runs. Avg. Laver ... 40 475 11.8 Armstrong ... 44 665 15.1 Macartney ... 31 483 15.5 Whitty ... 40 605 15.12 O’Connor ... 13 348 26.76 Noble ... 12 331 27.5 Cotter ... 19 558 29.3 Hopkins ... 3 102 34