CRICKET.
THE AUSTRALIANS IN SCOTLAND. . (By Telegraph.—Press Association.-Oopyright.) ! London, Juno 28. A two-days' match against Scotland was begun' by the' Australian cricketers at' Edin-. burgh.to-day.". The weather was pleasiuit, but tho . wicket was soft. About five .thousand spectators;were present.- -: ',"'V; ;, Noblo p'oii the toss, and. sent tho Scottish tcaty to tho wickets; A poor stand wais made against, tHo bowling of Hopkins and O'Connor, tho innings olosuig for 93 runs. Hopkin6;'sccured .four wickets for 18 runs, and O'Connor three for 23. ' v Tho Australians In their first innings made 121-rNoblo 20,. Cotter 25, Macartney (not out) 21. Ringrovo took llvo wickets for 48 runs, and Broadbcnt-five for 01. Scotland, in tho second innings, had mado 40 runs; without the loss of a wicket when play closed for the day. . : • ENGLISH-TESI' RESERVES. ' . London, Juno 28. , : The reserve men for. the English ;team .in. the Third Test are Jonos and Haigh: ' (llee. Juno 29, 9.15 p.m.)
... / London, June 29. J. Sharp (Lancashire) has becn. 'added. to ilia Test-team reserves.
•fLhStjsettson J. Sharp was second on Lancashires list of batting averages with 42 innings, 14/3 runs, average 3C.'82.. Sharp hit throe centuries Mid was a fair second to Tyldwley as a batsman. .Bowling, lie took 20 wickets at a •<?»«: ".U'-P Jims npicco,. being sixth ,on tho ist Wisden wnk: "Sharp wns-well behind .Tyldesley in. the .averages, but'he had a splen-' rtitl. sciwftn,. wptiiif. in .county, - watches nlono 1173 runs. . Ills .figures, gadd as they ore, do not ill nil? way represent -his value- in the el«ven.. ; Over and over again : whon SOltlO special effort ..wMTeqmwd ;ho -eairio out With a-fi ne innings. Ho is a '.batsman -whose','reputation rests entirely 'oa what ha has done in'-county CHokct.'i H« lms never-succeeded.in rising to the level nf representative malclips, hip on-° tinn(.'Malice for;. the Players- itt Lord's-in -1807having been a frtilure. Still, ho would bo good I'llWlßll-.ht almost any-eleven,, as, apart from his-batting, ho is-one of the best of fields-' men. J - ■ ■ :
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 547, 30 June 1909, Page 7
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