CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2567, 30 July 1909, Page 6

CRICKET.

THE AUSTRALIANS IN ENGLANp. THE FOURTH TEST MATCH —A DRAWN GAME. United Press Association —Copyright LONDON, July 28. The Australians in their second in-, nings lost 9 wickets for 289, when, the innings was declared closed. The scores Were: — AUSTRALIA. —2nd Innings. Gregory, b Hirst ... 5 Bardsley, v Maclaren, b Blythe ... 35 Macartney, b Rhodes 51 Noble, b Blythe 13 Armstrong, lbw, b Rhodes 30 Trumper, c Tyldesley, b Rhodes... 48 Hansford, not out 54 Hopkins, c Barnes, b Rhodes ... 9 Cotter, c Maclaren, b Rhodes ... 4 Carter, lbw, b Barnes ' ... ... 12 Sundries ... ...’' 28 Total for nine wickets ... 259 Australia, first innings 147 Bowling analysis: Barnes 1 for 66, Blythe 2 for 77, Hirst 1 for 32, Sharp 0 for 3, Rhodes 5 for 83. England in their second innings lost three wickets for 108, the match being drawn. Scores: — C ENGLAND.—2nd Innings. Spooner, b Laver ... ... ... 58 Warner, b Hopkins ’ ... 25 Tyldesley, b Hopkins 11 Sharp, not out ... 0 Rhodes, not out :• ... 8 Sundries 6

Total for three wickets ... 108 England, first innings ... 119 Bowling analysis.—Cotter 0 for 14, Laver 1 for 15, Macartney 0 for 16, Armstrong 0 for 16, Hopkins 2 for 31. THE PLAY. The weather was breezy. Play started at 11.50. Nbbl-e opened with a tourer and three off Barnes’ first over. The pitch was greasy, and it was difficult to obtain a foothold. There was bright, vigorous batting, Barnes having 14 knocked off him in two overs. Blythe took Rhodes’ end, and the latter relieved Barnes. The century was put up in 105 minutes. Macartney gave an awkward chance when at 36, to Rhodes, off Blythe. Then the latter, with a slow yorker,, dismissed Noble, who batted 26 minutes. Three for 106. Macartney, who played resolute and polished cricket, lost his wicket through playing back to Rhodes. He was missed when at 50, at mid-on, bv ' Sharp off Blythe. His score included seven fourers. His innings lasted 100 minutes. Four for 126. Armstrong’s work was characterised by clever playing. He was at die wickets 45 minutes. Five for 148. Trumper and Ransford became associated. The Sydneyite gave a hard return to Blythe when he had scored 6, but the bowler

failed to hold it. Various changes in the bowling were, tried. Trumper was playing free and excellent cricket. Ransford gave a hard cliancc at 21 to mid-on, Blythe, of: Hirst. At lunch time the wicket was drying well. On resuming Blythe and Hirst took up the howling. Two hundred appeared on the board for a similar number of minutes’ play. The batting was confident and free, but the bowling was indifferent, and the fielding uneven Trumper gave a chance low down to Hirst, off Blythe. Hansford, at 26, gave a chance at the wicket, off Hirst. Trumper was taken in deep field by Tyldesley. His score included a sixer and two fours. Ho batted 95 minutes. Six for 237. Hansford continued to play admirably. Hopkins drove Rhodes out of the ground for 6. Barnes caught him at point a minute or two later. Seven ror 256. When Cotter was out and the eighth wicket down for 262 some surprise was expressed at the delay in declaring the ' innings closed. Noble, however, vwaited till Carter was dismissed. Hansford batted in a masterly way for 110 minutes. He made a sixer and three tourers. With two and a, half hours left, Spooner and Warner opened the second innings. The former, who showed stylish play, was missed by Armstrong, off Laver, when he had scored 25. Warner. by careful Tday, brought the half century to the board in 65 minutes. Changes were made in the bowling, but both batsmen gave an excellent exhibition, Spooner doing some fine off-driv-ing. Hopkins, who took Laver’s place, bowled Warner. One for 78. Tyldeslev hit up 11, when Hopkins secured his wicket. Two for 90. (Received July 29, 5.-5 p.m.) Tyljdeslev had a life at Trumper’s hands, and in the same over played Hopkins on. Spooner did some masterly driving. His score included 7 fourers. Me gave one difficult chance to Trum-per,-off Hopkins. ' -Forty-six thousand people were present during the three days. YORKSHIRE-LANCASHIRE COMBINED TEAM. (Received July 29, 9,55 p.m.) i LONDON, July 28. . The .following team .will represent l Yorkshire and Lancashire combined against, the Australians, at Hull: — 1 .Hornby, Spooner, Hartley, Huddle- 1 stone, Tyldesley, Sharp, Hirst, Denton, •Rhodes, Haigh, and Hunter.

' THE TEST AVERAGES. The batting and bowling averages of tbo players who have taken part- in the Four Tests of the present tour are as follows:

HOW THE TESTS STAND. Eighty-five test matches have now been played, with the following results: IN ENGLAND. Won by

THE CENTURY LIST. Australia. W. W. Armstrong, r. Notts ... *10& W. Bardsley, v. Essex 219 V. Ransford, v. Essex 174 .VI. 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 Ilartigan, v. West of Scotland 115 Armstrong, v. Yorks’re-Lan’shre *llO W. Bardsley, v Warwickshire ... 118 M. A. Noble, v. Warwickshire ... 131 V\ Ransford, r. Worcestershire... ‘ 138 W. Bardsley, v. Gloucestershire 211 V. Trumper, v. Derbyshire .... 113 England. A. 0. Jones, Notts ... • *125 F. L. Fane, Essex 115 D. Denton, Yorkshire 106 W. R. Rhodes, Yorkshire ,108 ‘Not- out.

