AUSTRALIANS V. SUSSEX.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 598, 28 August 1909, Page 10

AUSTRALIANS V. SUSSEX.

SMALL SCORING. (By TolcEmpb.—Press Association.—Ooprrleht.l • London; August 26. To-day tho Australian cricketers began a match against Sussex, on" the county ground at Brighton. : Tho,...weather .. was bright,- and tho wicket soft. Four thousand spectators were present. The county only made 96, most of the innings being,a procession. .'At drawing ;of stumps the Australians had five wickets > down for 77, Trumper (29). and Armstrong (7) being the not out men. - The teams were: . Australia;—Hartigin; ■ Whitty,. Armstrong, Trumper, Hopkins, Noble, : M'Alister, Gregory, Hansford, Carkeck ,and j O'Connor. - , ' ' >. Sussex.—C.-L. A. Smith, Heygate,- Cartwright, Young, Vine, Killick, A. E. and R. Rolf, Loach, Vincett, and Butt. Scores:— . . : SUSSEX. ' • v." FIJIST Inninob. R. Relf, c. Hartigan, b. Whitty ... • 0 Vine, 1.b.w., b. Armstrong ... ~ -2D: Young, b. Hopkins - ... -17 Killick, :b-.Noble: ... ... ..... „.. . 7 HeYgafce,"'b.- Hopkins ..: ..." 3 A., ltelf,: c;..M'Aljster, b., Armstrong ...,,24 Cartwrightr'c. Gregory, b; Whitty . ... -0-i Leach,' RAnsfofd, b. Armstrong, ... 4 Smith,';!). Whitty ... ... ... . ... 1 Vinqett, st. Carkeek, b. Armstrong ... 0 Butt, not out . '... ... ... ... 2 Extras ...• ... ... ... ... 9 Total ' ' ... 96 Bowling Analysis. Whitty, three wickets for 24; O'Connor, none for 11; Hopkins, two for 25: Armstrong,' four Jfor 26; Noble, one for 1. - AUSTRALIA. - First Inninos; , ! • Hartigan, c. Butt,, b. A. Relf ... ... 11 Noble, c.; Butt," b. A. Relf , ... ... 11 Hansford, c. A. llelf, b. .Vincett ... 7 M'Alister, 1.b.w., b. A. Ilelf -... ... Q Gregory, c. R. Relf, b. A. Relf ... ... 8 Trumper, not out ... ... ... . ... 29 Armstrong, not. out , • .... ..... 7. .Extras .'■/', ■... '. ... ....,: 4 Total for five wickets... ' ... -,77 ; Smith, ; the: Sussex captain, won .'the. toss, and elected to bat, R. Relf and Vine opening. : Off Whitty's first ball R. Relf: ' was caught jat second sh'fi by' Hartigan. The wicket was tricky. Both Vine and Young were frequently beaten,, but their' defcnco aft-erwaras improved. :' -'v .A break-back from Hopl'ins beat Yoirna; in the bowler's second over, after he had batted 55 minutes : for his 17. Vine Tya's showing no enterprise. Killick . was. apparently bowled in Noble's first over, and retired to the ring, but was called back. Two runs later Noble bowled him beyond'doubt. Three wickets hadfallenfor 48. ; 1 "

' Vine and A. Relf had a useful partnership, tho former'playing doggedly, but mak-; ing some' faulty strokes.,, He had been, at the wickets 150 minutes for 29 runs, when lie got!his leg in front of a ball from Armstrong. Five for 84. Relf was token at long-off five runs later, and from that out tho innings was a mere procession".'■; The. last six wickets were captured in seven ovors. '

Hartigan and Noblo openedtho-. Australians' innings, on ft difficult wicket. The former was cleverly caught at the wickets, after running forward to oiie from A: Relf. Noble fell to'the wicketkeeper off the same bowler five runs later. M'Alister gave a difficult obanoe off the first ball ho recoired, and got leg-before to the second one.'Three for 23, in 30 minutes. , Ransford and Gregory had . but short careers, succumbing respectively to Vincett and Relf , . ' -'v ' 'Trfitfiper,'Whbj'H'ith - 'Armstrong, Was at' the wickets: when stumps wero drawn, made somo-fine strokes and played- admirable onckct. : ' ■■/:-:■■■■ :■ ■ • Relf was bowling splendidly,; but: Vwoett. was occasionally loose. ■/ 'v' * ' [The; opening', batsmen of the' Sussex eleven; : for. a. number, of past; seasons -Were' C./B; Fry and J. Vine. The' formerplayer -'is assisting Hampshire , this. year. ; Since 1903 Vine has been recognised;as the stbnewaller of the team,' nnd on 33 occasions has assisted in, a threes figuro score first wicket., A. E. Relf, the Auckland coaoh,-is showing good forpi on the difficult wicket. J. H. Vincett makes the most-' of his. powerful; physique; - and sends down 'a medium-patsd ball with plenty of life and spin. The 1899/ Australian Eleven 6Coreid 624 against Sussex at Brighton. The . innings was closed with only four, wickets-down. V. Trumper contributed 300 not out'to.this-total. The 'Wicket for the first'day of ; the match: now in progress proved, toi be a bowler's delight/.but an early improvement of the Brighton, patch can be confidently relied on.. With Trumper. and Armstrong in, the Australians should obtain a handy lead on the first inning 6 from their opponents.]' '/;-//

TEST CAPTAIN'S TRIBUTE TO THE v: BETTER. SIDE. : London, August 26. A. C. MacLaren. in an article in "Country Life" oii tho Test matches, says the .Australians thoroughly/deserved their victories, and proved themselves the better side. They played like good sportsmen,/and.could not havo - played fairer, Macartney's performance in the Third Test at Leeds (in which the' Sydney bowler took eleven wickets for 85 runs) was one of 'the finest of tho year; , The English, batting throughout, /MacLarcn declares, .was unsound. THE AVERAGES. The batting averages of the Australian Eleven at the- conclusion of ' tho -Middlesex game are as under. The figures of the South' Wales game are at .present on route from. peylon to Freruantle. ,',' The' details of, the Australian bowlers . in the Middlesex m4tch have; not' been seiit. by the Press Association. In con-, sequence the bowling 1 averages 'of the tour aro omitted, from this issue.'. .' - BATTING. . ' ' "Not /Name. . Inn. out. Runs. Av'g. W. W. Armstrong 34 0 ,1345 53.80 W. Bardsley: 42 2 1880 47.00 V. Hansford 3fi 4 1487 - 46.46 V. Trumper 40 2 1216 32.00 31. A. Noble 37 - 4 950 28.78" P. A. M'Alister... 25 4 ' 576 27.42 G. C. Macartney.......... 32 ; 7 . 560 ; 22.40 S. E. Gregory 35 5 538 ,19.93 R. Hartigan 2G ' 1 469 18.76 A. J. Hopkins 21 2 318 16.73 H. Carter .28, ' 5 352 15.30 J. A. O'Connor 18 6 177 14.75 A. Cotter ... 28 0 291 11.19 P. Laver 16 3 141 10.84 W. Carkeck 11 '3 57 7.12 W. J. Whitty ....18 6 .65 5.41