AUSTRALIANS SCORING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 560, 15 July 1909, Page 5

AUSTRALIANS SCORING.

BARDSLEY, 211. (By Telegraph -Press Association -Oopyrlellt) London, July 13. The match' Australians' y. Gloucestershho was resumed to-day, in dull weather. There was a moderate attendance of spectators. Jf'Aliator (37) and Bardsley (18) resumed batting for the Australians on an improved wicket. The former was taken rather easily in the slips by Dennett off Mills, after .capital all-round play, compiling 43 in ,66 minutes. One'fOT'B4.' •" -i'■•>'-- • / _ Bardsley, ptyying with the utmost coniidonoe, saw\ his'-partners .goalie 'after ''another. He maintained fine cutting and leghitting, and was brilliant throughout. He gave a chance, although a'difficult one, at 144.',' His"second century', 'was .brought up after four hours' Jplay. He gave another sharp chance to Langdon at point when ho had made 187. ..„.-,, , , Hartigan was taken brilliantly low down, by Brown, off Dennett. Two for 93. Trumpor got his 6coro of 25 m 45 minutes, dur mg which he made some good drives. Thrc< for 166. Resumption of play after lunch wa, delayed twenty-hvo minutes owing to rain Gregory (31) played steadily for sevent; minutes, when Board stumped him off Den nett. Four for 285. Armstrong mado i stand for an hour, and after scoring 29 go his leg in front of a ball fiom Dennett. Fiv< for 347. ' , , ' 1 Eventually Bardsley was taken easily al mid-off. after a splendid all-round innings his 211 occupjing two hundred and eight} minutes. His score included twenty-su The sixth wicket fell for 371, tho sevcntl for 377, and the eighth for 399. Noblo, whe gave a fine exhibition of driving, was still lr at the drawing of stumps, with 51 runs.tc his oredit, the total standing at 440 foi eight wickets. Tho scores aro;— < GLOUCESTERSHIRE. innings 23C AUSTRALIA. '.Finsi' Innings. M'Alister, c. Dennett, b. Mills ... 4c Ilaitigan, c. Brown, b. Dennett ' ... 4 Trumpor, b. 1 ltattenburg , 25 Grcory, st. Board, b. Dennett 31 Armstrong, 1.b.w., b. Dennett M Bardsley, c. Brown, b. l'arkcr ... ... iU Noble, not out ... <>\ Hopkins, 1.b.w., b. Parker «j Cotter, St. Board, b. Parker 1' Corkeek, pot out \° Extias _W , Total for right wickets ... ... 445 BARDSLEY, AN 'ARMSTRONG. The western county players on the second day were galloping after the favourite stiokes hom W. Baidsley, who scored 8 runs fewer than Ins ventuie of 21& against Dssex. Earhor in the tom tho Home cntics were not enamoured with the stylo of the Sydney player, who was maiked down.as "uncouth" as compared witn V. ltansfoid, the Victonan. Excluding > the figuies of the two games in Scotland, Baidsley leads Armstiong in tho aeeiegato by 282 inns, but tho Victorian, in spite of the latest batting feat of tho Sydney man is still in front of tho aveiages, which aro duo foi publication in The Dominion befoie the end of the present week. V. Trumper has now played 24 innings, and he has only passed tho "twenties" on five occasions. This is not tho Trumpet of yore, and the piesent opposition should havo been slated on v a large! scale than what has been credited to "V.T." M. A. Noble is still m, and when stumps were drawn was hammering tho weak attack to all quarters of tho ground. [Describing Noble's dismissal by Jones in tho First Test Watch, Mr. L. Wodehouso writes:—"An ' incident occurred at about half-past ' bio which left 15,000 spectators gasping. Mr. Noble was batting, and ho hit a ball from Hirst very low alid very foist to forward short-leg. Mr. Jones, who wa6 fielding close in, made a quick dive, out shot hib loft hand, and tho Australian cnplam was walking to tho pavilion, tha victim of pcihaps tbs most brilliant catch over made in a Test match So quick wa* tho v-.liole incident and so impossible did the catch look that there wjs a perceptible pause before the whole irromid lose like one man at the magnificent effort. Round afttr round of applauso le-echoed lotiwi tho ground, and even the usually unemotional English team crowded round 'Jonah' to expiesi their adnniation. The bail never rose a foot from the ground, and was travelling at lightning speed, and 1 do not think I am doin" am body an injustice when I bay that no one else could havo caught it."] i