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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2539, 28 June 1909, Page 2

CRICKET.

' VSc • ■. ■ l>: v. lancashire- •• - YORKSHIRE.. .'; t .Hnttm. I'rtrss Association— corviticfir (Received Juno 27, 5 p.m.) . LONDON, June 26. ; Australia closed their, first.innings with >six wickets dawn for 217. Scores: . AUSTRALIA —Ist innings. Bsrdsley,:!). Hirst 1 Armstrong, not out ...;. ... HO Noble, b flirst • ' ...' 13 Rdnsford, lbw, b Rhodes ■■ .... ... 30 Trnmper, c Hornbj', b Rhodes ... 10 Hopkins, b Huddleston ... ... i. 1 Macartney, c lluufcer, b .Rhodes ... 0 Carter, not out ... 31: Sundries : ... ... 12 Total for six wickets 217 Bowling .analysis.—Hirst 2 for 4-5, Brearly 6 for 20, Huddleston 1 for 35, Rhodes 3 for 61, Haigh 0 for 3-5. Yorkshire-lupicashire lost 2 wickets for 12. Scores:— ‘ Y 0 R KSII IRE-LA N C ASH I Iv F. —l o t* Innings. •. Hartley, c Hansford; b Whitty ... 1. Rhodes, not out ...' ... .’ .2 Tyldesloy, c Carter, b Whitty ... 9 Denton, not out V. ... . 0 •Total for 2 wickets . 12 The weather was gloomy after a bright morning. The wicket was soft, but nob treacherous. Three thousand people were present. Noble won the toss. The first wicket, Jlardsley’s, was down - for a single. Armstrong was missed before scoring, and again when 9; lie also gave chances at 25 and 92. The scoring was slow, the \ ietorian getting in good drives. He played very steadily, and compiled liis score in 225 minutes, which included nine tourers. The second "wicket fell 'at 25. Hansford and Armstrong made a useful partnership, the third wicket falling at 136. The wickets then fell smartly till the sixth wasr down for 157. Carter then .partnered Armstrong, and they remained together till the innings was declared. , ' [This match was confined to one day s play, the two previous days of the fixture being too wet for play.] FIRST APPEARANCE IN LONDON. A London correspondent, writing on May 7, says:—The Australian cricketers' put in their first appearance at London for practice last Monday. The players, most of whom only reached London at the end ol the week could not afford to waste much time, only three days remaining in which to shako off’ the effects of the long sea voyage, and to" loosen their joints in readiness for the serious:' business of the campaign. Matters have been cut very fine] for it is no light task. at any time to face Notts, the champion county of 1907, still loss so to tackle- n teani whose members have been practising assiduously for weeks, within a few. days of arrival in a country to which one-half of the Australians are absolutely new. Tile practice was watched by a goodlv number of people, and the impression created was, _ on the whole, very favorable, especially as regards the* bowling of the new men Whitty and O’Connor, on whom, after Cotter, it- is expected the brunt of the bowling will fall. O’Connor comes to us with a reputation for .‘‘mixing’’ his bowling •considerably, and unquestionably lie did so oil Monday, sending down on occasion a pronounced “googly.” His action was, however, voted rather clumsy.” Whitty greatly pleased several of those carefully taking; stock or him Twice" lie boat Trumper with rare good balls, one of winch came across from leg and the other the reverse way. In delivery lie lias been likengd to Dean, the Lancashire professional? • . ' Of the batting it was impossible to take serious notice, for most of the men were “baying a go,” even the cautious McAlister almost entirely abandoning defence in favor or ‘ ‘sli milder-opening’ ’ work. THE OPENING MATCH. e The Australian cricketers made their .debut* at Nottingham on Wednesday when they opposed a strong county combination captained by their -old friend and enemy. Mr. A. 0. Jones. In opposing the champion county of 1907 after throe short days’ • practice at the nets at Lords, they were taking on a big task, especially in view of the fact that the Notts team liad been busily engaged in practice, under cover and in the open for many weeks -i.st. At the'conclusion of the first day’s play, however, the visitors had certainly -no reason to feel in the least discouraged, for they had dismissed Notts for the moderate score of 239, and for the loss of Noble's wicket for 98 runs. To-day the latest news from Trent Bridge discloses tlie fact that the Australians are three wickets in hand. Itr was under Tory pleasant weather conditions that the* opening match of the 13th Australian tour was commenced, for the sun shone from a- cloudless skv. and a cold, north-east wind kept the atmosphere refreshing. Captain Jones, with his usual ludk, won the toss, and naturally elected to give his own meif first knock for the wicket was in excellent order. The opening over of the Australian tour was sent down by Cotter to George Gunn, wlio accompanied his captain to the wicket. This pair proved a rare thorn in the side of the Australians on their last visit to 'lrent Bridge, and gave the Australian captain a bit of a fright after he had applied the closure. On that occasion Jones was responsible for scores of 72 and 103,- and George Gunn for 41 .and 67. This time Gunn played a ball from Armstrong into bis wicket with his score‘ at 1, but bis captain made liay while Hie sun shone and carried out liis bat ior a magnificent innings of 123. Jones opened in a promising fashion and early on made a wretched, stroke through-the slips oil Cotter, but once lie got bis eye in he played with the; greatest confidence and freedom an:l t placed liis strokes • in,a. very clean ,and clever fashion. He bad a very nar-

