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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2545, 5 July 1909, Page 2

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THE AUSTRALIANS IN ENGLAND. 1 THE THIRD TEST. ' < AUSTRALIA WINS BY 126 RUNS. < Pnitai* I’iiKSS Association —corvniGin , LONDON, July 3. ( Australia, first innings IBS. - England’s first innings closed for 182, 1 the scoring being: — s ENGLAND—First Innings. j Hobbs, b Macartney. ... r.- 12 Fry, lbw, b Cotter 1 • Tyldesley, c. Armstrong, b Macart- , ney ••• ••• 55 ‘ Sharp, stp Carter, b Macartney ... 61 ) Maclaren, b Macartney ••• ••• 1/ , Rhodes, c Carter, b Laver • •• 12 ( Hirst, b Macartney A ( Lilley, not out ... • , ••• * ( Barnes, b Macartney ... 1 j Brearley, b Macartney ... ... b ] Sundries ... ... » j Total ... ... ... ••• ••• 182 I (Jessop was unable to bat.) j Bowling analysis: Cotter, 1 for -m, { Macartney 7 for 58, Armstrong 0 for j 33, Laver 1 for 15, Noble 0 for 22. g x Australia, in the second innings, had s lost 7 wickets for 127, the scoring be- t ing as follows: — i AUSTRALIA—2nd. Innings. Gregory, b Hirst ® j Macalister, c.Sharp, b Barnes ••• o Ransford, lbw, b Barnes ••• 24 r Armstrong, b Rhodes 45 Noble, c Rhodes, b Barnes ... 32 Trumper, b Barnes ••• 2 r Bardsley, c Lilley, b Barnes ... 2 Macartney, not out 0 T Total •••12 l There was lovely weather and a good \ wicket. Sharp batted powerfully. He 1 knocked up 50 out of the first 91 runs. i He hit three fourers in succession oft c Armstrong. Tyldesley showed masterly c defence. It took him 155 minutes to • reach the half century. When the total f was 135, Macartney came on m place c of Armstrong, and altered the phase [ of the game. Tyldesley was nicely tak- ? en off ‘him in the slips with a right- i hand catch, after he had played a < chancclest innings—3 for 137. Im- i medately after Sharp was stumped off j the same bowler, after beng two hours - at the wickets. His innings was mark- i ed by clean hitting. 4 for 146. Mac- - laren plaved forward to' the Sydneyite < and retired. 5 for 157. Rhodes and < Hirst were together, but Macartney, who had found the spot, and was howling admirably, disposed of the latter easily. He got‘four wickets to-day for 20 ■ runs. Six for 169. Carter caught Rhodes finely on the leg side. Seven for 171. Macartney clean bowled Barnes after he had scored a single. Eight for 174. Brearley added half a dozen before the Sydney bowler found the way. in, tlih innings closing for 182 at lunch time. The Australians commenced their second innings after the adjournment. Gregory went first ball, without a run being registered. Ransford joined Macalister, hut the latter was caught easily at .short leg by Sharp. Two for 14. At 28 Brearley roplaccd Barnes. Armstrong, who followed Macalister, was going slow. It was 20 minutes before he scored. The bowling was excellent, and. kept the batsmen on the defensive. Barnfrs cam'e on again at 52. His second ball found Ransford’s leg. The Victorian had taken 80 minutes to complete his total of 24.. The partnership with Armstrong lasted 65 minutes. Three for 52. Noble filled the vacancy, and the batting was freer, 11 coining off one over. Barnes led, Hirst replacing him, and Sharp was also tried. Both batsmen were playing steadily at the tea adjournment. On resuming, Noble put up one to Rhodes, off Barnes. Four for 118. Four runs more were added to the total, when Rhodes found Armstrong’s wicket. Trumper and Bardsley were got rid of without trouble, tlie sixth and seventh wicket falling for 126 and 127. Jessop, who- was injured yesterday, spent a bad night. A specialist is attending him. The Australian individual scores are given as transmitted by cable. _ , The Australians have lost 8 wickets for 175 runs. Macartney, not out 7 Cotter, c Maclaren, b Rhodes ... IJ Carter, not out ... ... ••• ••• 22 After he had added ten, Noble was taken smartly one hand at short leg, after a,partnership of 70 minutes. He showed good steady batting. Armstrong was at the wickets for 150 minutes. He made a strong defence, and scored three fourers and three threes. Trumper gave a wide chance to Rhodes before scoring. Cotter avas taken finely in the slips by Maclaren, when falling. Cotter indulged in fierce hitting. He made three fourers, two of them off j Rhodes. Macartney and Carter were batting pluckily. The latter made good hits. There were 16,000 spectators present. . - ' (Received July 4, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, July 4. ' Australia won by 126 runs. The Australians in tlieir second inn-' ings made 207. AUSTRALIA —Second Innings. Macartney, b Brearley ... ... 18 Carter, c Lilley, b Barnes ... 