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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2532, 19 June 1909, Page 3

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THE AUSTRALIANS IN BRITAIN. AUSTRALIA v. WEST SCOTLAND. t 1 N mil) i'll IiSS ASSOOI AVION —Uo I' YHI OUT LONDON, Juno 17. A match between Australia and "West of .Scotland commenced at Glasgow. There was bright weather and an easy wicket. There were 2000 present. The Scotchmen lost seven wickets for 207. Tennant, the international Rugby player, scored 80 in 70 minutes. The first innings of the Scotchmen closed for 244. The Australians in their first innings have lost two wickets for 102. THE TEST MATCHES. A contemporary draws attention to the fact, that it was in 1878 that England and Australia first niet, and since then there Have been-82 tests, of which the Englishmen had won 35 to 32 the remaining 15 being drawn. But in the old country Australians have not done too. well, having only won 6, while 15 frames have been lost and Id drawn. Father Time has chipped in when the kangaroo’s tail was in great danger of being twisted. Of'course, England lias had some benefit as well. In 1884 the first year in which more than one test was played in England—two of the three games were drawn. In 18S6 England won all three, in' 1888 England won 2 and lost 1, in 1890 England won both; in 1893, 2 out of 3 were drawn; in 1896,, England won 2 out of 3; in 1899, 4 out of 5 "were drawn; in 1902, 2 were drawn, 2 won by Australia, and 1 lost; and in 1905 England won 2 and 3 were drawn. PROPOSED VISIT OE SOUTI- AFRICAN TEAM TO NEW ZEALAND (Per Press Association.' - CHRISTCHURCH, June 18. At a meeting of the Managing Committee of the New Zealand Cricket Council yesterday, the secretary said he had received a letter from the South African Cricket Association, replying to his letter, inviting the. South African team visiting Australia in 1910-11 to play a series of matches in, New Zealand. The letter thanked the Council for the invitation, which was mucu appreciated, but said that nothing definite had been arranged between the Association and" the Australian Board of Control in reference- to the visit of a South African team to Australia. The matter had been left for discussion -at the triangular conference to he held at Lords this summer, and the. sSouth African Association would therefore be glad if the New Zealand Association would allow the invitation to-stand over till after the conference, when they would be glad to entertain negotiations for a visit to New Zealand. A letter was also received from the secretary of the Australian Board of Control, stating that.it would be possible to arrange for the visit of a second eleven from' Australia to New Zealand next season if a date were agreed upon that would enable the team to return home at the beginning of December. It' was resolved to ask the Board of Control if it was possible to arrange the proposed visit to start at the begnning of December, returning to Australia about the second week in" January. It was decided also to ask the affiliated association to assist to finance the tour of an Australian team in New Zealand next season on lines similar to those on which the Marylebone visit is carried out.