CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2569, 2 August 1909, Page 6

CRICKET.

THE AUSTRALIANS IN ENGLAND. MATCH »*•"“ pItESS Tho wicket at Hull was under water through the night. It was a sunny morning, but a. downpour of ram oc curred before tae wicket was fit to plav on in the match against the Yorkshire -and Lancashire team, and play was abandoned for tho day. (Received August 1, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, July 31. A downpour of rain fell eaiuy tins morning and the wicket was swamped, S that the match had to be abandoned. The following is the howling analysis in yesterday’s play: O’Connor, two for 69- Laver one for 53; Cotter, one for $; tttney, nil <®> for 35; Hopkins, ml for 2b. Hie scores up to the abandonment of the match were :

yorkshire-lancashire. First Innings. Spooner, c Macartney, b Cotter ... 66 Hartley, b Laver v - , Denton, c Trumper, b 0 Connor ... oo Tyldesley, b O’Connor ° Rhodes, not out Ma'kepace, not out „ Extras Total for four wickets ... 261 THE CENTURY LIST. Australia. W W. Armstrong, v. Notts ... Wi. Bardsley, v. Essex ... ••• V. Ransford, v. Essex *l= M. A. Noble, v Oxford ... ... 107 V. Trumper, v. Cambridge ••• V. Ransford, v. England ... G. Macartney, v.West of Scotland 124 W. Bardsley, v. West of Scotland 108 Hartigan, v. West of Scotland 115 Armstrong, y. Yofks’re-Lan slire HO TV. Bardsley, v Warwickshire ... jjo M. A Noble, v. Warwickshire ... lot V Ransford, v. Worcestershire... TY. Bardsley, v. Gloucestershire 2U V. Trumper, v. Derbyshire ... England. A. 0. Jones, Notts *125 F. L. Fane, Essex .115 D. Denton, Yorkshire 106 TY. R. Rhodes, Yorkshire 108 *Nofc ont.

THE “DUCKS.” The following have scored “duck’s eggs” : —Carter, Noble, Trumper 3, Wkitty, Hartigan, Gregory, Armstrong, Cotter, Laver 2, Hansford, Carkeek, Baxdsley, 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 —TV on 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—Draw'n. First Test Match (Birmingham)—Lost by 10 wickets Leicester —Drawn. Cambridge U n iversity—Dr awn. Hampshire —TYon by 6 wickets. Somerset —TVon by 2 wickets. Second Test Match (Lord’s). —Won by 9 wickets. West of Scotland—Won by an innings and ISS runs. Yorkshire —Abandoned. Yorkshire and Lancashire—Drawn. Scotland —Drawn. Third Test Match (Leeds).—Won by 126 runs. Warwickshire—Drawn. Worcestershire —TVon by an innings and 112 runs. . . Gloucestershire —Won by an innings and fire runs. Surrey —Drawn. Yorkshire —Drawn. Derbvshire —TVon bv ten wickets. Fourth Test Match (Manchester).—

Drawn. . Yorkshire and Lancashire —Abandoned. Matches played 25, won 10, lost 3, drawn 10, abandoned 2.

FIXTURES. August 2,3, 4.—South "Wales, at Cardiff - . ' .August 5,6, 7.—Lancashire, at Manchester or Liverpool. August 9, 10, 11.—FIFTH TEST, at Oval. August 13, 14.—-West of England, ate 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. I. Thornton’s or Earl Londesborough’s team, at the Scarborough Festival. I September 13, 14, 15.—South of England, at Hastings.