THE FINAL TEST MATCH.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 35, 10 August 1896, Page 2

THE FINAL TEST MATCH.

London, August 8. It is reported that the players selected to play in thoiinai test match- England v. Australia— are demanding a large increase in terms, and threaten that unless they are conceded, not to take part. Gunn, Lo'nrmauu, Abel, Richardson, and Hayward the professionals chosen to represent England iv the final test match --have a,«ke.d that they be paid £20 for the Mini eh. Surrey has offered £.10 and expenses the same fee as paid them for matches it Lords and Manchester. Tbe Players couten.i that their -wages have not improved, whilo tho gate money lias largely increased, and that the Australians share oi: tho proceeds is disproproportionate to that of tho players, while the amateurs receive more iv the way of expenses than they receive as wages. Abel, Hay ward, nnd Richardson have reconsidered their demaud for increased \va«e^, and placed themselves in the bauds of th'i .Surrey Committee However, neither of the trio have been selected {.o play iv tho test match, the team for which is as follows : — Grnce, Peel. J. Heanic, Pounhcr, Wold, Jackson, Lillev. Stoddart.Raugitsinghi, Wynyard, Maclarcu. In the CounLy match, Essex beat Surrey by au innings and 119 runs. Below ore the matches played by the Australian team, with the results, to d>ue : Ag-iii-st Lord SbcflifM'sXl. ... Drawn Jvsex Wun „ H,.nth of England ... Won „ An English XL. ... Drawn „ York* biro Won „ Lanc-ii-liiro Won „ Oxford University ... Won „ Gloucestershire ... Won „ An English XI. ... Won „ M.C.C & Ground ... Lo=t „ Yorkshire Drawn „ Midland Counties ... Lost „ England (Test match)... Lost „ Notts ... Won „ Yorkshire Won „ North of England ... Won „ Hampshire Won j „ Players of England ... Won „ Leicestershire ... ... Drawn England (Test match)... Won „ Derbyshire Drawn „ M.C.C. & Ground ... Drawn Surrey Won „ Earl dela Warr's XL ... Lost „ Warwickshire Won „ Kent Won