ANOTHER DRAW.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 527, 7 June 1909, Page 5

ANOTHER DRAW.

CAMBRIDGE ON A SODDEN WICKET.

SMALL SCORES. LAYER'S BOWLING SUCCESS. (BI TlLEfiUAril — TKESS ASSOCIATION—COfXUIQUT.t (Reo. Juno 6, 5.5 p.m.) London, Juno 5. > The match, Australia v. Cambridge University, which could not l>o resumed on Friday owing .to tho rain, was drawn. Oambridgo had to continuo tlicir first innings to-day on a sodden wicket, in pursuit of the Australians' first innings total of 307,. but iho University had to ho content with 154, and, following on, had lost eight wickets for 02 at tho expiry of time, being thus 91 runs behind tho Australians' first innings total, with two wickets to fall. Tho scotcb nro:— AUSTRALIA. First innings. ' ... ... 307* CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. ' Fir.fit Innings. Nason, b. Macartney ........ ... 13 | Ramsbothnm, c. M'Alister,. b. Laver ... 4 i Falcon, 1.b.w., b. Laver ... ...' /... 46 Collins, b. Lavor. ... .... ... ... 26 Buchanan, b. Whitty 9 Bacho, c. Hartigan, b. Laver ... ... 0' Mann, b.; Laver ... .i. < ... ... 5 MacLeod, o. Trumpor, b. Whitty ... 86 > Lockhart, run out ... ... ...,...- 3 I Tufnoll,b. Laver ... ...... ... 41 Oliver, not out ... ... ... ... 0 Sundries . ... ..'. ... ... 8 Total 154 Bowling Anai.tsis. Laver, six wickets for 58; Whitty, two for 49; Macartney, one for 23; O'Connor, nil for 16. Second Innings. Ramsbotham, b. Whitty i ... 3 Nason, b. Macartney ... ... ... 5 Falcon, c. M'Alister, b. Laver ... ~. 7 Buchanan, b. Macartney ... ... ... 0 Collins, c. Carkeor, b. Macartney ... 7 Bacho, c. Trumpsr, b.. Lavor ... ... 4 Mann, c. arid b. Lavo 1 ... ... ... 15 MacLeod, not out ... ... ... ... 15 Lcckhart, c. Gregory, b. Laver ... ... 0 Tufnell, not out' ... ... ~. ... 1 •Sundries : ... ... .... 5

Total for eight wjekets ... ... 62 Bowling Akai.tsis; Lavcr, four wickets for 25; Macartney, three for 28; Whitty, one for 4. The wicket was sodden, and tho start of play to-day was delayed. Tho weather was dull, and tho attendauco moderate. The second wickot foil at 45. Nason batted 70 minutes for his.soore of v 13. ' At luncheon the board read two wickets for 77. ; Falcon (46) played ft sound innings lasting 133 minutes. The third wicket fell at 83, and the fourth and fifth at 95. Bsche.was dismissed by a smart catch by Hartigan at slip off tho second ball ho received from Laver,'who was bowling a good length and kept down tho scoring. Tho seventh fell at 117, tho eighth at 150. MacLeod (36) showed powerful and dashing driving. He was dismissod by a romarkablo oatch by Trumper off Whitty at mid-on. He gavo a chance to O'Connor off Wliitty when his score wAs 21. Being 133 in arrears, Cambridge followed on, and when play ended had lost eight wickets for 02. Tho first wicket fell tat four, tho second at 20, tho third and fourth at 27—Macartney capturing /Collins and ■ Buchanan in tho same over—tho fifth at 28, tho sixth at 36, the seventh and eighth at CI. Lockhart succumbed to tho first ball from Lavor,.sending it up to Gregory. CUFFE BOWLING WELL. London, June 4. ■In the county match Worcester v. Surrey, Cuffo took six Surrey wickets for 36 runs./

