CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 591, 20 August 1909, Page 5

CRICKET.

A DRAW WITH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. (liy Tcleerauh.—Frees Association.—OoDyrleul.l London, August 18. The match Australians against Gloucestershire was continued to-day at Cheltenham. A downpour of , rain caused delay, and a start was not made till after luncheon. Tho pitch was slow and oasy. The county innings was declared closed at their overnight score—4ll for eight wickers. Tho Australians to-day, in their second inniiigs, had scored 247 for- eight wickets (giving them a lead of only 51 on tho county's first innings' total of 411) when tinio was called. The match was drawn. Tho detailed scores arc: ' GLOUCESTERSHIRE. First Innings. Board, b. Hopkins , '. • 23 Barnctt; o. Truinpor, b. Cotter ..._ ... 60 Townsend, c. Macartney, b. Hopkins ... 129 Langdon, c. Hopkins, b. O'Connor ... 11 Itnloy, b. O'Counor ... ... ... 14 F. Roberts, c. Itansford, b. O'Connor ... 80 Woollev, c. Ransfoid, b. O'Connor ... 22 A. Roberts, c. Hopkins, b. Cotter ~. 20 JJrqwnlce, not out ..j ... 21 Hligixins, not out ... ... ... .;. ' 1 Kxtras ... ... ... ... ... 30 Total for eight wickets ..: ... 411 Uowi.ittG Analysis. > Cotter, two wickets for 119 urns; Whitty, none for 69; O'Connor, tour foi 88; HopJiins, two for 70; Macartney, none for 13; Gicgory, no'no for 16. AUSTRALIA. First innings \ 215 Si:coxd Ihninosi Hartigan, c. Bo.iid, l>. Hugqins , 13 Bardslpy, c. Brownleo, b. Dennett ...■ 66 Ranstord, 1 h.w., b. Dennett 121 Giegory, 1.b.w., b. Dennett , 30 Hopkins, c. TownsdiKl, li. Dennett ... ' 4 Wlntty, c/ToH-nscml, b. Dennett ... 3 Mp.cartncy, b. Doimutt 0 Cbttot, st. Imlaj, b. Dennett 0 O'Connor, not out 1 9 Total for eight wickets 247 Vγ,''' Uo\M.INC A>NM.YbIB. ' Dennett, si» wickets for 40; Huggins, one for 65; Biownlec, ono for , 51; Woollcv, none For 25; A. Roberta, none for 25; F. Roberts, none for 32.

The Australians; -began! their second innings with. Hartigan and Bardsley. Tho first wicket went at 26/ Hartigan, , after, getting 13niiVs, sending an easy catch off Huggins to Board at • mid-off. '.■"■;'' :' • ''Bardsley. and Ransford wero associated. Both , played : free cricket, arid the century washoisted in. sbvonty-seven minutes. Bards-ley'si.half-century took ■ninety-five minutes.T ■When; he had made 6G, Bardsley was taken low down at slip, by : Brownlee, off Dennett. He stayed at. tho wickets a littlo over two hours, showing good all-round play, his hits including .five fours, His partnership, with Ransford had lasted an hour and a half. Two for 180. ■ ... ■

The second century appeared after 135 minutes' play, v Ransford was brilliant all round, being especially fine in'cutting and 'driving. Ho .made 60 in fifty-five 'minutes, and put up his century in one hundred minutes.' . . , ...

Ransford gave a chance to Brownlee off P. Roberts : when ho was 67.. Altogether he was 130 minutes at the wickets,-and ho got 13 fourers. , After, scoring 121 ho got legbefore to Denriott. Three for 220.

Excepting Gregory, who carefully compiled 30 before getting leg-before to Dennett, that bowler riiado short work of thff others.' The fourth wicket fell at '224-. -the fifth at 230, the."sixth at 233, and tho seventh at 238. .Hopkjns and- Whitty were both taken in the slips. ..■■.•■■•. \ : With eight wickets, down for 247 time was called, and the match waa drawn. About a thousand 1 spectators were ; present. '

BARDSLEY'S DENIAL.

London, August 18. Bardsley demos the rumour—published in the "Sporting Chronicle"—that he has been offered inducements to qualify for Northamptonshire. •

KENT'S DEFENDERS, (Rec. August 20, 0.25 a.m.)

London, August 19. The team to represent the County 'of Kent against tho. Australians will bo chosen from ilason, Day, Hutchings, Chrr, Seymour, Humphreys, Woolley, Hirish, Jennings, Fairscrvico, Fielder, aud Blythe. '

[When ' play ceased in the Gloucestershire match tho Australians were only 51 runs to the good, with O'Connor. Carter, aud Trump'er to bat. V. Eansford has compiled another century when the scoring sheet required' a lift. Bardsley s aggregate for tho tour runs out at 1832, and it should not be Ibng now bofore the cabte man announces his arrival in the 2000 zone. G. Dennett the slow bowler, has > given his opponents a taste of his quality, which reached the high-ovater mark during the 1007 season, when the Gloucester man was the only- bowler in first-olaas cricket to capture over 200 wickets. When this issue went to press the Australians wore engaged with the mon of Kent.] ' . , . ■• ■■,'.,' .•