CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 563, 19 July 1909, Page 7

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIA V. SURREY.

THE MATCH SPOILT BY RAIN. A DRAWN GAME. (Dy. TeloEcep&.-Frcea iesoclatlcm.-Cotiyflebt.l London, July 16. Rain began to fall early this' morning, and continued all day. * , Play.in tho orieket match Australians v. Surrey was postponed till to-morrow. (Rec, July 18, 5 p.m.) " " London, July: 17. Rain fell overnight, and this morning broke cloudy. Tho wicket was soft and the start was delayed for a quarter of an Lour. Harrison was, dismissed after adding a single to his overnight score —fouT wickets for 100 j tho century Laving been reached in 115 minutes. ' Goatley gavo an excellent display, the fifth wicket falling at 145. Hitch followed, but Carter snapped him up at the wickots without any addition to the score. , ' Hayward lasted for 195 minutes, giving a fine all-roond display of crickot. Hβ hit five fours. , He gave a hot chance to Lavor off his own bowling when his scoro'wns 71— seven wickets for 166. The ,eighth and ninth wickets fell at 171. , Smith went in for fearless hitting after lnnoh, on 26 in 15 minutes. Carter did splendid work bshind tho stumps. ' - l The Australians' second innings was chiefly remarkable, for Smith's fine bowling. The Ransford-Armstrong partnership lasted 80 minutes, and put on 73. The first wickot went at 14, the second at 23, and the third at 36. - Ransford gavo an excellent exhibition. Ho batted for' 95 minutts, and Armstrong showed sound defence. • • •

The fourth wicket fell at 115, and the fifth and sixth at 126 i The Australians then declared their innings closed. Hayes and Goatley, Surrey's first pair, played out time. The match was drawn. The attendance was fairly good. The following are the scores:— SURREY FmsT Innings. Hayes, sfc. Carter, b. Armstrong „, 14 Bird, 1.b.w., b. Armstrong . ... 28 Ducat, b. Armstrong 0 Hayward, o. Carter, b. Laver ...' ... 80 Harrison, c. Trumper, b Laver 3 Goatley, c Noble, b Laver' 24 Hitch, c. Carter, b Laver ... ' ..."" 0 Smith, st Carter, b Laver 39 Loes, b. Macartney . . ... ... 1 Kirk, st Carter, b. Macartney 0 Strudwick, not out 9 Sundries 11 Total 209 Bowling Analysis. Macartney, 2 wickets for 81 runs: Laver, 5 for 38; Armstrong, 3 for 33; Noble, 0 for ! 42 j Cotter, 0 for 4. {Second Innings. Hayes, not out 16 i Goatley, not out ... ( 20 ■ Sundries 3 Total for no wickets 39 Bowling Analysis. Laver, 0 wickets for 27 runs; Macartney, 0 for 9. , *ri .AUSTRALIA. , . First InningiKt i*:??""' ..T nA ... ' rlf C.V'lßb , .. Second Innings. M'Alister, b. Smith -5 Bardsloy, l.b w., b. Smith • 10 Ransford, c. Strudwick, b. Smith ... 51 Armstrong, o. Hayward, b. Smith ... 40 Gregory, not out 12 Cotter, c. Ducat, b Kirk 8 Trumpor, st. .Strudwick, b Smith ... 0 Sundries ' ... 0 Total for 6 wickets 126 The innings /was closed at this stage.

Bowling Analysis.} Smith," 6 wickets for 54 runs; Lees, 0 for 22: Kirk, 1 for 26, Hayes, 0 for 12: Hitch, 0 for; 12. The rain on Friday l prevented play being resumed, and what might have proved an interesting match has been left drawn. On Saturday, T. Hayward. E. G. Goatley, and \V. C. Smith scored freely, which enabled tho County ,to lead Australia by 29 runs on the first innings. Goatley has been knocking at tho door of the Temple of Fame for several past seasons, and when he has been selected for firstclass cricket, tho Twickenham native has acquitted himself with credit, V. Ransford and W. W. Armstrong, of tho six 'Australians to fall, 'were the only batsmen to make a decent shoeing against W. C. Smith, who, in the two days' play, captured 12 wickets for 121 runs. F. Laver and W. W. Armstrong retire from this game with the' best figures on the colonial side, for whom H. Carter did sterling work with the gloves. The Australians commence a second match with Yorkshiro to-day at Sheffield, and on Thursday the Derbyshire match is to follbw. The fourth Test starts at Manchester this day week.