THE CAMBRIDGE MATCH.- ~' The,unfavourable weather conditions orior to the commencement of Saturday's play' robiied the Australians of a victory over tho Light Blue representatives, who wont out for 151 and G2 for 8 wickets. ■ Collin's; the ex-Wellington College captain, by scoring 26, has vastly improved on the -form he displayed in local cricket. Nas'on's. 'stonewalling tactics are .worthy of Scotton and A. C. Bannerman in their best days. M. Falcon is usually employed looking after the 'Varsity's finances, out on Saturday he was able to dovoto his attention to the Australian destroyers until ho lotired l.b.w. to Laver. iiaoleod (30 and 15 not out) ,was, the remaining batsman to make any show .ou'the "dead" wicket agalhst Manager Laver and Co. The Viotoriau on Saturday 'secured 10 N wicl£ets for .83. :Will he bo given a chance in the second test match at LordsF ... ■ Tho Australians' next match is Hampshire, which starts, to-day at Southampton. THE AVERAGES. I ■■ The batting and bowling averages : of the Australian Eleven "at tho conclusion of the Cambridgo University match are as follow:— "•..-;■-. Batting. , , ' '.

In- Ndl' Name. .■'., . i . nings. out. Runs. Av. W; W.' Armstrong.... 11 3 459 57.37 W. Bardsley ... ... 13 , 1 '642 63.5 V. Trumpet' ... ... 13 1 475 39.58 V. Hansford ... ... 13 -0 391 30.30 M. A. Noble 11 1 263 26.3 P. A. M'Alistcr ... C 1 129 25.8 ~ S. E. Gregory ... 8 1 160 22.28 G. G. Macartney ... 11 2 IGI 17.88 A, Cotter ' 8 ' 0 123 15.27 R. Hartigan 12 1 164 14.90 J.A. O'Connor /... 9 2- 81 ; 11.57 W. J. Wtutty ... 10 6 45 11.25 A. J. Hopkins ... 2 0 20 , 10 H. Carter .... ... 7 0 C 7 9.57 F. Lavor 3 • 0 26 8.60 W.'Carkeek .. ... 4 0. 15 5.75 Bowling. Name. Kickets. Rims. Average. P. Laver 16 218' 13.62 W.'.W.-Armstrong: •'.... 37 561 15.16 '.W. J. Whitty 30 492 16.4 G. G. Macartney ... 25 403 16.12 1. A. O'Connor 13 348 26.76 A. Cotter 15 «1 30.26 A. J. Hopkins 3 102 34. M. A. Nolle 5 • 213 ' 42.6 V. Ransford 0 2 - E. Hartigan 0 ' \ 4 - • - THE 'CENTURY LIST. . .Australia; Match. . Name. Score. Notts W. W. Armstrong ... iOG not out Essex W. Bardsjey ... 210 Essex V. Ransford ... 174 Oxford Univ. .......... M. A.; N0b1e.... ,107 Cambridge Univ. ... V. Trlimper ... 133 England. Match. Name. Score. N0tt5;..........'. A. O. Jones ... 125 not out Essex ;.;........'...'....,;.... F. L." Eano ... 115 RECORD OF THE TOUR.

Notts "■■■■'.'■ Won by an innings and G runs. Northamptonshire •■' 'Won-by 3 wickets Essex ' Drawn . Surrey ■'-.-< ■' Lost by 5 runs - M.C.C. ' : Lost'by 3.wickets ' Oxford ■Unlv.'-- Drawn Ist test match : (Birmingham)., Lost by 10 wickets Leicestershire -Drawn Cambridge Univ.Drawn Synopsis; Played,9, won 2, lost 3, drawn 4. J. A. CUFFE. ■ The Surrey-Worcester'match was commenced at the Oval last Thursday, aud play would conclude last Suturday. J..A. C'nffe is an Australian, ami-will be.29 years of ago on June 2G. He qualified for the same county,in 1905,- and during his first season accounted for 49 of his "opponents." In 1908 Cn&'e secured 37 wickets, and in 1307—his best bowling, season to date—ho bagged .100 wickets for IS' runs apiece. Last year 7i victims, fell to the. Australian at an overage of 27.rnns. Cufle's best performance with the hall to date was, at the expense 6f Yorkshire on .'the-Bradford pitch, when ho i'c-gpta'recl nine wickets for 33 n\ns.. Cilffeis a left-hand tnediuni-pace bowler, with a good length, and; on other wickets than those'at I Worcester would have had a more flattering [ bowling analysis