CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 590, 19 August 1909, Page 5

CRICKET.

; GLOUCESTERSHIRE HITTING THE j ' AUSTRALIANS, ' (By Asaoclallon.-Oppyrleht.l i j London, August 17. ■ .'The . match 'j-ltetw-een''. the' . Australian' pricketers land Gloucestershire was resumed to-day at Cheltenham,' in unsettled weather. Tho jwickOt was' fast.. ; ~ ; .. . With one yickot. clown'for 120, Gloucesfcer--1 sWe^'continued:their', innings, tho net > ut menjbeing BarnetV:,(47) and Townsend (35). The , overnight-'partnership between the two had lasted for sevotity-flve minutes.. The seooiid wicket fell'ai 183, Barnett being caught at sliorWeg by/Tfumper off Cotter, after battihg!for 145''minutes .'for. 60. . • Townsbndcontinued scoring, freely.'. He' gave a fine display'of ! hard driving and cutting,, knocking up. 50 .in 'fifty minutes. Eventually he was' oaught .by Macartney off Hopkins, af to; getting 127 runs;. .His ilmings, whichlasted.; two .hours', was, marred by chances at 40 to Hopkins; and at 45 to Ra,nsford,' both 5 off ; Whitty. He hit 21 fourers. Three/ifor 233. . Langdon fell to 'an' easy catch in the slips to Hopkins off,.o'Connor, with tho "score' at 258,- aaid 'thof picket fell for 275. P.. Iloborts afid t Wopllejr became, associated. Both : played ' attractive cricket. The 300 was/hoisted in 255' minutes, Roberts's halfcentury ■ talqrig * seventy . minutes.: Woolloy was'finely caught; by Ransford at square-leg off : O'Connor. ; Six for' 350. The two Robertscs carried the total to 380,, when Raiisford/took another squar&-leg catch off O'Connor's bowling, disposing, of ff. Roberts.' The,, retiring batsman played a free, ', all-ro'jind [ game, his 78 including 8 fourfirs. ■ _ - '. V 1 ; A. Roberts 'joined by Brownlee, and the score , mounted'steadily. Then Roberts :was:taken :.oleverlyiin the slips by Hopkins off Cotter. ,:Eight f0r.406. .Rain then began/to fall, and with another run i added, . play ceased for the day.. ■ Five thousand 'j were present. The scores are v :— ■ i AUSTRALIA. ' Firstlnnings — ■■■ ... 215 i - ' GLOUCESTERSHIRE. i i JftitsT Innings. Board, b. Hopkins'... ...' ... ...' 23 Barnett, 0. Trumppr; b. Cotter ... 60 i'Townsend, ; o. Macartney, b. Hopkins ... 127 Langdon, c. Hopkins, b. O'Connor ■ 11 Imley, b. iO'Connor ' ... ... ... 14 F. Roberts,, c. Ransford, b. O'Connor... 78 Woollev, o. Ransford, b. O'Connor' ... 22 A. Roberts; o. Hopkins, b. Cotter ... 20 BroWee, t)ot out;... ... ... ... 21 Huggins, not out ...' ... '1 • Extras ... ... ... ... 30 Total; for eight wicketa... ... 407 It: is officially stated that the score!in the Australians!' first innings was 215, n0t.213, as first reported. Hopkins's soore was 56 .not .out, and Dennett's bowling average four wickets ■ for 95. ■' . i' : —: «... Rain haSi prevented the .Western county from completing its first innings on th 6 second day, which proved a triumph for' the bfttsmon, of the home We. TpwiiSond scored 135 on tho Cheltenham wioket .against tho 1899 Australian eleven. This versatile player has now scored over 20 cdnturies. ili first-class cricket. F. B. Roberts obtained his Blue at Cambridge in 1903, and'appeared first for the oounty in 1908. He drives well to both sides of the wicket, and gets his rnjis in good style. The position of the match points to. another draw.