30 Laver, not out ... ... ••• 13 Sundries ... ... ••• 18 Total ••• - 207 Bowling analysis: Barnes, six for 33; Rhodes, two for 44 ; Brearley, one for 36 ; Hirst, oiie for 37, Sharp, nil for 7. ENGLAND —Second Innings. . Fry. b Cotter ... 7 Hobbs, b Cotter .... ;•:•• 30 Tyldesley, e and b Macartney ... 7 Sharp, b Cotter -<• ••• •■• 11 Maclaren, c Cotter, b Macartney 0 Rhodes, c Armstrong, b Macartney 16 Lilley,. lbw, b Cotter ... 2 Hirst, b Cotter ... ••• 6 Barnes, b Macartney ... • ••• 1 Brearley. not out - 4 Jessop. absent .0 Sundries .* ••• ••• 9 Total ’ ... ... ; ... ... 87 Bowling analysis: Cotter, five for 38 ; Macartney, four for 27 ; Armstrong, nil for 8; Laver, nil for 6. DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAY. The weather was dull and threatening- • .", : - ■ ’ u ~ , Barnes and Brearley were entrusted with the bowling. Carter added three 1 to liis overnight, score and was caught at the wicket. ' He was altogether fifty minutes 'at the wickets, and gave an excellent display of clean hitting. Nine for 183. Laver was the last man hi. Barnes was displaced at 201, and the ' .end came six runs later. Macartney playing Brearley on. The Sydneyite ' batted for 105 minutes, and played a fine defensive game. Laver appeared awkward, and gave a chance when two to Maclaren in the slips, off Brearley. The innings lasted 290 minutes. Barnes . bowled an excellent length, and turned the bull a little both ways. ~ ' ’ ; ' ■' . *■’: , i LSbti

Fry anil Hobbs opened Eingland’s second innings. Cotter and .Macartney being the bonders. When each bateman'had made seven, Fry played Cotter on. One for 17. Tyldesley followed, but when he had made a similar contribution lie was caught by Macartnc" off his own bowling, after 'three or four previous attempts. Two for 26. Sharp joined Hobbs. The weather was now brighter. A double change in the bowling was tried, Armstrong and Laver going on. The batting was good till Junch, when the score stood at two wickets for 56 runs. Cotter bowled the last over before lunch. , On resuming,' Cotter and Macartney again had charge of the attack. Hobbs added a couplo, and then Cotter found the way in. He took eighty minutes to make 30. Three for 60. A rot now set m, the wickets falling in quic'k succession. Maclaren filled the vacancy, only to nee Sharp depart, bowled by Cotter. Four for 61." The fifth wicket fell without addition to the score, Maclaren being dismissed by a smart catch by Cotter at point. Rhodes and Lilley carried the total to 82, when the latter got his leg in front of one of Cotter’s. Six for 82.. Hirst played-Cotter, on before scoring. ’. Rhodes, who played forceful cricket, was taken by Armstrong at second slin with the total , skill at 82. Broarley and Barnes, for the last wicket, added five, Jessop being absent ill. , v Seven wickets foil after luncheon in less than an hour for 31. - Cotter and Macartney bowled superbly. The attendance on opening was moderate, but after luncheon increased considerably. , . Australia’s great victory was "well received. [J. Sharp, who made his first appearance in a Test match in the gamo just concluded, and who topped _ the score in the Englishmen’s first innings, was second on Lancashire’s list'of batting averages with 42 innings, 1473 runs, average 36.82. Sharp hit three centuries and was a fair second to Tyldesley as a batsman, howling., he took 20 wickets at a cost of 27.70 runs apiece, being sixth on tbo list. “Wisrlen” writes: "Sharp was-well behind Tyldeslev in the averages, but he had a splendid season, scoring in county matches alone 1473 runs. His figures, good as they are, dp not in any way represent liis value in the eleven. Over and over again when some special effort was required he came out wirn a fine innings. He is a batsman whose reputation rests entirely on what he has' done in countv cricket. He has never succeeded in rising to the level of representative matches, his one appearance for the Players at Lord’s—in 1007 —having been a failure. Still, he would be good enough for almost any eleven, as, apart from his batting, he is one of the best of fieldsmen.”] HOW THE TESTS STAND. Eighty-four test matches have now been played, with the following results: IN ENGLAND. W 7 on by Played. England.Australia.Drawn. 37 36 8 13 IN AUSTRALIA. W r on by Played. England.Australia.Drawn. 47 19 26 2 Appended is a table setting forth the results of the test matches decided between England and Australia from the initiation of the contests, on the Melbourne Ground, in 1877, up to the closeof the match just concluded: —

