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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2549, 9 July 1909, Page 2

CRICKET.

THE AUSTRALIANS IN ENGLAND. THE WARWICKSHIRE MATCH. United Fititsa Association—WYitiGH-f 1 LONDON., July 7. ( Warwickshire, in their first mnings .. scored 185, the scores being:— ; 1 WARWICKSHIRE—Ist Innings. Charlesworth,, run out • •• 9 Kinneir; b Armstrong 4b Eishwjck, b Hopkins Of Pridmore, c and b O’Connor ... 7 ] Lilley, c Hartigan, b O’Connor , 19 ] Quaife, run out ... 68 ] Stephens, c Armstrong, b O’Connor 1 ] Santall, not out ... ••• 1" £ Foster, b O’Connor ... ... ... 0 > Hargreaves, b O’Connor 14 ( Field, b Whitty ••• 4 ] Sundries 6 Total ... 4. ( Bowling analysis: O’Connor 5 for 4.1, 1 Armstrong 1 for 15, Wliitty 1 for 21, . Hopkins 1 for 36, Trumper 1 for 40. >. Showers delayed the start for an hour. The weather was dull. Tho wicket was easy. Lilley added a single i to the overnight score. Ho gave a catch to Hartigan at short leg, tho - fieldsman falling forward in taking it. * Five for 151. Stephens, after giving a - difficult chance to Armstrong off Whitty’s first over before scoring, retired ' for 1, being caught low down at slip. Six for 155. Before any addition was c made to tho total Quaife was stuppidly run out, Trumper making a smart return from short log. Quaife batted for 165 minutes, and hit 5 fourers. Tho .j pitch was treacherous, and the balls were kicking up a lot. Foster was dis- . missed at first ball in hitting out to O’Connor. The score was still 155. Har- . greaves hit at everything. He gave a ; couple of chances to Wliitty and Carkeek . The ninth wicket fell for 174. The match was drawn. . Warwickshire in the second innings scored 185 for the loss of eight wick- t ets. WARWICKSHIRE—Second Innings. J Santall, b Hopkins i. 15 Kinneir, b Whitty 18 Charlesworth, c Ransford b O’Connor 25 Quaife, c Hartigan, b O’Connor... 2u Pridmore, c Armstrong, b O’Connor 29 Lilley, lbw, b O’Connor 18 Stephens, c Oarkeek, b O’Connor... 10 Fislnvick, x not out 23 • Foster, b Armstrong 11 Hargreaves, not out 4 Sundries . 12 Total for eight wickets ... 185 Australia’s first- innings totalled 446. ( (Received July 8, 5.5 p.m.) < Bowling, analysis.—O’Connor 5 for 56, Hopkins 1 lor 18, Whitty 1 for 37, Armstrong 1 for 55, Noble 0 for 7. The first wicket went for 25, and the second for 52. Ransford got Charlesworth at deep .point, making the score 3 for 71. Pridmore, who played vigorous cricket, was caught in the slips by Armstrong at the second attempt—4 for 118. Quaife was over an hour at the wickets. With 5 down for 121, a drizzling rain commenced, and the light became Dad. Lilley put his leg : n Pont to O’Connor with the score at 147. The next wicket added a single, and the seventh brought the total to 177. The attendance was meagi’e. In the continuation cf Warwickshire’s first innings to-day, O’Connor captured 4 wickets for 11 runs. THE WORCESTERSHIRE TEAM. (Received July 8, 11.20 p.m.) ‘LONDON, July 8. The Worcestershire team for Thursday’s match is H. Iv. and W. C. Forster, Simpson-Hayward, Bache, Lyttelton, Burns, Arnold. Cuffe', Bowley, Person, and Gaukrodger. THE AVERAGES. I The following are the batting and bowling averages of the Australian team at the conclusion of the Warwickshire match: BATTING. Innings. N.O. Runs. Avg. Armstrong ... 21 5 831 51.93 Ransford ... 19 2 743 43.7 Bardsley ... 24 1 928 40.34 Trumper ... 22 2 558 27.8 Noble ... 21 1 517 25.85 McAlister ••• 15 3 258 21.50 Gregory ... 17 3 286 20.42 Macartney .... IS i 223 15:92 Cotter ... 11 0 144 13.09 Carter ...' 14 2 146 12.16 Hartigan ... 16 1 179 41.93 O’Connor ... 10 3 81 11. ot I-lopkius ... 5 0 42 10.0 Laver ... 9 2 62 8.80 Whitty ... 12 6 52 8.66 Carkeek ... 5 0 19 3.8 The full scores of the West of Scotland and Scotland matches, were not cabled. In the former match Macartney, contributed 124, Hartigan 115, and I Bardsley 108. BOWLING. Wkts. Runs. Avg. Laver 47 568 12.08 Macartney ... 44 588 13.36 Whitty ‘ 44 675 15.34 Armstrong ... 46 .812 18.30 O’Connor” ... 23 445 19.34 Cotter 27 719 26.62 Noble 13 449 34.53 Hopkins ... 5 156 30.12 In the first innings of the Scotland match Hopkins secured 4 wickets for 18 runs, and O’Connor 3 for 23. As full details were npt cabled these are not included , in tho above averages. THE CENTURY LIST. . . Australia. w. W. Armstrong, v. Notts' ... *lO6 W. Bardsley, v. Essex • ... ... 219 V. Ransford, v. Essex 174. M. A. Noble, v. Oxford 107 V. Trumper, v. Cambridge ... 133 V. Ransford, v. England ... *143 G. Macartney. v.West of Scotland 124 W. Bardsley, v. West of Scotland 108 Hartigan,- v. West of Scotland 115 Armstrong, v. Yorks’ro-Lan’sh re *llO W. Bardsley, v Warwickshire ... 118 M. A. Noble, v. Warwickshire ... 131

