CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2573, 6 August 1909, Page 6

CRICKET.

THE AUSTRALIANS IN ENGLAND. VICTORY OVER SOUTH WALES.. Unithd Press Association —Copyright LONDON, August 4. The weather was sunny to-day' and the wicket fast. The attendance was small. The Australians won with eight wickets to spare. South Wales in their second innings scored 107. Hopkins captured four wickets for 11 runs. The Australians .in their second innings lost two wickets for 65—Gregory (not out) 41 j THE AVERAGES. The following are the batting and bowling averages of the Australian team to date. The full scores of the West of Scotland, Scotland, and South Wales matches wore not cabled, • and consequently are not included:

THE CENTURY LIST. Australia. W. W. Armstrong, v. Notts ... *lO6 \V. Bardsley, v. Essex 219 V. Hansford, v. Essex 174 M. A. Noble, v. Oxford 107 V. Truuiper, 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’shre *llO W. Bardsley, v Warwickshire ... 118 M. A. Noble, v. Warwickshire ... 131 V. Ransford, v. Worcestershire... 138 W. Bardsley, v. Gloucestershire 211 V. Trumper, v. Derbyshire ... 113 England. A. O. 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 eggs”:—Carter, Noble, Trumper 3, \V bitty, 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 rune. 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-r-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 Test 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 bv ten wickets. Fourth Test Match (Manchester).— Drawn. Yorkshire and Lancashire—Abandoned. South Wales —Won by eight wickets. Matches played 25, won 11, lost 3, drawn 10, abandoned 2.

FIXTURES. August 5,6, 7.—Lancashire, at Manchester or Liverpool. August 9, 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, vSeptcmher 1. —MI.C.C., at Lord’s. September 2,3, 4. —Essex, at Leyton. September 6,7, B.—England Eleven, at Uttoexetcr. September 9, 10, 11. —Mr. C. I. Thornton’s or Earl Londesborougli’s team, at tho -Scarborough Festival. September 13, 14, 15.—South of England, at Hastings. COUNTY CRICKET.

A RECORD ESTABLISHED. United Press Association! —Copyright LONDON, August 4. In the match Worcestershire v. Wsfcrwickshire* Arnold made 200 (not out) and Burns 196. the fifth wicket putting on 393, establishing a record.

BATTING Innings. N.O. Runs. A vg. Armstrong ... - 28 7 1070 50.95 Hansford ... 26 3 1038 45.13 Bardsley ... 32 2 1350 45 Noble ... 27 3 727 30.29 Trumpor ... 30 2 783 27.96 Gregory ... 26 5 434 20.66 McAlister ... 20 3 341 20.05 Macartney ... 23 4 320 16.84 Hopkins ... 10 0 162 16.20 O’Connor .... 13 5 107 13.37 Carter 21 4 224 13.17 Cotter J ... IS 0 200 11.11 Hartigan ... 18 1 187 11 Laver ... 12 2 100 10 Whitty ... 13 6 53 7.57 Carkeek ... 7 1 35 5.83 BOWLING. Wkts. Runs. Avg. Laver 61 794 13.01 Macartney ... 52 825 15.76 Whitty 52 888 17.07 Armstrong ... 67 1190 17.76 O’Connor ... 36 696 19.33 Hopkins ... 22 500 22.72 Cotter 45 1083 . 24.06 Noble 16 582 36.37 Hansford ... 0 2 — Hartigan 0 4 — Trumper ... 0 61. —