Tlie Test match which concluded on Saturday at Leeds was the 84th trial of cricket strength between England and Australia., and excited the.keenest interest throughout the British Empire, as these Homeric struggles'never fail to do. When the news was received that Australia had been, dismissed for the . indifferent total of 188, after winning the toss, and.taking first strike, iff was generally thought that they had failed to take advantage of their opportunity, and that the strong English batting side would -have no difficulty in easily heading the colonials’ opening set by at least a hundred runs. The .wicket could not have been . difficult or Noble would have sent the Englishmen in, as lie did at Lords on the Occasion of the. second Test. The Englishmen early in their second innings appeared as if they would run up a long score. Good batting bv the two Lancastrians, Tyldesley and Sharp,, who scored 55 and 61 respectively, saw the score standing at/ 185 with only two wickets down. Then the little Sydney midget, Macartney, came on, and with his left-handecV" deliveries he played such havoc that the aspect of the game was completely changed. Tyklosley was smartly taken off him by Armstrong in the. slips, Sharp was stumped off him by Carter, and. four were down for 146. Maclaren, Hirst/ Barnes, and Brearley were quickly sent to the right-about by Macartney, who had found a spot, and was bowling superbly. It was extremely hard lnck for England that, Jessop so badly wrenched his back while fielding in Australia’s first innings as to be, able to take no further part in the match. /This lion-hearted hitter has more, than once pulled a Test match out of the fire -when England was in an apparent--•lv hopelessly beaten position, and he alone, could" have saved the .game for his side at Leeds on Saturday; . Australia were scratching for runs with grim determination througho'ut _ the early stages of the second innitT'S,. ; Gregory went before, a run had ' bm;h scored, and McAlister left with the total at 14. Then Warwick Armstrong and Vernon Hansford, the two Melbourne men, sot to work, to rebuild the. fortunes of their side, and for an hour and five minutes defied the efforts of Brearley, Barnes, .Rhodes, and Hirst to. shift them. A characteristic effort hy Noble for 32, and splendid assistance? by the tail of the team, .Australia succeeded in reaching the. creditable total of 207, which loft England the by no mean? difficult task of getting 214 runs to win. No one was prepared for the ■ collapse, which; .occurred .. The whole.V.ijWy; / "p. ypp/n p/p Ap ,i\ iP? yyip/vf/rtgi

English side were ignominiously die-' missed.bv Cotter and Macartney for 87 runs. 'Cotter has the distinction of being the only fast bowler, who can bo dangerous on a slow wicket, and his five for 38 in the second innings ' of the Englishmen makes good his claim. Macartney’s seven for 58 -and four for 27 was a splendid achievement, and bears out the statement that he is destined ono day to take up the mantle of George Giffen and Noble as tlio finest all-round player in Australia. The colonials’ successes in the last two i Tests -must confound those English cricket scribes who decried their bowling strength after the first Test at Birmingham. There was -a great dealt • of interest taken over the third Test locally, and last evening many inquiries were made over the. telephone to the "Times” office as to who had won. FIXTURES. July 5,6, 7,—Warwick, at Birmingham, july 8,9, 10. —Worcestershire, at Worcester. July 12, 13, 14.—Gloucestershire, at Bristol. July 15, 16, 17. —Surrey, at Oval. jul/”.19, 20, 21. —Yorkshire, at. Slieffi- . eld. . .. . . r.nly 22, 23, 24. —Derbyshire, at Derby. July 26, 27, 28.—FOURTH TEST, at Manchester. < July 29, 30, 31.—Yorkshire and Lancashire, at Hull. August 2,3, 4.—South Waies, at Cardiff. August 5,6, 7.—Lancashire, at Manchester or Liverpool. August 9, 10, 11.—FIFTH TEST, at Oval. 1 THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE MATCH. The correspondent of a Sydney paper with the Australian eleven thus refers to the Northamptonshire match:. — Northants is noted 'for being a very sporting country, and tho one thing that cannot fail to impress the visitor is the abnormal. interest taken in the cricket by the townspeople. Those who cannot get to see the play rush about the streets'in a ferment of excitement, interrogating every tram-driver coming from the. county ground direction as to the state of the game. It is only a comparatively small number that can find accommodation on the county ground, five or six thousand beihg the limit. Bat the crowd, though small, is extremely demonstrative in its appreciation or otherwise of the play. It was not expected that the Australians’ winning sequence would ho broken in this engagement. Northants themselves did not expect to win. They are thorough triers, not discouraged when they lose. They bring off a surprise now and then, as when they defeated Lancashire last year. They put up a really good game against us. I heir bowling is their strength. They-get opponents out reasonably cheat), but they haven’t enough class batting to get sufficient runs to win. A John Tyldesley or a Hirst in the side would strengthen them into quite a good team, especially if well captained. Geo. Thompson, who once visited Australia with Lord Hawke’s New Zealand team, is about their best al.