BOWLERS ON TOP.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 609, 11 September 1909, Page 5

BOWLERS ON TOP.

AUSTRALIANS AGAIN MEET CARR. (Ilj -Te.lccrapli.-ri'rcai A«n'irlallnn> Copy rlcTit.i

London, September .9. • Tho Australian cricketers: to-day began-a match against an All-England team at Scarborough. Six thousand spectators • wore. pro> sent. The. light wis .tricky, . though; the' wicket was good. / :

'After the Englishmen had: been dismissed, for. the; moderate ccors .of; 129;:,' the'; Austra- | liahs had;scored 73 for three wickets, but at j the; drawing of stumps t'hey had wicltI cts'dowir for 98, with O'Connor and Later t to folkw. , 'Hie teams are: , , ; Australia.—Carter, Hirtigan,. Noble, Armstrong, 'Bardsley, Macartney,) Lavtr, ; R-ans-t ford, „Cottor,. O'Connor, ana flonkius.;'' Englniid.—Spooner, Hutoh'ingfl, : Fane,. Cair, Hirst, Rhodes, Hunter, Buckenham, i Hobbs,;.Tj-lde-slcy,. and Thompson. . . ; , . ENGLAND. -V .' • l'lllST IN.MNCS. . ' Hobbs, c, -Armstrongi b. Macartney 0 Rhodes,' c.'Noble, b. Layer ~,, 4 Spooner,'b.-' Laver:f.l.o Tyldcsley, e. Armstrong, b. ; 35 •Fane, b. Macartney.'..; 1 Hutohiiigs, c..'Armstrong;': b. Macartney 16 Hirst,., c., Macartney, b. Armstrong • ..." 18 Thompson, -c. Bardcley, b, Macartnoy.';. 12 Buckenham-, b. Armstrong 6Carr, not out- : ; : 0 Hunter, ei Nobla, b.. Armstrong '• •.•; -:12 Extras : , ~ ...r ; ..... : • ,11 Total'- ... ... ... .' ... 129 . Bowmno ANAi.vsis.':; :;; , ' Macartney, five wickets for 53 runa ;'Lavcr, two.for 30j;O'Connor, nono'for.7:; Aimstrong, ■ thrco for 27; Noble, none: tor l.\ ;.'. AUSTRALIA. KMISI' inmmjs. ■, ' .;; ' Hartigau, b. Biickonham ... ... ...: 18 Bardsloy, b. Carr ... . ... ... ... 23 Rarisfora, c. Hutchings, b. Rhodes 3 Hopkins, c. Spooner, b. Carr-■ ::v 23 Noble, run. out ... 0 Armstrong, not out . ; w-. 12 Maoartnoy. c. 1 and b. Carr ... .... 1 Cotter, o. Thompson,-b;Rhodes ... ' ... 1 Carter, h: Rhoaes ... .1 Extras .... -.' ... 16 . Total.for eight wickets - 93 The Australians won. thortoK, and put tho Englishmen in : first. V Hobba . lifted,. Il.acartne.rs -second ball to •, Armstrong,when tho total was.l. and tho'second wicket was down, for .6, Rhodes givirig Noble ah easy, catch at point, off Laver. ; . .. . Tylc'esley and Spooner brr.ught tho total to 36, when the latter, was bowled by Lnvor just as. ho acquired doublb. fisU'res. I'nn«j was tikeirwith. a' bailer . senj ' down ; by. Macartney when ho had scared ' a single. Four for. -13. ■,

.The fifty was compiled- in 40■ minutes, Tyldcslby, playing forward to. . Macartney,: was caught in _ t]io slips by, Armstrong, - lie phyed'a good innings of 35, and showed fine driving powers. Five for. OS.'I, ' Hutchings made a'mis-hit,;aiid wa-s,caught, in- tho, slips by Armstrong off . Maoartney, Six for 75. Hirst and Thompson played to ltlnohooh. On. resuming, Hirst knocked-up an-easy- catch to Macartney at. : mid-off, on Armstrong's bowling,-.. Seven for 95.' ': . Ten.runs later-Thompson : wa-s caught;at cover-point by Bardsley off Macartney, having scored c dozen, lite century, was-rcjiclicd in two hours. :■ ~ - 5..; . . Biickenham mad®;, a short; stay, and,* was then bowled, by Armstrong round his legs. Nine for' 105. Hunter made 10,-and ■ was then missed twioo in one over, out h<i ..was caught in the slips a few minutes later by Noblo ofT'Armstrong. Tlie innings lasted 170 minutes, and closed for 129 runs.; - . . «-■ .... -' -Aftor-making-a fairly -good v start with three wickets for 73, the . Australian team went to pieces,. Tho first wicket .'was down for 22, and the second for 34. ; Bardsloy played steadily for his 23, but was eventually deceived by .one of Carr'a breaks. The half-oentury was compiled in fifty minutes. ' . The fourth wicket fell for 77, the fifth for 81, the sixth for 95, and tho seventh for 96, When stumps were drawn for the day eight wickets woro down for 98, runs.; Prhe 1905 Australian Eleven played C. I. Thornton's Eleven at SearborougVand, after a game which produced 850 runs, the match was drawn. The present l match, if the first day's play is any criterion, should terminate In good tira^. to-day, Noblo has again, Rafter winning tho toss, setlt his opponents in—and out—after a short stay at tho wickets. The colonials have not yet reached England's total/ but ArmStrong, O'Connor, and Laver can bs relied on to minimise the present ■ deficiency of 81 runs. Bardsley 18 now only 22 runs short of his 2000, and with three innings in view, lie will, no doubt, accomplish this feat.]