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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 554, 8 July 1909, Page 5

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AUSTRALIANS V. WARWICKSHIRE. TOTAt OF «B. THE COUNTY TEAM AT THE WICKETS. (By T<iloijraph,-Pre?B ABsoislatipn.-Oopyrisht.) LofUiop, July 6. Tho cricket match Australia ,v. Warwickshire was continued to-dny nt Birmingham, in dull weather, The wicket good. Tho attendance yesterday nuntljored threo thousand, and to-day *one thousand, With five wickots clown lor 35G, the Australians continued their flist innings, which concluded for 4CO. At doso of Warwickshire had lost four wickets for 147. Tho scoics are: AUSTRALIA. '' FIRIiV (N^INCS, Hartigan, b. Field ... .... JJ Honsfoid, c. Lilley, b. Field ... ... 60 Trupipev, J). Fo3ter ~ '.. ••• j Gregory, b, Field ... ..., »• •'•• £ Bardeley, b. Chaiicsworth \^ Nohlo, p. Lilley, b. 'Hargreavo ... ... -lal Armstrong, c, Charlosivoith, h. Field ... 79 Hopkins, o. Pi idmoro, b. Qurtife Carkoek, b Quaifo .., ,i * AVhjtty, p. Foster, b. Fiold U O'Connor, not out ■ ,JJ ' 18 Total ' ' 450 Bowj.ino Akalypis. Field, fivo wickots for 105 runs; Santall, 0 for'B9; Foster, nno for 104; Hargtcave, ono for 72, Quaifp, two for ?4; Oliarlcsnorth, one for 28: Stopliens, 0 for U; Kinnoir, 0 for 5. . ; WAEWIOKSHIRB, FmsT Innings. Charje-sworth, run out 9 Kinneir, b. Armstrong i 4G Kishwick, b- Hopkins ... ~, . i.- ° Qiiaife, not out „• 62 Pridmoro, c, and b O'Connor .., ~. 7 Ljlley, not out 18 ,fi t Total for fpqr wickets 147 Australians Adc) a Hundred. Armstrong (41} and Noble (104) continued the Auetialiaus , inninßs Tho batsnion opened stoadilv. Noblo carried his overnight βcprβ to 131 bofore ho was' dismissed 'by patch by Lilley, off Haigreave, after a fnultI jess display of all-rcmpcj cricket, H? batted for 105 minutes, and hit eleven 4's The sixth wicket fell at 402 Hopkins sent up a skyer, olf Qualfe, Pridmoiq taking the catch, Seven for 44p" Carkeek los.t his wicket thiough jumping out to hit Quaifo Eight for iSQ ' Armstrong was taken at third slip by oharle3\\orth, off Fiold, without alteration lof the total. His score of 79 included fhe ,iV / ' Whitty, t(ip last was dismissod by a catch at second slip, by Foster, oil Field, the innings closing for 451 i County Batting— Klnnalr and Quaifo. Rain delajcd tho resumption of , play till after luncheon, when and Kinneir opened tho county's innings .Oharlosworth lost his wicket by a smart return from Whitty at niid-on, when the score ffaa 23, and throe runs Jnter Fisliwjek playpd Hopkins on off bis foot. 'Kinneir and Quaifo oarried tho ecore to 64, and then iftin caused a stoppage for thirty-five minutes.' Kmnqir, >vas boiled by Armstrong, batted for 96 minutes for his 49, and showed good form The third wicket foil for 96, and the fourth, for 109, ' Quaife (62 not out) played a steady, re{ourcoful game. Ho gavo a sharp chance to Armstrong at slip, off O'Connor, when he had made 32 Stumps wore drawn shortly before time, owing to duskrneß.B, The Australian score of die for one inning has Qply bnen passed on one occasion this tour, viz., si; Leyton in the Ebsox matah, when tho innings was ploaed at CQ9 for 0 wickets Noblo'i quota to the scorc-slieet enables th» Australian leader to replace Gregory and M'Alister in the averages The reliable Armstrong fllso Ipom? big m the fcoros Hopkins's contribution of 21 is so far the best tho Sjdnev player has made . Tho county bowlers havo b««n knocked about, and considering the severe buffeting Field's figures are fairly satisfactory, Quaife headed the county averages seven years in succession from l? 90, and m 1898 caino out at the head of the English averages with 60 runs per innings Quaifo has been termed "a pocket edition of W, Q. Einnojr is a left-handed bateman, an.d frequently wpars dovrn. and takes the edge oft the best bowling with a here-I-am-here-I-stpy style