-round player. Our team was strengthened for tins match by the inclusion of Hartigau and Macartney. The former played confidently for two modest contributions of 14 and 26. He never settled down, however, in the way that inspiles confidence. It is the soundness of Ins game that gives rise to apprehension; such doubts” mav be premature. But the ball has a habit of ".popping” unexpectedly every now _ and then, even on the best English wickets; it makes you careful and watchful all-the time. Warren Bardsley, as you know, is ever on the /watch'; his game is so thoroughly sound that lie. is certain to be a great success. Twice I saw him lut on tlie gloves at Northampton, and once Noble only got liis face away in time from one that "popped” suddenly. Otherwise, except for these stragglers, winch seemed quite out of place, the wicket played quite'well. That is tlie way of the wickets in this country; you must never allow yourself to be lulled into thoughts of absolute security. Bardsley certainly batted extremely well, so -also did Trumper and Armstrong. »ictoi s form has been the subject of. much speculation as to whether or not lie is tho -player he was in 1902. Probabiy he will be quite as good, although less brilliant and daring in liis methods, than he was at that time. However, the critics cannot quite make up their minds yet. Meanwhile Victor is gethio- good scores every time. One bonders whether Noble will reinstate him as an opening partner lor Bardsley. Thev would make an ideal pair to berin.'with. Noble has not shaped well with the bat' himself; one thinks lie is going in too early. He has a.ready played some amusing tricks with the order of going in. Gregory as No. lb ,and Macartney. No. 11 reads rather funny. In beautifully fine weather at Northampton, with everything in faxoi of batting, and over lialf-an-hour to go, it hardly seemed, necessary to send in O’Connor. He did not last long, ami Carter came out —"tho hope of his side”—to play out time; but, alas! lie was "yorked” first ball, to the amusement of everyone but the batsman. Then Cotter had to save the hat-trick. Next dav Ransford, who had been ‘ savved for 'the morrow,” quickly lost ms wicket in the same way as at Nottingham. Those lbw decisions! Verny d'dn t like either of them, and he had my sympathy. So far Bardsley lias been the more impressive, of the two letthanclers; in 'fact, several English phayera, in conversation with _ mo, shook their heads in speaking of Ransford s style and methods. ' "Not in it with Bardsley; lie’s top hole!” My reply: "Just’ovait a bit; I' fancy Ranslord will satisfy you right enough before he’s finished with you,” If they both come l off splendidly, as one expects them to, our side will be’a terribly "hot lot” for England "to handle in the Tests. .If Macartney and Whitty realise expectations .as well with the ball, we shall wiii 'the. rubber with ordinary luck. . "M'ao,” or as he is now known, the "Governor-General,” howled well enough -at Northampton. His first attack upon the wickets sent the legstumps yards. ..He got four for 40 in the. first innings, all clean bowled; quite a satisfactory debut. A good deal of local attention was paid to Ransford lowing to his Northamptonshire connections. •Vernon' is ■ reputed, to be a descendant of a family once famous in the. country, coming from a branch of'the descendants o; Sir Richard Raynsford, once member of Parliament lor Northamptonshire, and afterwards Lord Chief .justice of the King’s-Bench. The name, would seem to have lost its "y” in Australian, usage. How they would like to have Rnnsfor'd in the Northants team 1

Where En gland Australia Year. played. won. won. Drawn 1877 Australia 1 1 0 1879 Australia 0 1 0 1880 England 1 0 0 1881-2 Australia 0 3 2 1882-3 Australia 2 2 0 1884 England 2 0 2 1885 Australia 2 2 0 1886 England 3 0 0 1887 Australia 2 0 0 1888 England 3 1 0 1820 England 2 0 0 1892 Australia 1 2 0 1893 England 1 0 2 1894-5 Australia * 3 2 0 ' 1896 England ' 2 1 0 1897-8 Australia 1 4 0 1899 England 0 I 4 1901 Australia 1 4 0 1902 England 1 2 2 1903-4 A ustralia 3 2 0 1905 England 2 0 3 V 1907-8 Australia 1 4 0 1909 England 1 2 0 Totals . 35 34 15