AUSTRALIANS AND M.C.C.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 601, 1 September 1909, Page 7

AUSTRALIANS AND M.C.C.

NOBLE-RANSFORD. (By Telerrnpti.-Press Association —Oopyrlrht I London, August 30, , Tho cricket match Australians v. a Marylebono team was commenced to-day. Tho Marylobone .team' consisted of,: Foster,! Gillinzbam, Austin, Moon, Tar--1 tantj A, E. Relf, Thompson, , Buckeaham, , Llewellon, Hardstaff, and Fisher. 0. B. Fry. one of the original selection, was ( unable to play. Hopkins, M'Alister, Whitty, Carkeok, and Hartigan were omitted from tho Australian team. , ' ' Tho weather was fine and tho wicket fast. The Marylebone team was disposed of- for 188 (Cottor five for 80, Armstrong four for 41), and the Australians had lost one wwkel for 118 at drawing of stumps Tho scores are:

'ItBST INNINGS. ' , i-litl f% / Tarrant, c. Lavor, b- Cotter 10 Moon, b.. Cotter 20 t Hardstaff, b Armstrong , 84 Llewellyn, played,on, b. Cotter 6 Gillingham, b Cotter 7 ' Foster, c' Armstrong, b. Noble 23 Austin, c, Lavor, b Cottor 21 'A. E. Relf, not opt 34 Thompson, 1.b.w., b. Armstrong 14 Buckenham, b. Armstrong ' 6 Fielder, rb, Armstrong, 4 Extras . 7 , Total • ..'. . 188 ' ' Bowling analysis: Cottor, fivo wickets for > 80 v runs, O'Connor, none for'l2, Armstrong, four for 41: Macartney, nono for 17 j Noble, one for 8; Lavor, nono for 28. , ,' ' > AUSTRALIA. " , ' Fmsr I.VNU.CS, Koblo, not out , ... 63 > Bardsky./1.b.w., b. Buokesham 0 Ransford, npt out ... 60 Extras „. ' 5 / Total ~U& Foster won the toss, and sent in Tarrant and.' Moon. Tho first wicket went at 22, after twenty play. Moon took forty nlinutos by steady play to make his 20 Ho was eventually bowled by Cottor off his pad. Two for 41. Ten runs later Llewellyn played on a ball from Cotter, and the same bowler also bowled Gillingham, making his record four for 61. Hdhlstaff was seventy minutes at the wicket for his 34. 'Ho gave a chanco with a re- ' turn to Armstrong, when he was 24. Armstrong subsequently bowled him, F,ivc for 87. ' Foster was taken cleverly in the slips by 'Armstrong oS Noble for 23. Six for 108. i Tho century took 85 minutes. Austin, after forty minutes' steady play, was" caught in tho slips' by Lavor off Cottor for 24. Savon for 141. Armstrong accounted for -the remaining three wlcltots, which added 47 to the total. ' Tho eighth wicket wont at 164, and tho ninth at 178. Relf batted soundly for seventy-fivo minutes, being left not out with 31. The innings lasted 100 minutes ' Noble and Bardsley opened for the Australians The former made a singlo, then Bardsley, without scoring, retired leg beforo to Buckenham. Ransford followed, and Noble and he were still together wheri stumps wore drawn Both . wore steady at the start, but played lively, all-round good cricket afterwards. Fifty was hoisted in fifty-five minutes, /tend the century in eighty-five minutes. Ransford gave a chanco off Relf at 6, and Noble a onance at tho wioket off Buckenham wbon 53. , Tho attendance totalled 3000. The first matoh with M.C.C. resulted in a Ihrce-wicket victory for the club. This success on the present showing will be short-lived, as the Australians on the first day completely routed their opponents on a good wicket for a paltry/score of 188 ' A. D, Relf, who was at Brighton last Saturday, 'has gone to Lord's for a not cnt innings, J, Hardstaff, the Notts profceional, who was % striking success with the bat in Australia, has in this innings obtained his best knock of the present tour ogain'it the Australians. ,\j Armstrong's figures wen slightly in advance if the previous game, when ho captured i ~ pickets',fov 48, in the first innings. With the t" ; --, '.'.'.'uM.O.C.'-'performance;to'ihis'credit,':Cotter'.has ■;:JVi'.' : :/taken : 'Over6o : :wickets'for:the tonr.■"••;."■■■• .:'/'..- :•:'.■:; ;.-'-'il;MA.'v Noble 'has by'his' present 'not .-.out : ,:::-i;:)icbre|reaobed/the dOOO/mark, ;and.he ;is>th« \': .',:■::'r"fifth J member of th«r.t«am ito/soore'/over IQOO '';'.' v'for'thd^.tonr.v;The'captain and Ransford nave ■'■')- : ' ■'.'■ v?snrvtyed<the : .ohance6:that .wore:given: to-thoh -'V.''.' ' ."'^pponentsr'who 'are .now :being .reminded ol -• {'■■/■::.■ /.{Mr-mistakes in'the field,;. Bardsley has only ; -.'-;"./' '/iailed'on, three previoas, occasions to break.hif .•>:'y ,- : ice—Som«rsot,' : Sccond Test,-and'Scotland., .-.:.■:■ '/';' "' -: The:second'day shnrild give Australia a solid ; v -:5 . : -; lead,':whioh- :will;prove. a/ stift\.:.ta9k:;.for . th< ,:. present combination, to; grapple/with,-, ■(:■.. :.-.

i " Two hundred and fifty thousand people passed,through 1 tho turnstiles at tho Imperial international' Exhibition on JulyS Tins ii: a record that wits not beaten ever during- tho Franco-British Exhibition. Among tho younger nations of tho world i Bono has brighter prospcits than Canada. I Canadians are truo to themselves and ti tho high ideals which they have preserve* inviolate so far, they will some day play i leading part in tho onward march of weston ' wiliiotji.--'"Canadian Courier," Toronto.