CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2587, 23 August 1909, Page 6

CRICKET.

THE AUSTRALIANS IN ENGLAND.

A DRAWN GAME WITH KENT. UNITRI) X'lt EBB AbbOCIATIOW —CoPYIHQHI LONDON', Aug 20. The match Australia v. Kent was resumed at Canterbury to-day. Kent’s first innings had closed for 319, and the overnight batsmen resumed play. '>n stumps being drawn Australia ■' id lost three wickets for 332. She weather was dull and the wick- : firm. After six deliveries rain • *sed a short stoppage of play. The Itch, was not damaged. Hartigan, ter two lucky strokes oil Fielder, played him on. Two for 41. Hansford joined Bardsley-, and lively cricket followed, 50 appearing in 50 minutes. A double change of bowling was made. Mason and Oarr took the places of Blythe and Fielder, but this failed .to cheek the scoring. The .century was hoisted in 80 minutes. ‘ Woolley took the ball from Oarr, three of whose overs yielded 20. The play was bright all round. Several more bowling changes were tried.. At the luncheon adjoinment, when the partnership had been in operation 65 minutes the score stood at 151. More rain fell, and there was an interval. On. resuming the pitch was easy. In the third over Bardsley ’ jst his wicket in attempting to pull . "ball off his body. He batted 110 min-i-'SS, his play being faultless and io&dy. Fie hit three fourers. Three ,yr 162. Aften Bardsley’s departure •iin delayed the play for 25 minutes. Raring the Ransford-Armstrong partnership the weather was cold and cheerless. There were two further stoppages by rain of 15 and 50 minutes each. Tire batsmen completely captured the bowling, which underwent numerous changes. Hansford batted in a brilliant all-round style. He reached the century in 105 minutes. He gave an awkward chance to Prest at 153, and Blythe nearly caught him in the slips at 167. Armstrong was at first careful, and then punishing. Fie knocked 10 off one over of Mason’s. He reached 50 in 95 minutes. The second century was obtained in 160 minutes and the third in 215 minutes. The at-. 1 'dance was meagre. .(Received August 22, 5.5 p.m.)

LONDON, August 21. Australia in their first innings lost ' .ds© wickets for 522 runs, when stumps •'SP© drawn, the match being drawn, ocores: Australia. —Ist. Innings. Whitty, c Fluish, b Fielder 3 Hartigan, played on, b Fielder ... 23 Bardsley, b Fielder 48 Hansford, c Mason, b Flumphreys 189 Armstrong, o and o Wouley ... 107 Trumper, c Humphreys. b Woolley v,O Noble, c Blythe, b Mason 93 Hopkins, b-Mason 2T McAlister, not out 43 Cotter, st. Hnish, b Seymour ... 1 Carter, not out 35 Sundries * 11 Total for 9 wickets 522 Bowling analysis. —Fielder 3 for 93, d'3?r 0 for 62, Blythe 0 for 56, Mason d Ar 75, Woolley 2 for SO, Humphreys Afe* 7© a Seymour 1 for 45, Day 0 for t-F.ua: ‘The attendance was small. Heavy ram fell all night, and saturated the wicket. Play was not started till after three o’clock. Hansford played a masterly alll-round innings, and hit 24 fourers and 5 threes. His partnership with Armstrong lasted 140 minutes —4 for 354. Trumper hit up 20—5 *or 381. Armstrong played .a- free, strong game, and then batted one back to the bowler. He hit 11 fourers—6 for 410, Many changes were made ip the bowling when Noble and Hopkins were together. Hopkins was cyclonic. His score consisted of one sixer, 5 fourers, and a single—7 for 420. The eighth wicket was down with the score at 445. Cotter was stumped after scoring a - '-gle—9 for 450. McAlister and Ca-r-X displayed, free and lively cricket.

tmm CENTURY LIST. Australia. iW. Bardsley, v. Essex 219 W. Bardsley, v. West of Scotland 108 W. Bardsley, v Warwickshire ... 118 W. Bardsley, r. Gloucestershire 211 W. Bardsley, Fifth Test ... 136 W. Bardsley, Fifth Test .... 130 V. Ransford, v. Essex ... ... 174 V. Ransford, v. England ... *143 V. Ransford, v. Worcestershire... 138 V. Ransford, v. Gloucester ... 121 V. Ransford, v. Kent ... 189 W. W. Armstrong, v. Notts .... *10(1 Armstrong, v. Yorks’re-Lan’shre *llO W. W. Armstrong, v. Kent ... 107 V. Trumper, v. Cambridge .../ 133 V. Trumper, v. Derbyshire ... 113 V. Trumper, van English eleven 150. A. Ncbl®, v. Oxford 107 .A. Nofck, v. Warwickshire ... 131 Macarteusy, v.West of Scotland 124 nartigan, v. West of Scotland 115 England. A. O. Jones, Notts *125 F. L. Fano, Essex ... 115 D. Denton. Yorkshire 106 W. R. Rhodes, Yorkshire 108 J. Sharp, Fifth Test 105 ‘.ght, an English eleven ... 163 "Uglas, si i English eleven ... 102 "nsend, Gloucester 129 -Not out.

THE “DUCKS.” The following have scored “duck’s eggs”:—Carter, 5; Nobie,, 4; Trumper, Laver, Gregory, Cotter,' 3; Hartigan, itty, ArKQstrong, Hansford, Carkeek, Jacartnoy, 2; Bardsley and McAlister ©ads. RESULTS OF THE TOUR. The following are the results of the tour, so far, from the Australians’ point of view ' Nr «tts —Won by an innings and 6 rune. . ihampteK-—Won by 9 wickets. -x- —Draw?* in favor, of Australians. rej — 'ii&x by 6 runs. IU.O-C. —ijosr by 3 wickets. Oxford University—Drawn. 1 First Test Match (Birmingham)—Lost by 10 wickets Leicester—Drawn. Cambridge University—Drawn. Hampshire—Won by 6 wickets. "'ers"' 1 ' —Won by 2 wickets. , »rnd IWt Match (Lord’s).—Won by ivickc . , . rv est of owuiajasr-Won by an innings and 188 rune. Yorkshire—Abandoned. Yorkshire and Lancashire —Drawn. Scotland—Drawn. Third Test Match (Leeds).—Won by 128 runs. Warwickshire —Drawn. ce^ir—tk.-s —Won by an innings 1' ' 1-Won by an innings -r.fi Tire runs. * Surrey—Drawn. M ’-‘ddre—Dw.wn , 3>.. :o—Wc M >

Fourth Test Match (Manchester). — Drawn. Yorkshire and Lancashire—Abandoned. South Wales—Won by eight wickets. Lancashire—Won by 47 runs. Fifth Test Match (Oval). —Drawn. An English Eleven (Blackpool)—Drawn Gloucester—Drawn. Kent—Drawm. Matches played 31, won 12, lost 3, drawn 14, abandoned. 2. , . FIXTURES. •> 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 Londesborougli’s team, at the Scarborough Festival. September 13, 14, 15.—South of England, at Hastings.