en.y return from O’Connor. ■ Hardstaff, of the last M.C.C. (‘ashes’ team to visit Australia,, was-leg before; at 41 in trying-to get' Armstrong to leg but the third wicket partnership of Jolies' and John Gunn' realised SI, made in seventy minutes,' and provided the stand of the home innings. . . . It should not have been so prolific, tor vith only a single to bis credit Gunn offered a hot chance to Gregory off O’Connor, at cover -point, and later ho -might h-avo been captured on the on-side, had not Frank Laver mis-' j udged the flight of the ball. . But the loft-hander made some fine hits, until Cotter dismissed him with an express one just before lunch , and closed Ins career for 37. . . The cricket which followed'-lunch was not too encouraging for the -partisans -of Notts. Four further wickets fell in an hour for an addition of 47, and it seemed, at one time, that Jones would fail to gather bis century simply because he could get nobody to etay with him. But the:bowler Wass came nobly to the rescue, and displaying excellent' form kept his skipper company while the score rose from 187 to 239.' • ’ - ’ ’ By far the best of the six bowlers tried by Noble was Armstrong, "who claimed ffivo wickets for one run apiece. Whitty -arid O’Connor were; difficult to score from, - but Cotter was erratic as ever and did not bowl a maiden over. The Australian opening was disastrous, Noble, after getting Wass to leg for four, being caught at slip off a rising ball. He tried to protect himself and liis bat slipping from his grasp, caused tlie ball to glance off its shoulder into the safe hands of the rival skipper. This early reverse, however, did not effect cithoY Bardsley or Carter, who both hatted brilliantly and caused the score to rise-so rabidly that, inside an hour the board showed the figures 98 for one. RESULTS OF THE TOUR. The following are the results of the tour, so far, from the Australians' point of view Notts —Won by an. innings and 6 runs. Northampton —Won by 9 wickets. Essex—Drawn in favor of Australians. Surrey—Lost bv 5 runs. M.C.'C.—Lost by 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 bv 2 wickets. Second Test Match (Lord’s).— Won by 9 wickets. West of Scotland—Won by an innings and 188 runs. Yorkshire—Abandoned. Yorkshire and Lancashire—Drawn. Matches- played 14, won 6, lost 3, drawn 5, abandoned 1. " THE CENTURY LIST. Australia. W. W. Armstrong, v. Notts ... *lO6 W. Bardsley, v. Essex ... 219 Y. Ransford, v. Essex 1/4 M. A. Noble, v. Oxford 10i Y. Trumper, v. Cambridge ... 133 Y: Ransford, v. England ... *143 G. Macartney, v.West of Scotland , 12-* •AY. Bardsley; v. West of Scotland 108 Hartigan, v. West of Scotland 115 Armstrong, v. Yoi'ks’re-Lan’shie *llO England. A. 0. Jones, Notts .••„./ ’“■l2s F. L. Fane, Essex ... 115 D. Denton, Yorkshire \ ... ... 106 *Not out. I THE “DUCKS.”. The following scored “duck’s eggs” : Carter and Noble 3, "Whitty, Hartigan, and Trumper \2, Ransford,’ Carkeek, Gregory. Armstrong, Laver, Cotter, Bardsley, McAlister, and Macartney one each. FIXTURES. June 28, 29, 30.—Scotland, at Edinburgh. Julv 1,2. 3.—THIRD TEST, at Leeds. July 5,6, 7.—Warwick, at Birmingham, julv 8, 9,T0. —Worcestershire, at Worcester. July 12, 13, 14.—Gloucestershire, at Bristol. July 15, 16, 17.—Surrey, at Oval. Julv 19, 20, 21. —Yorkshire, at Sheffield. , July 22, 23, 24.—Derbyshire, at Derby. July 26, 27, 2S.—FOURTH TEST, at * Manchester. July 29, 30, 31.—'Yorkshire and Lancashire, at Hull.