England. I A. 0. Jones, Notts ... ••• *125 I<\ L. Fane, Essex ... ..v ••• . 11«> ). Denton, Yorkshire 100 *Not out. THE “DUCKS.” The following have scored “cluck’s cro-s” :—Carter and Noble 3, AVbitty, “urtigan, Trumper, Gregory, and javer 2, Hansford, Carkeek, Armstrong, Jotter, Bardslcy, and Macrtney one each. RESULTS OF THE TOUR. The following are the results of the our, so far, from the Australians ioint of view:— • • Notts—Won by an innings and 6 runs. Northampton—Won by 9 wickets. Issex- —Drawn in favor■ of Austialians. Surrey—Lost by 5 runs. i.C.C.—Lost 'by 3 wickets, ixforcl University—Drawn. ’irst Tost Match (Birmingham)—Lost by 10 wickets Leicester —Drawn.. _ Jamb rid go University—Drawn, lampshire—Won by 6 wickets. Somerset—AVon by 2 wickets, econd Test Match (Lord’s).— AVon by 9 wicket's. . . Vest of Scotland—AVon by an innings and ISS runs. ’orkshire—Abandoned. Yorkshire and Lancashire—Drawn. Icotland—Drawn. ’bird .Test Match (Leeds). —AA 7 on by 126 runs. Warwickshire —Drawn. Q Matches played 18, won t , aW.st o, rawn 7, abandoned 1 FIXTURES. uly g, 9, 10. —Worcestershire, at Worcester. uly 12, 13, 14.—Gloucestershire, at " Bristol. uly 15, 16, 17 —Surrey at Oval, uly 19, 20, 21.—Yorkshire, at Sheffi- ' ill 23; 24.—Derbyshire, at Derby, uly 26, 27, 28.—FOURTH TESI, at Manchester. * uly 29, 30, 31. —Yorkshire and Lancashire, at Hull. ; August 2,3, 4.-—South n.t Gar* diff. 1 , . , ~ fngust 5,6, 7 —Lancashire, at Man°Chester or Liverpool. August 9, 10, 11. —FIFTH TEST, at Oval. COUNTY CRICKET. KENT A' . WORCESTERSHIRE. JNiTi'ii Piu-.SS Association— Coi’Ynicnx (Received July 8. 11.20 p.m.) v • LONDON, July 8. Kent scored 555 against AVorcestcrluro. AYoolcy 185, bidder 112 (not >ut). The last wicket partnership fielded 235 runs, a record.