THE “DUCKS.” The following have scored “duck’s :—Carter, Noble, Trumper 3, Whit-ty, Hartigan, Gregory, Armstrong, Cotter, Laver 2, Ransford, Carkeek, ! Bardsley, McAlister, and Macartney one each. 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 by 5 runs. M.C.C.—Lost bv 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 by 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. Scotland —Drawn. - Third TesF Match (Leeds). —Won by 126 runs. Warwickshire —Drawn. Worcestershire —Won by an innings and 112 runs. Gloucestershire —Won by an innings and five runs. Surrey—Drawn. Yorkshire—Drawn. Derbyshire—Won by ten wickets. Fourth Test' Match (Manchester). — Drawn. Matches played- 24, won 10, lost 3, drawn 10, abandoned 1.

FIXTURES. July 29, 30, 31.—Yorkshire and Lancashire, at Hull. August 2, B, 4.—South Wales, at Cardiff. August 5, 6, 7.—Lancashire, at Manchester* or Liverpool. August S, 10, 11.—FIFTH. TEST, at Oval. ' • August 13, 14. —West of England, at Exeter. August 16, 17/ 18.—Gloucester, at Cheltenham. August 19, 20, 21. —Kent, at Canterbury. August 23, 24, 25.—Middlesex, at Lord’s. August 26, 27, 28—Sussex,.at Brighton. August 30, 31, September I.—M.C.C., at Lord’s. - * September 2,3, 4.—Essex, at Leyton. September 6,7, B.—England Eleven, at UttoeXeter. - ■ • September 9, 10, 11.—-Mr. C. T. Thornton’s or Earl Londesborough’strain, at the Scarborough Festival. September 13, 14, 15.—South .of England, at Hastings.

", Australia’ Name. In s Batting. N.O. Runs Avg Hansford ■ 7 2 314 62.8 Armstrong 7 i 164 27.33 Gregory . 8 1 . 147 21 Trumper 7 1 118 19.66 Noble 7 0 122 17.42 McAlister 4 1 49 16.33 Bardsley 8 0 130 16.25 Macartney 7 0 94 13.42 Laver 4 1 38 12.66 O’Connor 2 0 21 10.50 Carter 7 0 64 9.14 Whitty 2 2 9 9 Cotter . 7 0 59 8.42 Hopkins 2 0 12 6 . Australia’s . Bowl Wkts. Laver ... 13 mg. Runs. 166 Avg. 12.76 Macartney Jo 198 .> 13.20 Armstrong 11 222 20.18 Cotter 12 248 20.66 Noble 4 ' 89 , 22.25 O’Connor 1 40 ’ 40 .Whitty 0 61 — England’s Name. In. Batting. N.O. Runs. Avg Spooner 2 0 83 41.50 Lilley 6 3 103 34.33 King 2 0 64 32 •Hobbs 6. 1 132 26.40 Sharp ... 4 1 75 25 Jessop 1 .0 22 22 Jones 3 0 .62 20.66 Tyldesley 8 ' 2, . 0 161 20.12 ..ui-jiei iii o *34 17

Fry ... ... .1 43 14.33 Rhodes ... 5 1 58 14 •'Maclaren ■ . ... t 0 69 11.5 Havward ... 2 0 22 11 Relf ... 2 0 20' 10 Brearley ... 2 1 10 10 Hutchings ... 1 0 9 9 Hirst ... 6 0 48 8 Thompson ... ] 0 6 6, Haigli , ... 2 l 8 6 Blythe ... 2 0 2 1 Barnes ... S 0 2 .66 Gunn ... 2 0 1 • .50 England’s Bowling. Wkts. Runs. Avg. Blythe 18 242 13.44 Barnes 13 186 14.30 Relf 6 94 15.66 Rhodes - .... .. 8 126 15.75 Hirst . ... .. 16 34S 21.75 Brearley 3 78 26 King ... .. 1 99 99 Sharp 0 10 — Jones' 0 15 — Thomx>son 0 19 •— llaigh - 0 41 —

Played. England. Australia .Drawn. 38 16 8 14 IN AUSTRALIA. Won by Played. England.Australia .Drawn. 47 19 ,26 2 Appended is a tablo setting forth the results of the test matches decided bo- ' tween England and Australia from the initiation of the contests, on the Mel* bourne Ground, in 1877, up to the clos« of the ; match just concluded:— Where England Australia Tear. 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 18S4 England ’ 2 0 2 LS85 Australia 2 2 0 1886 England 3 0 0 18S7 Australia 2 0 0 L888 England 3 1 0 1890 England 2 0 0 1892 Australia 1 - 2 0 1.893 England 1 0 2 1894-5 Australia 3 2 ! 1 0 1896 England 2 1 0 1897-8 Australia I 4 0 1899 England 0 1 4 1901 Australia I 4 0 1902 England 1 2 2 1903-4 Australia 3 2 0 1905 England 2 0 3 1907-S Australia 1 4 0 1909 England 1 2 1 Totals .. 35 34 16