CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2542, 1 July 1909, Page 3

CRICKET.

THE AUSTRALIANS IN ENGLAND. AUSTRALIA v. SCOTLAND. ITnitei. Puesb Association— Coi‘Yiugiit LONDON, Juno 29. Scotland, in their second innings, have lost six wickets for 190; Tait 52, Diokson 41. The. weather was pleasant and the wicket faster. There were •±01)0 spectators present. Scotland scored 230 in the second innings. Australia dn their second innings lost seven wickets for 147. _.McAlister 41, Noble 35 (not out), Carkeek i (not out) 19: The match was drawn. , TO-DAY’S TEST. MATCH. No experiments are being tried with the All-England Eleven for the Third Test Match, which begins to-day. As announced the other day, the team is con>posed of the “true and the tiled, Hobbs being the youngest member. Once again, it is weak in bowling, ior Hirst w ould appear to be not so stmgfu. as of yore. Itelf relies on his accuraev of length and direction father than on any subtlety of swerve or spin to «ct hirii wickets, wlnlo Rhodes likes the” wicket of the made-to-order sort. On paper it is a tignt-batting side, but the Australian must bo counted equally so on a fast wicket. Walter Brearley, whose past season’s work lias been referred to previously, will be the mainstay in the bowling depaitment in the event of a good wicket. He is fast, of supreme confidence, and is Victor Trumper’s bote noir: At .east, lie was in 1905, when he repeatedly beat the Paddington dasher. Jessop, or course in for his batting chiefly, is also a. fast bowler of the tearaway type, and a fair change. At Bristol last August lie was the means of Gloucester morally beating (and > easily) a strong Surrey side. His record read —five for 26 off seventeen overs, and five ior 80 off twenty-four overs. MacLar'evi, so far as English records advise, has done little- this season. Frj, for Hampshire against Surrey, when the latter made 742 in the first innings, got 42 and 60, driving:and pulling well. Jessop’s chief feats have been cabled, as were those of Hayward and Hobbs. In bowling, Rolf, playing for M.C.C. against Leicester, took four ior 14 and five for 32 on a wicket that gave him no help. Again, Brearley bagged seven for 55, also against Leicester. Rhodes and Hirst have no marvellous trundling performances to their credit this season, and it looks as though a fine wicket will suit the English bowlers as little as the Australians. The Australian team has not yet been cabled. It is interesting to note that the Australian team in the second test match was formed solely of representatives from New South AVales and Victoria, the first-named Stale eupp ying seven and Victoria four players. It was the first time that South Australia had not been represented in test matches since the great George Giffen first appeared for that State away back in the very early eighties. THE AVERAGES. The following are the hatting and bowling averages of the Australian eleven at the conclusion of the Lan-cashire-Yorkshire match: BATTING.

The full scores of -the West of Scotland and , Scot’and matches were not cabled. In the former match Macartney contributed 124, Hartigan 115 3 and Bardsley 108.

In the first innings ef the Scotland match Hopkins secured 4 wickets for 18 runs, and: O’Connor 3 tor 23.' As full detai's >were not cabled these are not included m the alxm’s averages. RESULTS OF THE TOUR. . The following are the results of the tour,, so fur, fromthe 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 by 5 runs. , , ' jVI.C.C.—Lost liv 3 wickets. Oxford University—Drawn. r ' 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).—Won by. 9 wickets. . West of Scotland—Won by an innings and 188 runs'. v ' : Yorkshire —Abandoned. , Yorkshire and-Lancashire—Drawn. Scotland—Drawn. Matches played 16, won •6, lost 3, drawn 6, abandoned 1. THE CENTURY LIST Australia. v W l . W. Armstrong, v. Notts ... *lO6. W-! Bardsley, v. Essex > ... • ••■ \V >Ransford,.v. Essex ... ... ,174 Ui A. Noble, Oxford ... ... 10' tjrf'lVumper, v. Cambridge ... 133 W. Ransford, v England ... 143. AT. Macartnoy , : v.W est of Scotland 124 ;W.Bardsley, v. West of Scotand 108 ii Hartigan. V, West, of Scotland 11 o ' Armstrong, r. Yotks’re-Lan’slire - *llO ; - ,

England. A. O. Jones, Notts ... *125 F. L. Fane, Essex ... ... "... 11<J D. Denton;- Yorkshire 106 . *Not out. THE “DUCKS.” The following have' scored “duck’s eggs”:—Carter and Noble 3, Whitt'y, Haxtigan, and Train per 2, Rarisford, Car keek. Gregory, Armstrong, Laver, Cotter, Bardsjey, Mc-i.ister, and Macartney one each. FIXTURES. July 1,2, 3.—THIRD TEST, at Leeds. July 5,6, 7.—Warwick, at Birmingham. July S, U, 10.-—Worcestershire, at Worcester. •/ July 12, 13, 14.—Gloucestershire, at ■■ Bristol. July 15, 16, 17.— Surrey, at Oval July 19, 20, 21. —Yorkshire, at Shorn-. . -eld. . ulv 22, 23, 24. —Derbyshire, at Derby. July 20, 27, 28—FOURTH TEST, at •Manchester. _ July 29, 30, 31—Yorkshire and Lancashire, at Hull. * '

UAi A JL Innings. N.O. Runs. Avg. Armstrong ... 18 5 676 52 * Ransford ... 162" 60S 43.42 Bardsley ... 21 1 778 38.9 Trumpor ...# ID 1 528 29.33 McAlister ... 13 3 250 25 Gregory ... 14 3 239 21.7 Noble ... 18 1 352 20.7 Macartney ... 16 4 201 16.75 Cotter . 9 0 123 13.6 Hartigan ... 15 1 168 12 O’Connor . 9 2 81 ' 11.57 Carter 12 2 115 11.5 Whitty ... 11 6 46 9.2 Laver ... 7 1 49 8.1 Hopkins ... 3 0 21 7 Carkeek f 0 15 3.75

HOWLING. • ; Wkts. I? n ns. A'vg. Laver f .. .:. 46 547 11.89 Whitty ... 42 611 14.54 Macartney ... S3 503 15.24 Armstrong ... 731 . 16.61 O’Connoi ... 1.3 318 26.76 Cotter ... ... 21 637 30.33 Noble 13 398 30.61 Hopkins . 3 102 34